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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;evelyb30, post: 87860, member: 36&quot;]((glorp))&nbsp; Now that&#039;s what I call a nice present!&nbsp; I donate extras to local charity thrifts regularly.&nbsp; My favorite though went to a local teacher.&nbsp; I&#039;d been out tag saling on a Saturday as usual, and at the end of the run stopped at a sale that didn&#039;t look too promising. Kid stuff would be an understatement.&nbsp; I picked up a pile, because Operation Christmas Child could use it (shoeboxes of goodies and toiletries sent to kids in refugee camps, third world countries, etc) and told the guy what I was up to.&nbsp; He promptly donated the stuff I&#039;d picked up.&nbsp; We got to talking about where it all came from, and it turned out he was the art teacher for several local elementary schools.&nbsp; For some reason Japanese wood block came into the conversation too and he mentioned he loved them but had never owned one.&nbsp; A few hours later, a light bulb went off.&nbsp; I&#039;d bought a modern one of an apprentice geisha, and hadn&#039;t been able to get it to sell on Ebay.&nbsp; I&#039;d opened the frame but never resealed it - just as well, because this way you could see the back too and see more of how it was done.&nbsp; The Maiko in her frame went into a bag, and the next time I went past the house I dropped it with a note explaining what it was and where it came from.&nbsp; From the thank-you note I got back, the guy probably just about passed out when he opened the bag. </p><p><br /></p><p>One scarf I had out for sale ended up, I&#039;m told, as the cover art for a book on scarves, but the geisha was better.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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