Baskets

Its another beautiful day here in East Tenn and I am loving it! These days are just breathtakingly beautiful and its almost a shame to come Through My Back Door instead of sitting outside, but come on in and we will enjoy it from in here. I know you came to talk about baskets, so thats what we will do.

I did not set out to collect baskets, but some of our favorite collections just happen, don't they? In the 90's I along with everyone else bought Longaberger baskets. I still use a lot of mine to carry food places, but for the most part they are packed away.  My first old basket was a red buttocks or gizzard basket my Mother gave me. It is the one on the right. It is a split oak basket and is old. The one on the right is probably twenty years old and was made by a woman in West Tn.

tThe basket on the right is another old egg basket my Mother gave me. The one on the left was given to me by a dear friend, now deceased. She brought it to me one time with fresh bread in it. This little basket below was a gift from my husband. It is so sweet and is quite old. These baskets on the wall shelf are Longaberger baskets of Hope. I have others but these were my favorites

These are a few of my favorite mineratures. The one on the left on the second shelf was made by a  dear friend, who also happened to be my history teacher in high school The one on the right was made by a little Cherokee woman called Miss Maudie. It was a gift from a friend. The one on the bottom was made by  a family member. The big one on the left I bought on the longest yard sale this summer. I thought there was something about it that called my name. I hope I haven't bored you to tears talking about baskets. I could go on and on but will show you another , if that is okay.This one was my husbands great grandmothers egg basket. She made it her self from willow reeds. It was given to me by his great aunt. Don't you love it?  Thanks for coming Through My Back Door and Talking Baskets.  I have more but these are my favorites and I love sharing them with you. Don't know what we'll talk about next time, but come on in and we'll find some thing to share, because life is good Through My Back Door.
I do want to thank those who have become a follower.  I never expected to have so many so fast. Some of you are so busy and to take time to come read my blog humbles me.
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