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| A lifetime in costume jewelry spread out for sorting |
We were so prepared
for winter last night when it was still ninety degrees. Jordan envisioned chili
for dinner, but chef Christian said he refused to cook chili when it was still so
hot. Since it was to be rainy and cold today, Jordan ran out and did some
grocery shopping yesterday and decreed today would be a stay-at-home-in-your-jammies
kind of day. So I had my mind all set for a long, dark and dreary rainy day. Sophie
made a hurried trip outside and was back in her crate, where she spent much of
the morning gently snoring. A comforting sound.
I spent the morning
working at my desk, with my prayer shawl warming my shoulders, even though I
had the heat on and kept the patio doors closed. But when I looked up at noon,
the sun was shining brightly—still a bit chilly, but so much for rainy and
cold. Winter didn’t last very long.
We should be
grateful though. In Denver, yesterday, it dropped 64 degrees within 24 hours
(naw, there’s no climate change). My oldest granddaughter is in school in
Boulder, and her family is visiting her this weekend—I suspect it’s parents
weekend or some such. At any rate, I hope they bundled up well.
Tonight, Jordan is
getting the pot of chili she wanted last night, but supper will be late. Christian
rarely gets home before six and then it takes him a while to make chili. So Jordan
unexpectedly busied herself going through old jewelry of mine that had been
stashed away. I thought it was from boredom, but it turns out she was looking
for an orange necklace to wear to a watch party for the UT/OU game tomorrow.
She had already rejected the one orange shirt I own. To my mind, orange is not
a flattering color, and I laughed that she thought she would find an orange
necklace.
She got caught up
in the task, sorting necklaces I haven’t worn in years, earrings without mates,
strings of pearls that we couldn’t identify, strange pins that obviously came
from clubs or groups of one kind of another. She found three Scottish thistle
pins, which she promptly allocated to her sister and Melanie, the Scottish DIL.
I don’t suppose I’d wear them, but I thought she might leave me one. She had
fun texting her siblings pictures of her finds—a pair of pearl drop earrings
elicited from Megan the sarcastic comment that she had been looking for years
for a pair just like that. A ring with SAE on it went to Colin—no response yet.
In my working days
I was a jewelry freak—big showy necklaces, earrings, and lots of rings. Somehow
in retirement I put all that behind me. My hairstyle hides any earrings (I
never did successfully pierce my ears and always wore clip-ons), necklaces were
just too much trouble, and my fingers seemed to swell so that rings were uncomfortable.
Today my fingers are slimmer again, and a friend just urged me to start wearing
rings again. Jordan unearthed tonight the old pawn turquoise ring that belonged
to her Uncle Bob and that I wore every day. I’m tempted to start wearing it
again.
What started as an
idle search has now turned into a full-scale obsession. Jordan has gone through
several small jewelry boxes, moved on to her home safe, and is talking about
looking at the safety deposit box at the bank.
Meanwhile, I’m
hungry. Hope the chili is ready soon
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