The Tuesday Song of the Week

 Suh'm fun from 1953...

                                        'Istanbul (Not Constantinople)' - The Four Lads

In the book Murder on the Orient Express, the city is called 'Stambul.' 

Note that the We Might Be Giants version of this song has a video that's a total hoot.   

March's Second Haul of Antiques and Untiques

Some very wowee stuff we got.

Wanna see? 

SUPER-CUTE double bud vase

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FABULOUS moriage bird wall pocket

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circa 1870 Conta & Boehme oriental nodders couple

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Mahhhvelous Fenton red glass bell

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folky Williamsburg pottery candle holders

front

back

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LARGE Lefton poodle 

 LARGE Lefton scottie dog

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Thus ends today's collection.

MORE coming !!!! 

Lucky Dip

Welcome to today's Lucky Dip! 

Wanna see? 

The PERFECT throw pillow for the game room.

Get it here: zazzle.com/chess_checkers_playing_cards_dart_board_print_throw_pillow-256371935725295698

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circa 1954 military airmen print tie.

Get it here: zazzle.com/wwii_flyboys_print_neck_tie-256296318708296399

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sweet bunny scene print tote bag

Get it here: zazzle.com/bunny_at_the_door_print_crossbody_bag-256672326676115218

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Marvelous Victorian tabby cat print tank top.

Get it here: zazzle.com/victorian_tabby_cat_print_tank_top-256810342026475661

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Looking for a challenging jigsaw puzzle?

Look no further!

Get it here: zazzle.com/look_into_your_future_jigsaw_puzzle-256056154181733067

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Lovely red rose paperweight.

Get it here: zazzle.com/victorian_red_rose_paperweight-256893167070011730

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Thus ends today's Lucky Dip.

Until next time, why not scope out the 20,000+ items in  my Zazzle shop?  To do so, go here: 
 
www.zazzle.com/store/the_olden_eye/products

March's First Haul of Antiques and Untiques

SUPER AWESOME merchandise, and MORE coming!

Wanna see?

                                   The first and only pirate figurine I've ever found.

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                                                   circa 1910 German pink pig

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                                                         copper poodle brooch

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                                                              cranky brooch

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                                               Japanese luster floral wall pocket

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                                                    Cadillac trademark buttons

These are clothes buttons, i.e. the kind you sew on shirts and jackets.  
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Thus ends today's collection.

See more,

Get more here:

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The Star Made Me Buy It

 Today we have two stars on one ad...

    Jinx Falkenburg and Jess Barker for Jergens Lotion

The ad mentions they're in the movie Cover Girl, which I thought was a Rita Hayworth-Gene Kelly movie.

 

Turns out they did appear in that movie, Jinx playing herself, and Jess playing 'John Coudair as a young man.'  The actor who played John Coudair as an older man was Otto Kruger. 

Fun fact: Otto Kruger was the grandnephew of Oom Paul Kruger.  

And this, from my Zazzle store:

I've always thought the guy above looked a lot like Otto Kruger.

 

Wanna get this gift bag?  Here it is: 

 

www.zazzle.com/1934_golf_print_medium_gift_bag-256924247280919070 

Are you dieting?

Practically everybody starts the New Year with the intention to diet.

Practically everybody decides to go back to eating garbage by January 10.

Not necessarily that kind of garbage.  

But I think you know what I mean.

Thus and therefore amma give you a fantastic salad recipe that you are guaranteed to love, and which is healthy and wonderful and won't make you fatter.

To wit:

Clueless Salad.

My own extremely delicious invention.

The original salad was made from stuff in the fridge that was two or three days away from being compost.  Aging, but still very edible.  Coulda been broccoli or tomatoes or any of a number of vegetables.  Not sure which was on its way out or not, without looking carefully.  Hence, 'clueless.'

Here's the ingredients:

a can of chickpeas.  

a can of kidney beans, or black beans.

a large tomato or two

a large green pepper or two

some broccoli

oregano

garlic powder

olive oil

vinegar

olive oil

vinegar

Then: cut up the tomato, dice the pepper, cut up the broccoli.  Open the cans of beans.  Put the beans, the tomato, the pepper, the broccoli in a bowl with the olive oil, vinegar, then add the oregano (I put a LOT on because oregano makes everything taste way more wonderful), and the garlic powder.

Mush gently.

Stick in the fridge for a long as it takes for the salad to get cold.

Once it's out of the fridge, eat some.

It WILL be delicious.

I usually make a large batch that I'll eat over the course of a few days.

Note that the longer it's in the fridge, but better - and better - it tastes. 

At the moment, my fridge is full to the max with..., well I'm not sure exactly.  But once all that stuff gets eaten, I will made some clueless salad, and I'll make a picture of it so you can get a gander at what it looks like.

Until then, enjoy this picture:

February's Second Haul of Antiques and Untiques

This: I have a TON - and I do mean a TON of utterly fantastic merchandise I've found recently.

