French Silver Art Nouveau Slide Locket Mirror Pendant Maple Leaf Moonstone In her mind she could

In her mind she could picture the diamond and pearl frame she’d commission for it

Around the shop we call them ‘Instant Ancestors’ and even if they’re not yours

Something borrowed and something blue

it does bears the mark ‘XI’ on the back (perhaps for 1911

it measures 59

French Silver Art Nouveau Slide Locket Mirror Pendant Maple Leaf Moonstone In her mind she couldWe have a giant silver maple tree along our driveway. It is the first of our trees to show signs of life in the spring and the first to have its branch tips kissed with color when Summer hands September over to Autumn. Whether you call them, whirlybirds, helicopters or by their scientific name, samara, when they blow off of our big tree in the early summer and spiral down gently to the earth they are a sight to behold. The silver maple leaves on this