Friday Smiles 254

Once again, I am sharing a few more of these photos from the History Museum each Friday, along with some funny stories, quotes, verse, or jokes I found when I was cleaning my office. 

I'll share the funny stuff first, then you can see and enjoy the photos of the museum. By now you know I'm here for Annie's Friday Smiles.

Fun is like insurance: the older you get the more it costs.
                  ~Kim Hubbard

We are all here for a spell.  Get all the good laughs you can.
                  ~Will Rogers

An old golfer whose eyesight was failing him feared he would have to give up golf.  He couldn't see where his ball landed.  Nonsense, says his friend.  Just get an old partner with 20/20 vision.  He can tell you where your ball lands.
The golfer with poor eyesight is delighted with the suggestion.  The next time his friend sees him, he asks how the scheme worked.  "Well, I found an old friend with excellent eyesight; he had no trouble following the flight of the ball, but by the time we got up the fairway, he's forgotten where it lands."

I read in the newspaper that a couple of California raisins died, and they suspect a cereal killer.

There are three periods in life: youth, middle age, and "how well you look."
                                    ~Nelson Rockefeller

Give me the luxuries of life and I will willingly do without the necessities.
                                           ~Frank Lloyd Wright

Now for more photos from the museum, this time in the South Hall on the 2nd Floor and the final room on the 2nd Floor.

The beautiful wooden table in the center of the room caught my eye.

The marble and inlay of this piece were beautiful, but not really my style.

The Grandfather Clock was impressive, but the color of the wood was all wrong.  I'd prefer the oak that beautiful door is made from.

Now I know some people really like this stuff, so I photographed it.  I even own some silver plate, but I don't like to clean it, which takes the fun out of owning it.

I understand it's important to have this under glass for security reasons, but it makes it difficult to photograph.

I'm always lamenting how my furniture looks like it is dusty when I photograph it in the winter.  Well, I know that furniture had been dusted that day, but it certainly looked dusty to me.  At least now I don't feel so bad.

Next time we will visit the third floor, or at least part of it.

Thanks for joining me today as I visited Annie and her lovely smiles.  A smile to start the weekend is always a good thing.