Alas, there was a blizzard this past Sunday, and I can't get out to my porch to photograph this stuff.

Not because there's snow on the porch, but...

... because I left bird seed out on my front steps, and in front of my front steps, both of which were snow-free.  And were a ton of birds out there eating what I left, and I did not want to scare them by coming out and shooting pictures of my utterly fantastic merchandise.  The pic above is not one of those birds.  When I went out to get a picture of them, turned out they had finished breakfast, and left.  

So anyway, on to what you came for:

Johnson Brothers Heritage Hall Georgian Townhouse pattern dishware

 

Four dinner plates.

 

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                                    large HB et Cie Choisy-le-Roi wall pocket circa 1910

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                                                    super neato bronze bowl

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                    Johnson Brothers Heritage Hall Pennsylvania Fieldstone pattern

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                                                              art pottery person SOLD

Note that I had a heck of a time getting a good picture of this VERY cool item.  Very cool item looks waayyy better in person.

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                                      An absolutely marvelous piece of majolica

Which began life in Baltimore in the 1880s, made by Chesapeake Pottery, founded by Mr. David F. Haynes.  Later the pottery was known as D.F. Haynes & Co.  The pattern here is 'Clifton,' and the greenery is blackberries.

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Thus ends today's collection.

Until next time, see more, get more here:

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Lucky Dip

 As always, a collection of marvelous marvels.

Wanna see?

First up, a fabulous addition to your rec room:

                                              To wit: History's Coolest Dart Board

 Get it here: www.zazzle.com/red_blue_yellow_abstract_dart_board-256914842246621807

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Next something super-cool for your French cuffs:

 Get 'em here: www.zazzle.com/fantastic_bird_folk_art_bird_cufflinks-256173809697704360

And a note: They look AWESOME in person.

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Welcome to our sorta kinda Roman print gift bag:

 Get it here: www.zazzle.com/roman_mytholgy_faces_birds_leaves_print_large_gift_bag-256830791606214212

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And now a super-cool poster for your cold home decor:

Get it here: www.zazzle.com/1893_arctic_zone_poster-256959104519404640

Note that this looks waayy better in person.

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And something SOOO colorful and baroque and awesome, in pouf/ottoman/hassock form:

Get it here: www.zazzle.com/16th_century_winged_sphynx_fountain_flowers_fronds_pouf-256017836122611537

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Lastly, but hundreds of miles from leastly, we have this neato six-piece coaster set, which looks like the following:

 Get it here: www.zazzle.com/were_glad_to_see_youre_back_beverage_coaster-163279765305996357

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Stop by again soon !!! 

The Star Made Me Buy It

Today's star is neither an actor/actress nor a jock.

                                                     Earl Stanley Gardner

Creator of the very cool Perry Mason.

When I was really little, like age 5 or so, when Perry Mason would be on, the theme music would scare me to bits.  

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I wonder if one of these ads had Rex Stout, creator of the bo overweight, orchid-obsessed super-sleuth Nero Wolfe.

I discovered Nero Wolfe in a second hand bookstore.  I was attracted by the VERY neato retro cover art.  What was inside was even better.  

The voice in Nero Wolfe in all stories and novels is that of his right-hand man, Archie Goodwin.

Archie's tone ranges from clever to absolutely hilarious.

Thus and therefore, you should run to eBay or ThriftBooks.com and look up Rex Stout. 

FUN STUFF: Here's Dick Cavett interviewing Rex Stout: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UZNItgPERjo

Tickets, please

                                                        Four Weddings and a Funeral

From back when Hugh Grant was the most charming thing on two legs.

I remember liking him in this movie, and Kristin Scott Thomas was GREAT.  

And little Charlotte Coleman was very appealing. 

But Andie McDowell... well, no thank you.

What really kinda ruined the movie for me was Simon Callow.  I don't get why, but the guy skeeves me to the max, not just in this movie, but in general.

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Other actors/actresses that give me the visceral skeeves:

Anne Jackson

Nathan Lane

Sarah Miles

David Morse. 

There are probably more, the above are just the ones I could come up with.   

February's First Haul of Antiques and Untiques

As ever and always, there are TONS TONS TONS more items in my Almighty Garage of Awesomeness, but what's here is what has exited the garage and traipsed into my Etsy store recently.  

Wanna see?

                                            two bunnies, one bird toothpick holder

Your toothpicks would rest in the egg they're holding. 

Note that what looks like schmutz on the base is actually gold paint.  I'm not sure how my camera didn't register that.  

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 Next up, Indian (from India) fabric print blocks:

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Buy one or buy all.

Or just buy two.   

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                                                double match safe for your wall SOLD

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                                                       two framed silhouettes     SOLD

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                        cherub trinket box, and more than a HUNDRED heart charms

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Lastly, but miles from leastly we have...

                                                          geishaware trinket jar

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