Chartreuse Gown, Big Bustle and a Parrot - Vintage Diva

Just had to share this lady. Made by Trico, Nagoya, Japan, she's hand painted porcelain in a shimmery luster glaze. A red head is an oddity in these types of MIJ figurines (cheaply made reproductions of 17th and 18th century European figures). And how did that old saw about green being the color for red head's make it to Japan sometime between the 1930's and 1950's? And why this shade of chartreuse green? Maybe the parrot influenced the shade. Whatever - it works for me. I think she's a definite vintage diva. Unbelievably found her on a GW shelf, unbroken and reasonably priced.

1960's Dandylion puff ball in lucite paperweight.

Here's a 50 cent find from a yard sale. One of my thrift treasures that I used for several years before selling on line. A secret pleasure in recycling thrift store vintage and antiques? The ability to rotate them thru your own life for awhile and enjoy them before sending them on to their new homes.

Charge me guilty as found - I love those items with sea shells, dried flowers, petrified wood, scorpions, and so on, encased in lucite. Wall plaques, trivets, small trays, large platters, cheese boards, paperweights - they draw my eye every time. Especially the odd ones like this treasure. How did they do that! A dandylion fluff caught forever. Memories of being a child, making wishes and blowing every bit of fluff off the stem so your wish would come true - all caught in a kitsch era of encasing nature in plastic.

What's on the feedbag?

"What's on the feedbag?" That is my husband's signature phrase. He even has the rest of my family imitating him when it's getting close to dinnertime. For the answer, I love turning to old cookbooks. And of course the place to find the most unusual ones are at the local thrift store.

A Little Bit of (Boomer) History

Look at the lines on this retro chair! Boy, does it bring back childhood memories for a baby-boomer like me. I found it at the local Goodwill Outlet Store and it haunted me until I broke down and bought it. My husband is being a good sport about it. Avocado green nubby fabric. All the covered buttons are still there. (!) Cost me $8 - the cost of a lunch.