Taking a break....

I am taking a break from the blogging world to try and

catch up with things in my real world! See you all soon.

Wordless Wednesday

Vintage Easter Blog Hop

Joan at Anything Goes Here is hosting a Vintage Easter Blog Hop. Be sure to hop on over to her blog to see the links to everyone else who is joining the party.

I am showing photos of three pieces of Easter ephemera. The floral bouquet card is a postcard. The cross and the eggs are both small about 2.5"x4". I found them in a stack of papers from an estate sale. I love the soft colors and sentiment of the floral bouquet card.

Caturday

I wish I had seen how he managed to get into the bag without tearing it or knocking it over!

Vintage Thingies Thursday

Colorado Lady's blog has links to the other participants in this weeks Vintage thingies thursday. There are some fun vintage things to admire.

I don't have a purse collection but once in awhile I find one that makes me smile. These are a few of my favorites. The small gold coin purse has a tag inside saying it was made in West Germany. The lining is perfect and there are rhinestones on the ends of the clasps. The white purse has metal handles and is covered with beads and rhinestones. It was made in Hong Kong. And the blue one is an eye glass case, with an optometrist's name and address inside. Thanks for looking, see you next week.

Tummy and toesie tuesday

Caturday

Match Safe

Head over to Colorado Lady's blog to see more Vintage Thingies!

I found this little treasure in the back of a cabinet at my Mom's house. It needs to be cleaned up a bit but looks pretty good. You can see on the side an opening where the box shows through so you can strike the matches.

Lilac photo

Our nice weather has gotten me thinking about all that spring brings. Last night I did a google search for a photo of purple flowers and found the lilac photo. I know we will have more rain and cold days but for now the warm days feel great.

Peek-a-boo

1970's Owls

Suzanne, the hostess for Vintage Thingies Thursday, posted some 1970's items which reminded me of my owls. A friend gave me these three cute framed owl prints. Like the ceramics she mentioned, owls were quite popular collectibles back then!
Head on over to Colorado Lady's blog for more entries in this week's VTT

Tummy Tuesday

It's Tigger's turn to show off her tummy!

Caturday

We have a new vendor at the store, she calls herself the "Sock Monkey Lady". She makes the cutest monkeys and cats, dogs, elephants, turtles, frogs, bunnies...out of socks. She recycles socks when she can find them; like the ones she used on this sock cat. I couldn't resist it's cute face, so it has a new home with me!

Caturday

Vintage Cats

This week I am showing two set of salt and pepper shakers. I like them not because they are salt and pepper shakers but because they are cats!
And the have such different "personalities.











Check out more entries for this weeks Vintage Thingie Thursday over at Colorado Lady's blog.

Wordless Wednesday

Caturday

Copper says "No more pictures, please!"

Fun Finds

As I mentioned in my last post, I went to an auction on wednesday. Here is a photo of the two glass lots I bought. Unless the weather is bad, I unpack all my auction boxes outside (have found bugs before). I only had to throw away three pieces that were too badly damaged to be salvaged. The tall green glasses remind me of the 70s. Didn't every household have some of them?

Anniversary Tea Cup

I went to an auction Wednesday for the first time in months. Auctions are so much fun; digging for treasures, the thrill of winning the bid, getting bargains! This anniversary tea cup was one of my wins. I also got some glassware, linens and some interesting things in a junk lot (they called it five boxes of "knick knacks").

Be sure to head over to Colorado Lady's blog to check out the other entries for this weeks Vintage thingies Thursday.

Tummy Tuesday

Copper showing off his tummy "fluff":

Happy Valentine's Day

moo

Copper LOVES eating kitty grass! It was sitting in the sink to drain after being watered and he couldn't wait.

My Busy January

I was gone 21 days during the month of January! I don't think Tigger cared that I was gone because she was still getting food and attention. But Bitsey and Copper missed me. Since I have been home, they have been staying close and giving me lots of love.
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The first week of January, I joined family for a short cruise to Mexico to celebrate my brother's 5oth birthday. It was the first time I had been on a cruise and thankfully the motion sickness medicine worked!
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The biggest percent of my time away was spent in Tennessee with family. It rained most of the time I was there and one day there were snow flurries. I enjoyed visiting with family, looking through old books, photos, family history papers etc. As usual, we enjoyed a meal at the Northshore Brasserie. They have the best French Onion Soup and profiteroles. And of course, no trip anywhere is complete without a visit to the local scrapbook stores. Scrappin in the City is in an old Victorian house complete with fireplaces, wood floors etc. They were very nice and had a great selection of products. And I have to admit that I also visited AC Moore and Joann's!









I had so much fun in January but I missed my cats. I am very thankful for my wonderful family and friends, who not only took care of feeding my cats and scopping litter boxes but they also gave them lots of love and attention.

Woofie Wednesday

January has been a VERY busy month for me; including a visit with family in Tennessee. They have two very well behaved dogs, Penny and Nickel, who love attention and helped keep me from being too homesick for my cats.