Bed Pan, Hook and Creepy Dolls
Today I spent the afternoon antiquing with Undead Molly. It was the most fun I’ve had in a very long time (I really need to get out more).
One of the places we went to was Five Corners Antiques (11 Maple St., Essex Junction, VT), which is one of the greatest places on earth. They have so many interesting things there. I always walk out with something and this time wasn’t any different, but I’d have just as much fun if I didn’t buy anything.
I have so many ideas for this bed pan (in addition to using it for what it was made for): make it into a picture frame; sign it with a fictitious name and display it as art like Marcel Duchamp’s Fountain); or use it to hold dip (black bean dip perhaps) at my next house party. The latter is least likely since I don’t know enough people to have house parties.
I don’t know what I’ll do with this hook, but I’d think twice about breaking into my home while I sleep. I bet I’ll accidently hurt myself within the next few days.
Five Corners Antiques also has a nice collection of creepy dolls.
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Wanna Ride My Coattails?
Last Saturday, Undead Molly and I met up for some good ol’ yard sale and antique store perusing in Essex Junction. She’s commented on this blog numerous times and we’ve been exchanging emails (mostly about a super secret project that will be announced soon) over the past few months but, until Saturday, we had never met in person.
The yard sale we met at was the remains of a theatre group whose name I don’t recall. I was expecting much more, like a huge tent and fire eating dwarfs, when I read about it on craigslist. Regardless, there was some really nice stuff and I walked away with a few things.
My favorite find was the coat you see me “modeling” on the left, which I happen to be wearing as I type (dressing up helps me blog). I’ve always wanted a coat like this and my stylist has suggested I get one on numerous occasions. In addition to adding another piece to my dapper arsenal, others can now ride my coattails…
I found copy of Goods and Merchandise: A Cornucopia of Nineteenth-Century Cuts to add to my large collection of vintage illustrations.
Down the street from the yard there was a great antique store. I could have easily spent a fortune there. I was good and only bought two things.
I got another type case, an upper type case to be precise, to go with the one I bought last year. I almost peed myself when I found it I was so excited (two cups of coffee and my small bladder might have contributed to that too). I’m a sucker for anything involving type.
This diary caught my eye for some reason. The calendar will be accurate in 2018, but I probably won’t use it for that. I’ll most likely scan parts of it to use in something and then destroy it by turning it into one of my journals.
I thought it was unused until I found four short entries for March 16, 17, 18, and 21. Someone started to document the weather and their events but that didn’t last long. Maybe Frances distracted them by staying longer than all night.
