tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-81362744852086992422024-03-05T06:45:25.926-06:00Wetcreek MuseumLindahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07418803664950404235noreply@blogger.comBlogger53125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8136274485208699242.post-19015427626339740982014-12-20T10:18:00.001-06:002014-12-20T10:18:28.799-06:00Always a Museum<div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi3jgOtg92dq1PSziQmINcCpCb70_8SAuiWw4xEVmQsGm-oJQ-XajMOpXTl6Q3SUPt7R7TC3jRyvbgPupw3C8nqCWQy2V1I0AIykwwr68Uqy9CZ0dFOTHv6WdQZ-PdOhiQpA2ANieuZ_WI/s640/blogger-image--116731313.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi3jgOtg92dq1PSziQmINcCpCb70_8SAuiWw4xEVmQsGm-oJQ-XajMOpXTl6Q3SUPt7R7TC3jRyvbgPupw3C8nqCWQy2V1I0AIykwwr68Uqy9CZ0dFOTHv6WdQZ-PdOhiQpA2ANieuZ_WI/s640/blogger-image--116731313.jpg"></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">Thrifted, new, old, vintage, antique, junk, cheap, tacky--It all says who we are.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjAyihkjLmaeHExIVHV2wSJxG_GwZhUYTugo5Oau5Z-JHgODnUYKJgALeAL5kzQ8k8gaMMwFrN4AGgpRFRbPyGaKxUjMVKHYZ_duBhoZgCUfyz9t5EUkWQBeAp0X_EbOWrlWs0kNVo3SQo/s640/blogger-image-1062281652.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; 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Lindahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07418803664950404235noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8136274485208699242.post-77557913308472889832014-04-08T03:57:00.001-05:002014-04-08T03:57:44.648-05:00Beltway MuseumWe are busy refurnishing our apartment in The Netherlands. Nothing expensive. Even a little modern here and there. <div><br></div><div>But I have to share our auction finds that we added.<div><br></div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjypTvrcyAtrwq70ZVTXphHUg0ha5G2FbElBcduaQCilhd6x9PTQEd6KGCOn5AnXM4jW0eXkzy5nx6qSWL1fckdI1xKkfpnLbBY85BSbNBdbgZG7OVZEMZXl4s6Wav2pP4TyOzwnZIWOxc/s640/blogger-image--899753658.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjypTvrcyAtrwq70ZVTXphHUg0ha5G2FbElBcduaQCilhd6x9PTQEd6KGCOn5AnXM4jW0eXkzy5nx6qSWL1fckdI1xKkfpnLbBY85BSbNBdbgZG7OVZEMZXl4s6Wav2pP4TyOzwnZIWOxc/s640/blogger-image--899753658.jpg"></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">And</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh6TA8Zky8kh4E4q5tsIVHiEUABkv4QrnYrNuoA-UbjMqHC4mL5m2khgppgSHlhmh4WWqjhS4N2NXd_AcAAl48VzNhHrDW8GzB2k32wrxmWp7Ug-cK_9oQV4TV9rtkkotbb9Ph5d51QdvI/s640/blogger-image-1220893908.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh6TA8Zky8kh4E4q5tsIVHiEUABkv4QrnYrNuoA-UbjMqHC4mL5m2khgppgSHlhmh4WWqjhS4N2NXd_AcAAl48VzNhHrDW8GzB2k32wrxmWp7Ug-cK_9oQV4TV9rtkkotbb9Ph5d51QdvI/s640/blogger-image-1220893908.jpg"></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">And</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgzsxaGteOZwR4kmhpLBUMmlkrj-5xR1UdsoYI2N4hHfvni2sVPKQi0NV-5CJuCaDtnp1NC8XuYjxrMStWcSFbpX0_wlJlOs1r-rE0p88tHSTue58SwGPVFYZ_8Llolhb9zvxSUpSlQ9gA/s640/blogger-image-1761010827.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgzsxaGteOZwR4kmhpLBUMmlkrj-5xR1UdsoYI2N4hHfvni2sVPKQi0NV-5CJuCaDtnp1NC8XuYjxrMStWcSFbpX0_wlJlOs1r-rE0p88tHSTue58SwGPVFYZ_8Llolhb9zvxSUpSlQ9gA/s640/blogger-image-1761010827.jpg"></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">And</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgBU7etCAytthIgLV2jOszRMtHZ5utTW0oc5GlLA9ftbopgUQ6d3VKf4YffhF_nO-kT0R9HYYACkceOacBidUEpiB8PIzInFUBL3fmvGVhJAVp9X1nTHo8AwezlrcWa-EEGVAoQwqUHRFs/s640/blogger-image--1065437095.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgBU7etCAytthIgLV2jOszRMtHZ5utTW0oc5GlLA9ftbopgUQ6d3VKf4YffhF_nO-kT0R9HYYACkceOacBidUEpiB8PIzInFUBL3fmvGVhJAVp9X1nTHo8AwezlrcWa-EEGVAoQwqUHRFs/s640/blogger-image--1065437095.jpg"></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">And</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjvsW3qT5ZLm_3i6qQajAjn9rkcToY_1vGgO6b_OnYwFt6zM9yBjDUvlF0CIX3xhTH58vQ9GA-v1NerRXPigZOwVe8QMkXQBxkix-1FWBniFs8daPL6-XGyjwy89yxJYQ-jZ8h9hHRGr2g/s640/blogger-image-1173861586.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjvsW3qT5ZLm_3i6qQajAjn9rkcToY_1vGgO6b_OnYwFt6zM9yBjDUvlF0CIX3xhTH58vQ9GA-v1NerRXPigZOwVe8QMkXQBxkix-1FWBniFs8daPL6-XGyjwy89yxJYQ-jZ8h9hHRGr2g/s640/blogger-image-1173861586.jpg"></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">These pieces all have the same provenance. Bought online from Atlas Auction House, Deventer, The Netherlands in late March 2014. We only saw photos of the items on their online catalogue. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">Guess who cleaned and shined them up! </div><br></div><br></div><br></div><br></div><br></div><br></div></div>Lindahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07418803664950404235noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8136274485208699242.post-53532030750225847672014-02-08T11:50:00.001-06:002014-02-08T11:53:03.361-06:00Olympic Winter Games, 1936 Picture Postcard<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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If you read my <a href="http://www.wetcreek.blogspot.com/">Wetcreek Blog</a> back in September 2013, you saw this great old photo postcard of my great in-laws as spectators at the Winter Olympics in 1936 in Garmish.<br />
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See if you can find Oma and Opa (three rows from the top, sort of right center, wearing regular winter hats --not berets).</div>
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Note: My 50th Wetcreek Museum post!!!!<br />
<b>AND</b> Dutch are doing well so far in Sochi!<br />
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Lindahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07418803664950404235noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8136274485208699242.post-50726756419570528782014-02-07T09:20:00.001-06:002014-03-21T08:22:27.727-05:00Laundry Room Gallery<div class="separator" style="clear: both;">The areas above and behind our utility sink in the washroom were left bare when we built our house seven years ago. A couple of years ago, a tile setter put in the backsplash with some of our leftover bathroom tiles. But still there was something missing. A shelf and towel rack. I had one! Bought many moons ago for practically nothing and still safe in my collection of "maybe will come in handy/too cheap to leave it in the store."</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">After fiddling and faddling, my husband installed the shelf. Perfect fit! And now I plan to use it. Maybe not for hanging wet towels, but as a little art/junk display area. My latest Heart Art has found a place there, too. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhHSawnqYDnUIAwzwY9vaWXD4UBEV0lq2sIWhMQ2RWZahn3f86IOblJhHgxt56xbnMB70y88S9-uXE9d9cjlOat6ZQP9Vry3S8PAoKnEpJ70UCLBL3vCOcWb38VzYFObdOPD9BLbnlodwc/s640/blogger-image--1635284634.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhHSawnqYDnUIAwzwY9vaWXD4UBEV0lq2sIWhMQ2RWZahn3f86IOblJhHgxt56xbnMB70y88S9-uXE9d9cjlOat6ZQP9Vry3S8PAoKnEpJ70UCLBL3vCOcWb38VzYFObdOPD9BLbnlodwc/s640/blogger-image--1635284634.jpg"></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">Looks useful with the dust cloths, doesn't it?</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj5K16mNJPrnnLJ0OxsGd0ToVWSPL0HK7doq1dnV2Fy2hWpROUxLI1T2x9BJF0PrKM6ULpZCN2yXS6fq_xjX0XTqlsWaLLU5ph6gWYXyDfSHMqI7FbGdDBIsfdtXRT8UbdJWXcl_S65G8s/s640/blogger-image--2144766828.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj5K16mNJPrnnLJ0OxsGd0ToVWSPL0HK7doq1dnV2Fy2hWpROUxLI1T2x9BJF0PrKM6ULpZCN2yXS6fq_xjX0XTqlsWaLLU5ph6gWYXyDfSHMqI7FbGdDBIsfdtXRT8UbdJWXcl_S65G8s/s640/blogger-image--2144766828.jpg"></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">Glassware found behind my neighbor's house. She gave these to me, and I finally got around to extracting all the mud. Think her husband had found them behind old deserted homes in our area.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhEuMnpcB4qRz57uQ39zYBtZi8IM4nlwdrlNNuzSUpA_Hd2CJ39zBSZgh2wXIE_EAQEJkGPhqBkJxUlSEPwID7O-naLZFbojvIZTOz00ybAgEbnYBpV_rh0NsAM62F4TUkMEJFPhEVTuWw/s640/blogger-image-1475103055.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhEuMnpcB4qRz57uQ39zYBtZi8IM4nlwdrlNNuzSUpA_Hd2CJ39zBSZgh2wXIE_EAQEJkGPhqBkJxUlSEPwID7O-naLZFbojvIZTOz00ybAgEbnYBpV_rh0NsAM62F4TUkMEJFPhEVTuWw/s640/blogger-image-1475103055.jpg"></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">Old Dr. Pepper bottle. 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Lindahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07418803664950404235noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8136274485208699242.post-40304385593519176452014-01-06T14:21:00.001-06:002014-01-08T21:06:16.595-06:00Traditional Dutch Dress<div class="separator" style="clear: both;">The first time I saw these clever "klederdracht" tiles was at the Winter Bazaar of the American Women's Club of The Hague, The Netherlands. As I was a collector of authentic Dutch traditional costumes and more, these tiles really intrigued me. In other words, I wanted a few.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi3C6LvVbzKpfw01VVWxFgxUUcglb42WNMEL-gP_klSMrXZmaw9myRR188ywYzFxMv2ZGmoprY1DMeV_0FcXxcKUvCbMCDonXdefPoCcjCfMkjCir1uy87uFXmabYhdMQ0V4KLjPtoLcOs/s640/blogger-image-506117661.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi3C6LvVbzKpfw01VVWxFgxUUcglb42WNMEL-gP_klSMrXZmaw9myRR188ywYzFxMv2ZGmoprY1DMeV_0FcXxcKUvCbMCDonXdefPoCcjCfMkjCir1uy87uFXmabYhdMQ0V4KLjPtoLcOs/s640/blogger-image-506117661.jpg"></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">Since my favorite Dutch village with traditional native dress is Staphorst, I purchased these two cuties.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjb65wBa_JWZKD4zRzPVSM1CegaWori1ur6ToFG82HL_Un9e_JMJTufPf6Asfr6TYY36izboeDaecgckOlEoUYrW1ssG9Ew2jn0Do_KrcRDMN6HZbt9B9RK49gmxqQFSswjHIsFgpJthXU/s640/blogger-image--856734468.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjb65wBa_JWZKD4zRzPVSM1CegaWori1ur6ToFG82HL_Un9e_JMJTufPf6Asfr6TYY36izboeDaecgckOlEoUYrW1ssG9Ew2jn0Do_KrcRDMN6HZbt9B9RK49gmxqQFSswjHIsFgpJthXU/s640/blogger-image--856734468.jpg"></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">We also visited Spakenburg a few times, so this couple joined the other two.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEivJRxC4AZ3mZV9YrR2IzgVWVx4aSQBKwrTByCpcPdXW_Up9TCMuFA64ksi8t8lqDRfwiNdLlGiT3lLE4I60hPAT13LcK2nNNryxsPDXJOB4-CapAKm0875di4kBMEhY1bEWNxtH_naE_I/s640/blogger-image--1116086918.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEivJRxC4AZ3mZV9YrR2IzgVWVx4aSQBKwrTByCpcPdXW_Up9TCMuFA64ksi8t8lqDRfwiNdLlGiT3lLE4I60hPAT13LcK2nNNryxsPDXJOB4-CapAKm0875di4kBMEhY1bEWNxtH_naE_I/s640/blogger-image--1116086918.jpg"></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">The artist has expanded her collection to not only Dutch traditional costumes, but also German and other countries. Plus I noticed on her website that she makes lovely tile tableaux. If you are interested, here is more info about her work.