Vast collections of junk, errr.... I mean treasures!

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Hey y'all! How is everyone this evening? :) Hot and humid here! Whew, but I haven't even looked at the air conditioner, so it's bearable. Lotsa fans!

Tapped my lip pondering which "category" this would be, Hmmm? I picked "House and Home"...no pack rat one! Although "Granny's Stumpers" caught my eye, can I have "Patty's mindless blather?" Just joking Stan! Not one word, y'all! At least I amuse myself, huh? Granny, I'm anxiously awaiting a mind twisting puzzle!!! Like how come avacados have such big pits? ....Maybe that would fall more into lifes unexplainable mysteries?

Sooooo, I'm sure you are wondering what I'm trying to say at this point? HA!

It was a bottle I found today, funny. It is an old maple syrup one, but has a "joke" front.

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OLD CROAK

KENTUCKY STRAIGHT EMBALMING FLUID

100 PROOF-BOBBLED BY U.R.STIFF

FOR EXTERNAL USE ONLY

(it has a picture of a dead crow on it, feet up.)

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heh heh.

So, I got to thinking of all the stuff I collect, this falling into the old bottle category. I'm not talking about all the stuff in my barn loft either! Lets not go there. urg. Or the sheds...

So, cool bottles of all types. Quite a few found on the farm. Tons of kitchen stuff! Plates and gadgets and glasses and containers. Usually antiquey. Cool boxes of all kinds. Baskets. Tins, I even have Prince Albert in a can. And lunchboxes, like Underdog and Lassie, and those old round ones. Ummm, orbs...yeah, like marble eggs and crystal balls. (Shiney baubles, love em!) All kinds of fossils, arrowheads and shells. Chicken and cow things, classic looking ones. Oh! and trout things, I love trout, not sure why. Fabric! I'm addicted to fabric...also buttons and trim, lace and such. Lamps, I'm in search of the perfect lamp. And chair. Old farm stuff, like tack and such. Duck decoys. There's more, but I'll quit!!

Needless to say I'm dangerous at an auction!

Soooooo, collect anything?

-- Patty (SycamoreHollow@aol.com), June 19, 2002

Answers

"Old Croak" is about 30 years old.

-- Jay Blair in N. AL (jayblair678@yahoo.com), June 19, 2002.

Tssk tssk. Are you nitpicking my "ol bottle", ain't a car an antique after twenty years?! I swain, jes no pleezin' sum folks.

:-P

-- Patty (SycamoreHollow@aol.com), June 19, 2002.


Hi Patty, I'm a pack rat too. Some of my collections: Cookbooks; as of now I've got over 600!! One of these days I'm going to make a special bookcase so they can be out where folks can see them, some are written in German-my Grandmothers and the majority are either quite old or ethnic. Birds & Poultry items from leaded crystal bird candle holders to ceramic roosters and everything in between. My kitchen & dining room are decorated with a hen & rooster theme so that's how I justify my collection! I also have started collecting treadle sewing machines so far I've got three, all work but I just love the beautiful cabinets and I find them really cheap at estate auctions- The nicest one cost $2.00 & the most I've paid is $30.00! Odd farm implements & tools- I like collecting the things that our pioneer ancestors probably used. If I keep going to auctions I'm going to need to put an addition on the house. LOL

-- Kathy Aldridge (beckoningwinds@yahoo.com), June 19, 2002.

WOW Kathy, that is really neat!!! You should post some unique recipes! I would love that! Mmmmmm, food. I used to be a chef, actually I used to be a bunch of different stuff, you know "Jack-ee of all trades, master of none"! hehe.

You know, a lot of people collect chicken stuff! I did a "faux chicken rug" for a friend. I have a bunches of chicken stuff, running the gambit from a crystal chicken candy jar to a cast iron rooster doorstop.

Also those sewing machines! I have 3, 6 sewing machines in all. Oh goodness. ha. I know I know, it's terrible! Hey, I bought my nicest one(treadle) at Salvation Army for 4$. Looooove a deal! Currently looking for just the "treadle", minus the machine because I have an easy design to use it to spin.

