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Re: [OM] Gullah sweetgrass baskets

Subject: Re: [OM] Gullah sweetgrass baskets
From: ChrisB <ftog@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Mon, 9 Nov 2015 05:45:29 +0000
I like the photo, Chuck, and the expression on the lady’s face :-)

I can see that the baskets probably take a fair amount of skill and time to 
make, so the prices don’t seem dreadful.

Chris

> On 9 Nov 15, at 01:23, Chuck Norcutt <chucknorcutt@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> 
> Many years ago my wife bought one about the same size as that $150 one for 
> our daughter-in-law for about $30.  But she never bought one for herself.  
> We've been in Charleston a few times since but she could never bring herself 
> to pay today's prices.  I finally convinced her this last trip that it was 
> fine to splurge a little on herself.  She did bargain for a nice $85(?) 
> basket for $70 but I wish she'd spent more and gotten a bigger one.
> 
> Thanks for the compliments on the photo.  I like the way I cropped it but I 
> may revisit the color.  It looks about the way the light was at the time but 
> the shade under the awning is a bit too blue I think.  I may change it.

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