Narrow escape

Rutledge Ave., Charleston, S.C.

My favorite homes look even prettier with their holiday decorations. I dashed from work to see my dentist on Wentworth St. who had threatened a "procedure". Lucky for me she explored around, hemmed and hawed and decided I didn't need it done after all. Bingo! I can live with that.

I love this no-man's land of a week between Christmas and New Years. No meetings. Most of the big kids are out of their offices. It's time to close the year and get ready for the new one.  Hopefully I can squeeze in some major office cleaning.

Remember my mermaid? She got dressed for the season and refuses to take it off. 

Rare Mermaid Breeding Grounds

Mt. Pleasant Antique Mall, 708 Johnnie Dodds Blvd., Mt. Pleasant, S.C.

My friend Donna shared a Facebook photo of her antique booth in a vendor mall in Mt. Pleasant recently. I spotted a sweet rattan stool that I liked and hoping to encourage her new business venture, I claimed it it. She tagged it for me and the weekend before last I drove out on a Saturday morning to pick up my stool. Then I made the mistake of looking around. 

Holy cow, they had some great stuff. It is called the Mt Pleasant Mall and is where the old Sofa Super Store was. I walked around and almost escaped without doing further damage to my wallet until I spotted a hand carved wooden mermaid in the far back corner. My baby. 

When I downsized to a smaller house to my current rancher I got rid of almost everything. I needed to add some character to my nest and I had found my character. With her tail fin at my shoulders I crammed her into my little car and got her safely home. I've found a stone to set her on and secured her to my wall. I grin every time I see her. 

Last Saturday I went back to check on a little serving tray I had resisted. I wandered back to see what they put in my mermaid's spot and low and behold her original hand carved wooden twin was there! How amazing is that?

Then I saw another one! Identical mermaid triplets. How often can that happen? Alert the marine biologists.

Luckily I still like my gal although I am not hosting a sibling reunion.  I do think MY triplet is the most attractive, don't you?