Saturday's Photo Hunting: "vintage" this week

Here are two views of my favorite piece of furniture. I fell in love with this desk when I was 14 years old. I didn't ask my dad to buy it for me, I just told him to get Mom to bring me sandwiches every day because I'd have to stay there, in the store, because I couldn't bear to be parted from it.
It has been with me ever since and is now 136 years old.

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I inherited intricate pieces of needlework done by my grandmother and her older sisters.
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Posted for our friend Gattina's weekend meme Saturday Photo Hunting. The theme this week is "vintage".

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The baby in the photo below is my MacKenzie grandfather. He only had two sisters and the younger one, with fair hair in the back with Great-Grandpa, died in her teens. His other sister (right) lived to a good age.

Reflections, Critters, Shadows, in my corner

In my favorite corner of the house, there are many reflections, shadows and some camera critters, too. See the little white cat? He's looking down at his twin, who is on a table below, just past the desk chair. See what looks like the tip of a tail above the old mirror on the antique desk? It's a dolphin mirror, whose shadow can be seen on the left of the framed sketch. The old desk mirror is reflected on the side of the books, and the crystal dish reflects in the bottom corner of the sketch, just below the cat's shadow. The sketch is called "Pickup with Dog" by the artist, but my friend Judith, who gave it to me 40 years ago, calls it "Dog and Truck" and so do I. You can see part of a house across the street, reflected through the window there, too.
Posted for
Weekend Reflections, hosted by James in California,
Camera Critters, hosted by Misty Dawn
and Shadow Shot Sunday, hosted by Tracy's Hey Harriet! blog in Brisbane