theme thursday = collection

Our friend Jack, Wendell and his son a few years ago.

If you ever have some spare time,
check this LINK out.
Wendell also has put together collections.
The link I listed is about the local
circus back in the day.
Well worth a read!
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When Sir Humphrey Davy

returned from a visit to Paris,

he was asked how the picture galleries

had impressed him.

"The finest collection

of frames I ever saw," he said.”

Humphrey Davy ( 1778-1829)

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Jack, is now in his mid 90s.
He grew up in this area and from the 30s on,
he has photographed almost everything
both being built to being torn down.
He was the curator at the local museum for many years.
One of our first sessions with him,
was looking at the photos he had taken
of a town named: Somerset, which
eventually was flooded and a dam built.
Since then, flooding in the way we see a lot of
these days around the country,
has not occurred here
anymore or at least to that extent.

Recently, while at my favorite bookstore,
I was asked about a plethora of
books and pamphlets from the late 1700 - 1800s.
Seems someone from the local historical society
figured it was a good time to unload material
taken from the museum years ago.
Sadly, all this was pinned on Jack and I
was happy to hear that the person we knew did it,
tried to dump it all, figuring no one would know.
Luckily, the person they entrusted to "dump" it all
knew the value and kept it all.
Although, it's rightful place is the museum.
No one we know there now seems
knowledgeable enough to acknowledge
it's worth or importance.

To make a long story short,
we all know of many types of collections.
These are just two examples of collections
we've been close to since moving here.

Cheers ya'll!

a bonus, if you dare ; )