The cockles gatherer with her basket - a little bronze figurine .and my black panther -a smelter figurine sit side by side on my fireplace . The cockle gatherer was bought by my father for my mother at an antique fair While the black panther I spotted and loved when I was on holidays with my grandma at her cousin's home . As I loved it (at the tender age of 5 or 6 years old) - I was given it to take home ! And it has followed me through my life , and I still love it !
