A Twenty Six Year Difference

Twenty six years ago, husband Jim brought me back this big ginger jar from a trip to Tokyo. Mostly, it has lived on the mantle at Linderhof for the past 21 years. I loved it -- it was a big ginger jar and the mantle seemed a fitting place for it . . . however, being a person of symmetry, I yearned for a pair.

It has taken twenty six years but I did find another -- not a twin but a blue and white ginger jar that's approximately the same size as the original.
It was a HomeGoods purchase and cost far less than the original. Shamefully, less.
The mantle, I feel, looks good "bookended" by the ginger jars. I can remove the lids and put autumn leaves or spring forsythia in them if I want some color on the mantle.

I am a patient woman and it really doesn't seem all that long ago that the I received the first ginger jar . . . but it was -- 26 years and that is a long time!

But it was definitely worth the wait!

It's not a total metamorphsis, but the mantle at Linderhof was definitely changed by the addition of the "twin" ginger jar.

Please join Susan at Between Naps on the Porch for this Met Monday and see what other transformations there are on this Monday!