My grandmother had a small collection of figurines that she kept in a little display case. I must have inherited the collecting gene from her side of the family.
Some of them were Hummels that she bought in Germany when Pop Pop was stationed there. They were little porcelain girls and boys doing everyday things like sharing an umbrella or playing on a tree swing.
She had another one that was a dark color and very heavy – I think it was made of brass – of three monkeys. She always used to say that the monkeys knew more about proper behavior than most people. They were demonstrating “See no evil, hear no evil and speak no evil.”
