Sunday, June 10, 2012
Fenton Cat
This sweet little Fenton cat was one of my favorite finds of all time. I love cats and I love Fenton glass so it's the perfect combination!
Saturday, June 9, 2012
Cool Vintage Item
These fuzzy heads are cool. I have no idea what they are called but they are cool. My mother bought them from a store for her 45 records in the late sixties or early seventies. I came across them today and she doesn't remember what they were called. Google has turned up nothing. They have no identifying labels. They do have a base that they fit securely on when not stuffed with too many records as the ones in the picture are.
Friday, June 8, 2012
The Best Country Store Ever!
Habegger's Amish Market is one of my favorite places to shop at. They have the best food and the atmosphere is just so cozy. The produce is always fresh and well priced. It's just perfect. If you are ever traveling on I-65 close to Franklin, Kentucky do yourself a favor and exit. The market is well worth the drive and you will see some lovely scenery along the way.
Thursday, June 7, 2012
Old Fashioned Crank Telephone Liquor Cabinet
This is one of my favorite things I inherited from my great aunt. They had such cool stuff back in the day. What better way to conceal a liquor stash? I know when I was a small child I always thought it was just an old antique crank phone. Then one day my aunt opened it to show me what was inside. I was blown away. I thought it was the coolest thing I had ever seen. (I didn't get out much.) Now it is one of my prized possessions.
Monday, June 4, 2012
Blast from the Past
Today when I was digging through a box of junk in the basement I came across this case.
It was the case that went to my old Hot Looks doll. It contained all of her much needed accessories. I used to love that doll. I had the Elkie version of the doll which is the first one in the group in the picture below. I remember how she had a sewn in bra and panties that I thought were so cool at the time. I think this was supposed to double as a swimsuit but considering the doll was cloth that was really a stupid feature. Looking back at the picture of the group the one next to the end bears a striking resemblance to a teen version of Punky Brewster, a show that I was annoyingly obsessed with.
The eighties produced toys that I thought were the coolest toys ever. Of course through a child's eyes anything is cool. Looking back in comparison to the cool toys from the fifties and sixties the eighties toys seem kind of corny. I remember having a She-Ra doll.
She was supposed to be He-Man's kickass sister. I was about four or five when she came out. I had a She-Ra costume that I used to play around in all the time. I even wore it out in public (which looking back my mom should never have let that happen) and I can remember waving my sword as people went by. She had her very own cartoon. Another cartoon that inspired a toy was Jem. I found some old VHS tapes with this cartoon on them when I was older and realized that not only were some of the the toys from the eighties rather corny so were the coordinating cartoons.
I remember she would grab her earrings and she would change. I think that was right. I just remember she would grab her earrings, and there was also this talking computer. There was also this purple freaky character that I can't recall the name of. I had the doll of her though and I remember her hair was really shiny in places, and of course she was purple all over. I had a doll for every character. The dolls themselves weren't that cute. They were huge for one. The weren't the perfect Barbie doll size. They looked more like a transvestite trying to be Barbie. Really weird transvestite Barbies with coordinating fashion accessories and musical instruments. The picture doesn't really illustrate it but trust me they were huge dolls.
I also had a My Child doll. I can still remember those commercials. The commercial said you could have one that looked just like you. Mom bought me one that didn't look like me but more like her, which I think was a subconscious thing on her part. All my dolls had dark hair like my mother's instead of strawberry blonde hair which was what I was born with. She always said she wanted blonde hair but instead I got that particular gene so she probably bought me dark haired dolls out of retribution. The My Child doll I owned had long black hair and bright blue eyes that I carried everywhere. I named her Molly (that might have been her name originally) and I had all kinds of clothes for her and everything. I eventually decided that I would like Molly's hair shorter and I cut it all off in a nice pretty chin length bob. Mom then proceeded to bust my ass saying that I had ruined the doll. Well maybe if her hair had been blonde I wouldn't have cut it. Molly and I had a falling out soon after.
Thinking of the talking computer in Jem got me to thinking about another show with possessed electronics that was on when I was a child that used to scare the living daylights out of me, Read All About It. It was dark and gloomy and spooking. I remember the kids of the show congregating in this spooky room with a freaky typewriter robot that communicated via typing and this weird scary silver head. And the show was on PBS for Pete's sake, a children's television network. I guess the premise of the show was to scare me into reading. I don't remember it inspiring me to read. It was probably just full of subliminal messages to invade young minds and scar them for life. Maybe the silver head in the show sent me a subliminal message to cut Molly's hair.
It was the case that went to my old Hot Looks doll. It contained all of her much needed accessories. I used to love that doll. I had the Elkie version of the doll which is the first one in the group in the picture below. I remember how she had a sewn in bra and panties that I thought were so cool at the time. I think this was supposed to double as a swimsuit but considering the doll was cloth that was really a stupid feature. Looking back at the picture of the group the one next to the end bears a striking resemblance to a teen version of Punky Brewster, a show that I was annoyingly obsessed with.