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">http://www.eigenwijzetegels.nl</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><p style="border: 0px; margin: 0px 0px 24px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">Frouwien Soenveld<br>Atelier”‘het blauwe hek”<br>Bernhardstraat 10 a<br>6707 Cm Wageningen<br>tel <a href="tel:0317-415637" style="border: 0px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">0317-415637</a><br><span style="border: 0px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><a href="mailto:f.soenveld@planet.nl" style="border: 0px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">f.soenveld@planet.nl</a></span></span></p><p style="border: 0px; margin: 0px 0px 24px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">In the meantime, our Dutch cuties are on display in Wetcreek Museum ;)</span></p><p style="border: 0px; margin: 0px 0px 24px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;">I am partying with http://www.savvysouthernstyle.net/2014/01/wow-us-wednesdays-151.html and at http://ivyandelephants.blogspot.com.</span></p><div class="wpcf7" id="wpcf7-f492-p17-o1" style="border: 0px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><form action="http://www.eigenwijzetegels.nl/contact#wpcf7-f492-p17-o1" method="post" class="wpcf7-form" novalidate="novalidate" style="border: 0px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"></form></div></div><br></div><br></div>Lindahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07418803664950404235noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8136274485208699242.post-2240343029449956562013-12-22T09:38:00.001-06:002013-12-22T13:34:38.008-06:00Have I the Real Spirit of Christmas ? -anno 1938<div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg4ZBpERY6w-PoCpZnFHLBbNe7dN2lPkTnHKF-h5ieMmgPYx_dTPIiQPdC-l9-Bp5ao3bSHK5c8lfq2BZD0Amr5jrl7cPNOjNdWoqR4M-BBJ4J0W1K0iFo1rd3xFZMoS2UWwwSKwgJZ1yrY/s640/blogger-image--1936731730.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><font color="#000000"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg4ZBpERY6w-PoCpZnFHLBbNe7dN2lPkTnHKF-h5ieMmgPYx_dTPIiQPdC-l9-Bp5ao3bSHK5c8lfq2BZD0Amr5jrl7cPNOjNdWoqR4M-BBJ4J0W1K0iFo1rd3xFZMoS2UWwwSKwgJZ1yrY/s640/blogger-image--1936731730.jpg"></font></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><br></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"> Christmas</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><br></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"> Christmas, you know, is the holiday that everyone celebrates in some way. One person might celebrate it one way, while another celebrates it entirely differently. Some people lose the real idea of Christmas in the maze of parties and gaieties they attend and give during the holidays.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"> The idea of gifts at Christmas was originated when the three Wise Men brought gifts of gold, frankincense, and myrrh to the Christ Child. They gave these to Him, thinking that He would benefit by them. Through centuries and generations this thought has come down to us. We help those who need help, and in doing so we make ourselves happy.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"> The celebration of Christmas is stressed in every country for the same reason, but is different in some way in each. Still the spirit is the same.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"> During this whole holiday season ask yourself this question: "Have I the real spirit of Christmas?"</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><br></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">(By C. -Editor Chapman)</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><br></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgHKN1zSJeSpTxVGDhggpz0PLC1Xd2ddt4l2AwB3B9e4Sn16TfUio10Nec39DUn6kQqlpOxjvrO9YzNeptiSmW5yQIhhoFPUV-v_Chk3lBY7eOIRO9fEhB3xKlJ9yGx6cV9GATre0aksUdw/s640/blogger-image-1641880042.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><font color="#000000"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgHKN1zSJeSpTxVGDhggpz0PLC1Xd2ddt4l2AwB3B9e4Sn16TfUio10Nec39DUn6kQqlpOxjvrO9YzNeptiSmW5yQIhhoFPUV-v_Chk3lBY7eOIRO9fEhB3xKlJ9yGx6cV9GATre0aksUdw/s640/blogger-image-1641880042.jpg"></font></a></div></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><br></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">On Facebook yesterday, my dear brother published this piece written by my dad when he was the editor of the sophomore journal publication in January 1939. I took the liberty to transcribe it above for easier reading. [As a side note, Daddy's father (our grandfather) passed away on December 24, 1940.]</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><br></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">Merry Christmas and a Happy and Healthy 2014! Hugs, Linda</span></div>Lindahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07418803664950404235noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8136274485208699242.post-1309271558895309042013-12-16T09:36:00.001-06:002013-12-16T09:39:27.000-06:00One More Garland<div>Last week while decorating my mom's tree, she mentioned that she wanted a new garland for her fireplace mantel. </div><div><br></div><div>So while we were out for her doctor's appointment on Friday afternoon, we stopped off at a local garden center to see what was left in their sale items. You guessed it! Not one, but two garlands! She chose the one with colored lights to match her "vintage Christmas tree," and we came home with the clear lights (Hub's favorite!).</div><div><br></div><div>As our mantel was already decorated with a similar garland, I looked for another suitable place to decorate. And I found it here in our hallway:</div><div><br></div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh1Qi964sPYTwUvMe3tHhEzLPipd5dTTjXQNB1N_7X7XzgYlsJj6_QCSIFVDi55xE4jybRHaUvGn7ewuaPGeNVMbxBOjZfqY6fV5oSYKeUluGo1ksHJlBUbUqQmQ3Q9tHAc6MxjXyxICqE/s640/blogger-image-1833735188.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh1Qi964sPYTwUvMe3tHhEzLPipd5dTTjXQNB1N_7X7XzgYlsJj6_QCSIFVDi55xE4jybRHaUvGn7ewuaPGeNVMbxBOjZfqY6fV5oSYKeUluGo1ksHJlBUbUqQmQ3Q9tHAc6MxjXyxICqE/s640/blogger-image-1833735188.jpg"></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">But it looked rather bare, so I added these cuties:</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhNgF3KbvQKxBt3AXF_OPBT9JcPEtVS3lo-YsjZA203oH0JIRvkkg_i0prTpQ1DmhlAmJCXUEBfr5_qVS6mnIggfvGRFXbY_v9S7hGhMauyqRUc5cbkxNn4IWoSR40e0jCEeqoZJVqsyjw/s640/blogger-image-976464709.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhNgF3KbvQKxBt3AXF_OPBT9JcPEtVS3lo-YsjZA203oH0JIRvkkg_i0prTpQ1DmhlAmJCXUEBfr5_qVS6mnIggfvGRFXbY_v9S7hGhMauyqRUc5cbkxNn4IWoSR40e0jCEeqoZJVqsyjw/s640/blogger-image-976464709.jpg"></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">This bearded fellow is pure Scandinavian bought years ago at a Christmas Fair in Europe.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgVcDpxIfa2gZxwv3SL95-CdGSRRbM99TUj40P_uiFZS-oEDymdpIg0d2admqFT4wKqoAHS4LBuGLr5Mnld5H0LMViTAC4ffifHSAdZlG8W5-Oi92hbT5WLsACtk7_NwdEavEVLMxFpZ9o/s640/blogger-image-1871527310.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgVcDpxIfa2gZxwv3SL95-CdGSRRbM99TUj40P_uiFZS-oEDymdpIg0d2admqFT4wKqoAHS4LBuGLr5Mnld5H0LMViTAC4ffifHSAdZlG8W5-Oi92hbT5WLsACtk7_NwdEavEVLMxFpZ9o/s640/blogger-image-1871527310.jpg"></a></div>Isn't she sweet and so simple? Let's get another view. <div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhkq-FrZZVmxApJQ44ebfvfrUBe8wDWKzpuJywSneKa3MTHt8Dv0hXygLBK5h6fn_cl4jGrbMLAX7osf_pOAOOxh05iDCkYAHtaIwL9KAeSwCscTUs2w56biZVk7Ldje5xKRJQbYVA5dcs/s640/blogger-image--813192934.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhkq-FrZZVmxApJQ44ebfvfrUBe8wDWKzpuJywSneKa3MTHt8Dv0hXygLBK5h6fn_cl4jGrbMLAX7osf_pOAOOxh05iDCkYAHtaIwL9KAeSwCscTUs2w56biZVk7Ldje5xKRJQbYVA5dcs/s640/blogger-image--813192934.jpg"></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">And another. <div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEguxFJu99v8dUv-IenBXIneSzoQVl6hJ_dX0Tbx0-RJD7aO3eoF6XcLS6zD4Vu_g5xB4rHG0bpWx46SMGo2QLVdZcFik5gbqLHNW-WtL4At7cgyfbqxpG6Zfx0ceNwlH4Zu-hVmezVqzEw/s640/blogger-image--621898369.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEguxFJu99v8dUv-IenBXIneSzoQVl6hJ_dX0Tbx0-RJD7aO3eoF6XcLS6zD4Vu_g5xB4rHG0bpWx46SMGo2QLVdZcFik5gbqLHNW-WtL4At7cgyfbqxpG6Zfx0ceNwlH4Zu-hVmezVqzEw/s640/blogger-image--621898369.jpg"></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">Must have bought that in Europe, too.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br></div></div></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj_50gawlUGver3LaAd96pjwIxp08f8qVxlfFm89NyNx0378DOOkt9fBXjNqa-2VYEVXVvyTyn2Zsg7yz6VpCUdwoo7YFfFfFyWetuaN4o_3lS_tP4ByhLRlEPgOlRwT_kImO91eiUXxQU/s640/blogger-image--2099797185.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj_50gawlUGver3LaAd96pjwIxp08f8qVxlfFm89NyNx0378DOOkt9fBXjNqa-2VYEVXVvyTyn2Zsg7yz6VpCUdwoo7YFfFfFyWetuaN4o_3lS_tP4ByhLRlEPgOlRwT_kImO91eiUXxQU/s640/blogger-image--2099797185.jpg"></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">What an angel!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh1KcAdMC8-tLvCz7lO4VQEvk1RrB9WJPrjqnJtR-EpH8C_yKwPDqSA_yQtyIVWi4e-09C5_ZzIPYfhAW0jfqNJ4jaIRdpDeF6CsSLUtKIAsn92sQWB6xQtp8-7AVVvyydTYqX4czMU4lY/s640/blogger-image--1197775800.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh1KcAdMC8-tLvCz7lO4VQEvk1RrB9WJPrjqnJtR-EpH8C_yKwPDqSA_yQtyIVWi4e-09C5_ZzIPYfhAW0jfqNJ4jaIRdpDeF6CsSLUtKIAsn92sQWB6xQtp8-7AVVvyydTYqX4czMU4lY/s640/blogger-image--1197775800.jpg"></a></div>This cutie has been in my Christmas collection for over 30 years. Still see the glued on arms!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhYGjqziJzPVLj6DnJZENpbKzRKDOcAUnVYEfBHcbKZroW0V0UUlLASHpvjaG-h6sZRAUbpmafz1zjvO9cVVWHVqh9a9hWhgJHDlqrHyrVzawnTlgiX9P_Qy8-XhjQKZGngO6_JFmwG_0Q/s640/blogger-image-1467105724.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhYGjqziJzPVLj6DnJZENpbKzRKDOcAUnVYEfBHcbKZroW0V0UUlLASHpvjaG-h6sZRAUbpmafz1zjvO9cVVWHVqh9a9hWhgJHDlqrHyrVzawnTlgiX9P_Qy8-XhjQKZGngO6_JFmwG_0Q/s640/blogger-image-1467105724.jpg"></a></div>Must be a collectable!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj2tg7OQXrIeHOM3QvyJ8qtu5RN4IItWAUl3kzSltJBhQpup3EMVL1B14Dn74P6Y71QtXOeNXhyphenhyphenl2MwLYl3ZBKyuOTaINjyAnMsm0gHJc5K9OiN3d4JjuCQnbvdSbrt47QNMakGHPSU77w/s640/blogger-image-1147461626.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj2tg7OQXrIeHOM3QvyJ8qtu5RN4IItWAUl3kzSltJBhQpup3EMVL1B14Dn74P6Y71QtXOeNXhyphenhyphenl2MwLYl3ZBKyuOTaINjyAnMsm0gHJc5K9OiN3d4JjuCQnbvdSbrt47QNMakGHPSU77w/s640/blogger-image-1147461626.jpg"></a></div>A "real" vintage nutcracker and a stuffed Santa.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiTChxtkSvo9z82gVy9qR6IZo5Jhp6WDvOZY4Yhs5P_TYrVn4evTMMOibvRH434C96890N3fKpGFZ0Ucp8MhkZOlxJzsVPinRyrTeAXqRbeFIrFPchyphenhyphen67e_XAAyzoCUSnYQOUl5jzDuG9k/s640/blogger-image-1891705147.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiTChxtkSvo9z82gVy9qR6IZo5Jhp6WDvOZY4Yhs5P_TYrVn4evTMMOibvRH434C96890N3fKpGFZ0Ucp8MhkZOlxJzsVPinRyrTeAXqRbeFIrFPchyphenhyphen67e_XAAyzoCUSnYQOUl5jzDuG9k/s640/blogger-image-1891705147.jpg"></a></div>Now to get these back up to the "box room."</div><br></div><br></div><br></div>Lindahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07418803664950404235noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8136274485208699242.post-64617291362718291102013-12-14T19:20:00.001-06:002013-12-14T19:20:21.017-06:00Simple is BetterThis beautiful mirror graced my in-laws' foyers for many years. It was always flanked by sconce-type lamps. We left off the lights, and this cutie shines on its own.