Don't you just love it when you can give new life to something old? While at the antique fair, this past weekend, I happened upon an old galvinzed wash tub partially filled with vintage furniture springs. They were also displayed throughout the shop. One filled with dried Hydrangea caught my attention. The shop owner anxious to make a sale, walked over to explain that the springs had come from an old piece of furniture. I found it fascinating, as she went on forever telling the many uses for the springs. "It looks real nice with a flower." She was a friendly lady and we lingered longer than usual to talk. Folks dealing in antiques always seem to have stories to tell and I suppose this is part of the attraction to these kind of events. She shared with us her efforts to sell a spring earlier to a shopper. She had told her of the many ways to use the springs....holding candles, holding flowers, in groupings....on and on.... The shopper had stopped her, relaying she wanted the spring for the usual purpose, she would use it in repairing a piece of furniture. "Well, the shop owner told us, I never thought of that!" I bought one of the springs, brought it home and took her advice. It looks real nice with a flower.....it looks real nice with a rose from my garden.Because it is sure of it's beauty, the rose makes terrible demands on us. ~American rose breeder 20th century.
