Curiously Intertwined: October 2024

Saturday, October 5, 2024

Wait. What?

I had an errand downtown today

so I had the opportunity to see Fireball

for a quick break outside his building.

The project that needs to get done today is to clean the fan.

I had only intended to take the grill off the front to get to the blades,

but one thing lead to another and I disassembled the whole thing.

Each piece has been washed and set in the sun to dry before reassembly.

I am anticipating better sleep without dust being blown in my direction.

The day started out at the dentist where he was unable to get my mouth numb

(My right jaw is quite sore from all the attempts)

and the procedure I was scheduled to have had to be scrapped.

In the afternoon I noticed that something was missing. See photo.

The rest of the moments of the day were not all bad

so I can't call it a bad day, just a few bad moments.

I do hope tomorrow will be without incident though.

I would ask "what is it?" for this item, but I looked it up today

and thought I'd tell you what I found out.

It measures about two inches square-ish.

It is a powder compact with a small mirror.

It appears to be pre-1930

so it is likely to have belonged to Fireball's grandmother.

There are two wire loops near the top

which seem to be for putting the compact on a chain

to wear around the neck.

The pink paint on the back is fairly chipped up

so I suspect it was well used and loved.

If you have any more information on pieces like this

or have one of your own, I'd love to hear about it.