Whatever happened to "empty nest"?

[jhetley]

I was just wandering around downstairs, waiting for the second cup of coffee to trickle down through grounds and filter into usefulness.  And contemplating the serried ranks of boxes left here by both Elder and Younger Sons.  Upstairs, downstairs, in milady's chamber.

Wonder when (or if) that stuff will be summoned to its destiny . . .

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[birdsedge.livejournal.com]

That's fantastic.

I do have the grandfather clock that was bought by my great-great grandfather for my great-grandparents on the occasion of their wedding in 1883. It's pretty fragile, now, having been in my Aunt Mary's and (her daughter) my spinster Aunt Bessie's none too tender care until that line of the family died out. I've had it since the mid 1990s and if I had the money I'd get it restored properly - but I haven't. It's probably worth quite a bit - or would be if restored. I'm not sure about its value in it's present condition.

That's the only heirloom, though, unless you count a few old photos and the two antique mismatched chairs my Grandpa George bought in junk shops in the 1950s.

[jhetley.livejournal.com]

We have more ancestral Stuff than we know what to do with. Most of the furniture Stuff gets employed storing smaller Stuff.

And my sister has her half of the Stuff, with no heirs . . .