Edward Sharp & Sons Vintage Toffee Tins

I love garage sales and I rarely ever get to go.  Apparently I have too much crap now, so why add to it.  I have purged my house of many things I do not need.  I have a weakness for tins,  or wooden boxes, or glass well you get the picture.  I have a few other things I like collecting I'll blog about that another day.  On Saturday when I snuck out to go to a few garage sales in the countryside around my home I came across a large one that was raising money for the wetlands nearby.  I like fundraising garage sales because they have a lot of stuff and they do not ask crazy prices.  At this garage sale there was A LOT of glass ware.  Many of the boxes had gotten wet and so did many of the items at the sale. I wasn't really finding anything I was interested in. Just as I was heading back to my Jeep I found a few tins that were in pretty good shape.  I avoided the newer looking ones which led me to these two toffe tins from and english confectionary that use to satisfy the late King George the VI sweet tooth.  I like them, so I really don't think I will try to sell them, but I like to find out about the things I have, it is part of the fun of having them.  What is the best thing to do when you have found something you want information on???  GOOGLE IT!!!  I found the Edward Sharp & Sons information, but most of the tins were in england. (Go figure) and none of them looked like mine. I figure the small tin with Grigg Farm Headcorn Kent on it might be worth $20 to $30..  The other tin is so much nicer I would really like info on it.  I have found the exact same tin without the lid with many more scratches on it and the person is asking $35 I think.  Mine is in better condition and it has all the pieces.  On the Ebay item like mine it had this line "A very old antique toffee tin. Marked ' Made in England by Edward Sharp & Sons LTD. of Maidstone, Kent. .... The Curtiss Candy Company was founded in 1916 by Otto Schnering. "  So now you know what I know about it.  If you know more and would like to comment I would appreciate it.  Oh and if you are really curious to know... in the comments guess how much I paid for them both

Can't wait to ride.

Here we are, it is the end of February and I find myself looking forward to the first day I can go for a ride.  It's not that I don't like the snow or the winter.  Fall and winter are my favorite seasons.  I just really love the ride.  For those of you who don't know me last year I got my M2.  I have wanted it since I was a very little girl.  There is a picture of me when I was 2 years old on the back of a motorcycle and every time I saw it I thought that is what I want. That is where I want to be. So last year my wonderful husband and I went to Georgian college for the motorcyle course.  So of course we both had to have our own bikes because neither one of us like to be a passenger. So I bought my little 250 Suzuki Maurader, and about a month later Mike got his Suzuki Intruder.  So now they are tucked away with their little battery chargers waiting for the first signs of spring, when I will try to sell my baby and get something that fits me.  Until then I will sit and daydream about my baby.  I am sure I will blog about my bike experiences again. I do like to go on.

On a related topic I just thought I would share this:

You ever notice that when you have a interest in something that everything related stands out.  I was driving(not riding)  through the Tim Hortins in Tottenham last summer and I saw this(below photo).  It brought out a lot of interesting ideas so I felt I needed a picture to share because I didn't think anyone would believe me.  I am pretty sure it was not actually used as a kiddie seat, but first thing I though was red neck kid seat.

Could you imagine someone actually trying this.  I'm sure it was something seen at the end of the road and the rider thought he(or she) should grab it before someone else did, but it does give an interesting mental image.  I think it would probably cause a lot of drag.  I hope they didn't have too long a ride to get home.

First Blog sans photo

Okay well here we go.  My name is Kristi and I am a photographer.  I am doing this to promote myself and my photographs as well as have a little fun with the world around me.  Check back in with me to see and here my outlook on life and all of its interesting events.