This and That: A Blog

  Thursday Postcard Hunt 's Learning theme this week is History/Historical Buildings.  The Mayflower linen 1952 Canopy Over Plymouth Rock, Plymouth, MA undivided back 1906 Plymouth Rock, Plymouth, MA undivided back 1906 First Wooden House in California, Monterey, California c. 1910s  In 1923 the house was demolished and a service station was built in it s place.  This is the last post for September.  October's theme is Colors of Autumn.  Next week will be Orange . 

 Mickey and I took an early morning walk to the park a few days ago.  He let me put his harness on without a bit of fuss since he watched me put on my dog walking shoes !     We saw a kind of mushroom new to me.  No images look like them. I'm still waiting to hear from the Ask Extension, the online University of Oregon Extension Service.  You upload photos and ask your question.  I've had mixed results in the past.   I have seen Scaly Hedgehogs (really, that's a mushroom name!), but those were more shingled looking on top.   I almost passed these by mistaking them for chunks of wood.  The roofed area with picnic tables in the school yard is finished.  Not open to the students yet though, as they are working on the perimeter path, which you can see on the other side of the fence.  It's like that decomposed granite that packs down.  Plus, I hope they plan on some grass to play on!  Although, if they seed ...

 I took a very quick trip to the Goodwill Outlet store, aka The Bins.  I spend 75¢ and rounded it up to $1.00.  25¢ of that was for a book, the rest was breakables at 10¢ a pound. Transfer trinket dish from W. R. Midwinter Ltd., " Rural England " pattern in brown multicolor (it was made in other colors too), made between 1932 and 1946.   Midwinter Pottery became one of England's biggest potteries in the 1930s. A 3" x 4" brass frame doesn't seem so special.  However, if you take a look at the glass you can see it's convex.  Based on that, and the fact the back is a fuzzy material, it dates from the 1910s - 1940s.   Convex glass wasn't just to give a more 3D appearance to artwork, but provided airspace to protect it.  Also, in the Victorian era it signified opulence. Another picture frame, this one most likely Mexican " hojalata ," meaning " tinplate ," or tinwork.  It's a bit over 8" square, with a 3 1/4" opening.  I ...

  Cee's Fun Foto Challenge   Subjects Framed by Things Made by People 

🍂 Happy Autumnal Equinox! 🍂 (at 11:19am my time)  Some random flowers in the yard. The black-eyed Susans that self-seed come back in various forms.  These are very short, having been weedeated down about a month ago. Only one New Dawn climbing rose.  This is probably Pink Supreme gladiola from the Dollar Tree a few years back.   Saturday was the nearby city-wide yard sale.  I didn't make an outing of it this time, just stopping in at a few on my way other places.  I got my 'flu and COVID shots at the pharmacy in Albertson's, so followed a few signs on the way there.  I didn't get much, a couple of items that will be shared as Christmas thrifts later on.   There is already COVID in the neighborhood, so I wanted to be sure to get the current booster.  I had COVID in 2023 and I'd never been so sick, even with all the available vaccines at the time.  School's in session and an employee at the one down the street told me staff has...

  H is the letter of the week for Sunday Stamps . H elicopter People's Republic of Cambodia 1987 H elicopter Great Britain 1963 H yena Mauritania 1963 H ibiscus trionum (Venus mallow) New Zealand 1960 What stamps will represent the letter I next week?  Come back next Sunday to find out! 

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