Vintage Thingies Thursday: Harry From Chicago

Welcome to Vintage Thingies Thursday!

On our recent visit to Chicago my girlfriends and I met a wonderful gentleman by the name of Harry. He has been selling his famous hot dogs at 300 W. Randolph Street since 1955. We actually ate breakfast at Harry's on Monday, November 10, 2008. The food was delicious and the experience was unforgetable. Harry is certainly "VINTAGE." On his next birthday, March 15, 2009, he will be 100 years old.

I hope I'll be as happy and healthy as Harry when I am 99 years old. It seems he has found meaning and purpose in his life. He spoke lovingly of his family, and the way he talked you could tell he has lived a rich, full life. The smile on his face shows he wanted us to feel welcome in his restaurant and his city!

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We're thinking about vintage cars, so I found this old picture of my brother and me back in 1967, on top of my first car, a Chevy Corvair.

Vintage Thingies Thursday: Antique Cupboard

Hope this Thursday finds everyone well and happy. If you want to join the Vintage Thingie Thursday fun just click on the button and you'll be magically carried to "Confessions of an Apron Queen." She's our most excellent host for this event. Don't be shy, but don't go until you've visited me for a few minutes. I'm so glad to get to share my blog with you. Also, I have included a sweet picture of my grand daugher, Abigail, with my pink hairbrush for Breast Cancer Awareness Month. I am sure you all join me in hoping breast cancer will be a thing of the past before she ever has to worry about it.

Now here's my feature presentation for Vintage Thingie Thursday.

It's a cupboard from back when cabinets were not built into kitchens. ( I'll guess it's from the early 1900's.) My parents gave it to my husband Bob when they sold their house in Florida several years ago.

Here it is with the top opened up. You can see we store mostly DVD's in there. It has a flour sifter in the left side. I'll bet it still works, but I've never tried it. It's in our TV room over by the bathroom door. In this picture you can see a picture of our grandson Connor when he was four years old. The photographer was doing a photo shoot at an old school house. She asked Connor to play in the dirt and stand on the porch with the baseball and bat. The picture won awards and hung in our mall for a while. Of course, Grandma Faith had to have a copy. I think it looks wonderful over by the antique cupboard.

Vintage Thingies Thursday: Praying Hands

First of all, here is my pink cow for October. I bet you never thought you'd see a pink cow with the world on her hide. Oh, the magic of photo shop. I didn't create the cow, I just tinted it PINK! Let's all support breast cancer awareness this month by posting something pink every day!

Now it's time for Vintage Thingie Thursday once again. Lots of fine bloggers are participating and you can find the list at Confessions Of An Apron Queen. Be sure to drop by and have some fun.

My contribution for Vintage Thingie Thursday is a piece of sculpture I bought for my mother when I was a young girl. I was away from home on a church trip, and my mother had given me some spending money for the trip. I found this piece of pottery and I just wanted my mother to have it so bad. So I spent all my money. When Mom moved back to the farm several years ago, she insisted I have it for my home. I appreciate her thoughtfulness. She displayed it all this time, and now I carry on the tradition. I have included a picture of my mom in her classroom in 1962. She retired from teaching school in 1984, after 38 years. There is also a picture of me around that time as well. Here's hoping you all have an exceptionally wonderful Vintage Thingie Thursday!

If you have never heard (or you just want to read it again) the beautiful story of the sculpture titled "Praying Hands" that this piece is based on you can click HERE to go to a site that will tell you about it. (P.S. This is what it says on the back of the piece, in case it means something to someone.)

Vintage Thingies Thursday: Water Lily Vase

Welcome to Vintage Thingies Thursday. This is the day some blogger friends led by The Apron Queen go all out to display their vintage thingies. It is so much fun to visit them and check out their cool old stuff. You won't want to miss a single one.

Today I am showing off my pretty vase. This is the only piece I have from this collection, but I would love to have a pair. Maybe someday one will come along that I can afford.
This is what I found on the internet about it:
"This pretty cornicopia goes from a rose at the base and then flows to the top in a light pink color - a perfect background for the lovely white and green water lily embossed decoration. It is in the Water Lily line made by Hull Pottery in 1948."

This is what the bottom of the piece looks like.

I just know I'm going to see another one someday at a yard sale, a thrift store, or a flea market. I just know it will be right in my price range. I just know my day will come. Someday....

Now it's time to click on over and check out the other Vintage Thursday Thingies.

Vintage Thingies Thursday: Ancient Armoire

Several years ago, Bob and I went to Dothan, Alabama, looking for a brewery he had heard about. The brewery was out of business, but there were plenty of antique stores to visit. I found this beautiful armoire, and we decided it would look perfect in our dressing room. I am not an expert, but I can tell it is vintage. Below is a picture of the decorations I have on placed on top. The books are works of Jane Austen. They are old, but the other items are relatively new.
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