A priest, a rabbi and a parrot walk into a bar…No, wait! Two
nice young women walk into a store in Florence, the antiques capital of
Colorado and buy a tractor crankshaft… OK, now I have the story correct.
As most regular blog readers know, I semi-recently started a new feature here. It’s simple. Not
long ago, a marketing campaign started in Florence—Find It In Florence. I have
nothing to do with that campaign. But since I am a perennially curious former
newspaper reporter who has always been fascinated with the true stories evident
in seemingly ordinary life—I decided to see what would happen when I pop out of
nowhere with a camera and a notepad and ask people what they are going to do
with that antiques’ find, they discovered in Florence. So, now we have: Will We
Find YOU In Florence, The Antiques Capital of Colorado?
This time around we found two creative, fun-loving women who
hauled a big rusty vintage tractor crankshaft ($42) t to the counter of the
Iron Gate Antique Mall in Florence.
Naturally I could not help asking what they were going to do
with that lovely, heavy rusty beast. I knew there had to be a better way to do
weight training.
Alison Helsley of Canon City (recently relocated from Dallas,
Texas) was delighted to find this work of art in Florence. She is planning to
make a table base. She described the look she is going for as: “industrial,
modern rustic.”
Music to my ears! I knew exactly what she meant—and that
scared me. But that’s what working around lovely eccentric, rusty and yummy
vintage things does to a person.
“It’s going to make an awesome coffee table,” Alison said.
I have no doubt about that. Alison said she is going to use
a metal cog as the base and some pallet wood as the top.
As usual, I asked Alison to send True Story Club a photo of
the finished product.
Alison was accompanied by her friend, Rose-Marie
Gerschefske, who is visiting from Dallas. Rose-Marie got a mini-workout by
helping her friend with the crankshaft and lifting it up for a picture.
OK, as usual we had a blast with: Will We Find YOU in
Florence, the Antiques Capital of Colorado. But the question is: Will you be
the next people we find in Florence?
You might be shopping in Florence and someone might come up
and ask you if you want to be found in Florence—and be on this blog. So far,
not one person has refused! Everyone has been gracious and shared what they
were buying and WHY.
Even if I don’t find YOU in Florence—you are welcome to
submit a photo of yourself and/or your friends and family and share what YOU
found in Florence. It can be an item, a meal or an experience. I am really not
that fussy—as long as we are all having fun, sharing a memory or sharing a
creative idea.
