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| Monday, February 06, 2012
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Susie Smith's New Gift
For the past three years I have served as President of the Thousand Islands Land Trust in Clayton, NY. The new President presented me with a milk bottle full of buttons as a tribute to my years of service. I was thrilled - for everyone on that board had heard me talk about buttons - probably far too often - but it meant that someone had been listening.
Actually one of the staff members had given me a wonderful tin of her mother's buttons several years ago and I was equally as thrilled.
Often when we receive gifts of buttons we know that there will be few that will add to our collection - this button jar was an exception. There were far more "good buttons" than I ever dreamed would be the case.
Throughout the meeting I tried to be polite and listen attentively, but I actually found that I started to say, "oh my", Oh Gee", OMG as i found three Golden Age Gilts! Many are in poor shape - which makes me smile as I can spend the winter fussing over buttons - cleaning and polishing. Many have already been placed on cards and some are ready for trading.
At the same time another Trustee brought me three buttons from France. What a thrill to open that box too.
Suffice to say, I am extremely grateful to everyone. Not only do I have a wonderful new collection of buttons but I also have a Zenda Farm milk bottle. The bottle comes from the 1930s model farm built on the west side of Clayton, NY, and is now owned by The Thousand Islands Land Trust. (http://www.tilandtrust.org/Preserves/ConservedLandPreserves.aspx).
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| Ottawa Valley Button Club
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