How Old Is Your Rolling Pin?

This afternoon

I picked up my rolling pin

and realized someone (?) had put

her away with some sticky stuff

all down one side

Does a rolling pin have a side? hmmm

Anyway.

As I ran her under warm tap water

her history came back to me

I used to live in this little tiny house

on the south west end of Eugene

One afternoon I noticed lots of people driving by...

being as curious as a cat

I went to see...An Estate sale!

Yeah!!

I wandered around all through the house...and the

one thing that caught me was this rolling pin.

It was pretty expensive

for back then...

20 bucks

back in 1984

She glowed...and I knew that she had to come home with me

As I went to buy her...I started talking to the woman

who's sale it was.  I found out that the rolling pin

had been made in 1918 by her grandfather

we talked for some time

and when it was time to pay

she gave it to me.

I was shocked

But oh so happy.

This rolling pin is almost 100 years old.

As I held her in my hands today...feeling how

smooth her surface is...

generations of women and possibly men

rolling out pie crust's and

biscuits

Feeding the ones they love

I am happy to have her in my kitchen

I hope I have a grandchild someday to pass this

on too.  Ha ha...

my boy does not seem

to like rolling pie crust. 

 I think if taken care of she

has another 100 years of good work left in her.