When I first met Linda (40+ years ago!) she was an avid collector of English Wade ornaments. Not the little 'Whimsies' that you could buy for 20p, but the rarer, older sets, some of which have sold for hundreds of pounds. After her divorce, Linda sold her collection, but years later she and I started rebuilding it at fleamarkets, antique fairs and car boot sales. Eventually we managed to find virtually every one, apart from a few that were too ridiculously priced even for us!
The collection is housed in the dining room in several glazed cabinets: naturally we enjoy looking at them as we pass every day. A couple of years ago we noticed that the items in one cabinet would occasionally move overnight - sometimes by a few centimetres! There is no obvious reason why this should happen: the cabinet is on an outside wall and not subject to any more vibration than either of the others... The 'before' photos are first in each pair below: this is one day's rearrangement!
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