Last Thursday and Saturday I posted an assortment of some of the travel ornaments that we have on our tree this year. We haven't been doing much travel because of COVID and it looks as if that might get extended even more so this is as good as it gets right now.
Here is the last of the collection.
It is a bit heard to read now (this is one of our earliest ornaments in the travel collection) - San Francisco. We bought this on our only visit to Fisherman's Warf.
This ornament from Maine is hand painted on a piece of slate. We bought it on Deer Isle which was the main centre for slate mining in the n0th century.
The iconic red phone booth from London. Another super expensive purchase from Buckingham Palace. One good things is that it isn't cheap crap made in China. The Queen has standards, don't you know?
This metal cowboy was purchased in San Antonio. I was in the city for a conference.
This is one of those two for one posts. The golden ornament is a bit of a redwood tree that has been plated. We bought this after hiking in Muir Woods State Park outside of San Francisco.
The lighthouse is from Cape Breton Island. The tartan used to make the scarf is known as the Cape Breton tartan. "Black for the wealth of our coal mines, Grey for our Cape Breton steel, Green for our lofty mountains, Our valleys and our fields; Gold for the golden sunsets, Shining bright on the lakes of Bras d'Or, To show us God's hand has lingered, To bless Cape Breton's shores.'
This is one of my favourite. When we visited Naples, Italy we made sure to wander via San Gregorio Armeno also known as the street of the nativity makers. At one of the shops we bought this angel to commemorate our trip.
This kayaking Santa was purchased on one of our trips to Maine. Sea kayaking is a popular pastime in the area and clearly old Saint Nick enjoys it during his downtime.
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