The Tuesday Song of the Week

 A friend sent me the local rock station's 1975 Top 100.

 Surprisingly - at least to me - our TSOTW was not on the list.

Here it is:

                                                  'It Only Takes a Minutes' - Tavares

December 2025's Second Haul of Antlques and Untiques

I'm typing this on my brand new HP laptop computer.

Which I hate.

For years now I've been using a Lenovo T430, but my cats kept walking on the keyboard, and their nails would pull up the keys.  Plus there's another issue, to wit, any text gets blocked, as if you're cutting and pasting.  Which I could describe this more clearly, but it's a total pain.  

But that old Lenovo is worlds better than this HP.  The only thing the HP has that is better, is the fact that its screen is huge.

Thus and therefore, amma get a new keyboard for the Lenovo, and have this HP, which I hate, become my emergency backup computer.

Anyway, on to what you came for:     

 

                                          1890s skyscraper still bank aka skyscraper piggy bank

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                                               Imperial Glass chocolate slag glass owl jar

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                                                Shawnee shoe and dog planter
 

 This is a VERY shiny item.  Those white spots are just glare.

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                                                         Welcome to 1964

                                                 In pitcher and glasses form

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                                                 History's most beautiful silent butler.

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                                               white pig condiment jar with spoon

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Thus ends today's collection. 

Until next time, see more, get more here:

AntiquesUntiques.etsy.com

Lucky Dip

 Welcome to today's Lucky Dip!

Our theme today is black-white-gray.

What's great about black-white-gray is that it matches perfectly with every other color.

So...

Zazzle calls this a ‘pouf.’ What it actually is is an ottoman.  Or a hassock. 

Get it here: www.zazzle.com/patchwork_horse_print_pouf-256827033682512497

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Hep cat tie for the...

Hep cat.

Get it here:  www.zazzle.com/hep_cat_print_neck_tie-256658454867966404

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Cool 1000-piece puzzle. 

Extra challenging/fun because of all the gray pieces.

Get it here:  www.zazzle.com/1930s_folies_bergere_ad_jigsaw_puzzle-256937233211898973

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FANTASTIC print throw pillow for the cat-intensive or eclectic decor.

 

Get it here: www.zazzle.com/dreamy_woman_and_cat_throw_pillow-189333060117272352 

 

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Neato Graeco-Roman print throw blanket.

 

Get it here:  www.zazzle.com/ancient_roman_men_and_horses_print_throw_blanket-256388271989171117
 

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Simply GORGEOUS tank top, am I right?

 

Of course I am.

 

Get it here:  www.zazzle.com/the_model_tank_top-256089631434911337

 

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Thus ends today's collection.  

 

More next week !!

The Star Made Me Buy It

Today's star became waayyy more than a star:

 

                                                      Ronald Reagan for Chesterfield 

 The movie mentioned here - see above his right shoulder -  was Hong Kong , which dates the ad to 1952.

 

I believe that he had been defeated by Jimmy Carter, things would be a LOT different -- and probably waayyy better -- in this country today.

Decembers First Haul of Antiques and Untiques

 Some EPIC marvels today. 

Wanna see?

                           First up, a FANTASTIC Los Castillo sterling silver fish brooch

                                              Note that it looks WAAYYY better in person

Note also that this is a heavy-ish chunk of pure sterling silver.

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                    Next up, a super neato elephant brooch from Cynthia Chuang;

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                         And here we have a lovely example of Gonder pottery...

                                                 This looks waaayyy better in person.

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                                           Good Samaritan Ointment is in the house! 

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                                      Something to decorate the bulldog lover's wall !!

        

 

 

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Lastly, but miles from leastly we have...

NAO figurine depicting either a big sister, or maybe a teenage babysitter, holding a baby

 

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Thus ends today's collection. I may have more later this month, or I may wait until 2026.  In any case, know that there WILL be a new collection in the offing.

 

Until then, see more, get more here:

 

                                                AntiquesUntiques.etsy.com

 

Mug of the Month

I have bunnnies on the brain, so I was so thrilled when I found an old label for White Rabbit Laundry Starch.

If you share my bunny obsession, then here's the mug for you!

 Get it here: https://www.zazzle.com/white_rabbit_laundry_starch_label_coffee_mug-256338276627650656 

Lucky Dip

Welcome to our latest Lucky Dip!

Wanna see?

                                   To do your best work, you really neat a great mouse pad.

Get it here: www.zazzle.com/comet_painting_print_mouse_pad-256510391086442361

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                                      Your fridge prefers to have fun magnets on it.

Get it here: www.zazzle.com/meet_the_vegetables_magnet-147605529623153171

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Everybody likes a neato gift bag!

Get it here: https://www.zazzle.com/1944_captain_future_cover_print_medium_gift_bag-256160874024836610

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And everybody loves beautiful leggings!

Get them here: https://www.zazzle.com/lavender_antique_abstract_flowers_print_leggings-256413709409975958

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                                  Your money really prefers to be in a romantic wallet.

Get it here: www.zazzle.com/parakeets_in_love_trifold_wallet-256723926475642698

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                             Cooking goes MUCH better when you're wearing a cool apron. 

 Get it here: www.zazzle.com/carrot_man_victorian_trade_card_print_apron-256940091532776950 

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Thus ends today's Lucky Dip.

Come back for more next week! 

The Star Made Me Buy It

Today marks our second TSMMBI with George Burns and Gracie Allen, this time shilling for Spam:

Without Gracie, I think George Burns would be one of those forgotten comedians from the vaudeville era.  Think Frank Fay, Joe Penner, the Ritz Brothers, etc. etc. etc.

The Tuesday Song of the Week

I've been watching Ms. Fisher's Modern Mysteries (google it!).

It takes place in the early 1960s.  Even if you're not interested in shows where some genius investigator solves mysteries, it's worth it just to see the clothes.

Which are a) 100% faithful to the period - as are the make-up and hair styles- and b) are just plain fabulous.

On the second episode, one of the main characters, a young Italian lady named Violetta Fellini - sings our TSOTW.  

I wish I could have found the clip from the show - also fabulous - but came up empty.

So here's an earlier version of the song.   

 

                                                             'Tintarella di Luna' by Mina