Telling on ourselves (age-wise) without telling our age!

[Milly Robertson]

 

[Milly Robertson]

I have my Mum's button jar and there is my collection as well. I love buttons.

 

[Kate Ellery]

I’ve got a old Cadbury's Bournville cocoa tin ,( it had a paper label ) full of buttons I bought to SA in 1971 , @Milly Robertson

 

[Milly Robertson]

I must look through my buttons. Always brings a smile to my face.

 

[Milly Robertson]

I had a dress and a hat just like what these girls are wearing but no gloves. Tthe outfit was probably bought for a wedding.

 

[Jacqueline Lindt]

Dressing up for Easter !

 

[Madge Bumstead]

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My baby brother was the paper aeroplane maker!

On weekends he could be found at the elementary school yard, rummaging through the trash cans for loose paper, folding up airplanes, and climbing to the top of the metal stair fire escape to send his masterfully created works off in style!

 

[Madge Bumstead]

I have my Mum's button jar and there is my collection as well. I love buttons.

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One of my grandmas had a collection of buttons like I've never seen!

She kept them in an old and large glass jar, and what pleasure I got dumping that jar of buttons out on the living room floor, and going through each button like a jeweler!

 

[Milly Robertson]

 

[Milly Robertson]

 

[Milly Robertson]

 

[Madge Bumstead]

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This is so true, and things we never use or will ever use, yet we carefully guard our collections of things we've spent a lifetime getting.

Over the past few years I have been purging the house of things I no longer use and/or will never use. It's hard to let certain things go, and there are times where I let things go and suffer regret after, but as days turn into weeks, and weeks into months, I thank myself for letting go, and it sure does make keeping the house much easier and more fuss-free.

The older I get, the more I appreciate not having collections of knick-knacks all over that need constant dusting and tending to. Living in a minimalist environment keeps my head clear, my mind free, and my time available to focus on alternative things.

 

[Milly Robertson]

I am not a minimalist and never will be Madge, but I also have been doing some culling.

 

[Madge Bumstead]

Pants suspenders!

 

[Milly Robertson]

 

[Kate Ellery]

They are called Housing trust homes here in SA , one of our friends who’s 96 and still manages to live alone ( with aged care assistance ) has a home just like your picture .

I never lived in a housing trust home …

 

[Milly Robertson]

In Victoria they were known as Housing Commission Houses.

 

[Milly Robertson]

 

[Kate Ellery]

 

[Milly Robertson]