The Tuesday Song of the Week

 Suh'm classic for Spring...

'Grazing in the Grass' - The Friends of Distinction

Introducing 'Lucky Dip'

 YES !!

Starting every Friday we'll have a random collection of neato stuff from my Zazzle shop for your perusal.

So, here's our first collection:

Mainzer cats in 'Bakery Blitz," tote bag version

 

Get it here:  www.zazzle.com/mainzer_chaotic_bakery_cats_tote_bag-256299501493001859

 

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SUPER cool and delightfully geeky lunch box.

Get it here: www.zazzle.com/see_into_the_future_metal_lunch_box-256071374956560399

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FABULOUSLY FLORAL leggings, the floral being gaillardias flowers

 

Get 'em here:  www.zazzle.com/yellow_gaillardias_flowers_print_leggings-256901512183350030

 

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It's a dog bite dog world, thus and therefore a great dog bowl for your dog.

 

Get it here:  www.zazzle.com/ouch_dog_bites_dog_bowl-256225891199809332

 

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It's no bull that this mahhvelous serving tray depicts a handsome young Holstein bull 'age 1 year and 10 months.'  PERFECT for the country decor, farm decor, rustic decor, cow-intensive decor, shabby chic decor

 

Get it here: www.zazzle.com/19th_century_print_holstein_bull_serving_tray-256370888075950733

 

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True-ish fact: groovy Sixties chicks wore high black go go boots with their bikinis, proof shown on this exceedingly neato notebook. 

 
Get it here: www.zazzle.com/sixties_chick_notebook-256600501322115600

 

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That's all for today,  See ya next Friday.  

The Tuesday Song of the Week

The party-est of party songs!

'Shout Shout, Knock Yourself Out' - Ernie Maresca 

April 2024's First Haul of Antiques and Untiques

We haven't had a haul for you in over two months!

Didn't realize it was that long, but it was.

Mea culpa, mea maxima culpa.

Soooo, here's what we got:

 SUPER neato cast iron napkin holder/letter holder

Note that the color is BLACK, and not the light-ish charcoal-ish color it appears to be in the photo.  It's "black black black like Othello," which is a line from I Am a Camera, a play I was in back in 1999 at Magnet Theater Company in Trenton, NJ.  (It ain't there no more).

In addition to playing one of the characters, I taught the actors playing the German characters the German accent, since I've taken tons of German classes. 

And actually made a TON of money doing the accent in an industrial film a few years later.

Wanna pronounce it like a German would? "Bleck bleck bleck like Otello.'

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1940s Fostoria 'Romance' pattern candelabras

I could see these on a movie set circa 1947.

Some movie about rich women suffering in mink.

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Here's something REALLY fun, to wit: tins/jars from 1910-1940, most of which are still full!

 Winner take ALL !!

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chased metal and cobalt glass jars

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think pink !

pink moonglow lucite cuff bracelet

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Thus ends today's collection.

More later this week.

Until then see more, get more here: 

AntiquesUntiques.etsy.com

Bag o' the Day

Today's BotD would be there absolute PERFECT gift for the dog trainer !!!

Or for any teacher.

Or dog enthusiast.

Get it here:  www.zazzle.com/dog_school_tote_bag-256844893285198100

The Star Made Me Buy It

Today's star is Dorothy Lamour.

Again.

We had her a couple of years ago, where she was in an ad for Calox tooth powder.

Here she is in another ad for Calox tooth powder, from 1944:

I remember seeing a teensy bit of one of her Road movies, very early one Saturday morning, when I was about age 9.

And all I remember of that is Bob Hope spitting out the line, "Josh! Oh, gosh!!"

Later in her career, she appeared in Donovan's Reef, which is John Ford at his most tiresome and predictable.  Nevertheless, it's kind of entertaining because of the cast, which includes Cesar Romero, who is ALWAYS fun to watch.  

Mug of the Month

Something in a minor key, from my collection of sheet music dating from around 1910 to the early 1930s.  Almost guaranteed to make your boss feel guilty.

Get it here: www.zazzle.com/1910_in_the_city_where_nobody_cares_sheet_music_coffee_mug-168364132680479038
 

The Tuesday Song of the Week

As promised from our last TSotW, today's TSotW is another cat-oriented tune, heard during a two-hour block of cat songs heard on World Cafe a couple weeks ago.  

So...

                                  'Plea from a Cat Named Virtue' - The Weakerthans

Speaking of cat songs, ever since I've had cats, I've made up songs for all my cats, including multiple songs per cat.

Some lyrics:

for Bunny, a thoroughly adorable little tabby I had years ago. 

"Bunnnny cat, my baby bunnnny cat,

she's such a honeyyyyy cat,

a honey cat,

she's my sweet bunnny cat,

my bunny cat.

She's just all that.

She's such a babyyyyyy cat,

a precious babyyyyy cat,

she's my sweet baby cat,

and she's all that,

a baby cat.

She's a darrrrling girl,

she makes me twist and twirl

she's my darrrling girl

my darling girl,

my baby cat.'

It goes on from there with another five stanzas or so.  It has the same tune to a well-known song, alas I can't remember the title.