Happy Street Finds

 

As you know, HD has long been bringing me treasures found on his walks. Often they are coins, rocks, beads, something shiny.

But this plastic offering he picked up last month had me stumped.

It is small, 3" x 2-1/2" and was very dirty. He found it in the street down at the end of Golden Shores.

If it wasn't for the words on the back - Have a Nice Day and Sheriff Harry Lee - I never would have figured it out. As it was, it did take awhile searching the internet before I found that Harry Lee was the long-time (1980-2007) sheriff of Jefferson Parish, Louisiana.

I couldn't figure out what had been in the hole until I saw online that it was a magnet.

But from Jefferson Parish (Greater New Orleans area) to Creston, Iowa? How did it get here? Had it been attached to a car and fell off?

Further searching showed that there were a number different Harry Lee refrigerator magnets. (I counted ten.) Apparently Lee threw them from floats during Mardi Gras parades. This street find ranks high on the unusual list.

Totally unrelated, I know, but while the Happy in the title of this post could refer to the smiling Sheriff Lee, it actually refers to this bottle of Clinique Happy perfume which granddaughter Deise gave me on Thanksgiving.

I don't know if she remembers when I used to wear this fragrance all the time or if she just thought I might like it. It has been years, but I do still like this fragrance described as having "vibrant notes of red grapefruit and bergamot with sensual ones of Hawaiian wedding flower and spring mimosa."

Wearing it again brings back memories.

Thanks Deise. 💛