SUNDAY MEMORIES
Judy Wills
I am re-blogging this piece, as it is a wonderful memory we have of Germany.
…I’ve never thought I would be particularly interested in wood, types of wood, or just about anything related to wood. I guess the first time I really became interested was when I was graduating from high school and a local furniture store gave a Hope Chest to every graduating girl in my class. Now, I must say that the chests were VERY MINIATURE!! More like a keepsake box. But they were made of cedar, as a real hope chest would be, and finished beautifully. After all these 50+ years since that time, my miniature hope chest still smells wonderfully fragrant. That’s probably why I love the fresh smell of cedar so much.
Inside with all my treasures – including the gavel I used as Worthy Advisor in Rainbow Girls
Lane Cedar Chests from American Furniture Company gave the boxes
When we were stationed in Germany in the late 1960’s, we came across some wood inlay pictures that really caught our eye. The intricate “jigsaw puzzle” work of the artist…and the different color of the woods used…were fascinating. We purchased just one picture, thinking that was all we could afford. And while we cherished that picture, we couldn’t help but wish we had purchased more.
Back to Germany we went in the early 1980’s – and we began our search for more of those wood inlay pictures, and especially by the same artist. And we found them! We snapped up two more. All of the scenes are of places in Germany that were important to us and our memories. We treasure them. And we learned that this particular artist had cut enough puzzle pieces for his apprentices to make pictures for up to five years after his death! Amazing.
Judy is living in Central Florida with her retired U.S. Air Force husband of 50+ years. Born in Dallas, Texas, she grew up in the Southwestern United States.She met her husband at their church, where he was attending the university in her town. After college and seminary, he entered the Air Force, and their adventures began.They lived in eight of our United States, and spent six years in Europe, where their oldest daughter was born. She was a stay-at-home mom for many years .
Judy has always been involved with music, both playing the piano and singing. Always interested in exercise, she was an aerobic dancing instructor, as well as a piano teacher for many years, and continues to faithfully exercise at home.
After moving to Central Florida, she served as a church secretary for nearly nine years.Her main hobby at this point in time is scanning pictures and 35mm slides into the computer. She also enjoys scrapbooking.She and her husband have two married daughters and four grandchildren, including grandtwins as well as a great-grandson. She and her husband enjoy the Disney parks as often as possible.
Old Things R New 