<div><br></div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi8qr_N3m-3jJipXaZmgoY9bAJAvDt4p65vfGZO2UzcHbpPBZ7x4wHDobeH5tVmoluHzS6Psz6q4fxmPPN_MR6Rn33d68_2njDmO31YoIuwJ_SZKM_Q7KN4B1eDoG_Hr3N5rRWUCk5e0Po/s640/blogger-image-141020260.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi8qr_N3m-3jJipXaZmgoY9bAJAvDt4p65vfGZO2UzcHbpPBZ7x4wHDobeH5tVmoluHzS6Psz6q4fxmPPN_MR6Rn33d68_2njDmO31YoIuwJ_SZKM_Q7KN4B1eDoG_Hr3N5rRWUCk5e0Po/s640/blogger-image-141020260.jpg"></a></div><br></div><div>You can see it in the background of this following photo:</div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEibPKC__C_NFmI_SN1-k2IjRXbXX74NDdTZ9cAV-4cRZgnpFh_yQgKtiHmT-2Kyjv-SKD0MARmRHdofIRSZ_DBTuEvLu6AzFrCu7fCNxVJjtc9plCZzKIxzG9u7q4GMRu6KmJAb8CJ6e2E/s640/blogger-image--351299935.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEibPKC__C_NFmI_SN1-k2IjRXbXX74NDdTZ9cAV-4cRZgnpFh_yQgKtiHmT-2Kyjv-SKD0MARmRHdofIRSZ_DBTuEvLu6AzFrCu7fCNxVJjtc9plCZzKIxzG9u7q4GMRu6KmJAb8CJ6e2E/s640/blogger-image--351299935.jpg"></a></div><br></div><div>Speaking of this photo, my thrifted dry bouquet (free from our front yard) looks great in a 33 year old white Delft vase on top of 40 year old white American pedestal cake plates.</div><div><br></div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEid41JCTKeACTHNk_ChGzCDI0IyysF-6CDNe-mUrYB2avhnHljLmAnCFKFyzyTr3VQ13hyphenhyphenbcmvIW4Biq1xkzhJBemnpjCKrCqw-h-CiiyU0z6uqnqYsGkK9bVc3JOStVCWv7EydAH_ZZpw/s640/blogger-image-632681964.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEid41JCTKeACTHNk_ChGzCDI0IyysF-6CDNe-mUrYB2avhnHljLmAnCFKFyzyTr3VQ13hyphenhyphenbcmvIW4Biq1xkzhJBemnpjCKrCqw-h-CiiyU0z6uqnqYsGkK9bVc3JOStVCWv7EydAH_ZZpw/s640/blogger-image-632681964.jpg"></a></div></div><div>Think I like it better on top of the pedestal cake plates, don't you?</div><div><br></div><div>And here are close-ups of the seed pods.</div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhZ6P2CdBft8yFELyo2wS8mDioee1K44i_DxJt143NNCnxf_R8ggXrrwGODnI72g6Eoky6qRf3cHlYZ6Qd9z5UJV8xrug2W-1LMr8UpdWiiZ0cisfpiNo21BJk5i-oMMU2GeBgYw_17l2E/s640/blogger-image--24827407.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; 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margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEghk6tGRWWqW4zCEGjuKcVqVDctOaXhyphenhyphen2JvbBG_lde-5D5UYvRYCPpJxXXMWKUipZGgXJChsQPt_cqC8LpukUhPNcvSErGrVP0bhJRI1HJ7HJej97uUZwRMfT7Sr-zMOCqvEMSAoQOO7hE/s640/blogger-image--1412645892.jpg"></a></div><br></div><div><br></div>Lindahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07418803664950404235noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8136274485208699242.post-6797092519246561962013-12-09T21:11:00.001-06:002013-12-13T19:55:12.465-06:00The Holidays are Here At Wetcreek<div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjwVWrxNsN_cPvkS02OBhHq5Uj_RbThPKJz_176eObXBwu0jE4DfU2lRY3_0GjX0bGkxjS3YPpE3gAmQt07R1_jPW1FAvI9FEG7XTSjG-4DAJPsyxHEQoRiXweC9I7eLFqW-CLYqQs4Ty8/s640/blogger-image--1987171165.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjwVWrxNsN_cPvkS02OBhHq5Uj_RbThPKJz_176eObXBwu0jE4DfU2lRY3_0GjX0bGkxjS3YPpE3gAmQt07R1_jPW1FAvI9FEG7XTSjG-4DAJPsyxHEQoRiXweC9I7eLFqW-CLYqQs4Ty8/s640/blogger-image--1987171165.jpg"></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">The first Christmas for our new fireplace mantel.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">I<span style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue Light', HelveticaNeue-Light, helvetica, arial, sans-serif;"> am still happy that I thrifted that lighted garland a couple of years ago.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjTcOLeKLlOmIa0ik5dSFBq-L83B188FrADecos0THYAiQ2mrziXpobJAr1FnijfmoqNVdcBpHguSGBLIB1K-NujJGPDm86Eu6uF5YwMM0fiJVQPtQM8WsaSTJGbgXFNgdiHFBYaM1oNaw/s640/blogger-image--37689584.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjTcOLeKLlOmIa0ik5dSFBq-L83B188FrADecos0THYAiQ2mrziXpobJAr1FnijfmoqNVdcBpHguSGBLIB1K-NujJGPDm86Eu6uF5YwMM0fiJVQPtQM8WsaSTJGbgXFNgdiHFBYaM1oNaw/s640/blogger-image--37689584.jpg"></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">The start of a collection? Maybe ;)</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhgyjB8VY5Ah1vowAoQGbplKdiGvgWNaTpV5zTn0x0otAzQzZeyPcW0gbJDsKib7SPu2yTXuyG-YjCcpfpC4UwL_vhuE_ej7vhIJFWR1wkgj96WFZ7PS3Ge4iZYiG709bWfX8NDTgwMGOw/s640/blogger-image-1450020035.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhgyjB8VY5Ah1vowAoQGbplKdiGvgWNaTpV5zTn0x0otAzQzZeyPcW0gbJDsKib7SPu2yTXuyG-YjCcpfpC4UwL_vhuE_ej7vhIJFWR1wkgj96WFZ7PS3Ge4iZYiG709bWfX8NDTgwMGOw/s640/blogger-image-1450020035.jpg"></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">Simple, but blingy.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhW5-xAh1XFPtEXvnpu1DPOZ39zKS4i64v8yf_StZcrJY5czr6MB8q69X0OSUBn89WvD9mKNcGnu96kvWdais5O_N5NfN_cmJVMDl92rWzUhtPMwjUV1hP7Jf9bdYiK5OC9Xfc8h1fKrkU/s640/blogger-image--326758569.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhW5-xAh1XFPtEXvnpu1DPOZ39zKS4i64v8yf_StZcrJY5czr6MB8q69X0OSUBn89WvD9mKNcGnu96kvWdais5O_N5NfN_cmJVMDl92rWzUhtPMwjUV1hP7Jf9bdYiK5OC9Xfc8h1fKrkU/s640/blogger-image--326758569.jpg"></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">Wish I had the real gong "hammer." The vanity set is a family heirloom, though.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEipSF8bRYu4L4CrOGJP9R61klXcRdbkmG2KSz0bJAMM0LVI3E3EsYVva6km4yIM-A2KUOxIoRmn9eLEKUmdpuU6QOBtOlMTw7zN0pyAQm7Vw7khgru_XSEstv_j-A9imx3Ll6y30r_Qk64/s640/blogger-image-1864901286.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEipSF8bRYu4L4CrOGJP9R61klXcRdbkmG2KSz0bJAMM0LVI3E3EsYVva6km4yIM-A2KUOxIoRmn9eLEKUmdpuU6QOBtOlMTw7zN0pyAQm7Vw7khgru_XSEstv_j-A9imx3Ll6y30r_Qk64/s640/blogger-image-1864901286.jpg"></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">Mr. Snowman does "smoke" a really stinky incense. He is in charge of these "nutty" crackers.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjg37y_SCaj5pWkp8F65xhyWovFCGRsgM2NfWonhV4jqyj7xOl8gdVWhSjenLIdnWB2_11yY23WgjO-S9Z2sErXImb5uGm8dv4UwKU2MYBiU0fEJtWTDByr69eDQMfEZ-AnuPrC_VrRIJE/s640/blogger-image--1624717401.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjg37y_SCaj5pWkp8F65xhyWovFCGRsgM2NfWonhV4jqyj7xOl8gdVWhSjenLIdnWB2_11yY23WgjO-S9Z2sErXImb5uGm8dv4UwKU2MYBiU0fEJtWTDByr69eDQMfEZ-AnuPrC_VrRIJE/s640/blogger-image--1624717401.jpg"></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">Attention!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEirdCFU07tM0dy4hPWh9ukJi-5-t_l48SR0ZpW85PUH_7PMZDGbd4O1OLAY46f5hmMMhh9CWE6bL5DTHmlgkDp8ATCPRp7nv9QPN6pbgzcvVC2rXn4y05Q3h5qhGSuVVEmKxO1FKeBUp84/s640/blogger-image--1573334272.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEirdCFU07tM0dy4hPWh9ukJi-5-t_l48SR0ZpW85PUH_7PMZDGbd4O1OLAY46f5hmMMhh9CWE6bL5DTHmlgkDp8ATCPRp7nv9QPN6pbgzcvVC2rXn4y05Q3h5qhGSuVVEmKxO1FKeBUp84/s640/blogger-image--1573334272.jpg"></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">What an angel! More a Prima Donna than a Prim Doll.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiMjtJBO2zhwiLOV7tcZQjrYValYH59pBtfLqQ8RZUdH6-ZZsblBH5Ef0TmQ-GduBrtmltn2HXR3NBnGWM6T4JrV-H8iuYL8iUqGO3etVBHvfORaEWoB-xZY1QvdWmhAxZHiQErCSY4Mqc/s640/blogger-image--1252323071.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiMjtJBO2zhwiLOV7tcZQjrYValYH59pBtfLqQ8RZUdH6-ZZsblBH5Ef0TmQ-GduBrtmltn2HXR3NBnGWM6T4JrV-H8iuYL8iUqGO3etVBHvfORaEWoB-xZY1QvdWmhAxZHiQErCSY4Mqc/s640/blogger-image--1252323071.jpg"></a></div></div>Oops! Wrong house! These were some guests at our son's 30th birthday party on Saturday night. </div><br></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br></div><br></div><br></div><br></div><br></div><br></div><br></div>Lindahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07418803664950404235noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8136274485208699242.post-27043018309469931472013-12-04T21:23:00.001-06:002013-12-04T21:25:47.266-06:00Primitive Rag Dolls 2Remember those really cute primitive dolls I found a couple of months ago? <div><br></div><div>Well, I went back to the same shop and found these three dolls:</div><div><br></div><div> Bought for only $1.25.</div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhYHBDMSQD7x49-tz-lb8oqZAkGP9_yXPu5rIBMmxcDkx8Ht9mru4DY0SxsaCQuV0Gbe1qATwhY8QyL8b3Owligk8-v_oa3cvFnRCvXM3dm48A6fO0J2bOqNTdNhsGyNxkWCzA8o8IcamI/s640/blogger-image-934361800.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhYHBDMSQD7x49-tz-lb8oqZAkGP9_yXPu5rIBMmxcDkx8Ht9mru4DY0SxsaCQuV0Gbe1qATwhY8QyL8b3Owligk8-v_oa3cvFnRCvXM3dm48A6fO0J2bOqNTdNhsGyNxkWCzA8o8IcamI/s640/blogger-image-934361800.jpg"></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">Don't you just love the Spanish moss hairdo?</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi74O2tuU5aD09c0yIYB7kbpYkTs8z8aY3uKX7a1ZHlYF0YKqJ-cCZjUtVWNWjVAP8_pv_ydtGYJXcmiU7iuyVmIoKoHDDEBSaAWt_CDLA_9TUCHgqKRPZdqBqO5dl5a5NJUgaVHLEE44o/s640/blogger-image-1056263267.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi74O2tuU5aD09c0yIYB7kbpYkTs8z8aY3uKX7a1ZHlYF0YKqJ-cCZjUtVWNWjVAP8_pv_ydtGYJXcmiU7iuyVmIoKoHDDEBSaAWt_CDLA_9TUCHgqKRPZdqBqO5dl5a5NJUgaVHLEE44o/s640/blogger-image-1056263267.jpg"></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">Barefoot tootsies.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj8T99dmKOELIhJH0pS2iKL3ePI59Gmsxc9lpt7kXmzWUiAPJwMOos6Po7HfbixStLOv-hbYx6bl02mbuF069hyphenhyphenUJPDYi2dxVHoPaFNAAiy1BgNhJZa18UZXA2tyPNXoZ2m4wJD8cwWkW0/s640/blogger-image-2085218258.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj8T99dmKOELIhJH0pS2iKL3ePI59Gmsxc9lpt7kXmzWUiAPJwMOos6Po7HfbixStLOv-hbYx6bl02mbuF069hyphenhyphenUJPDYi2dxVHoPaFNAAiy1BgNhJZa18UZXA2tyPNXoZ2m4wJD8cwWkW0/s640/blogger-image-2085218258.jpg"></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">What an angel!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj74xLtIQZOwPsQd3IaHausrUg_N3MTIIk6j-aLW6sjzGTetGZNTuH_KbVrqlGfKZ-0AzKAPB_nEFatOaRCEBTvg9nu6DhyjtsnK43UfsFIohMm79FDspNDsO3PDvzQQYtwuCwhB_a3uSY/s640/blogger-image--1874981386.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj74xLtIQZOwPsQd3IaHausrUg_N3MTIIk6j-aLW6sjzGTetGZNTuH_KbVrqlGfKZ-0AzKAPB_nEFatOaRCEBTvg9nu6DhyjtsnK43UfsFIohMm79FDspNDsO3PDvzQQYtwuCwhB_a3uSY/s640/blogger-image--1874981386.jpg"></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">Old quilt wings.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">Bought for $1.00.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEieaXo6HcuwOB9W4vgIQqiyWTjqYQKvmG3XcyJsGlewZrpCKyYWfTbZISnRB7zzQ48VMDWH6ws5o035wjvH9cQvjbsuTKNd-HRDPnLMOHTHM0ZkWEnhROPw_zLPFOV7Q8YeQhAR_t8DDlA/s640/blogger-image--837562761.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEieaXo6HcuwOB9W4vgIQqiyWTjqYQKvmG3XcyJsGlewZrpCKyYWfTbZISnRB7zzQ48VMDWH6ws5o035wjvH9cQvjbsuTKNd-HRDPnLMOHTHM0ZkWEnhROPw_zLPFOV7Q8YeQhAR_t8DDlA/s640/blogger-image--837562761.jpg"></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">Thumb sucker.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgpcr_Qdg-aDreuw5ECwMZBdLgcd3vk6KX_YtapFRW3O9yAufAJoIXcOoK4j8c_GrefvkaAASargEU7tnTD3c7LdJLNMaJaHXro6N6X55YHhaoLZsUnVlcn5QybSkGvPYm2fBkt9lLHgOU/s640/blogger-image-504644090.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgpcr_Qdg-aDreuw5ECwMZBdLgcd3vk6KX_YtapFRW3O9yAufAJoIXcOoK4j8c_GrefvkaAASargEU7tnTD3c7LdJLNMaJaHXro6N6X55YHhaoLZsUnVlcn5QybSkGvPYm2fBkt9lLHgOU/s640/blogger-image-504644090.jpg"></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">Love the rattle.