Daily Archives: March 6, 2010

I really shouldn’t bitch about my cousins so much. We did, at least, get roughly $15k off of them for the various stuff they picked up. And we managed to keep a little bit of silver, along with the Stewardson … Continue reading →

As I speak, I am holed upstairs in my little hidey-hole while my cousins from my mother’s side of the family paw through various antiques that they want, since we won’t be able to take much with us for the … Continue reading →

I am now the proud owner of an oil painting on wood canvas by John Opie of my great-great-great-granduncle, Thomas Stewardson, who was portrait painter to Queen Caroline It turns out that of all our possessions, this is one of … Continue reading →