Browsing and Dreaming
Recently, in our town, there was a festival that involved booths set up to sell various items. Going through them was kind of like visiting an art gallery. There were clothes, household goods and other interesting things. However, what caught my eye was the beautiful jewelry, paintings, and figurines. Some of these were not expensive, but others were handmade and very expensive. There were many Native American items on display. Others were being made at the time by the people who sponsored the booth.
All of these things made me think of visiting an art gallery or a museum. A nearby western art museum has many paintings and figurines of western and Indian art. One can get lost in thinking of times when these were the ways people lived or of the beautiful scenery, most of which can still be seen. It made me go home and look through my house for items that took me into a time that I never really knew, but have read much about. One can begin to daydream and spend time in a past that was slow-paced and beautiful. It may be just a dream now, but once upon a time………..