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgOO-RiTXyJpB3a95y04aIOzCHTazbMTpSwePMlbWoIygacANSypfVQqtq8PPOfE2fyHjK9S5JjCCwl40raLXdlx-okDkxPjygHsSOv-wzg_BuzoDxcM4KXFu_Bp3-lJAWkEamzqPXI_38/s640/blogger-image--1578636309.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgOO-RiTXyJpB3a95y04aIOzCHTazbMTpSwePMlbWoIygacANSypfVQqtq8PPOfE2fyHjK9S5JjCCwl40raLXdlx-okDkxPjygHsSOv-wzg_BuzoDxcM4KXFu_Bp3-lJAWkEamzqPXI_38/s640/blogger-image--1578636309.jpg"></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">Back of the jammies.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhRelWueSWfFyrJqDGl1srdRDYnFS4shiYOLJzsujV57eq1mz9DFmqSyaiRcqnD-LAo-_ydzCb0bGGpgVfFOacMf9rXIgzMNrxffS_nZSuZjNTnjAF4TArnNqjvThKsqkgbi8ffYiBW0H0/s640/blogger-image--952266207.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhRelWueSWfFyrJqDGl1srdRDYnFS4shiYOLJzsujV57eq1mz9DFmqSyaiRcqnD-LAo-_ydzCb0bGGpgVfFOacMf9rXIgzMNrxffS_nZSuZjNTnjAF4TArnNqjvThKsqkgbi8ffYiBW0H0/s640/blogger-image--952266207.jpg"></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">Simple head.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">Bought for $1.25.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiAfN9Cp7T1TfdYKXkViDmvcGw9_MToVTZ9armw9whU5NCfcKWt9qT7KagxQI-m-XFpq9tSkKEbL0t_RM8VpvIISkjYFmqsgRAXPeaRJIwINWhVqfMe_Cb7ACFkfp0dr3yYeXvDDhNviQU/s640/blogger-image--2008684035.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; 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margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiPArz9Iwyh1459o6pbPHffpVyLCyJjC9ryBuoFWw4cI9qQqju-gXou6csPOnjMD0Iy-dHxKnCNmYCSpXTh4bvW6Ev495synSg6EaFSe6nGRovq2HJgmpnkqhL-ZfspRuM4M2KXCANLWOs/s640/blogger-image-2030379037.jpg"></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">Corkscrew curls</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhEcA8e_Y4t-fcDCmLVOvLKP2x9Km3RuI02rGnigXvgfYgLxzQELm-YzXLYibk8U41lfYZTb0h8eUe70F1HWq7rfuAlx-dRyOapFp_s4ylf8SHiCsff6USsRIRUjDWj-Na9ZfW5dR4apyI/s640/blogger-image--1545786461.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhEcA8e_Y4t-fcDCmLVOvLKP2x9Km3RuI02rGnigXvgfYgLxzQELm-YzXLYibk8U41lfYZTb0h8eUe70F1HWq7rfuAlx-dRyOapFp_s4ylf8SHiCsff6USsRIRUjDWj-Na9ZfW5dR4apyI/s640/blogger-image--1545786461.jpg"></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">Glued in legs means not really old.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiQpR-X9FvN1EI2rh0zQT7rdkRX-KuN84cMmIKIqhQyWjDJW5oWCejIuXVKNTAKBsoMbQn5_iiXc2NfTW6C8LmQQ_cJ3potqt_DTjzAnJw172PGFOU_1GM4h2pABTXDsfmxIrDIjzLD9d4/s640/blogger-image-206798767.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiQpR-X9FvN1EI2rh0zQT7rdkRX-KuN84cMmIKIqhQyWjDJW5oWCejIuXVKNTAKBsoMbQn5_iiXc2NfTW6C8LmQQ_cJ3potqt_DTjzAnJw172PGFOU_1GM4h2pABTXDsfmxIrDIjzLD9d4/s640/blogger-image-206798767.jpg"></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">Painted Mary Janes</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjI6-oYIdcmW5Z30ydVL5vbkP20zFRg7hgXBrfcNNtEayLEGioVtG5fnfuCwxVrX0E7LfBCbOI1p7C6ThAzLi8Ut5tix2yt2Aigbatx6O7kOlkLkfU9hyuykxg3ZNUcpAljiaTKxipiObE/s640/blogger-image-491721453.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjI6-oYIdcmW5Z30ydVL5vbkP20zFRg7hgXBrfcNNtEayLEGioVtG5fnfuCwxVrX0E7LfBCbOI1p7C6ThAzLi8Ut5tix2yt2Aigbatx6O7kOlkLkfU9hyuykxg3ZNUcpAljiaTKxipiObE/s640/blogger-image-491721453.jpg"></a></div><3 the mouth. Sweet!</div><br></div><br></div><br></div><br></div><br></div><br></div><br></div><br></div><br></div><br></div><br></div><br></div><br></div>Lindahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07418803664950404235noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8136274485208699242.post-23566543515523597992013-12-03T08:51:00.001-06:002013-12-03T08:51:19.138-06:00My Mom's Sewing TreasuresYesterday at my mom's house, she and I (mostly I) rummaged through the drawers of her century old sewing machine. Here is what we found:<div><br></div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEirFzOXKcUs5xkvyaPDWhWoyfFnW9y1bXNHzBYxrBnAVwSVy9z1QpOug98uRaztDxnDLeVAqSo-DyMqx75kTvV-HxxX_FdTR50ANrluR5DQm351KxI4wTVO5ZuFRk7RcwG5o2ctpt-gDZE/s640/blogger-image--1063994842.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEirFzOXKcUs5xkvyaPDWhWoyfFnW9y1bXNHzBYxrBnAVwSVy9z1QpOug98uRaztDxnDLeVAqSo-DyMqx75kTvV-HxxX_FdTR50ANrluR5DQm351KxI4wTVO5ZuFRk7RcwG5o2ctpt-gDZE/s640/blogger-image--1063994842.jpg"></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">This is a needle holder. Patent 1929. Boye</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgle7Ndb_5yPDOlGyBFCaetfxp3oBiDNDx5yYph5WitX72rbuMpzzlQfQrmMGa-q0F2DWbpRk5im9tzsxP7JcJPPGesB-h0wAQ5dBpvq5kGhyphenhyphenVtD1aJP_2ElYCsWSd8m-kE8cEWsMFvoXk/s640/blogger-image-1010759416.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgle7Ndb_5yPDOlGyBFCaetfxp3oBiDNDx5yYph5WitX72rbuMpzzlQfQrmMGa-q0F2DWbpRk5im9tzsxP7JcJPPGesB-h0wAQ5dBpvq5kGhyphenhyphenVtD1aJP_2ElYCsWSd8m-kE8cEWsMFvoXk/s640/blogger-image-1010759416.jpg"></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">The reveal.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgLq64KCGl9F_c2lzuoqPOv3IG43FKXwjtrNsFkWz3H5zNoBzmUZKeYCxQXa57LzIwU3wfXcYVBeF_rRFwQRjVvuCkAPKKgLqsRERE-wrDAt2Y93vdZzjX5Kr_bgtRsvS1pfNHQHeiNfxI/s640/blogger-image-1894562499.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgLq64KCGl9F_c2lzuoqPOv3IG43FKXwjtrNsFkWz3H5zNoBzmUZKeYCxQXa57LzIwU3wfXcYVBeF_rRFwQRjVvuCkAPKKgLqsRERE-wrDAt2Y93vdZzjX5Kr_bgtRsvS1pfNHQHeiNfxI/s640/blogger-image-1894562499.jpg"></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">With needle contents</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgZc8brGBVRBRZGo9Ev1Taocq451aRTpe5hccjHEaamci6ueFgeV6A4bkEKuRLbIJY-A5TDYq2VI5XhPeAsgWbq5SCZ5ml0hQGDldQYF8i7DnbvHsy56Jgxnzuv5oP8bUhdWm36xb0oLvE/s640/blogger-image--371559160.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgZc8brGBVRBRZGo9Ev1Taocq451aRTpe5hccjHEaamci6ueFgeV6A4bkEKuRLbIJY-A5TDYq2VI5XhPeAsgWbq5SCZ5ml0hQGDldQYF8i7DnbvHsy56Jgxnzuv5oP8bUhdWm36xb0oLvE/s640/blogger-image--371559160.jpg"></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">Bobbin</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi7Llj3wYIPB6GAy0JA5rizRbG1j3onf5FzvOI45dM7thyESLgOyPWUnn_b8lkqk84DvmtavOASj4T8DNz7jH0eZXCUqLI7rHIf40Aq6aOlZEDD27iMbWaUSRW-71tTrDrIFC0zDncL6mo/s640/blogger-image-1893572106.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi7Llj3wYIPB6GAy0JA5rizRbG1j3onf5FzvOI45dM7thyESLgOyPWUnn_b8lkqk84DvmtavOASj4T8DNz7jH0eZXCUqLI7rHIf40Aq6aOlZEDD27iMbWaUSRW-71tTrDrIFC0zDncL6mo/s640/blogger-image-1893572106.jpg"></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">Probably not used in well over 50 years!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgnI8PuAcM7ZjCWC-ZHLMu3ecUH7BMPKJfrQQVeybTuxgDoKlSObUxq0_DPOPGfJUQeIuzr15d3A_JrzzJ-XEWaTfZ9Vv0apLcZ4ObijNFmb6Xa3j_qx_5jpUctBX70snVv18IRUCQXRh0/s640/blogger-image--923722910.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgnI8PuAcM7ZjCWC-ZHLMu3ecUH7BMPKJfrQQVeybTuxgDoKlSObUxq0_DPOPGfJUQeIuzr15d3A_JrzzJ-XEWaTfZ9Vv0apLcZ4ObijNFmb6Xa3j_qx_5jpUctBX70snVv18IRUCQXRh0/s640/blogger-image--923722910.jpg"></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">Attachments found in a bag. Wonder what the key opens?</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjBvhVlAJcS4RiUyNrvZgSbsfVGil4qyCqLdZtcXorS2k-p-s_rvTQnMxZvzmuy8WUW1P8VG_YUY4D9Pq5EA8UsYYkl7TTbW2Kj_-Zjv58Ey3fE6kBqV2MpapjkFOgdyhNfbOG6pLMiNkI/s640/blogger-image-958200051.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjBvhVlAJcS4RiUyNrvZgSbsfVGil4qyCqLdZtcXorS2k-p-s_rvTQnMxZvzmuy8WUW1P8VG_YUY4D9Pq5EA8UsYYkl7TTbW2Kj_-Zjv58Ey3fE6kBqV2MpapjkFOgdyhNfbOG6pLMiNkI/s640/blogger-image-958200051.jpg"></a></div>Greist Tucker. I am still searching the Internet for one like this one.</div><br></div><br></div><br></div><br></div><br></div><br></div><br></div>Lindahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07418803664950404235noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8136274485208699242.post-65215221417654863192013-11-29T15:36:00.001-06:002013-11-29T15:43:08.007-06:00Dutch Farmers' CabinetYesterday while reading the Kom Achterom blog (http://komachterom.blogspot.com), I saw Yolanda's cabinet that is very similar to this one that has been in our home for over 25 years. <div><br></div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjmzPpCqqAvJOWNhew1kJ7r1hCOtQP94M9PPPfvEx0UR1SX4z3ogzd2e4Tp0FjWzRaM2_xrUFDEK9iz_L9qEKlWveMTdbnWON03-kxKVpvWPRnQAI5Lau4f-_MMXNU8Q4sRzxggpPpL3-Q/s640/blogger-image-890648572.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjmzPpCqqAvJOWNhew1kJ7r1hCOtQP94M9PPPfvEx0UR1SX4z3ogzd2e4Tp0FjWzRaM2_xrUFDEK9iz_L9qEKlWveMTdbnWON03-kxKVpvWPRnQAI5Lau4f-_MMXNU8Q4sRzxggpPpL3-Q/s640/blogger-image-890648572.jpg"></a></div><br><div><span style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue Light', HelveticaNeue-Light, helvetica, arial, sans-serif;">The story goes that our cabinet was left behind in the old farmhouse that my in-laws bought back in the 1960's. At that time, it was completely falling apart with one leg missing. The finish is also not original, but I never was interested in doing more than dusting and an occasional waxing.</span></div></div><div><span style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue Light', HelveticaNeue-Light, helvetica, arial, sans-serif;"><br></span></div><div><span style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue Light', HelveticaNeue-Light, helvetica, arial, sans-serif;">As old and feeble as it is, it is still a charmer.</span></div>Lindahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07418803664950404235noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8136274485208699242.post-84411059146200147532013-10-26T14:12:00.001-05:002013-10-26T14:37:52.248-05:00Terre des Hommes ThriftingIf you read my Wetcreek Blog, you know that we are staying in our Beltway Apartment at the moment. In order to get away from the dust and stuff of our remodeling, I walked to the local Terre des Hommes shop to browse. <div><br></div><div>A recent article in the local paper explained how the new garbage pick up charges had changed the charity and recycle shops' intake of donated items. Instead of residents of the community paying to throw away unwanted items or clothing, they now donate them to local thrift shops. </div><div><br></div><div>The Terre des Hommes shop that I visited is so small that if someone donates furniture, that furniture is then donated to an even larger thrift shop in town. That way not many donations are going to the dump. And the sale of recycled items is on the rise. More and more people are "thrifting."</div><div><br></div><div>Whenever I visit this kind of charity shop, I am on the lookout for vintage items. I did see some DPS scarves with the care facility laundry labels still glued on. There is virtually no way to remove those labels, and who wants to wear another person's still labeled with their name scarf?</div><div><br></div><div>But I did find a few "bargains." In this apartment we needed an oven casserole dish. For Pyrex collectors, I found a Borcam (Turkish made) clear casserole dish without the lid for 75 Euro cents. It is in perfect condition. I would show a photo of it, but I am presently "packed in" our spare bedroom while the painters are painting the living, kitchen, and foyer. And the casserole dish is in the dishwasher.</div><div><br></div><div>I also found two spools of Durable Vissersgaren (durable fisher's yarn/thread) that were Made in Holland.