Older Is Sometimes Better

"Make new friends but keep the old.
One is silver but the other gold."

I always liked those lines and the same can be said for some favorite items around the house, don't you think?

For instance, a long, long time ago, while living outside the country,  I bought a little wooden grotto with doors that open up.

Inside, I placed a tiny statue of the Virgin of Guadalupe, patroness of Mexico.

The case has traveled everywhere I've lived in that past several decades so it's pretty well traveled.

There's no way I want to retire this little wooden grotto. It's just something I have always loved and hope to hang on to it indefinitely.

DO YOU HAVE SOME OLD ITEMS AROUND YOUR PLACE YOU DON'T WANT TO PART WITH?