search for treasure on a rainy day, London booked!

Nautch  girl with musicians, is a common image from 1900 India. In the pile of tins there was this tea tin for $1.50.  It would be a good container for tiny dancing girls. Now I must find tiny dancing girls...The quest never ceases when one is addicted to finding "treasure".
 

For Flora, a monkey bowl with handle, Little passports "Fishing" with a wooden game of sea creatures to catch using the little wooden pole, and colorful snack cups for whatever is going these days, She fancies goldfish. I put finger puppets in the monkey bowl, and entire set of Old MacDonald's farm. Flora may be amused, she may not. Never know.

A very old beat up well used Mexican child's chair. Sturdy and hunky. Usually they have rush seats but this one is wooden. Could be that the rush fell apart and was replaced with wood.

This chair is larger than ones I have had in the past. Maybe for a larger baby/kid.

It will certainly suit some bears that are roaming through the house . I did look in the doll bin  at the store and found a pilot bear which I put in the basement airport. Dennis has not noticed it yet and may not. He is mostly concentrating on flying through the county.

Rarely do I see a good toast rack. this one will do, especially since it cost next to nothing. 

Only problem is that one little silver foot is missing, so the toast might fall over.

I am thinking it might be well used as a cage for something wild or a cage for some sort of tiny taxidermy.

Finally  in my world of hunting and gathering,  polka dot tray, Portugal, love the glaze and the semi raised dots. Again a half price red tag- which made this tray 75 cents. So, yes, I got my jollies on a rainy day. entertained by other peoples trash...

Came home and tried again for a place to stay as well as  a flight. Success. All booked and paid for. The luckiest deal was that Delta had two first class seats, non refundable , layover in LAX for three and a half hours, for less than comfort or premium by two thousand dollars.  I hit the "buy" button thinking this can not be true, yet it was true so YAHOO! Also  found a tiny flat in Dulwich on Northcross road, which is a laid back , out of the city, neighborhood. This will be a different sort of stay in London. A take it easy affair in walk-able , lovely settled neighborhood, just "being". I will be there for nearly 5 months, through all of the winter holidays coming home mid January if the weather permits and if the plane does not blow up. Do I feel guilty for being gone for so long? Not at all, I just hope that all remains even keeled without my ballast. Speaking of...I must shed about a hundred pounds before September rolls around. My phone's facial recognition does not even recognize me anymore. Off to a great start- breakfast this morning - crumpets with cream cheese and marmalade! I am so committed to weight loss, right?

Your time is limited, so don't waste it living someone else's life ... Stay Hungry. Stay Foolish. (Steve Jobs)