I snapped this with my phone in downtown Chillicothe after having dinner with a friend last week.
Something about the light and shadows that evening made me think of fall. It was actually cool all day, a welcome reminder that fall isn’t too far away.
Incidentally, does anyone know what kind of tree that is? Tell me in the comments if you know.
Occasionally you stumble upon something in an antique store or thrift shop that makes you ponder its origins. I love a good mystery and recently found something that has my imagination hard at work.
Check out this vintage rolling pin that is signed by a whole lot of people!
The ink pen signatures are still easily discernible but there are several in pencil that are darn near impossible to read.
I wonder who these people were and why they were signing a rolling pin. Perhaps a bridal shower gift or a going away present? It’s hard to tell but I love it.
It’s interesting, the difference in the way we value things. The seller had several vintage rolling pins valued at between about fifteen and thirty dollars.
This one was just eight- presumably because of the signatures. However, it was worth more to me than the others because of the signatures and the mystery that they provoke in my mind.
With a vendor sale that day I got this treasure for about six bucks. I don’t need it and have no idea what will become of it in my house but it needed to be rescued and added to my collection of randomness.
Do you have thoughts on who would sign a rolling pin and why? Was it a tradition? Does it have significance? I would love to hear your ideas!
Last summer I took my mother on a little trip back to her hometown where we did some exploring and saw a friend and his band play at an old hall that I love. If you’re interested in reading the story of that kind of weird day, just click here.
There was a church that I photographed along the way and loved so much that I had to stop and do it again when I was in the area recently.
Todds United Methodist Church was built in 1894. Copied off a church in Cincinnati, the belfry sort of resembles a wedding cake. It’s a country church with sort of a fancy flair that causes it to really stand out in a rural landscape.
Check out some of these architectural details!
