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Now that we are getting older, we often have older stuff too.
The oldest non-living item that I have in my possession is a violin made in about 1850.
The oldest living thing is a ficus tree that my wife and I bought in our second year of marriage, 44 years ago.
Other than my rock and Geode collection,
An 1862 McGuffy's Reader school book.
Then a mid- late 1880s Aramaic Bible that was my grandfather's.
Forget Dick and Jane see Spot run. McGuffy's is the best.
My OH has inherited mid 1800s Barrister Book cases, the kind with glass doors for keeping dust out. The REAL sectional kind, not the fakers ones. Could be older, they were my FIL s grandfather's. So easily could be early 1800s, as my FIL is 89.
Hmm, I'm going to have to go figure out Which box has those books in it from moving into the new house, and is still yet unpacked from two years ago!!
Since my mom died in 2003, we still have some things from her family dating back to roughly about 1850. The oldest stuff is mainly silver, which neither my sister nor I are really into. However, they do have emotional value ... but unfortunately, our younger relatives have no interest in having them. So ... what will probably happen is that we will sell and/or donate all of the stuff.
We were born in and grew up in Texas, but our mom's family started coming over way before the American revolution. So, I feel bad to give up things that (in my imagination) connect us to that heritage.
OTOH, material objects are just things and it is not rational to attach so much importance to them. Despite that, it feels satisfying to know things that give one a sense of connection with history.
The oldest thing I have in my possession is a rock. It's a piece of Vishnu schist from the bottom of the Grand Canyon, and is approximately 2 billion years old.
The oldest human-created object I own is probably the board from my grandfather's milk wagon that I have hanging in my spare bedroom. It probably dates to around 1910 or so.
I have the skull of Lamech that one fellow from the Bible long time ago
just found it in the front yard here man it has all these weird names on it like esoteric names
I must say this skull is quite a strange thing to find in one`s yard
The Christmas stocking my aunt made for me when I was born. Used every single year.
When she could no longer knit I was given all her patterns and am now the family knitter of stockings to new spouses, grandchildren and cousins. We love our huge hand knit stockings. Most sentimental item for all.
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