Bits and pieces by Lois

A jolly little fellow

I don’t know what this little canal boat was used for… maybe it was just to whiz up and down the canals ferrying people back and forth rather than big cargoes of iron ore, cola or whatever else canal boats carried. Here it is now, seemingly abandoned in still water, weeds growing all around it, […]

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Bits and pieces by Lois

A perforated pot

Do you think this was to hold embers or some other slow burning material to give out heat? Do you think a candle was put inside to give out light, and maybe was it used outside on summer evenings? Do you think rose petals and spices were kept in it as a sort of pot […]

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