Friday 5

[debris4spike]

Thought I would do the thefridayfive again ....


1) What is the oldest thing you own?
I have quite a few items from my Great Grandparents .... including a clock on the wall, that was bought for their wedding in 1885.  Think that's about as far back as I go (although I do also own an ammonite fossil, that a friend gave me, so with or without evolution ages, that is certainly old)

2) What is the oldest home you've lived in?
Our home in Bude (see previous post for picture!!) was finished in 1928.  My present one is the newest

3) What is the oldest book you've read?
The Bible!   And, again I have a copy of the Bible from the 1800's.
However I do have a book of Children's hymns dated 1831

4) What is the oldest electronic device that you still use?
Still in use I have a video player in my bedroom.

5) What is the oldest work of art/architecture that you've seen?
Look at the picture (!!!) - Stonehenge!
I have also seen a lot of Greek and Roman ruins


So, maybe I am not as old as I thought ... others are older!

I love being surrounded by my family items ... 140 years of history around, and I think I can say that I know the history of everything.

Comments

[brunettepet.livejournal.com]

It's comforting to be surrounded by family items.

[kazzy-cee.livejournal.com]

Stonehenge is a good example. I’d forgotten we’ve seen that!

[cbtreks.livejournal.com]

I'd really have to think about the oldest work of art/architecture that I've seen. We don't have as many opportunities to see really old architecture in the US as Britons and Europeans do! I wonder if the Mounds in Indiana count? Archaeologists think they might've been used as foundations for religious buildings and maybe tombs for important people. Now they just looks like big, grass-covered mounds of earth! (Still neat to see.) Those date back to about 160 BC. Otherwise, it'd have to be some of the buildings in Philadelphia.