</div><div><br></div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjPeLtIEU03icK7FUQrug-rqgtdzYSYkDVAVaPl57Lfjap6sLCv2UmcJTeiULqG_tVKF4YYMNCS9beehUBm6VejmbSU3r09YrbDvtG36AkM5Nekcl4lAgVjZHa2pRuNOna0Ftim7l6okX8/s640/blogger-image-1585258016.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjPeLtIEU03icK7FUQrug-rqgtdzYSYkDVAVaPl57Lfjap6sLCv2UmcJTeiULqG_tVKF4YYMNCS9beehUBm6VejmbSU3r09YrbDvtG36AkM5Nekcl4lAgVjZHa2pRuNOna0Ftim7l6okX8/s640/blogger-image-1585258016.jpg"></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">Price: 25 cents</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">And a vintage cotton tea towel.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgZDH8V4c1IqzcpPZ1K6Pi0LarxT__CfiDr_4df2sC9yl9jNHErqsrMqX93ICEsiK7IkPr5uce_Aj_8GgQVnPuoYyjTJ0kF-Rk1riCGHj2y0V90IZd30728LrXzWsG9wqgfk5LHbNCz-Wo/s640/blogger-image-1479492424.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgZDH8V4c1IqzcpPZ1K6Pi0LarxT__CfiDr_4df2sC9yl9jNHErqsrMqX93ICEsiK7IkPr5uce_Aj_8GgQVnPuoYyjTJ0kF-Rk1riCGHj2y0V90IZd30728LrXzWsG9wqgfk5LHbNCz-Wo/s640/blogger-image-1479492424.jpg"></a></div>Price: 25 cents</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">Since I was alone, I could search to my heart's content, too. ;)</div><br></div>Lindahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07418803664950404235noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8136274485208699242.post-88682647189363521172013-10-23T08:08:00.001-05:002013-10-23T08:22:18.694-05:00Another Auction ViewingAlthough we are not planning to buy any furniture for the Beltway Apartment until we are finished with the remodeling, we are still looking at auctions and such in case we see something interesting. <div><span style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue Light', HelveticaNeue-Light, helvetica, arial, sans-serif;"><br></span></div><div><span style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue Light', HelveticaNeue-Light, helvetica, arial, sans-serif;">I did not take many photos at the Atlas Auction House (</span><font face="Helvetica Neue Light, HelveticaNeue-Light, helvetica, arial, sans-serif">http://www.veilinghuisdeatlas.nl) </font><span style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue Light', HelveticaNeue-Light, helvetica, arial, sans-serif;">preview in Deventer, since their own photos are probably copyrighted and much better than my photography.</span></div><div><div><div><br></div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgDInEiMjoFt2XfeOxIe-ias-KxH7c8Y95xsGiXxWjPoX6prfpPUbDTpjiIg8VtBAqJYJhT7OxPj3ClPfnOWMMTnYXiS-73TgSpWQBHyzU86dqfqm5K1GNehcEM38qpzaDw4BOIc_6cj9M/s640/blogger-image-1731825303.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgDInEiMjoFt2XfeOxIe-ias-KxH7c8Y95xsGiXxWjPoX6prfpPUbDTpjiIg8VtBAqJYJhT7OxPj3ClPfnOWMMTnYXiS-73TgSpWQBHyzU86dqfqm5K1GNehcEM38qpzaDw4BOIc_6cj9M/s640/blogger-image-1731825303.jpg"></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">I like the cabinet on the left of the photo. The right cabinet is beautifully painted, but not my style.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhggJzLZpM5S-bmksO8MQbC7HQXmVvlP9a5K0VVATpY85dkDRBXsLttbkz2IyWsgwsTFC44ooPJHWmD96mr3dlLEf3hEkT2xluyEX_MJ2U7lQBOlsVafJqEavS3YJO5rcxb1jaLj7rMC0M/s640/blogger-image-855554294.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhggJzLZpM5S-bmksO8MQbC7HQXmVvlP9a5K0VVATpY85dkDRBXsLttbkz2IyWsgwsTFC44ooPJHWmD96mr3dlLEf3hEkT2xluyEX_MJ2U7lQBOlsVafJqEavS3YJO5rcxb1jaLj7rMC0M/s640/blogger-image-855554294.jpg"></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">As Dutch as you can get. Windmills on blue and white.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgaPsT8rKCkXrEAkKTTvfwAi_GjXtV8x7986fAbV7okdFS4MNjnuwwuet4BMbb0IPS2PsyNmwIPqcbPwOM6aa8Cu0eJ7JMy3iCJaFkWX0igtu6oa0co4DtLGnOXQ5u_SVD1aZ8QLk2vkgk/s640/blogger-image--1626507617.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgaPsT8rKCkXrEAkKTTvfwAi_GjXtV8x7986fAbV7okdFS4MNjnuwwuet4BMbb0IPS2PsyNmwIPqcbPwOM6aa8Cu0eJ7JMy3iCJaFkWX0igtu6oa0co4DtLGnOXQ5u_SVD1aZ8QLk2vkgk/s640/blogger-image--1626507617.jpg"></a></div></div>I really like this secretary with the different wood finishes. </div><br><div><br></div><div><br></div></div></div></div>Lindahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07418803664950404235noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8136274485208699242.post-24372081928042742172013-10-19T09:28:00.001-05:002013-10-19T09:28:43.633-05:00Brocante Market in DeventerToday my hub and I walked into the center of the city to visit the Brocante Market. <div><br></div><div>My grandmother C would have called it all "knick knacks" but I think I heard my hub say "a lot of junk." He even said, "We could bring our whole house contents here and maybe sell it." I think that was why I looked, but there wasn't much there that isn't already tucked away somewhere in our home back in the US.</div><div><br></div><div>Here are a few photos of the stalls of "goods" (or "bads") :((((</div><div><br></div><div>Green wooden stools were popular, as were green toothbrushes, green glass jars, and even a green wooden doorknob.</div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjyq7jFoUIyHOcWWRetJ5In2ulzHNl-pJ3rNViBmH4IGEZ5CMhf8Jvd8qwR0HGUoGtg-2HN00tfvqfwmXkfIcnUfb2Y6lBtoEH_2JtcvnVGDvMJUKdjRhCjhU1SMI1_GxBng6ImNbMubB0/s640/blogger-image-1204936952.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjyq7jFoUIyHOcWWRetJ5In2ulzHNl-pJ3rNViBmH4IGEZ5CMhf8Jvd8qwR0HGUoGtg-2HN00tfvqfwmXkfIcnUfb2Y6lBtoEH_2JtcvnVGDvMJUKdjRhCjhU1SMI1_GxBng6ImNbMubB0/s640/blogger-image-1204936952.jpg"></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">Some enamelware and other bric-a-brac.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjcdEU7M8EjKtk2v8Mw906L0SQOHzwOYHCVTSWD20n_mzpVXlCD8xEg1LAczeOdXO56RA8acOh4ZGLz7DmA7e9GCtWSvLx56jSoA3TAa2UcKFbzrxWSEktFrBwDkVYbOg0Znkj1YCtx790/s640/blogger-image--904383704.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjcdEU7M8EjKtk2v8Mw906L0SQOHzwOYHCVTSWD20n_mzpVXlCD8xEg1LAczeOdXO56RA8acOh4ZGLz7DmA7e9GCtWSvLx56jSoA3TAa2UcKFbzrxWSEktFrBwDkVYbOg0Znkj1YCtx790/s640/blogger-image--904383704.jpg"></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">Too much stuff to appreciate!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhOPMOygpmQWPHluDWGdw2MCrbkYPXaIT5OAHlUwwFdIUaWwUgTE91vTJbH-cLhlx3aUweHSCMJxSSeDjCTXdAjqJnSSgcJHuAr8rXekrd0qB_aE4c6tM8S5CXiEkWCCBnbYSZMMeh2z0M/s640/blogger-image-1987670423.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhOPMOygpmQWPHluDWGdw2MCrbkYPXaIT5OAHlUwwFdIUaWwUgTE91vTJbH-cLhlx3aUweHSCMJxSSeDjCTXdAjqJnSSgcJHuAr8rXekrd0qB_aE4c6tM8S5CXiEkWCCBnbYSZMMeh2z0M/s640/blogger-image-1987670423.jpg"></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">Interesting displays. Maybe I should have asked before shooting.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhxPTgspp-31l2-2a4F9VgPfPj3ORBw-QYsyPheoUd3s_IK6A22JVpWO3MzmeMkVZ-clnZU31H4DDjyZuG9OA2EJGyMQnDWbcHNmXys4_u0wm4P98yWu9dLhUhOHfPySg4x6gU5zpAx0PM/s640/blogger-image--2006126372.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhxPTgspp-31l2-2a4F9VgPfPj3ORBw-QYsyPheoUd3s_IK6A22JVpWO3MzmeMkVZ-clnZU31H4DDjyZuG9OA2EJGyMQnDWbcHNmXys4_u0wm4P98yWu9dLhUhOHfPySg4x6gU5zpAx0PM/s640/blogger-image--2006126372.jpg"></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">North American and Scandanavian school maps plus lots of blue and white dishes.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjgaEtkC_QW08PdP1LkdtgOOHBClcsp8_OKw33J_1QsWoW4EShkROolxRRdBKYUAbbuJwgsWdhJ6bt3IQntbszpLnoFl_XNKO3v4ZvrV5gtNf7VT23Wldpb0yVAn6KMP9HjnrcyBpejSH8/s640/blogger-image--1926941671.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjgaEtkC_QW08PdP1LkdtgOOHBClcsp8_OKw33J_1QsWoW4EShkROolxRRdBKYUAbbuJwgsWdhJ6bt3IQntbszpLnoFl_XNKO3v4ZvrV5gtNf7VT23Wldpb0yVAn6KMP9HjnrcyBpejSH8/s640/blogger-image--1926941671.jpg"></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">Now I know what to do with my collection of embroidery hoops and doilies.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgrn78Q8HijjAq683vdwq8Mhvzc9BaTrs73_UYLsr9ILzc-Kep-ZpCZLYrIZH_ps7U92yyfMf9QM4EfnOGmTSbSjRX_R-A88DGZyIYU64YiS2QHI3mDKN0ydtV4TU_FudJRBJyc3Fxvpbo/s640/blogger-image--1689844592.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgrn78Q8HijjAq683vdwq8Mhvzc9BaTrs73_UYLsr9ILzc-Kep-ZpCZLYrIZH_ps7U92yyfMf9QM4EfnOGmTSbSjRX_R-A88DGZyIYU64YiS2QHI3mDKN0ydtV4TU_FudJRBJyc3Fxvpbo/s640/blogger-image--1689844592.jpg"></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">We said goodbye to this relaxing brown bear.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEixkNOo8312LjWl2zXQj_VrQ88lPc-Q0jlRaCS_MfndBwL2J8N-aWzfB5f8837SxIknAyGOgp8b9Y469ELuQfqp02CgaGqKvCnqw-1_ci4W8pocj1IlEnNtctsNzqbWM-ibvbi0T9V7Ipg/s640/blogger-image-204576739.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEixkNOo8312LjWl2zXQj_VrQ88lPc-Q0jlRaCS_MfndBwL2J8N-aWzfB5f8837SxIknAyGOgp8b9Y469ELuQfqp02CgaGqKvCnqw-1_ci4W8pocj1IlEnNtctsNzqbWM-ibvbi0T9V7Ipg/s640/blogger-image-204576739.jpg"></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">And this is all we bought--a 10 Euro metal watering can. (That may or may not fit into our suitcase to take back home.)</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhnmXYvMWQvce1GRFfIC_WYRSo5SpzMkWplH-jPfaw4OynQ8G8YvkHJepSUHUeXir519zd_YHY3QFOzvLF_g3wtG-TqPI5cbOWVsn9nVKiIuWut8h9N6mCf5w7_8iMr8U4ES8HI_qoB1gs/s640/blogger-image-365675845.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhnmXYvMWQvce1GRFfIC_WYRSo5SpzMkWplH-jPfaw4OynQ8G8YvkHJepSUHUeXir519zd_YHY3QFOzvLF_g3wtG-TqPI5cbOWVsn9nVKiIuWut8h9N6mCf5w7_8iMr8U4ES8HI_qoB1gs/s640/blogger-image-365675845.jpg"></a></div><br></div><br></div><br></div><br></div><br></div><br></div><br></div><br></div>Lindahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07418803664950404235noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8136274485208699242.post-14502416363977830872013-10-13T12:17:00.001-05:002013-10-14T11:53:27.872-05:00Sunday Antiques "Eye Buying"Not being too impressed by the items to be auctioned off next weekend, we went upstairs to look around in an antiques shop in Twente (Nederland).<div><br></div><div>Here is some of what we saw for sale:</div><div><br></div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEim5_aY9KJmklZ4GKUpXZSxNBuu-ILIj6NEvpnRWH-deByE4uG2AbuDiBagjAqdLL2FjB2xjpNvM1mQJp-cTrmLVOkIr6FNHDWoeg5lKyMA48GWf_GfTRhbUPgkFbrBXfzj13UPpp00AF4/s640/blogger-image--880305384.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEim5_aY9KJmklZ4GKUpXZSxNBuu-ILIj6NEvpnRWH-deByE4uG2AbuDiBagjAqdLL2FjB2xjpNvM1mQJp-cTrmLVOkIr6FNHDWoeg5lKyMA48GWf_GfTRhbUPgkFbrBXfzj13UPpp00AF4/s640/blogger-image--880305384.jpg"></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">Delft Blue (real or souvenir/Made in Holland?)</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhVJBKjTcQx-jRXkNvD6_Hb3voqphHV98seW_n9jJkbm9JTiiWO7VdPBJu0amo_79b7h6L7nb6tUp6BHob4GXd1r97sdmDuWY9KWPiDi7Kzgp82Q2UcvCu3WW2flbQEAus55tV5LpK_nH8/s640/blogger-image-536454955.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhVJBKjTcQx-jRXkNvD6_Hb3voqphHV98seW_n9jJkbm9JTiiWO7VdPBJu0amo_79b7h6L7nb6tUp6BHob4GXd1r97sdmDuWY9KWPiDi7Kzgp82Q2UcvCu3WW2flbQEAus55tV5LpK_nH8/s640/blogger-image-536454955.jpg"></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">Blue and White and Old plates galore</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgch4gXxXDrhKhiFOpHR-QnWjZVaEt7JHpem_qeu7N0qRZeuoAvC8Rva0XsDA3TeKsYuoqG2kDUfHeCTyzKLY-RtOhy3vJDMzGiZ6BfAj3dUZjrnwwUZM2QLqCGwDJGiZA0tsugo2OoY5g/s640/blogger-image-777768617.