Childhood Memories--From the Thrift Store?

Do you ever think back to your childhood and remember things that are seemingly not so important. For me I always had memories of a beautiful sunflower crewel embroidery piece that I remember my mother working on. This was during the 70's and I was about 10-12yrs old at the time and I can still remember her sitting with this large sunflower peice stretched between two dining room chairs stitching away--sometimes just her and sometimes with a friend. She finished the piece and it hung in our home for many years and then when I was 18 we had house fire and that was the end of the big stitched sunflower picture.
Fast forward about 20 some years to one of my favorite thrift stores and there it is! The crewel embroidery sunflower picture! It was the same exact colors, the same everything! It felt like home! I had to have it! Only 4.00! (It's a big piece--nearly 5 ft tall--with lots of stitching) What a bargain! So into my cart it went along with that look from the husband--you're going to buy that ugly thing--why yes of course! Nobody in the family likes it but me and even if it didn't have childhood memories attached to it I would have still bought it, because I LOVE it! So for 4.00 I actually got to buy a memory--that doesn't very often.


Don't forget to stop by Kelli's for more Show & Tell Fridays. Enjoy the weekend and who knows maybe you'll have an old memory pop up and give you an nice surprise too!