Desert Paintings

I'm so excited I can barely type right now!

So, I was just in the middle of a project to refinish an old dresser from my grandmother. As I was removing one of the drawers, I found these two tiny paintings curled up underneath, at the back of the dresser...

It's the kind of thing you hope to find when you tear something apart - be it a piece of furniture, or a wall. (And it WAY beats the old pair of socks I found behind one of the top drawers).

I suspect they are something my Uncle Roy painted back in the day. I'm seeing him this weekend and can't wait to show him!

Filing this under coincidences, cause it's the closest label I can think of...

Skeleton Keys

On our second day owning the house we stopped by to "check on things" and found in our entryway a little surprise...

A set of skeleton keys kindly slipped through our mail slot by the former owners! So magical! The house I grew up in has an almost identical set of keys and my parents display it in their kitchen. I might do the same :)