Village People in My City

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My friend Eloise, (pronounced E-Lois) has a cute little village of houses above a couple of door frames in her home.

I always admired them, and dare I say it, maybe even coveted them.

One day while at a yard sale, Eloise spied another set of the same type of houses.  She promptly bought them and presented them to me as a gift.
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Now I too have a village above the door frames on one side of the main living area of our home.
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About a year later a couple of little wooden houses came through the Shepherd's Loft where I volunteer.  I held them in my hands and thought about taking them home for my village.  They were, however, a much more country design and ultimately I decided they wouldn't blend with my village and didn't bring them home.
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A few weeks later a lady came into the Loft and picked up the two little country houses.  She had them in her hands ready to put them in her shopping cart when I passed by.

As encouragement to her I said:  "Aren't those cute? I noticed those too and thought they were really cute."

She turned and thrust them into my hands saying, "Then you take them.  I don't need them and I want YOU to have them."

I could tell she was trying to give me a gift and that it would be unkindness itself to refuse.  So I thanked her and took the houses home where I put them above the door on the opposite side of the main room.

I thought - I have the village people on one side and the country cousins on the other.
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Now for the REST of the story:

The next time my very professional mother-daughter cleaning duo came over they spied the country cousins and began to giggle.

Seems Mary, the mom of the duo, had donated those to the Loft.  At one point in their history she and Sara, the daughter of the duo, had repainted the houses into their current burgundy and green color scheme so there was no doubt whatsoever in their minds that these were indeed the same houses.

And to make this even better, Mary and I have been friends since she was a little girl.

I couldn't make this stuff up.
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I'm joining Unknown Mami

For Sundays in My City.
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My city is Wisconsin Rapids, Wisconsin
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Please hurry over to Unknown Mami's to see

What's happening in other cities around blogland.
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