September 27 - October 5, 2013

How I miss cycling. After my bike "incident" (may the car driver have 2 flat tires every morn) 3 weeks ago, I thought by now I'd be enjoying the sunny trees and cooler temps. Alas, still hurt'ums. Every time I go into the garage, the bike bell does a little tinkle, OK, not really, but I look longingly at my bike. Sigh......
Well, on to happier things - here's the next 7 brooches.

You gotta like green to like this brooch. It's mildly over the top, bought it when I was on holidays a few years back for very little (that's my excuse), some days I like it, and some days it's way too green (and I love the colour green).

A great find at a second-hand store near Lake Erie. A lovely old silver-enamelled pin. Thank you to whoever donated it to that store.

A travelling friend brought this back from Sweden - Rtennesmed, Sweden (as marked on the back). It's been a favourite brooch of mine for many years. 

This was my husband's grandma's brooch who lived to be 102 - everyone called her Gan. She's been long gone but I think of her when I wear this - she was a very late-Victorian lady. I used to wear it all the time on a winter coat but a few "pile the coats on the bed" winter parties and the brooch got bent and broke. It's back in one piece, but the temptation is still to put it on a coat - maybe a fall jacket this time.

The coils running along the sides of this old pin are a wonderful design element - it gives movement to an otherwise plain (but twinkly) brooch. A few of the square orange glass pieces are missing, but hey, it was an old brooch when I bought it. It's a bit tricky placing it on clothing, but when I get it in the right direction and position, it looks fab.

Yes, I should have worn it in the Spring when seeds are going into the ground rather than harvesting them, but long ago I lost the centre silver dangly, and finally, I now have got around to prowling through the jewellery boxes to see what might fit in the space. Pluses to new addition: 1. It's sterling silver to match the rest. 2. It is a flower so it fits with gardening. 3. It's small enough. 4. It didn't have a home i.e. it wasn't attached to anything.......  But 5. It just doesn't look like it belongs, the search is back on. 

Another surprise gift - a big brown clay kitty. Looks like a silhouette of one of my cats as they sit in the windows, looking at the birds and swishing their tails.
A contented cat - always a good thing.