Antiques Chatroom Board

Ardent Sun I know it has been three week but anytime you need info on anything just look in Ebay's sold items to see what it sells for. Here is your book. http://www.ebay.com/sch/i.html?_sacat=0&_from=R40&_nkw=Book+Schiller+Song+of+the+Bell&LH_Complete=1&rt=nc

So I came here with a very specific request for you fine people. I have a book seen here (http://images.cloud.worthpoint.com/wpimages/images/images1/1/1110/03/1_e59fef9b6697b6a6b0758d195d5fe0af.jpg), that is a picture of it, but not one I took. I've been trying to figure out how much it is worth and I came across this (http://www.worthpoint.com/worthopedia/schillers-song-bell-19th-decorated-ed-128278433). If any of you have a Worthpoint account, could you please tell me what this book sold for? Or if you have knowledge of this book and a price range, that would also be helpful. Thanks in advance.

Just thought I would mention that GAIL on the glass board came up with the response. It is a PHURBA Interesting, there are many for sale or sold on Ebay.. All different sizes..

HELLO ALL, Thought I would come here and see if anyone has a clue what this might be.. Septor comes to mind.. Would appreciate any help even a wild guess.. TIA
My friend brought over to me today an item she thought might be an Artifact, my DH thinks its a paperweight but I have no idea.. Thought I would throw it out to you.
1. This piece is 10” long and is 3 sided. The dog is only on one side, there are 3 faces one smiles one is grimacing, and the other is evil.. It weighs nearly 2 lbs, So What Is It.. Question of the day..
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Good morning...
I just wanted to give you a heads up about a possible outage in the near future due to software version changes at my web host. So if you come to the site and it's down, don't panic. I'll have it back up as quickly as possible.

Happy Birthday Jean! (@bkmagnet)

No posts in 4 months? Damn shame.

Time test...don't forget to spring forward.

@ madferu: Nina. I just found your ? from a long time ago. If your item doesn't attract a magnet all that means is that it contains no iron or steel. You might have plated spelter (a non-silver alloy) or plated brass. My bet's on brass.

Hey, beetique. Not that often, it seems. This board isn't as active as the bookies. How are you?

does Bama still come here? lol

Whoops, I was up late watching a football game and forgot about this. Reset everything this morning.

Time test...don't forget to turn your clocks back folks.

Apparently my difficulty on getting on to the Glass Board was a glitch as after checking all the other boards when I went back to the GB I got right one.

Just checking all of the sites as I am having trouble logging into the Glass Board.

A pretty significant postage increase becomes effective on Jan. 27 , 2013:::
http://www.btobonline.com/article/20121012/DIRECT0202/310129995/usps-announces-postal-rate-increases-for-2013#

Just thought everyone would want to know ;;;;;;
Bosses Day is Tuesday, October 16, 2012!
Now let me see—–What kind of flowers should I order for myself?

Thought anybody who popped in here might get a chuckle from my recent experience.
Will share my yesterday with y'all.
My day improved as time moved it along. We had a beautiful sunny day and I needed to take pictures. Had been somewhat out of sorts as I had spent about 2 hours taking pictures on Wednesday. When I sat down at the computer to crop the pics I laid my SanDisk down for a second right here near the printer. Then could not find it . Thought maybe it fell of the front of my desk so I got a light and got down on the floor. Then got the vacuum out to clean while I was down there. But no SanDisk to be found. A new $12.50 disc and 2 hours work gone, gone , gone. Really 3 hours as I spent nearly an hour looking for it.
My household helper dropped by late this afternoon. She walked over to the computer pulled out the drawer underneath the computer and picked up the disk.
Is that an improved day or what?

Today is National Depression Screening Day:: If interested check this out:::
http://www.helpyourselfhelpothers.org/
Helen in Indy

@madferu Nina, I found this on the net "Apply a very small amount of warmed French's brand yellow mustard to the surface of the silver. If it turns blackish, it's silver. " I think I might try that on a silver plated object to see if it turned blackish, too.
I think the metal base for silver plate is usually metals that will not attract a magnet.
Helen in Indy

Hi All...how is everyone!!!
I have a silver Art deco mirror. After doing this for years, I should know...but I think this piece is unmarked Silver. Problem...can't find a Hallmark. Does it mean anything if it won't attract a magnet?

