from the ridiculous to the, um ...

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We mere mortals would topple over forward if we tried this, wouldn't we?!
I know I would.

hahhahahhahha ... no doubt you've all heard or witnessed, Angelina Jolie's right leg has taken on a life and celebrity all of it's own!

Looking for these images to entertain you all on this fine Tuesday, I see that I missed all the drama of "the leg" on the Red Carpet, only settling in before the TV in time for the start of the awards.

So I was quite taken aback when her leg made it's sudden, over-reaching, some might say grand standing, pose on the Oscar stage Sunday night, I felt these words escape from my mouth, "what the hoohah is that all about"?!!!

(from google images)

This photo by no means, captures the epic flourish of the reveal, of the leg!

But the best was yet to come ... the imitators, poseurs all, Angie-leg wannabe's!

bwahahhahhahahahhahaaaaaaaaaa

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be sure and follow Angie's Leg every move on Twitter ...

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Yes, yes, this is all due to having nearly lost my mind,
sitting here for days, working on tax returns!

Happy Tuesday to you!

a sign of the times

Our neighborhood gas station, Saturday morning, February 25, 2012.
$4.899 a gallon!!!

Vintage Playbill Rednesday

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My mother adored the Arts and theater in particular. Here are some of her playbills, I believe they're all from the fifties? Aren't the cover illustrations fun?!

A bit of this, a bit of that

First off - DOWNTON ABBEY! How are we all going to make it until they air Season 3?! Anyone else bonkers for this wonderful series? We DVR'd all of Season 2 and all I want to do is watch it all over again, right now! Forget the housework, I want to take up residence on the couch ...

We saw "The Secret World of Arietty" yesterday, so charming!



Remember this post? We sold my parents vintage GE and look at how cute it looks in it's new home! Wasn't that sweet of our buyers to send us this photo and let us know how beloved it is?! We've had the best luck, with the most wonderful people showing up to buy and cherish, the remaining pieces from my parents things.

Wishing everyone a lovely week!

Tea Time Vintage Thingie Thursday

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Happy Vintage Thingie Thursday!

This week I'm sharing some vintage china that belonged to my paternal grandmother. We found it in a very beat up box, out in my parents garage. My parents must have packed it up when my grammie passed away and never looked at it again. Sadly, many pieces of the solid purple china at the bottom of this post, were broken into small shards, and unsalvageable.

Anyone recognize this darling tea cup and saucer with Violets?
It doesn't have any markings on the bottom. WAH!

Left: Chugai China (with passion flower?), made in Occupied Japan
Center: No manufacturer's stamp - ornate edge on saucer and footed tea cup
Right: Ohata embossed Moss Rose China, made in Occupied Japan

The remains of this charming set is paper thin, so delicate,
and sadly bears no manufacturer's stamp.

A Rednesday Valentine for you

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I'm a busy bee over here but I wanted to wish everyone a very Happy Valentines Day this Rednesday! I found this unused darling vintage Hallmark in my mom's things and thought I'd share it today. The wheel turns to reveal a circus parade of darling illustrations.

The greeting inside is:

I'm thinking that's not the most clever of greetings hahahhaha
but the illustrations are darling!

Happy Valentines Day!

Fun weekend

We had so much fun this weekend!

On Saturday the hubby and I went off to see the 2012 Academy Award Nominated Live Action Shorts and the Animated Shorts, which we try to do every year before Oscar time.


And on Sunday we went to the International Antiquarian Book Fair. WOWIE! If you're a book lover, it doesn't get any better than this.


The one thing we knew we wanted to see were the serialized novels of Charles Dickens, being major Dickens nuts. Two vendors had sets of the original serialized titles and we asked one if we could take a peek at his $25,000 set AND he showed it to us.

Almost all of the vendors were as nice as nice can be and happy to share their time and knowledge with puddin - headed people like us - but there were a couple unhappy crabby snooty patootie arrogant, types too. Dried up prune-y personality people. bwahahahhahaha They'd obviously forgotten the joy that books bring to others.

There were wonderful vintage children's books I would have loved to come home with but they were priced in the several hundred dollars to the several thousand dollar range. OUCH!

We might as well have been at a museum, we were so far out of our league but it sure was wonderful to see all those gorgeous first edition books and wonderful illustrations!

Wishing you all a very Happy Valentines Day with your sweeties!