gloriastitches

Several years ago an auction house had a lot of Tiffany items available.  I took pictures of a good portion of them and thought others might be interested in seeing them.  I didn't take any notes so don't have information to offer.  I checked back later and if I remember correctly some of the lamps went for $2x,000.  No, we didn't bid on any of these.  Enjoy.  Click on pic to make larger.  Major correction:  hubby said the lamp in the first photo went for $16x,000.  I thought 20 something seemed quite low.

Alternate title:  How I Spent My Friday Morning In the process of trying on my newly sewn pants with its generic trial waistband, I went into the closet to get the portable full-length mirror.  Something grabbed the waistband on the way out.  It was the groove/hole for the latch on the doorframe.  Oh, no, I thought, and checked the pants and nope, no hole and no pulled threads nor snags.  Whew!  However.... ....one of the straight pins holding the band on had gone AWOL.  I made a quick check of the area and no pin in sight.  I checked on hands and knees next, using my super light, running my hand through the carpet fibers---and still no pin.  Since it's a low pile it would  be easy to spot. Then I spotted the white pin head about three feet away, but that's all it was---the pin was not attached!  I continued to check carpet in all areas I thought the pin could possibly go;  I checked my person;  I checked my newly se...

There, their, and they're  are three different words, pronounced the same but spelled different.  They are homonyms.  So, where to use which? Since I'm good with helping others with word associations I have been asked to please share. There :  notice that the word here  is in t here.   So, it's not here, but there. Their :  notice that the word heir  is in t heir.   So, they (each being an heir)  inherited the house and it is now their  house. They're:   notice the apostrophe.  This means that a letter---or letters--has been omitted.  In this case the letter a .  In full it would be they are. Other words with apostrophes are jack-o'-lantern, o'clock, O'Leary, ma'am, etc. which indicate that a letter--or letters--has been omitted. Thus, there :  not here, but there.           their : each an heir so their house.           they're :  omit...