January 30, 2006

Lena's sisters and other close relatives sat a couple of rows ahead of us occassionally leaning to one another sharing quick acknowledgements of memories. Lena Hunt left a lot of antiques behind she collected over the years. She even anticipated her estate would be auctioned this way, so she wrote meticulous notes on various items.

A perfect example was a fresh water pearl mounted on a very simple 14K gold ring. The hand written note left by Mrs. Hunt gave a man's name and told how he found it in the Caney Fork River in 1930 and had it made up for her as a gift. Mrs. Hunt married someone else.

I bid on two boxes of Prince Albert tobacco tins and got them for $18 and $16. Vince bought a 1935E Silver Certificate. Later into the auction, Lena's sister Faye sat down next to me and pointed out her daughter. Faye's daughter bought a few things, and her two cute dogs in a doggie stroller protectively guarded them. Faye had come down from Indiana and joked that her daughter wasn't going to have enough room in the car ride back for her.

The gazebo arrived Friday. It's really gorgeous. It sits among some cedar and elm trees in the corner of the property. The door faces north. The gazebo was built by Kauffman's Gazebos. This will be connected to a deck later and will add a lot to the backyard.