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I hate the smell of cigar smoke. It makes me queasy. It is so thick,
it almost feels like an evil spirit (Maybe not evil but a really
annoying one) is trying to take roost in my own very pink lungs. I
smoked a couple cigarettes (literally only a couple) and I actually
enjoy smelling cigarette smoke when it is outside, not in a concert
space or a restaurant. I remember when Husband and I would go to
concerts, we would wake up the next morning and our hair would smell
like cigarette smoke, we would cough and hack like we smoked a half
pack each and I would feel sick, like I had a cold for a couple of
days later.
anyway... I like the boxes. I have several little wood cigar boxes
here that I keep small treasures in. Dice, beads, tiny antique vases,
small bits of carved wood, vintage jewelry, bits of lace, maybe even a
marble or two.
Buttons McTavish, vukpiper.com, and 9 other people added this photo to their favorites.
lydiafairy 20 months ago | reply
mrwaterslide 20 months ago | reply
i need some cheap old cigar boxes. i have a tramp art frame that has one little piece missing. i don't mind repairing it, but i want to use the authentic gen for the repair, even though it will be painted. unfortunately, all the old cigar boxes i see are priced as collectibles or antiques, and the new ones (I think) are made out of pressed cardboard, instead of thin cedar, or whatever wood it was they used.
lydiafairy 20 months ago | reply
cougkidd 20 months ago | reply
Many of my childhood treasures were store in one of these.
lydiafairy 20 months ago | reply
allandportilla ® 20 months ago | reply
Colectors item nice shot :)
rosanne maccormick-keen 20 months ago | reply
great photo...i love them too...but also hate the smell of cigars...i wish i had saved my Dad's boxes...he used to keep photos in them...actually i think my mom must have tossed them long before he passed...you have just re-newed a spark in me...my quest for cigar boxes begins...
smokey lace 20 months ago | reply
Definitely something really magical about old cigar boxes or tins with little treasures inside :)
lydiafairy 20 months ago | reply
photo_secessionist 20 months ago | reply
Oh, I am SO going to steal a part of this idea! I love them too... my great uncle was a big - BIG - cigar-smoking Irish cop who would bring me his empty boxes to hold all my treasures. I don't have a single one of them, but have collected one or two of my own. I love them and the memories they bring back - green army men, Trolls, pencils, odd bits of string and paper... all the good stuff that add up to treasure for a seven-year-old. Need I add that the photo here is just wonderful? (Will your head swell so that you won't be abloe to do mre of them? Will it be my fault? LOL) I love the richness of colour and your always-good choices of focus.