Possessions

I've done exceedingly well with NOT buying 'things' and trinkets

I neither need nor want to care for;

retirement is time to par-down,

not acquisition up!

I made an exception today -

to celebrate the start of my Social Security checks -

or should I say, to celebrate the beginning of drawing 

on my ex-husbands benefits!

I found this small oil painting weeks ago at a local antique store

and, for whatever reason,

couldn't get it out of my head.

Now it's hanging on my wall 

and I can see it every day!

Totally love it!

What do you think?

Some kind of voo-doo ceremony?

Sistah Happy Hour?

Memorial service?

Taize?

The possibilities are endless;

the conjectures unlimited.

It IS signed by the artist, 

but when I was painting the matting 

I forgot to write down his/her name to look it up -

and its not important enough to me to take the frame apart again 

to have another look.

It will just remain just one of life's mysteries -

unless one of you tells me its valuable enough to make the effort worth it!

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I also love that retirement is a time 

when I have so much time

I can paint acorns!

It's the little things, children, 

that in the end

make you happy!