:)

-- Patty (SycamoreHollow@aol.com), June 19, 2002.


I heard of a treadle & cabinet without the sewing machine for sale last week on our local radio Trader. If I ever hear of another I'll let you know. I think thi one went for $10.00. I love the Trader, there's some of the strangest stuff offered for sale or trade. I bought a wringer washer for $5.00 just so someone could get it out of their basement. We'd be dangerous if we went to sales together plus we'd need a really BIG truck. LOL!!

-- Kathy Aldridge (beckoningwinds@yahoo.com), June 19, 2002.


Darn! 10 bucks? oh well.

I think we would need a stock trailor! Heh heh. Funny, I still manage (barely eek by) with two full sized trucks!

Really, recipes! Chicken ones would be great! I have.....30? chickens left in the freezer from last year! Big too. I let them get huge because I don't butcher and the person who usually does it moved. For the price I can have it done, no way! I'm a wus. But, I found the BEST deal with an Amish family! AND they paid a decent price for those Holstien replacement hiefers! "Fix-it Jake", also fixes small engines. He's a wizard. Odd. I mean knowing an engine inside and out, and not being able to ever use the machine. They are raising elk this year. :)

-- Patty (SycamoreHollow@aol.com), June 19, 2002.


What type of ethnic foods do you like? Greek, Spanish, Portugese, Asian, you name it I've probably got recipes. :) I'll go through my cookbooks this weekend and post them by Monday morning so you have time to thaw one of those big boys out for dinner. LOL

-- Kathy Aldridge (beckoningwinds@yahoo.com), June 19, 2002.

Are you kidding?! ALL of the above!!! Thanks! So sweet!! I guess we are the only auction junkies! Good company tho', huh? hehe!

-- Patty (SycamoreHollow@aol.com), June 19, 2002.

I go thru my spurts at the auction,, sometimes, Ill hit 3 a week,, and I have to FORCE myself to stop going.

-- Stan (sopal@net-pert.com), June 20, 2002.

Since we're hoping to move in a year or two I've actively been trying to de-junk myself. I used to have a huge fabric stash back when I quilted but I gave most of it away a few years ago. I still have several shopping bags of fabric and yarn sitting in the corner of my dining room, but since they're donations to the charity needlework group I organized they don't count as my junk, right? :)

I used to collect Lilliput Lane and David Winter cottages, but I'm going to put most of them up on eBay as soon as I can borrow my friend's digital camera. In the past month I've also been ruthless about going through my personal library and I listed about 150 books on half.com.

I have a treadle sewing machine that belonged to my great-grandmother and a baby quilt that she sewed on that machine when my mom was a baby. I like rocks too, but most of the collection is large enough that they're outside in the flower beds.

-- Sherri C (CeltiaSkye@aol.com), June 20, 2002.



Yeah....out with the old! I DO need to have a garage sale! In my defence, I did get rid of a ton of stuff last fall! I could still furnish an entire other household, maybe 2! Seriously. lol

My flower beds are lined with an extention of my collection as well, huge crystals I got camping south of here. They grow everywhere there. Also a couple cannonballs.

-- Patty (SycamoreHollow@aol.com), June 20, 2002.


hey patty would you posting the pattern for turning a tredle sewing machine into a spining wheel.I have been wanting to learn but couldn't afford a spinning wheel.But i have two treadle sewing machines.

-- gail akins (gakins@simplynet.net), June 23, 2002.

Sure! :) Buuut, I may have to dig alittle. It involves a wood disk that is routed, and a simple spindle. These were given to me already made to size from the friend who shared the idea. But, she also gave me the plans, however, I'm not sure where I stuffed them. If I can't find them I will email her for them, ok? :) I might add that it is fairly primitive, but good for beginners I thought.

-- Patty (SycamoreHollow@aol.com), June 23, 2002.

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