The Tuesday Song of the Week

I discovered this when my hubs was watching football on Thanksgiving a few years ago.

Me no watch football no never.

I was in the kitchen, and I hear this REALLY cool song someone's singing during the halftime show.

That was today's TSOTW:

                                                      Shaboozey - A Bar Song

The Star Made Me Buy It

Today's star is Diana Lynn for Strutwear...

The ad names her most recent film, entitled Bitter Victory.  

However there's only one movie I could find under that title, and she's not in it.

 

So either they planned to cast her, but didn't, or they title of the movie she was in was changed to something else.   

 

Diana Lynn was one of those sweet young things with a heavy music background.  Other girls in the clump were Gloria Jean, June Haver, and Deanna Durbin,  

September 2026's Second Haul of Antiques and Untiques

More marvelous marvels for this very nice day, which is the first very nice day after several days of a scary-ish Nor'easter.

Wanna see?

First up, we have History's Coolest Music-Theme Brooch:

        Rather huge, measuring more than 3" wide and more than 3" high.  Signed AJC.

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Let's go to Hawaii !!

 

                                               In a Ui-Maikai muu muu  !!

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Now here's something VERY unique and special, to wit...

                                             brass and carnelian frog figurine

Me love frogs and turtles.

Two brief frog stories from my life:

I used to have two wicker herons on my porch.  There was a recessed thingie on their backs, where you could put a planter.

On day I was out on the porch, and I noticed in one of the planters was this tiny - like 1" or so tiny - frog.  

                                            not my tiny frog, but about the same size.

The planter was about three feet from the ground, so I had zero idea how this tiny frog managed to get in there.  

My other frog story is not much of a story, although I remember it fondly.

In Stokes State Park, up in Sussex County, NJ, there's a spot where there are two taps out of which comes spring water.

FREE spring water.

I have a case at an antiques co-op in Branchville (Ole Church Antiques.  Mine is the case that faces the door.  MUST SEE. Plus I have one in the basement of the shop.  MUST FIND.) 

Anyway, after I go there, and put stuff in my cases, and collect my sales $$$$$, I go to Stokes to get water.

One day I was filling up my bottles (my bottles are used 48 ounce glass kombucha bottles, not those ginormous plastic thingies.  Glass is waaaayyyyy healthier than plastic.),

While I was doing my thing, out from the rocks comes hopping a very attractive, very green frog.   

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                                   The World's Most Beautiful Nippon Pitcher

Could double as a planter !!.

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                                                 hand carved wooden cat plaque

Christmas is coming, you know.

So is Hanukkah, Kwanzaa, and Festivus.

Any cat lover would LOVE this.

I say this as a cat lover.

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Let's mix it up !!

                         in Anchor Hocking Chanticleer pattern mixing bowls !!!

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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 - i.e. September 20, 2026's - Lucky Dip.

Wanna see?

  There will be Christmas in a couple months, and there will be horrible tasteless Christmas ties.  

We have a CLASSY Christmas tie.

Get it here: www.zazzle.com/1950s_christmas_in_the_city_print_neck_tie-256480514916912539

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There will also be Halloween even sooner...

So if you need party plates, and party napkins for your Halloween party, we got 'em:

                                                                 party plates
 

Get 'em here: www.zazzle.com/liz_is_horrified_and_terrified_paper_plates-256742208306865883

                                                            party napkins
 

Get 'em here:  www.zazzle.com/scary_fiendish_horror_monster_portrait_paper_dinner_napkins-256423236999421967

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Enough about holidays.  Let's see some more awesome awesomeness...

 

                                         Above is a maaaahhhhvelous rug.  

Get it here: www.zazzle.com/abstract_flowers_print_rug-256855383609490269 

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Another maaahvelous item, this one a tote bag.  Antique print was subtitled 'The Model'

Get it here: www.zazzle.com/the_model_crossbody_bag-256697018392826804

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Last, but thousands of miles from least:

                                          dog, bird, and nature print throw blanket
 
 Get it here: www.zazzle.com/woodland_scene_with_dog_and_bird_sherpa_blanket-256592824968128631

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Thus ends today's collection.

More next week !!! 

Found Online

                                                           Beautiful swan. 

 Found, I'm pretty sure, on one of those photography contests.

BTW, you haven't lived until you've heard swans in flight.  

A couple years ago, the hubs, and I were riding our bikes around Lake Lily, which is in Cape May Point, NJ.  They're are usually a swan or three in that lake.  When they rise to fly the sound of their wings flapping is a VERY memorable sound. 

The Tuesday Song of the Week

I heard this wild song last week when I was in the car, and radio surfing.

Enjoy.

                                                 'Elvis Is Everywhere' - Mojo Nixon'  

Drum Roll !!!

Last month I mentioned that I was going to count how many old advertising ashtrays were in my collection.

Turns out the total is...

*************** 159 ***************

That's one hundred and fifty-nine advertising ashtrays, bought over a period of... well I don't know exactly, but really - how cool is it to have that many???

Extremely so, I'd say.. 

Here's my latest vintage advertising ashtray:

                                                  Bavarian Premium Beer

                                         Mount Carbon Brewery - Pottsville, PA 

Mount Carbon Brewery ran from 1941 until 1977.  Yuengling bought the rights to the name and label, but retired it a few years later.