The Always Box

This box always sits on my dresser. I’m a little girl and it sits on a pink cloth that my mother hems into an oval shape to fit an oval wooden tray on which I carefully arrange my hairbrush and a little bottle of 4711 cologne. Do I ever use the cologne? What do I keep in the box? Where does the box even come from? I don’t know anymore. I know that the box is there and that the box is here. Today I look inside and find a couple earrings, a dime, a guitar pick, a safety pin and an acorn.

[katy]

What an intricate knob on the box! What a fascinating story and wonderfully detailed image!

[Dixie Goode]

Kenny Loggins sings in The house at Pooh corner

"Isn't it strange how a few precious things seem to,follow us throughout our lives? "

[kali]

i remember 4711

[Ann H. LeFevre]

It's very pretty with that carved out floral pattern and fluted base. A nice little treasure even if its history is somewhat obscure.

[GaryW]

Gorgeous box, Francoise and nice photo of it! Don't we all have "boxes" like this...that conjure up memories and thoughts of people or events from our past! Thanks for reminding me!!

[william wooderson]

How eclectic!