This and That: A Blog

Skywatch Friday Sunrise this past Wednesday.  Curse those houses and wires!  The red sky at morning brought no rain at all. 7:06 7:06 7:08 7:10 7:13   Tried the view from the driveway.  Roxy Ann Peak is in the middle, and the small point to the left is Mount McCloughlin.  Most of our water comes from springs fed by its snow melt.  Have a nice weekend.

 It's December, which means a new theme for Thursday Postcard Hunt .  And, being December, you won't be surprised that the theme is Christmas!  Many of mine came from the bunch I bought last month at St. Vincent de Paul.  This first week will be Christmas postcards with Children, with or without the Christmas toys. c.1909 ©1908 1911 c.1907-1915 ©1910 c.1915-1920 c.1910 Next week's theme is Christmas Trees. 

I thrift holiday items throught the year, saving up for special posts.  I'll start out this years' special Christmas thrifts with nativity related items.  I am not religious, but do like interesting nativities, and religious artwork.   Bins - very poorly done Japanese made figures with a giant shepherd and his giant donkey!  I don't know why I hid the angel.  The terra cotta one is Mexican, from Goodwill for a discounted $3.41 (two sheep were headless, I bought some clay and fixed them).  The others are tiny, the top one a 1960s wooden from Italy I found in the Goodwill Bins, the other 71¢ at Goodwill is from Hong Kong. The top are chalkware from Italy, Goodwill Bins.  The blue and white ceramic are also from the Bins.  I bought the sheep at St. Vincent de Paul for $1.00 each. Not a big bargain, but they are nice sheep!   Three angels.  The one on the left is Italian made.  The bottom one on the right is ceramic, by Atlant...

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 It's R stamps this week for Sunday Stamps .   R ailway Station, Brussels, Belgium Belgium 1954 R ace Horses at Fairyhouse R acecourse, R atoath, Ireland Ireland 1981 R ooster, specifically an  Onagadori  r ooster, a rare and protected Japanese breed. Onagadori means "long-tailed chicken." Japan 1951 R am, part of the Sheep and Wool Industry series. R epublic of South Africa 1972 S is up next week. Day 30, and the last day, of NaBloPoMo .  

                                                    Day 29  NaBloPoMo