The eighties produced toys that I thought were the coolest toys ever. Of course through a child's eyes anything is cool. Looking back in comparison to the cool toys from the fifties and sixties the eighties toys seem kind of corny. I remember having a She-Ra doll.
She was supposed to be He-Man's kickass sister. I was about four or five when she came out. I had a She-Ra costume that I used to play around in all the time. I even wore it out in public (which looking back my mom should never have let that happen) and I can remember waving my sword as people went by. She had her very own cartoon. Another cartoon that inspired a toy was Jem. I found some old VHS tapes with this cartoon on them when I was older and realized that not only were some of the the toys from the eighties rather corny so were the coordinating cartoons.
I remember she would grab her earrings and she would change. I think that was right. I just remember she would grab her earrings, and there was also this talking computer. There was also this purple freaky character that I can't recall the name of. I had the doll of her though and I remember her hair was really shiny in places, and of course she was purple all over. I had a doll for every character. The dolls themselves weren't that cute. They were huge for one. The weren't the perfect Barbie doll size. They looked more like a transvestite trying to be Barbie. Really weird transvestite Barbies with coordinating fashion accessories and musical instruments. The picture doesn't really illustrate it but trust me they were huge dolls.
I also had a My Child doll. I can still remember those commercials. The commercial said you could have one that looked just like you. Mom bought me one that didn't look like me but more like her, which I think was a subconscious thing on her part. All my dolls had dark hair like my mother's instead of strawberry blonde hair which was what I was born with. She always said she wanted blonde hair but instead I got that particular gene so she probably bought me dark haired dolls out of retribution. The My Child doll I owned had long black hair and bright blue eyes that I carried everywhere. I named her Molly (that might have been her name originally) and I had all kinds of clothes for her and everything. I eventually decided that I would like Molly's hair shorter and I cut it all off in a nice pretty chin length bob. Mom then proceeded to bust my ass saying that I had ruined the doll. Well maybe if her hair had been blonde I wouldn't have cut it. Molly and I had a falling out soon after.
Thinking of the talking computer in Jem got me to thinking about another show with possessed electronics that was on when I was a child that used to scare the living daylights out of me, Read All About It. It was dark and gloomy and spooking. I remember the kids of the show congregating in this spooky room with a freaky typewriter robot that communicated via typing and this weird scary silver head. And the show was on PBS for Pete's sake, a children's television network. I guess the premise of the show was to scare me into reading. I don't remember it inspiring me to read. It was probably just full of subliminal messages to invade young minds and scar them for life. Maybe the silver head in the show sent me a subliminal message to cut Molly's hair.
Sunday, June 3, 2012
If the CDC says so then it must be true.
Predictions of a zombie apocalypse on the horizon seem to be untrue. The CDC has officially released a statement that there is truly not a zombie apocalypse coming. I wasn't too concerned to begin with. Yes, there have been quite a few incidences of cannibalism this week but while unusual to have that many events occur at once cannibalism is certainly nothing new. I feel that I have watched enough episodes of The Walking Dead over and over again that I would be able to protect myself in the event that a zombie apocalypse does occur and I have to protect myself against any zombies. Luckily thanks to the 2012 hysteria I'm already stocked up on enough food and ammo so I should be prepared if the CDC happens to be wrong. It's always good to plan. I guess I could order one of those Mormon survival kits just to be on the safe side. Perhaps the Mayans were on to something and the world as we know it will end on December 21, 2012 but not because of some freak solar flare or some bizarre pole flipping as many conspiracy theorists have proposed. Maybe it's just going to be zombies that do us all in. Where is Daryl Dixon when we need him?
Saturday, June 2, 2012
My fortune?
I opened a fortune cookie today to find this fortune greeting me:
"You will find yourself in a position of dignity in the end."
Hmmm......Good to know but I didn't think fortune cookies gave out fortunes that far in advance, which then leads me to the conclusion that 1. the end is near for me which is disturbing or 2. this particular batch of fortune cookies was meant for Chinese food deliveries going to retirement homes. I prefer to think that it was the latter.
"You will find yourself in a position of dignity in the end."
Hmmm......Good to know but I didn't think fortune cookies gave out fortunes that far in advance, which then leads me to the conclusion that 1. the end is near for me which is disturbing or 2. this particular batch of fortune cookies was meant for Chinese food deliveries going to retirement homes. I prefer to think that it was the latter.
Friday, June 1, 2012
My first book, A View Through My Lens is now available at Amazon.com. It will be available at bookstores nationwide July 15th. The book contains a collection of my photography with images from Nashville, Tennessee and throughout South Central Kentucky. Some of my bestsellers are in there along with some new releases and my personal favorites. I have included a few images below the cover image that are in the book. 
Wednesday, May 16, 2012
Tuesday, May 15, 2012
Sunday, October 2, 2011
Lovely Fine China Bell with Gold Trim
Stumbled across this in a box of teapots I purchased off of Craigslist. It is in perfect condition.
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