Sunday, March 22, 2026

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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 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

Saturday, March 14, 2026

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:

                                          AntiquesUntiques.etsy.com

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: 
 

Monday, March 2, 2026

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: