Over the weekend my youngest son, Jacob, wanted to do a little more fishing and needed some bait. On our way to the bait store I noticed a yard sale and slammed on the brakes and turned around. Jacob thought he was going to die in the truck, but I had it all under control. Sometimes you gotta do what you gotta do!
I thought I only had a few dollars cash on me, but you never know what they might have for a dollar, right?
I found a great little Coke glass for a quarter! Feeling pretty good about my bargain, I was about to leave.
I asked Jacob if he saw anything he liked. He was staring at a tea pot, and said he thought it was pretty nice. Well, I’ve never had a silver tea pot, and I did think it was nice. But, I really thought she was going to want quite a bit for it. Jacob continued on to say he thought I would like it and he even had a couple dollars in his pocket. He was so sweet about it, and I didn’t realize why at first. He’s a 10 year old boy that’s not really into tea parties!
Then he mentioned that it was the kind of tea pot that Johnny Tremain made around the time of the American Revolution.
Oh, that explained it all! Johnny Tremain is a wonderful book about a young apprentice silversmith that is caught up in the Boston Tea Party and the American Revolution.
Jacob was looking at the beauty of the tea pot and thinking about how silversmiths used to work so hard to make such beautiful pieces for wealthy families.
Now, I REALLY wanted it! She said it was five dollars for each piece {she had 5 pieces}, but I needed to check my purse for money! As I was doing that she saw Jacob taking two crumbled dollars out of his pocket to pay, and she lowered the price to eight for the two we wanted without even asking. {I should take him with me all the time!} It turned out I had enough money, and Jacob got to keep his for bait!
We have a wonderful tea pot and sugar bowl for tea time, and something to remind us of a wonderful book we read together.
For all the homeschoolers out there, this is one of the books in Sonlight curriculum. We are studying American History right now, and we have enjoyed every book we’ve read!
Victoria at Auction Girl Vintage is having a fun little Junkin’ Party this month! Stop by and see what’s in everyone’s trunk! Take a look around her beautiful blog and you’ll find tons of beautiful treasures. She has a knack for garage sale shopping!
Did ya’ll notice my pink shirt reflecting in the tea pot? I couldn’t take a photo without showing up in it!!! How do you take photos of shiny things? Any tips?
now that I have read this blog post, I remember that our tea pot is burned out so I will need a new one.
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Your son sounds so sweet. What a neat memory of both the book you read together and they bait trip.
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What a cute story. It’s wonderful that he was reminded of the story he read, just by seeing the teapot.
My only tip for photographing shiny things is to make sure everything reflected looks nice.
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I LOVE this post, and I love Core Three. We did it a few years ago, and Johnny Tremain was one of our favorites.
When I read your line about slamming on the brakes and having your son feel like he was going to die, I thought…my kind of lady, my kids can completely understand that – they live it as well.
I have a very similar tea pot, and just love it.
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What a great story. Kids, you never know what they are going to come up with next. My wife collects tea-pots…we might have one similar to his
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Oh, what a precious story, and NOW a family heirloom! And your boy’s heart???? priceless!
Suzanne
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Kim, I loved this story, especially the part about Jacob’s heart.
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It reminds me of how I got MY silver Tea Set.
Ask your husband (aka–my son).
Jacob seems to be a chip off the old block
How cool!!
xxxx
MomL
That is so sweet that Jacob wanted the tea pot because of reading about Johnny Tremain!
I don’t know a way to get rid of your reflection. Maybe if you shot from farther away with a zoom lens, at least the reflection would be smaller. I think the reflection is kind of cool, though. It adds more interest to the photo!
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That was a wonderful post.
Love your son’s tender heart, and the reasons he wanted the tea pot.
And aren’t people nice who are willing to deal on their things.
That is part of the fun, isn’t it.
Blessing,
Barbara Jean
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Sweet heart on your son…that’s great.
Picture taking on reflective services? No clue. I took a picture of a gun cabinet my husband built for a client, glass in the front. Sent them to my sister and she suggested I not take pics naked…told her that I was in the garage in November in CO…that was NOT the situation…jeans and sweatshirt…I hope my figure is slightly better than that ;D
What a great find! My boys just finished listening to the audio of Johnny Tremain and loved it!
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