Monday, March 27, 2023

suh'm neat

A beautiful - in my opinion - magnolia leaf.

Even the back is attractive...

Thursday, March 23, 2023

Bag o' the Day

My shop has tons of items with tons of different floral prints, but few as unique and neato as this one...

flower and shadow flower.

supercalifragalisticmegafantastic, no?

YES!!

Get it here:  

https://www.zazzle.com/flower_and_shadow_flower_print_tote_bag-256941065689527729

To see the nearly 2,000 accessories in my shop, go here:

https://www.zazzle.com/store/the_olden_eye/accessories

Tuesday, March 21, 2023

Tickets, please

Today, two tickets, same movie...

                                                 The first time I saw Rain Man

 

                                              The second time I saw Rain Man
 

I don't actually remember seeing this twice.  What really surprises me is that it was at the Orleans for more than two months.

Lotsa movies I saw more than once, in the theatre, i.e. not on TV.

Breaking Away - 3 times 

Sixteen Candles - 3 times 

The Elephant Man - 5 times. And yes, I cried every time.  

I also have a vague memory of my younger brother and I trudging through ten city blocks, and mountains of snow to see Raiders of the Lost Ark at the Devon (6325 Frankford Avenue, Phila, PA), every evening for a week, because school was closed due to the heavy snow, and we were desperate to get out of the house.  The Devon was, at the time, a third run theatre, where you could see recent-ish movies for a buck.  

I'm guessing it began life as a normal movie theatre, but my first memories of it was as a theatre that had X-rated movies only.  Which in retrospect is kinda shocking because this was a very good neighborhood at the time.  (Unlike today, ugh.)  Then it became a normal theatre where you could see movies for a buck.  That lasted ten years, maybe. Maybe less, I'm not sure.  Then it became a live theatre, but that didn't last long.  The nabe is made up of people whose interest in live performance is limited to professional football, ice hockey, and baseball.  

They even tried with Do Patent Leather Shoes Really Reflect Up, hoping to attract the gazillions of Catholics in the nabe, and even that didn't fly.

Today, the building is a church.


Monday, March 20, 2023

Even MORE puzzling with Roy G. Biv

Our last collection with Roy G. Biv, was the G, i.e. green.  And thus a collection of green-intensive jigsaw puzzles.

Today, we're doing the B AND the I, i.e. B = blue, and I = indigo.  

Personally, I can't really tell the difference between blue and indigo.  

SO...

Victorian tobacco ad

'A woman is only a woman, but a good cigar is a smoke.'

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It's kitten season!

at the beach!

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We also have puppies!

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'A Mother's Plea for Peace'

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another Victorian beauty

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a happy elephant !!

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Our next and final Roy G. Biv puzzles collection will have 'violet' (that's what the 'v' in Biv stands for) puzzles.  AKA lavender or purple.

Until then, have a look see at the other 2,000+ puzzles in my shop, here:

https://www.zazzle.com/store/the_olden_eye/puzzles

Tuesday, March 14, 2023

Tuesday Song of the Week

The Stones!

                                                       'Shattered' - the Rolling Stones

I always laugh when I hear this song.

Because...

Once I was in my high school library doing Idunnowhat.  Then somehow one of the glass windows in the door broke.

A guy at another table yelled 'Shadooby.' 

Bag o' the Day

 A marvelous print from one of the marvelous fruit crate/vegetable crate labels in my collection.  

SOOOOO cool and colorful and what and what.


Get it here: https://www.blogger.com/blog/post/edit/7268433905475278034/1246245253435310544

Saturday, March 11, 2023

Bests and Worsts part II

I started my bests and worsts last year, with bakeries.

Now I'll rate something dear to my heart, to wit: health food stores.

Best Health Food Store

Haar's Health Food, 1437 S. Delsea Drive (i.e. Route 47), Vineland, NJ 08360

Oh, how I love this place.  In addition to having health food and supplements and such for EVERY purpose, they also have a huge line of imported European sweets.  Including, but not limited to, cat tongues chocolates. Something I've never heard of.  The idea is they look remotely like cats' tongues.  No cats harmed in the process.  THEY"RE JUST CHOCOLATES.  

Plus they have some regular-ish food.

And more than that.  The place is really a must-see.

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Worst Health Food Store

In all my years on the planet, one thing I've noticed is that health food stores NEVER seem to go out of business.

This is about one that did, four or so years ago, after being in business for a gajillion years, i.e. Harry's Natural Foods, which was at 1805 Cottman Ave., in NE Philly.

It wasn't actually bad for all the reasons you'd expect.

But as time went by, the place got dirtier, and dirtier and dirtier.  Like the last time the store had been thoroughly cleaned was sometimes during the Nixon administration.  

I'd go in once in awhile to get this, that or the other, and be so turned off by the grime, that I'd make a quick exit.  Even though they were fully stocked with all of your basic health food everything.