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgch4gXxXDrhKhiFOpHR-QnWjZVaEt7JHpem_qeu7N0qRZeuoAvC8Rva0XsDA3TeKsYuoqG2kDUfHeCTyzKLY-RtOhy3vJDMzGiZ6BfAj3dUZjrnwwUZM2QLqCGwDJGiZA0tsugo2OoY5g/s640/blogger-image-777768617.jpg"></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">Painting is a day at the beach way back when.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh5LKoXKNTctLviACf3a89BhRQG_icuZ3b87roMomBTzUrjUy8GeYtErMazyMHYL7B_b5ha3YQV79hgFdBK7UK3MvROXnNMokx21CvFxC9ya804BtuXKIx_XALMe4y2EOfUQTI3FXn8iKs/s640/blogger-image-1780351576.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh5LKoXKNTctLviACf3a89BhRQG_icuZ3b87roMomBTzUrjUy8GeYtErMazyMHYL7B_b5ha3YQV79hgFdBK7UK3MvROXnNMokx21CvFxC9ya804BtuXKIx_XALMe4y2EOfUQTI3FXn8iKs/s640/blogger-image-1780351576.jpg"></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">Sweet Pink!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhwKfF7kTCI0nbezhc-7rQ1LziZkfUhyphenhyphenLI0j2METnt4cPZowaC9UmdY4_HLZsv7zzYAyySJ7OjHqCYKzl0DWUfslIq3C-S7nVq0a58gJBq-4ynU5jDza5jVpAm2_yGpR7AOceR2kltd0tA/s640/blogger-image--1513878740.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; 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Bring on the tea and cuke sandwiches!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgSSV5_P5hHCW4sY_1fOBQ5eJlaIaPyxp9grQg72Ojs-NM3gw4D29iB-5hJK2wgUAT2pIfnRNT5WItRTFeB0q3etN25uUUl4-XbX8t2Z1S_-ootyiUi7vCNBQL2wQ0yKaBzDsr5YeLnzWI/s640/blogger-image--896200493.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgSSV5_P5hHCW4sY_1fOBQ5eJlaIaPyxp9grQg72Ojs-NM3gw4D29iB-5hJK2wgUAT2pIfnRNT5WItRTFeB0q3etN25uUUl4-XbX8t2Z1S_-ootyiUi7vCNBQL2wQ0yKaBzDsr5YeLnzWI/s640/blogger-image--896200493.jpg"></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">A little glue and old cups, vases, and saucers. There is art there somewhere.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhtILEI0BbHZrJGf1Ut2o9qQi5SfFHEPfjbM87_gA-FEO2ugpuER4CgsBsoX-6g96mf-EgM11RTHU35mD1aGjo6z_QsYwBaltiF4G-kIAwFm5oDrUVGRtMkorT7oHBexgruKba_3RTPF5c/s640/blogger-image-1165724707.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhtILEI0BbHZrJGf1Ut2o9qQi5SfFHEPfjbM87_gA-FEO2ugpuER4CgsBsoX-6g96mf-EgM11RTHU35mD1aGjo6z_QsYwBaltiF4G-kIAwFm5oDrUVGRtMkorT7oHBexgruKba_3RTPF5c/s640/blogger-image-1165724707.jpg"></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">Just my Blue Danube. No price tags!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhf-P_L_eAEnevJuiOHc9_qRA-HBpmbyvzEpSWX9a2S7Fh3aHbXenYJW9FhvZ0VYyxOK6_ozovLSk6A5DocqEEJWBynmLblrzMmewMy6yLAw7DIyBA0F3SzykcxM5gCES_3NnLOz18sQjc/s640/blogger-image-1308151970.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhf-P_L_eAEnevJuiOHc9_qRA-HBpmbyvzEpSWX9a2S7Fh3aHbXenYJW9FhvZ0VYyxOK6_ozovLSk6A5DocqEEJWBynmLblrzMmewMy6yLAw7DIyBA0F3SzykcxM5gCES_3NnLOz18sQjc/s640/blogger-image-1308151970.jpg"></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">Sorry, but these dolls look creepy to me.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiMZf3iUI_ng-yj7IhTBE6VYm_BszqClklWQl9d_YGzRlyIxqw7b5cBhyF8kJzKRpBBJ-w_Kam0RTOy0DI78rUknJXRfR0uxZ7UkFXujX5uox26HNCROSoPeSWHik0A_DT-8k-zK4NLWU0/s640/blogger-image--297711449.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiMZf3iUI_ng-yj7IhTBE6VYm_BszqClklWQl9d_YGzRlyIxqw7b5cBhyF8kJzKRpBBJ-w_Kam0RTOy0DI78rUknJXRfR0uxZ7UkFXujX5uox26HNCROSoPeSWHik0A_DT-8k-zK4NLWU0/s640/blogger-image--297711449.jpg"></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">Love the dresser, but not all the clocks.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiT9MsEeZqCc6gBf-Wz-dea7N9sAyPDsBO8WiPKOKCrSoHynxV_HC4QKoECzM61QmqEyYpTI2fbGfKW7vCum9cYLCcD40DvldgGKpF0Fi1eGVy9R26WpWm1v4ee-CRPpnfzCWfdsf9WfTY/s640/blogger-image--1461771893.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiT9MsEeZqCc6gBf-Wz-dea7N9sAyPDsBO8WiPKOKCrSoHynxV_HC4QKoECzM61QmqEyYpTI2fbGfKW7vCum9cYLCcD40DvldgGKpF0Fi1eGVy9R26WpWm1v4ee-CRPpnfzCWfdsf9WfTY/s640/blogger-image--1461771893.jpg"></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">Beautiful, but my hub wants a double door one.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhB2BQ_gi7jPxWuAmxd6Kn7rKU1iscrc3RXBTZFbp_L-qsL8cn5WwsDT7LngLJKQ5i9qEX2itjkdU5PC3yiCezDvtH_1PufwgQSITGM-LFBhnJUxI159zN_2OPF1ryhrkrrArmc_ulrUVw/s640/blogger-image-1587947358.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhB2BQ_gi7jPxWuAmxd6Kn7rKU1iscrc3RXBTZFbp_L-qsL8cn5WwsDT7LngLJKQ5i9qEX2itjkdU5PC3yiCezDvtH_1PufwgQSITGM-LFBhnJUxI159zN_2OPF1ryhrkrrArmc_ulrUVw/s640/blogger-image-1587947358.jpg"></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">Like the stodgy guy on the top shelf of this handsome desk.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhPDqP3ZaK5YrMV3YL1-uOc3y3yK4N8S1jdcn_YZ7F2jHLla6MUVbbtGSr0uwORzXYK5q2J8-qhMYVuAOKoyU2_fhtRHfPhz84BIUYKsdQrDR9TGL50kmhN3YME_CDyBkkC6EtjX_MMTKA/s640/blogger-image--1901749623.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhPDqP3ZaK5YrMV3YL1-uOc3y3yK4N8S1jdcn_YZ7F2jHLla6MUVbbtGSr0uwORzXYK5q2J8-qhMYVuAOKoyU2_fhtRHfPhz84BIUYKsdQrDR9TGL50kmhN3YME_CDyBkkC6EtjX_MMTKA/s640/blogger-image--1901749623.jpg"></a></div>End of an era!</div><br></div><br></div><br></div><br></div><br></div><br></div><br></div><br></div><br></div><br></div><br></div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div><br></div>Lindahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07418803664950404235noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8136274485208699242.post-32192448395746395202013-10-12T00:12:00.001-05:002013-10-12T00:25:34.791-05:00No Smoking!We are back in the Beltway Apartment. Yesterday we stopped by our favorite auction house to pick up our Deventer carpet that we bought online a month ago. My hub lugged it into the livingroom, but we haven't unfolded it yet to see what we really purchased. We will do that today or tomorrow when we have time.<div><br></div><div>Last evening after our first full day back here in Nederland (the whole day in the pouring rain ), my hub slept in his trusty Jysk recliner while I sat in mine in front of our small tv and browsed on my iPad the online catalogue for the next auction.</div><div><br></div><div>And guess what I found in the catalogue! An identical twin of our tobacco pot.</div><div><br></div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiKbwpVq_gbZBaw5lsojocuM-rcOYgWtMHQzfLKYUi7vlQ9KD_zBjW4JaZmn06VRTzHDh9La9MIKmVVNJs76XS8qcTwiAGv0IX4XaY3KOBioq9xI_eXZpBkel0UkW-4s2FGon43WgwkXW0/s640/blogger-image--1302983686.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiKbwpVq_gbZBaw5lsojocuM-rcOYgWtMHQzfLKYUi7vlQ9KD_zBjW4JaZmn06VRTzHDh9La9MIKmVVNJs76XS8qcTwiAGv0IX4XaY3KOBioq9xI_eXZpBkel0UkW-4s2FGon43WgwkXW0/s640/blogger-image--1302983686.jpg"></a></div><br></div><div>Antique 19th century oak tobacco pot decorated with Chinese copper trimmings. 17 centimeters tall.</div><div><br></div><div>But no tobacco is allowed in our pot back home. It is only "for the show."</div>Lindahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07418803664950404235noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8136274485208699242.post-76077807197214410532013-10-06T18:36:00.001-05:002013-10-06T22:44:37.952-05:00Prim Rag Dolls(photo explosion)<div><br></div><div>I found the following prim rag dolls at an antiques/ brocante shop on Thursday. The most expensive one was $1.25. Most were $.50. They are not super old, but they were dusty and stained. Notice the details.<div><br></div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj9dQkEce8PkksUYeHJ8oEFFHv-bEbKlbJGGYGb9v1rAanR_Mm3m4OLd41Fauv7S1fkwm7hI1oPc8h-FI651lmQ8huHwRs0tu6qz9p4pZ4437FKCbTk-jhZeMs_zuMyD3gHpYApCuoIfME/s640/blogger-image--1014653830.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj9dQkEce8PkksUYeHJ8oEFFHv-bEbKlbJGGYGb9v1rAanR_Mm3m4OLd41Fauv7S1fkwm7hI1oPc8h-FI651lmQ8huHwRs0tu6qz9p4pZ4437FKCbTk-jhZeMs_zuMyD3gHpYApCuoIfME/s640/blogger-image--1014653830.jpg"></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">This baby has a lovely dress and pantaloons, but no hair!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiCOMoBf5pJqPSGYR1D-6OFk4Y7YtiX85rzJ89KM0A54z6CczbHHEEEISbSimZvU5Im8ZfbqZRpbkjAyggqtCHqz3i196DlyRf564cqjvxI6NTucCdjn_a-GH5P2eUEo14wxDjKACa77HY/s640/blogger-image-968965544.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; 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margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh_RklHna08DyXIqg3HPVVOnTWAuxvTO7cMLGmWerj2WWH0zdPCylPHhSaHPfK85rF_dp1Ay1ifpe7oA4li2i03pt7x2UEQC_Edk0GIHH5vhd0ELEPcJrOwCkkdvzPvXNmIBW8A8IxEywU/s640/blogger-image--868034800.jpg"></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">What a simple face!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEihB8xNDxb8wcwpQVhduyzxeAVLT2Ro3XAgBxhvOyUbNMV1DZHplm3dY1e9KVM_VdNQ2U4HMoxYoo8ZSQRM15kpj1Au6jX3YemIV1h2YN3VRZQHMGea-WylXHaHMs2CXMO7v3-nFv8o7SM/s640/blogger-image-1887222473.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEihB8xNDxb8wcwpQVhduyzxeAVLT2Ro3XAgBxhvOyUbNMV1DZHplm3dY1e9KVM_VdNQ2U4HMoxYoo8ZSQRM15kpj1Au6jX3YemIV1h2YN3VRZQHMGea-WylXHaHMs2CXMO7v3-nFv8o7SM/s640/blogger-image-1887222473.jpg"></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">A quilt rabbit with a lacy shawl.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiQYoQ2MPBRGrztj3JqWSA7iBZd3sTa8yV_FGaQqmbgrciSk9M712a3yHILVBA8W_TzE52MluyppVa5A45n2gF7-68MuhHevr7cnyb4oJAd499EcYPwK8L1c0qfKjeDZuQBFbT5AFTgfrs/s640/blogger-image-1262074493.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiQYoQ2MPBRGrztj3JqWSA7iBZd3sTa8yV_FGaQqmbgrciSk9M712a3yHILVBA8W_TzE52MluyppVa5A45n2gF7-68MuhHevr7cnyb4oJAd499EcYPwK8L1c0qfKjeDZuQBFbT5AFTgfrs/s640/blogger-image-1262074493.jpg"></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">Love the heart nose and the rope hair.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgaBNMx3qtXVzgW4VWah1uOUU2WTrUwTzBA_tQkO_TL2_aoBvqdzurdcj_zhHcjlhGfGjE8J_-12QmsSro-3g2X2yDcQ2-aMA8DqBhdWHWMKm919aGf-EDPWQR7FPQ0SiuAuApFiI3ttIA/s640/blogger-image-630513357.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgaBNMx3qtXVzgW4VWah1uOUU2WTrUwTzBA_tQkO_TL2_aoBvqdzurdcj_zhHcjlhGfGjE8J_-12QmsSro-3g2X2yDcQ2-aMA8DqBhdWHWMKm919aGf-EDPWQR7FPQ0SiuAuApFiI3ttIA/s640/blogger-image-630513357.jpg"></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">Sweet rear view.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjKgBq1_3qHEYI8HnMTY2_F1h4PoFlCoovwLSp_X84H0G7NK-3Ko8kwemqeK4W13O9IyXHG9BRNoz1obRO-W1d646u97KfhqyUJXS55jZGsSZhFOl-0_wagntrbArB7KdWEjufWc6M7zwA/s640/blogger-image-1688133560.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; 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Clever idea.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgQUjEw6VUgvzLifsmLu9mTbI0adkuvp-87eVycFlb9Cbj0g5f9GQF_S5levYguBWMxJ48-ZSVIHX4NuFFQeeiZjyzH5ELkxSqOufZkH8Q_V1WC3H6hvx-xYMI4OrFn0Fzuaj6mH-PgmYg/s640/blogger-image-1104317867.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgQUjEw6VUgvzLifsmLu9mTbI0adkuvp-87eVycFlb9Cbj0g5f9GQF_S5levYguBWMxJ48-ZSVIHX4NuFFQeeiZjyzH5ELkxSqOufZkH8Q_V1WC3H6hvx-xYMI4OrFn0Fzuaj6mH-PgmYg/s640/blogger-image-1104317867.jpg"></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">Mrs. in all her glory.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjzOz0AQ2fWfCVdsSsBtfkrLREDYuInm9XCbRIjApp4kTtQUZMRNLdQLv2H1x_IOjYSGvLgHXADqr63fmrYLKVpcjWCsXQslfKKnpsYemRND5KtYDF_sbslzx_SjG2heKvI4_9vTq__hDg/s640/blogger-image--885650988.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjzOz0AQ2fWfCVdsSsBtfkrLREDYuInm9XCbRIjApp4kTtQUZMRNLdQLv2H1x_IOjYSGvLgHXADqr63fmrYLKVpcjWCsXQslfKKnpsYemRND5KtYDF_sbslzx_SjG2heKvI4_9vTq__hDg/s640/blogger-image--885650988.jpg"></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">Same simple face.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg6_rsx50UITdiwFxOD7feAm0Drs-I04uneUCEoWLc1uwVF50IKoH7PUwSruJi0Ysng74NM7pekY7Eu70DVd9X3ZzwOAPM1LhZawNhu-my-FOsKvSTAdeSsgxJML37_BdQEGr6ebN8BC_s/s640/blogger-image-1878151578.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg6_rsx50UITdiwFxOD7feAm0Drs-I04uneUCEoWLc1uwVF50IKoH7PUwSruJi0Ysng74NM7pekY7Eu70DVd9X3ZzwOAPM1LhZawNhu-my-FOsKvSTAdeSsgxJML37_BdQEGr6ebN8BC_s/s640/blogger-image-1878151578.jpg"></a></div><br></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">Her dress makes her "fluffy. "Pantaloons are really primitive. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhskjjLbJ8UquDIwx4tRinVX2U2yuv2UYtXM5WfGARFYgUjmcyEecf4t4LbyQI_d6xx_H78EpJSFoWUIR5Vjs-ikw-uY4cGKlL9qlVZZuKkiV7XsulwcLccjY_HxhPFNIWo28ODscNW6l4/s640/blogger-image-1395702758.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhskjjLbJ8UquDIwx4tRinVX2U2yuv2UYtXM5WfGARFYgUjmcyEecf4t4LbyQI_d6xx_H78EpJSFoWUIR5Vjs-ikw-uY4cGKlL9qlVZZuKkiV7XsulwcLccjY_HxhPFNIWo28ODscNW6l4/s640/blogger-image-1395702758.jpg"></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">Love the detail on this little dark girl.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhr8LrVEVH4NSSkkwzwbmZajOUHZYKu7ng8We06PngrIFwnoxOTZLGnAslGxo7aoVu4WCutiIUm3pydQoljG842ZvBJlEYNVeIxsMBA_r8fNIoKizTLa3NIoi95iDYgehD9OG3pWQLp5Cg/s640/blogger-image--680240654.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhr8LrVEVH4NSSkkwzwbmZajOUHZYKu7ng8We06PngrIFwnoxOTZLGnAslGxo7aoVu4WCutiIUm3pydQoljG842ZvBJlEYNVeIxsMBA_r8fNIoKizTLa3NIoi95iDYgehD9OG3pWQLp5Cg/s640/blogger-image--680240654.jpg"></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">The French knots work.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjYp6f45_95zMLIALxMmSB5IpRyXtLEQxIIp-MKHgLtnDvcuCGwJBhiG2-PBSfR-LaDkLw4lz0KiO_eRRNDFD3rCaUR4Pz0Skp0jjykB0MegcUCeSKLUDuxhK32SxZx036Dm3ZqU7yMwkc/s640/blogger-image--1308510907.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjYp6f45_95zMLIALxMmSB5IpRyXtLEQxIIp-MKHgLtnDvcuCGwJBhiG2-PBSfR-LaDkLw4lz0KiO_eRRNDFD3rCaUR4Pz0Skp0jjykB0MegcUCeSKLUDuxhK32SxZx036Dm3ZqU7yMwkc/s640/blogger-image--1308510907.jpg"></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">Homespun and gingham make this doll complete.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEix8q5_jHPL_d6CskKcbaFNKIxNZo7w6SkT8Gx8zZAOhrRfqJyRRu7tBLFwKvh-eGkAHkqGIHDVSSOTTu0S04ECQKc0CkVXqnPG0rZZhvdrs6hB3HS6wv4-45I0XWh0JbsajFYrP_c9iG0/s640/blogger-image--1770004726.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEix8q5_jHPL_d6CskKcbaFNKIxNZo7w6SkT8Gx8zZAOhrRfqJyRRu7tBLFwKvh-eGkAHkqGIHDVSSOTTu0S04ECQKc0CkVXqnPG0rZZhvdrs6hB3HS6wv4-45I0XWh0JbsajFYrP_c9iG0/s640/blogger-image--1770004726.jpg"></a></div><br></div>And then my favorite! I plan to try my hand at making one of these.</div></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiAkuOnQwreo7lFigH5xB4kPEFYXnme4GIVpl-kOZtlmxwk_DgYgZO7mH4pAu8xfr69HIQ9SBXjDfdK6hHZzRQ_zh9wG0JTVCpWt0SzwQOot-IxI6lRUbvxHW5A5Bd3Yfn-Wo80CZoNhVU/s640/blogger-image-585364350.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiAkuOnQwreo7lFigH5xB4kPEFYXnme4GIVpl-kOZtlmxwk_DgYgZO7mH4pAu8xfr69HIQ9SBXjDfdK6hHZzRQ_zh9wG0JTVCpWt0SzwQOot-IxI6lRUbvxHW5A5Bd3Yfn-Wo80CZoNhVU/s640/blogger-image-585364350.jpg"></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">Meet Quilty Baby.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgua4Jr2G8T8O2wItIPidKAIFPRnwYCQg3CkPVmT5FMTREtBDYY7aViv3UxEYRgDNmm2EpFayrslgAvkI1viFV276dfAsjlTa1hquTUmY3Nz6uFEh9aiM8ehoFlHsjm2fyWO1Vu9wWtl_8/s640/blogger-image--1715367042.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgua4Jr2G8T8O2wItIPidKAIFPRnwYCQg3CkPVmT5FMTREtBDYY7aViv3UxEYRgDNmm2EpFayrslgAvkI1viFV276dfAsjlTa1hquTUmY3Nz6uFEh9aiM8ehoFlHsjm2fyWO1Vu9wWtl_8/s640/blogger-image--1715367042.jpg"></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">From the rear.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhvz7KRxlPVxlv0rI7ghAukfQse7qbE-ug_6xCAcipYbUAiFIOjWmGlCesuUC1iop9kfRoNo7UVqzPDgQ-SfDPQ5UP8PiSM0TuvFxMFbJ1Kfp6AUbw56PejFo1TBq-ctBbudn0CPXQAzpg/s640/blogger-image-687434423.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhvz7KRxlPVxlv0rI7ghAukfQse7qbE-ug_6xCAcipYbUAiFIOjWmGlCesuUC1iop9kfRoNo7UVqzPDgQ-SfDPQ5UP8PiSM0TuvFxMFbJ1Kfp6AUbw56PejFo1TBq-ctBbudn0CPXQAzpg/s640/blogger-image-687434423.jpg"></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">Sleep Tight. Don't let the bedbugs bite!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjalOoOwmOp-L3S5vDrYde9sd4DgYfMJR-MK4dAu2pbWq58A0NNZjhoCOhAOy2n4cLLIPnUeIu6ai8C-YNoYGH31myBgVeJVMmbTmIRiZ395lbWG5JzsOketn-JiUutH73f93AZNEK-MqQ/s640/blogger-image-35661959.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjalOoOwmOp-L3S5vDrYde9sd4DgYfMJR-MK4dAu2pbWq58A0NNZjhoCOhAOy2n4cLLIPnUeIu6ai8C-YNoYGH31myBgVeJVMmbTmIRiZ395lbWG5JzsOketn-JiUutH73f93AZNEK-MqQ/s640/blogger-image-35661959.jpg"></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br></div><br></div><br></div><br></div><br></div><br></div><br></div><br></div><br></div><br></div><br></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br></div><br></div><br></div><br></div><br></div><br></div><br></div><br></div><br></div><br></div><br></div><br></div><br></div><br></div><br></div><br></div></div>Lindahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07418803664950404235noreply@blogger.com12tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8136274485208699242.post-86418365866308453312013-09-29T15:47:00.001-05:002013-09-29T15:47:23.799-05:00Staphorst Piano StoolMy favorite place to take visitors to in The Netherlands was always Staphorst. <div><br></div><div>Back in the 1990's the men and women and children there were still wearing the local native attire that the inhabitants have worn for ages. I even collected a few items of clothing at the local souvenir shop. All of the clothing was second hand, but it still looked in great shape.<div><br></div><div>Back in the 80's and 90's it was impolite to photograph the religious residents in their native costumes, but I will see if I can find a photo or two by Googling.</div><div><br></div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">Since the following photos are on the official city of Staphorst website, I suppose that I can show them here.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">The first one is of two small children in klederdracht (traditional native costume). Besides the wonderful clothing, look at the bright blue painted lower part of the brick house. That color is not unusual. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh8jg7tTWUkIfVGBg9VbKYjm1L3rltmk4s66Q0wCNIliG6-2fWHzeZbnUJj6rzgjYv_DqWCEC48uU7GZzrrF-osXkCShBi830eInLXty0ASDh5Q_dlsljn9fJzenw4o5d2EgfTQlZIFUH4/s640/blogger-image--1249581960.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh8jg7tTWUkIfVGBg9VbKYjm1L3rltmk4s66Q0wCNIliG6-2fWHzeZbnUJj6rzgjYv_DqWCEC48uU7GZzrrF-osXkCShBi830eInLXty0ASDh5Q_dlsljn9fJzenw4o5d2EgfTQlZIFUH4/s640/blogger-image--1249581960.jpg"></a></div><br></div><div>This second shot is of typical female attire. (Probably a special day or contest for the most authentic clothing.)</div><div>Love the bright shawls, headpieces, and isn't the little blond girl's hairdo amazing? Those girls have on layers of clothes, and most of the skirts are pleated wool.</div><div><br></div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiCJU9rcMyGhwniIc8HHWrOcnbRLPW-ufP3LCX9RYi_5UhK5gWi-NFRs5qm7oe3OiKDIr1IKbs6Opo3mjNHWqooxgwYNqvVPdAaXbqYEi0tAtA30jUFTUT3FLsnnhLM433tYusJsxuGvok/s640/blogger-image-2002685758.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiCJU9rcMyGhwniIc8HHWrOcnbRLPW-ufP3LCX9RYi_5UhK5gWi-NFRs5qm7oe3OiKDIr1IKbs6Opo3mjNHWqooxgwYNqvVPdAaXbqYEi0tAtA30jUFTUT3FLsnnhLM433tYusJsxuGvok/s640/blogger-image-2002685758.jpg"></a></div><br></div><div>This third photo shows the bright green and red shutters on this house. Notice the blue windowsills!</div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj19f4h0T1UYxEEMBjhWTkYPEPxyJIFmlNBnjYD_SmKJM2lhoalccqdRIEdj_6Qsb1fgoidfmYdFAcfHLq-E8b-XlTq2FnMZavN2d9L2SIJnHyX6aHcobtl-vQkuB2EllIYEgE5SmDiKSk/s640/blogger-image--590999864.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj19f4h0T1UYxEEMBjhWTkYPEPxyJIFmlNBnjYD_SmKJM2lhoalccqdRIEdj_6Qsb1fgoidfmYdFAcfHLq-E8b-XlTq2FnMZavN2d9L2SIJnHyX6aHcobtl-vQkuB2EllIYEgE5SmDiKSk/s640/blogger-image--590999864.jpg"></a></div><br></div><div>And here is a photo of a house visited by Queen Beatrix on a special occasion a few years ago. Although this is a working farm, everything is immaculate all the time, even when the queen does not come to call.</div><div><br></div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhgnfJdxuGA98QOzhomPyb2V4upBaXbpdiQhONZDag3QXYU5lfKkGAiHziPbdETOeskA9hkQej_DjsF_d-c2SJJHaybEWtfGk1M88ESrb_4fqya-xVS5YYl9chV4LlwNVYA62rmBWbJHb0/s640/blogger-image--370832447.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhgnfJdxuGA98QOzhomPyb2V4upBaXbpdiQhONZDag3QXYU5lfKkGAiHziPbdETOeskA9hkQej_DjsF_d-c2SJJHaybEWtfGk1M88ESrb_4fqya-xVS5YYl9chV4LlwNVYA62rmBWbJHb0/s640/blogger-image--370832447.jpg"></a></div><br></div><div>Besides the odd piece of Staphorst clothing, I own the Staphorst piano stool shown below. When we were visiting Staphorst about 20 years ago, there was a barn sale going on. We bought this piano stool for about $5.00.</div><div><br><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjHtbJbsQ1Q4_oNWZitGE4keM12CsRF-tSQDLpWKrM7-01Gx2s9SFoMnpRa5u8JPTTzg7_v71m9DkOOQ2DVnjkT43M-pSOEEjNRn0KmdB5Hxjo2o4tDPaL_VPlwDnIHpwqoGJ9u3jPdkBo/s640/blogger-image--719882509.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjHtbJbsQ1Q4_oNWZitGE4keM12CsRF-tSQDLpWKrM7-01Gx2s9SFoMnpRa5u8JPTTzg7_v71m9DkOOQ2DVnjkT43M-pSOEEjNRn0KmdB5Hxjo2o4tDPaL_VPlwDnIHpwqoGJ9u3jPdkBo/s640/blogger-image--719882509.jpg"></a></div></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">Notice the same color green paint as on the outside shutters. It has looked like this since we bought it. I would never even dream of removing the original paint.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjYtnucRyuF7iQmFK31_PkPhl23Gp1jOnC6RSfiNUCO12jt7NTs74JuhkZwznhE99BrfsPIXr1huBr2VB44dwB2TqzvEJLMp5D_B8UwNky1qyZOGvxbXGxffQVaFNzSl6SgWsaEXbUfd5w/s640/blogger-image--1561087396.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjYtnucRyuF7iQmFK31_PkPhl23Gp1jOnC6RSfiNUCO12jt7NTs74JuhkZwznhE99BrfsPIXr1huBr2VB44dwB2TqzvEJLMp5D_B8UwNky1qyZOGvxbXGxffQVaFNzSl6SgWsaEXbUfd5w/s640/blogger-image--1561087396.jpg"></a></div><br></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">We do not use the stool by the piano, since we already had a piano stool. The stool pictured above sits in my crafts room waiting for me to sit down and take a break.</div></div>Lindahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07418803664950404235noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8136274485208699242.post-58788116068341830412013-09-15T09:43:00.001-05:002013-09-17T20:19:00.898-05:00Cigars, Anyone?