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French Chocolates - Thanks Shapoopy!

Mister Turtle

Our little backyard turtle whom I only see once or twice a year decided to make an appearance. He's enjoying salmon skin that we had grilled earlier. The little glut.

Thrift - Dansk IHQ

Dropped off donations at my old biddie shop. Only picked up the Swedish EKS scale even though I had mixed feelings about it SOLD.

Forgot that I wasn't supposed to buy anymore cutting boards when I saw this teak lovely marked: Dansk Denmark IHQ. You see the very thin glass walled Italian perfume bottle at the bottom? Well, it have a match. My basket tipped and I watched in slow motion, one roll into the other. Thinking to myself "Hmm, one of those is going to break" Doh!!! It still pains me to think about it. SOLD

Moms Finds

Mom found me a few things. More mod flower tins SOLD and an 80s Japanese lacquered jewelry box by Otagiri with a hidden mirror. An Australian, Florida souvenir and Irish surname tea towel. Thanks! And a Dansk Spider designed by IHQ SOLD.

Thrift - Boynton Card

At the old Biddie thrift I was looking at an interesting brass and glass coffee table likely 1980s - will try and get a photo next time. All I found were a pair a rainbow mugs SOLD. This shop is seriously picked over by "The Antiques Roadshow" (I say this because it is all they ever talk about!) ladies volunteering.

At the next thrift found a Sandra Boynton card - doubt it's a popular one, oh well. Price Charles & Diana 1981 wedding mug SOLD and a Marimekko tulip mug SOLD. And last a rose & thistle silk Vera scarf for the sis. Had enough of thrifting and decided to skip GWill. Visit my Etsy shop.

Garden

Did some planting and weeding (it's been two years) Hardly impressive when compared to my Mom's garden, pictured below. But I'm happy if plants don't die on me!

Oh Duff

Estate - Birdcage

Went to a localish estate sale this morning, I was interested in the black "Birdcage/Papageno" teapot ect by Raymond Loewy. Someone was just moving/downsizing and the house was virtually empty. The Van Briggle three stem vase is $68 ($22-50 on Ebay) this should have been a clue, didn't bother asking the price of the Van Briggle conch.

Anyway, the set of five "Birdcage" charcoal pieces was $120-most definately NOT estate sale prices! In fact, I suspect these items were salted since everything in the house was new. It was run by a German lady who's favorite saying is "it's vintage" and therefore costs a lot of money. Her sales are always empty-I'm guessing people have caught on? Except for myself-duh.

Looked at a cool tan leather doctor style bag but it was made in China so I decided to pass.

Fortunately, the following thrift finds made up for this crappy sale.

Thrift - Karhula-iittala

Found a box of Karhula-iittala blue glass bowls at my fave thrift! They date sometime just after 1956, the year Timo Sarpaneva designed the "i" logo, as I understand Karhula was dropped from iittala before the 60s. There is even the original price tag on the back. They appear to be the i-series but I'll need to do research.

Little Merten German wood cut-out titled "Max and Moritz mit Brezel" A pair of huge El Palomar Ken Edwards mugs. They aren't signed Ken Edwards but have the little bug symbols of the artisan and I have seen these exact mugs signed Ken Edwards SOLD. A La Modern informed me that KE might have left the company by the time these mugs where made?

"Crown of Thorns" iron candle holder signed JHQ, Denmark SOLD. Not to shabby after such a long dry spell. Oh, and a small noire Rosenthal Studio Linie vase found at GWill SOLD.

Moms Finds

Mom found a couple of things for me at what she described "a dumpy church sale" A Chemex coffee pot and a little Danish Nymolle dish illustrated by Hoyrup SOLD.

In addition, there is an advertising mug for Black & Decker by Kiln Craft, England and a 1966 children book "The Travels of Monarch X" I have to mention that as a child, I remember seeing loads of Monarchs during the summer but now, I can't remember the last time I saw one?