I saved $100.
Ha!

I didn't buy the 3 foot high Great Heron.
I didn't buy the Brown Bolero jewelry.
Ha!

Instead I hesitated.
That's what happens when you hesitate,
somebody else steps in and buys "your" treasure.

The Great Heron is a bamboo statue.
The wings are covered with a printed Japanese material and the head is tilted backward.
It stands tall on both legs and the entire body is painted, kind of splattered with paint to match the material on the wings.

I love how the hollow bamboo legs seem to be separated at the knees.
How was that done?

It was fun to stand and discuss the art work with another customer at a little thrift shop yesterday.
We both had fun ooo-ing and ahhh-ing.

Nothing like focusing on a piece of art and exchanging ideas of what I see and what they see. Holding the focus and seeing more and more of what's there.

I didn't buy it.
Cost $35.
Ha!

Yesterday I hesitated.
I figured I'd let it haunt me.

Today I drove by and stopped in the shop and it was gone!
Ha!
Oh well.
Where would I put a tall skinny bamboo bird?....and it was kind of old and worn?

In retrospect, I think I remember seeing the same exact Great Heron
at an estate sale a few months ago and I didn't like it because it was standing on both feet.

I prefer a Crane, who stands on one foot. It's more my style!
;b (wink with a raspberry!)

The other thing I didn't buy was a Brown Bolearo.

There was a little art sale locally today, of "one of a kind" jewelry.

What caught my eye, right away, was a handmade brown leather "braided" (some kind of fancy braiding) string, that had a large flat circular polished stone, edged with hand sewn beading, brown and shades of brown.

The cost $65.

When I saw the flat polished stone, I connected with it's beauty.
It looked like a dark desert land scape, a few lines criss-crossing.

It was like an out of focus scene that I was remembering from another time, another place.
I connected on an emotional level.
I didn't buy it because, I knew I would never wear it.
It's a man's tie, right?..hahahahaha

I'd have to hang it on the wall...hahaha.....So, as I was negotiating about a one of a kind pair of earrings, a woman appeared on my left and grabbed the Brown Bolearo.
She said it was going to be shipped, directly, to Oklahoma for a friend.

They wear Bolearos in Oklahoma?
Ha!

I guess I must have really good taste, "my" treasures went fast.
Oh well.
It was fun to have had the experience without the expense!