<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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Lindahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07418803664950404235noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8136274485208699242.post-23693054673277076952013-09-04T08:07:00.001-05:002013-09-04T08:07:10.778-05:00Inside the Corner Cabinet<div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgNdlsD4f16dphU0jtpjErkCrdzFncRvFcKZXo_F_BOeo8k1RWLmbj7thcfSpZaYioUgoLCngphdIpOcVIdMB4lNwwExQZncPYTNHrzmn2Lc1zbwErAiCSSgz-zHCP2TntlYS5xuROI18Q/s640/blogger-image--585172079.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgNdlsD4f16dphU0jtpjErkCrdzFncRvFcKZXo_F_BOeo8k1RWLmbj7thcfSpZaYioUgoLCngphdIpOcVIdMB4lNwwExQZncPYTNHrzmn2Lc1zbwErAiCSSgz-zHCP2TntlYS5xuROI18Q/s640/blogger-image--585172079.jpg"></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">I have wondered what this "gathering" of old kitchen paraphernalia would look like with another background. Paint? What color? Wallpaper? What design?</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">Being the lazy person I am, I will probably keep wondering. And also being the only one who ever opens the door of this cabinet and enjoys the view. </div>Lindahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07418803664950404235noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8136274485208699242.post-40860913389236475302013-08-28T10:22:00.001-05:002013-09-02T10:57:36.369-05:00Dust Catchers"Too much to keep dusted!" That is what a Dutch woman we interviewed to be our housekeeper said. Later on she saw me while shopping and reminded me that we had too much clutter. She did not want our job, and we did not want her. Now I "dust" whenever I feel like it.<div><br></div><div>Here is some of my clutter on an old brick mold in our mudroom hallway.</div><div><br></div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjh6hnAE-4zekvvLkJmArzKIs5G8tNmqb4uNUb3bMINlm_xo9mTfQv-rukQP3uhu0Ew9pBmjbsm7268lKmcoBsbay-HsT_AvBXeOaJV3JEe1TOjJCvCDesSBpAJZQ5kmn6LALnPPPZkj24/s640/blogger-image-27670025.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjh6hnAE-4zekvvLkJmArzKIs5G8tNmqb4uNUb3bMINlm_xo9mTfQv-rukQP3uhu0Ew9pBmjbsm7268lKmcoBsbay-HsT_AvBXeOaJV3JEe1TOjJCvCDesSBpAJZQ5kmn6LALnPPPZkj24/s640/blogger-image-27670025.jpg"></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">About five years ago, my in-laws gave us this heavy brick mold made of wood. It had just missed our shipment of household goods to the States, but we brought it home anyway. I think it actually fit in a suitcase! Some of the knick knacks are original to their home, but most are things I have gathered over the years of "gathering." (I really like that word instead of junking, don't you?)</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjVO4uk8HQdTJiJfAAyqIk7lIME79-dJk5CWVTpuXaYUmKWP_C8TFZTKp4luY7JYk3W2j57YjzFgDBXeRC4fOydspzY43o5hi8AM-PYi5bHwa7C_c2mb2-BKjcNzfpubgiQ5mvPwwOJiHg/s640/blogger-image-983401565.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjVO4uk8HQdTJiJfAAyqIk7lIME79-dJk5CWVTpuXaYUmKWP_C8TFZTKp4luY7JYk3W2j57YjzFgDBXeRC4fOydspzY43o5hi8AM-PYi5bHwa7C_c2mb2-BKjcNzfpubgiQ5mvPwwOJiHg/s640/blogger-image-983401565.jpg"></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">Beginning at the bottom first. No Louisiana shelf would be complete without an armadillo. This one says Texas Turkey, but nothing like that will be on my Thanksgiving menu. Then comes Delft Blue klompen and a pelican ( probably Floridian).</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjY8IerPgNt6Szg2qCT53MEcX476AQ-KAuxYRd6ekkcauei2sL2oGn75VdYM6DGcUCSN5_S3jJkx5LbeZWraG488bN-NMG0sFb0tWaxeDBfz3hKI1A_QANZWWaklyllCqgk1GgssTONCpc/s640/blogger-image--804458523.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjY8IerPgNt6Szg2qCT53MEcX476AQ-KAuxYRd6ekkcauei2sL2oGn75VdYM6DGcUCSN5_S3jJkx5LbeZWraG488bN-NMG0sFb0tWaxeDBfz3hKI1A_QANZWWaklyllCqgk1GgssTONCpc/s640/blogger-image--804458523.jpg"></a></div>A better shot of the shoes that Americans pay big bucks for when they visit The Netherlands.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhTa1LxNZQIQvrTUIoJQ1wsemJDwTj5kZ9cDZ-Dx8Ld1VaGRaGOnceU1-IZ6V6Cky6ge1YPzdctCcmF4HljuaJMenx-iqvqa2geqQemVa17ZDas3QIDNSHOLJDkhjfzufTyRtiCbleb0BI/s640/blogger-image-706886137.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhTa1LxNZQIQvrTUIoJQ1wsemJDwTj5kZ9cDZ-Dx8Ld1VaGRaGOnceU1-IZ6V6Cky6ge1YPzdctCcmF4HljuaJMenx-iqvqa2geqQemVa17ZDas3QIDNSHOLJDkhjfzufTyRtiCbleb0BI/s640/blogger-image-706886137.jpg"></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">We see lots of rabbits here on our property. I found the mamma and baby rabbit on a throwaway shelf at a local thrift store. The one on the right was another 10 cents give away at my mom's church bazaar. Then a Dutch souvenir cup and saucer, and the most valuable is the Wade of England goose. Those Wade animals are easily worth a couple of dollars to avid collectors.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgvD8hT81w3qFwKQuDbgTFJYqZ2nlunl25CuwWDEu6pYDhgNassr178HjLHyqtYXM_zrEGClu_Qjw47ah9U233MlbfZAxpTOMmaJlu8dn5CHnZvFxTcr1ZlTilhryzP7hyphenhyphenO2X1bYXxu2Kg/s640/blogger-image--954610801.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgvD8hT81w3qFwKQuDbgTFJYqZ2nlunl25CuwWDEu6pYDhgNassr178HjLHyqtYXM_zrEGClu_Qjw47ah9U233MlbfZAxpTOMmaJlu8dn5CHnZvFxTcr1ZlTilhryzP7hyphenhyphenO2X1bYXxu2Kg/s640/blogger-image--954610801.jpg"></a></div>This miniature coffee mill, the Evil monkeys (speak no evil, see no evil, hear no evil) and jumping German urchin (Duesseldorfer Radschlaeger) were on the shelf in Deventer. My mom added the little Dutch boy figurine when I added the real little Dutch-American boy to our family almost 30 years ago.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiXM7FuEE2ztLPmJoKnGYtCd-TOs7ZG8Bt_0sKazjt7YVGgzz8cBZ1IoD8ZGh2_LxATMRbjfyRGaKdFQbfe8rdFSHIWc42-8hItvx70YcvgkZIaCxHN8kojZbt5J_44Bw8TxRTPyhpm9Ns/s640/blogger-image--1220087811.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiXM7FuEE2ztLPmJoKnGYtCd-TOs7ZG8Bt_0sKazjt7YVGgzz8cBZ1IoD8ZGh2_LxATMRbjfyRGaKdFQbfe8rdFSHIWc42-8hItvx70YcvgkZIaCxHN8kojZbt5J_44Bw8TxRTPyhpm9Ns/s640/blogger-image--1220087811.jpg"></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">The Hazy Days (Hallmark Limited Edition 1249 of 5000) was a gift. Then there is Brussels' famous Manneken Pis, Dutch blue/white windmill, and a lovely metal pitcher.</div><br></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjdas1PPgfbnbfe-LEVRJQo3cf0EboytX_eedaGu8dlOFju3V2w__Bt_0eiQYm96Vxkjk6TfBvFUZpdZGe9N8xxBqG9ivulJ4HCSWeY4KLmD7EM8GmEFYe32Q2065LyT3uhkL-_h2Hyrd4/s640/blogger-image--375589051.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjdas1PPgfbnbfe-LEVRJQo3cf0EboytX_eedaGu8dlOFju3V2w__Bt_0eiQYm96Vxkjk6TfBvFUZpdZGe9N8xxBqG9ivulJ4HCSWeY4KLmD7EM8GmEFYe32Q2065LyT3uhkL-_h2Hyrd4/s640/blogger-image--375589051.jpg"></a></div>All of these objects (mini-perfume bottle, metal pot, and telephone were original on this shelf at the Beltway Apartment.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgJRfl8QOlc02C7j0acCgn6EfQjk5ZXAcJxaDBFMsBpwjYtFA-lG2uujbvtY5matj1ttwdMqetxSg3g2HXX7qhoUNYeNoI5En2ZRyYAf66ykeFJ3pgYxYRRkPHJEjPKX76rUQJEQtm28qA/s640/blogger-image--1397325612.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgJRfl8QOlc02C7j0acCgn6EfQjk5ZXAcJxaDBFMsBpwjYtFA-lG2uujbvtY5matj1ttwdMqetxSg3g2HXX7qhoUNYeNoI5En2ZRyYAf66ykeFJ3pgYxYRRkPHJEjPKX76rUQJEQtm28qA/s640/blogger-image--1397325612.jpg"></a></div> I just loved this rustic blue/white clay vase from the moment I saw it. 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But this sweet set has been spending time on this shelf for many years both here in the US and in The Netherlands.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">And then there is the blue/white pot to keep it company.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgAG4hZvfXSKAc5kL-EJJO95mzCX0chmpZZlx2Zq_dzevnyG4X4HhxnYqQ9SLz6BNSPHT2lJx2eiVFBGEkHjbsqj-44BvvldugDI1PE-jTlfNzhMUQAmyxfrUS_kQ2osdZeG8gQwubnPEw/s640/blogger-image--1575612284.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgAG4hZvfXSKAc5kL-EJJO95mzCX0chmpZZlx2Zq_dzevnyG4X4HhxnYqQ9SLz6BNSPHT2lJx2eiVFBGEkHjbsqj-44BvvldugDI1PE-jTlfNzhMUQAmyxfrUS_kQ2osdZeG8gQwubnPEw/s640/blogger-image--1575612284.jpg"></a></div>Finally at the top of the shelf is my Ganesha, which was a gift from a very special 7th grader from India. This little figure protects our home and has either been here or on our bookshelf since I received it back in the 1990's. (more on Ganesha at another time)</div><br></div><br></div><br></div>Lindahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07418803664950404235noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8136274485208699242.post-7722696545610569252013-08-14T10:35:00.001-05:002013-08-14T10:35:53.837-05:00Reflections<div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiynXn4az19cEZoqHCMD1eleyAvNisaglXF-bLoLBqFIuBzaaD4DHbuTI7h0EsSgJdyPy7SaqREmwrGc5ERt6VyZ_egErWiMnZOvr0cehEEuPy04k8xrIezUKbrre20nvGblihKEkKhOfA/s640/blogger-image--1018343515.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiynXn4az19cEZoqHCMD1eleyAvNisaglXF-bLoLBqFIuBzaaD4DHbuTI7h0EsSgJdyPy7SaqREmwrGc5ERt6VyZ_egErWiMnZOvr0cehEEuPy04k8xrIezUKbrre20nvGblihKEkKhOfA/s640/blogger-image--1018343515.jpg"></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">You can see the reflection of my life as a collector in this beautiful old mirror.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">I do not remember where everything we have collected came from, but some pieces have a memorable history.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">Let's look at the photo and mirror reflection above.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">This is a photo taken in our front foyer (or hall). The lovely mirror is an inheritance piece from my in-laws, and it could have been included in the purchases that my hub's grandfather made in the first years of the 20th century. We still have the invoice, so I will check that out. If that is the case, the mirror is over 100 years old. The mirror was the only piece of inheritance that I personally wanted. Besides being so grand and beautiful, I remember it from my first visit in my in-laws' home. It has always been hung in a hall or hallway.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">The rustic two sided bench was a purchase I made when my hub was on a business trip. My small son and I visited a furniture store in Leiden (former home of the Pilgrim Fathers), and we bought a small (but heavy) round wooden coffee table and this bench. For years we have been trying to surmise its original function, but I think it was a bench for a waiting room. We saw some modern ones similar to this in a train station waiting room in The Netherlands last year.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">In the reflection, there is a mirror I purchased many years ago from our favorite thrift shop Het Goed in Deventer. (It was my mother-in-law's favorite shop, too.) You never know what you will find there.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">You can almost not see the small watercolor painting of a shepherdess with sheep, but that came from the charity shop Het Graalhuis in Zoeterwoude.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">Below the thrift shop mirror is a demi-lune table from the family inheritance. It is just "hanging in there" literally on its last leg. The gong and grooming set on top of the table have provenance, and I will write about them at a later date and include a better up close photo.</div><br></div>Lindahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07418803664950404235noreply@blogger.com3