Here thar be treasure!

[mondhasen]

I was doing some more barn cleaning today, a sad little task fraught with sad little ghosts. In the end stall, wherein hangs my Raleigh,



I chanced upon the decayed and scattered ruins of boxes which once held precious memories...



Goodness, what a wreck! The barn roof collapsed and rotted long ago, as these things were probably stored around 1980. On a hopeful whim I dug into the slimy mess, and immediately recognized an item I've been searching for (off and on) for the last 25 or so years!


(all pics link to larger images)

Another Grail Quest completed!


c_eagle should recognize this :D

Comments

[allaboutweather.livejournal.com]

They've been there that long and you recently found them? Cool! See what else you can find! :)

[mondhasen.livejournal.com]

I knew some of what was there but haven't looked in that stall in, well, decades! The prize item was a 'maybe this is where I left it,' my having a vague memory of the last time I saw it.

[mondhasen.livejournal.com]

Oh, I can add that I also found a set of headlight lenses with chrome retaining rings for our long gone 1937 Chevy pick up. I thought these were tossed years ago!

[allaboutweather.livejournal.com]

Cool! They might be worth a little bit... maybe. XD

[schnee.livejournal.com]

What's that?

[mondhasen.livejournal.com]

That is a very rare (now) cologne that I got around 1967/1968... I can't believe it survived 36 winters in that barn, intact, with only some damage to the label. No value other than intrinsic :o)

[allaboutweather.livejournal.com]

Oh, so that's not beer? DX

[mondhasen.livejournal.com]

Heh, it kinda looks like it... :o)

[allaboutweather.livejournal.com]

Cologne-flavored beer. XD

[schnee.livejournal.com]

Ah, right! :) Is it still usable?

[mondhasen.livejournal.com]

Still smells nice from opening the bottle :o)

[c-eagle.livejournal.com]

WOWIE!!

I had thought you had it more accessible all this time!

I'll haveta take a picture of my bottle for ya... :D .. *wags tail*

[mondhasen.livejournal.com]

It was embarrassing to admit how difficult it was to remember where it was... I'm a bonafide pack rat (hoarder?) trust me on that. If I can keep something, I do. I'm drowning in 'stuff.'

I was pleasantly surprised to find this intact, particularly after our chats. I'm glad you still have yours. Jeez, my co-worker even remembers this cologne (she's 65).

[c-eagle.livejournal.com]

Ah buddy! ...but think how boring life would be without the goodies in it ^v^ .... I used to tease my mom a bit that she'd be happiest in an empty room with just a chair in the middle of it.. and sadly (playfully) sometimes she would agree!

Indeed we often gather a bit toooooo much stuff, but eventually the chaff gets tossed and the cream rises to the top.. just like it did with your find!

Now I was hoping to get a pic of mine for ya right away, but my camera is charging and my cel is off for the night, so I thought I could get a shot with the webcam but itz awwwful!... So I'll get a right-good shot for you soon, in daylight with proper equipment!

As it was, I had to climb up to a high nearly-inaccessible shelf to get the bottle down... :D ... but there it was! I'm soooo glad it has survived thru a few earthquakes ok up there... other things have not...

I opened it up and took in the scent...mmmmm.... great as ever!! I think I even have the wooden box it came in somewhere..... :9

[mondhasen.livejournal.com]

So glad you still have your bottle!

*hugs* So much chaff here... I'm overwhelmed with all these ghosts ;o) My brother, on the other paw, has no qualms with tossing things that he doesn't want, doesn't understand, or just doesn't care about.

*sigh* I'll have a dumpster in the yard in the next week or so (re-shingling the roof)and I really have to get rid of some of the less important things. A co-worker once stated that the cellar was a place for things to die, i.e. a place to keep stuff until there are no more pleasant memories associated with them.

Case in point is that china seen in the second pic: Russel Wright 'modern' from the 50's: my mom's pride and joy back in that day. Most of it is crazed and chipped now, or just broken like the celery server in the bottom foreground. All I've managed to salvage is a really cool teapot and a couple of plates- I may toss the rest :o(

[c-eagle.livejournal.com]

Some of that old dinnnerware is radioactive! (the orange ones)....

Best of luck with the parting out. here's hoping it won't be too traumatic.... *wing huggles...*

[c-eagle.livejournal.com]

...aaannnnd, here's the pic! ^v^ ..

[mondhasen.livejournal.com]

Nice! :o)

[whitetail.livejournal.com]

Don't know how I missed this. How unique to be able to conduct archeology on your own family's relics! And that cologne - wow. My dad used Russian Leather, too. This kind of find really stokes my latent detritophilia!

[mondhasen.livejournal.com]

Heehee! As you know, we used to rout around in old dumps an cellar holes for these types of treasures. At least most of these things are identifiable to me.

I told my brother I felt I was on a 'dig,' and he commented how some of the old bottles in stall #3 lay hidden for a century undamaged, only to end up broken in our barn...

[whitetail.livejournal.com]

A shame any got broken, but it looks like there are still quite a few intact century-old bottles in that assemblage. At least hopefully there are.