Acquiring mementos while on the road is a time-honored activity. Finding a unique item can be challenging these days as many curio vendors seem to be sourcing their wares from the same suppliers. "It's all mass-produced junk!" you might say, and we wouldn't debate the matter. Sure, there are dealers of artisanal and higher-end goods to be found in the alleyways and side streets of tourist towns, but the prices and portability of their offerings can be problematic for excursionists on extended journeys.
Our last couple of keepsakes were obviously mass-produced, but calling them "junk" wouldn't be accurate. Better to describe them as "found objects" that we came upon by happenstance. While it may be odd to classify them as souvenirs, one thing is certain...for TSG (and a couple of other people) there's something about these things that connect them to a specific place and time in their lives. We're reluctant to invoke the old adage "Finders keepers, losers weepers", but we can't deny it's an accurate assessment of the situation.
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Extremely worthy graphics support of your posting. Well done.
And, yeah, found goodies can serve in a non-traditional manner.
We like to collect (beyond pencils/pens, of course) something we can hang on the Christmas tree from various places. Sometimes that is an actual Xmas ornament bearing the name of the place where we bought it. But a number of times, lacking such an opportunity, we'll go with something else that can serve the same purpose. In the end, dangling from a Christmas tree branch, it usually works.
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