Regrouping is putting it too nicely. What I’m really doing is cleaning up some of the messes I have created this past year. One of those is the piles of treasures and pure junk interminged in the basement of the shop. I’ll be sharing the treasures in the new year.
Best Wishes for a Healthy and [...]
Archive for December, 2008
Regrouping for the New Year
Posted in The Shop on December 27, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Piles of Vintage Sheet Music and a Roaring Fire
Posted in At Preserve Cottage on December 20, 2008 | 1 Comment »
Whenever we have a fire blazing I stay within six feet of it. So baking cookies or wrapping gifts is out of the question. Sometime ago I went to all the trouble to photograph a load of vintage sheet music that we have been shifting from one place to another. I did sell several pounds [...]
December is Turning Into a Blur
Posted in At Preserve Cottage on December 18, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Yes, there was an auction. There wasn’t much for us. I really didn’t think there was much of anything to impress. The few things I bought haven’t been photographed yet. But I doubt there are too many people out there looking for an auction report. Despite all the ‘doom and gloom’ the holidays are right [...]
A Kid Again
Posted in Uncategorized on December 13, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
This is a Mobley Kitty from 1960. These were made in two versions; one with these lovely sleepy eyes that open and shut, and one without them. They made other animals too. There are several dogs that are super cute. It is only the ones with the sleepy eyes that get my attention. Maybe it [...]
Auction Report – Christmas Tablecloths & A McCormick Teapot
Posted in vintage cottage on December 11, 2008 | 1 Comment »
One of the fun things about estate auctions is that all the stuff isn’t old. Yes, my heart beats a little faster at an antiques auction. Though sometimes by the end of an auction of all antiques you can feel a little bit beat up. Sometimes everything goes high and you are shut out of [...]
I’ve been Tagged
Posted in Uncategorized on December 10, 2008 | 2 Comments »
I’ve been tagged by Terri at www.lavenderbetweenthecracks.blogspot.com
The rules of the tagging are as follows:
1. Link your blog to the person who tagged you.
2. Mention the rules.
3. Tell six quirky yet not boring, unspectacular details about yourself.
4. Tag five other bloggers by linking your blog to them
5. Go to each person’s blog and leave a comment [...]
Twitter / preservecottage- preservecottage: Four mile run today in record time...another benefit of the hiatus. It has been a great lesson in taking the time to do what you have to
- preservecottage: Just discovered summer sm hiatus produced great spike in sales. But I miss my friends.
- preservecottage: Back into the universe and trying to figure out how to put all the pieces back together
- preservecottage: wondering how a project I thought would take a couple of months has turned into a four month project, at least
- preservecottage: wondering if alternating 1/2 hours working at computer and 1/2 hours doing moving tasks would help aging metabolism
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Lila appreciates all of you who have asked about her. Here she is in all her charismatic intensity. Slices of Life