~ Nina

For those of you who use Auctiva remember:::Auctiva will be down for scheduled maintenance between the hours of 8 a.m. and 11 a.m. PST, October 9.
Helen in Indy

BJ thanks for the concern. I am well taken care of and the big word in my life now is COPE. Learning to cope with it all is the hardest thing I have ever had to do.

I have plenty of things of interest to do. The largest problem that I have with this is energy. I just have so little any more.

Our garden may have failed but my DH goes to a farmer's market every Saturday morning so we have a lot of fresh fruit and vegetables. He is my salvation and keeps me going.

And now it's September, nearly 2 months since I posted last. Mim, glad to hear about the handy-dandy ramp, but sorry it's necessary now. Please take good care of yourself, y'hear? My beginner garden did pretty well this summer. Am almost ready to retire the tomato plants (stellar!) and the zucchini (finally fell victim to blossom end rot), but the okra continue to produce and will until first frost. Have learned much and look forward to next season. 🙂

It has been since April that I posted. It has ben a long summer. I think I'm ready for a weather change, just a slight one.

Good morning BJ, Helen, Carol and Judy. It has been a long hot summer but somehow it is hard to believe that it is the beginning of fall. The leaves are falling some but not because it is time but because the trees have been so damaged.

My son and grandson have built a ramp from the front porch to the driveway for my wheel chair. It stays in the car, the chair, not the ramp. lol because I can walk that little distance but not much farther. I have oxygen now all of the time and have a portable unit to take with me when I leave the house. Then, wherever I go, I can use my chair when or where ever we stop. We go to the Golden Corral 2/3 times a week so the chair is of great comfort there. Anyway, it is so much easier to get to the car with a banister on the ramp to hold on to.

The wood on the ramp is curing now and soon it will be stained the same color as the shutters. I am sure that it will look extra nice.

I was sorting in our closets and found a lot of mending. Especially in the jeans department. I haven't gotten much done in the mending department, clothes or the household for weeks, er maybe months. I seem to keep busy. I have finally decided that I am going to have to hire some help with the cleaning. That means scratching around in the budget. I would love to say that I have found the extra funds by selling at eBay but that just ain't so. I sell mostly books so forget them. That market is dead, dead. Have other things to sell but must take some pictures. Also need some sort of gumpsion. In my old age, I would rather just sit.

I just sorted out my closet and packed up about 20 pairs of clean jeans that are too big for me now. They're off to Goodwill tomorrow. Years ago I discovered I could buy men's jeans that fit well and saved a lotta buckos. They're better made than women's jeans and just last longer. Now I've lost weight and don't need these.

BTW , I rebooted and got right on to PayPal. My labels are printed. Now to get DH to do the packing part.

I think that PayPal must be down as I cannot get on there to do address labels. So I am up to this bit of devilment.

I am posting this on all of the boards.
I notice that when I add that 14 Day return policy that we get an additional box for return terms. Wondering what terms others are stating . As some of you know I sell clothing. Thinking about what kind of an attachment that I could add to a used or NWOT clothing item that could prevent the buyer from wearing the item and then returning it.

I know that some glass seller will add some kind of mark. On more common depression glass I have added a piece of "Wite-Out" tape with my initials on it. Otherwise the buyer might return a damaged piece.

In past years I have known an individual or two that would return a special occasion item to Sears or Montgomery Ward after it had been worn. In one instance the mother-of-the-bride had the bridesmaids change to a different garment after the wedding but before the reception.

mim, you are so blessed that he is okay and simply (ha!) without power. i live in hurricane country and know that being without power is never simple, perhaps i should have said how nice that he and his wife still have a roof. or perhaps i should just hush as i seem to be digging myself in deeper. my heart goes out to the people who lost so much in such horrific storms.

Is it too hot to post or go to auctions or sales of any kind? I know that a lot of you eBayer are having a miserable time dispite the weather.
Many of you can not use your computers or any other electric equipment so hope you can see this when everything is turned on again.
My grandson is in Charlotsville, Va and he at least can use his computer. He somehow has backup batteries and must recharge them at his wife's work. I feel so lucky that we aren't there.

Yes, Judy and Carol, I know that feeling of meeting friends you have met through these chatrooms. I wonder sometimes if eBay knows the bad feelings left from our loosing our method of talking with our friends. I know that there have been lots of sales lost this way too. One way is that we no longer can go see the listings at the end of the first lines of our posts, or see the feedback numbers. I am so glad that these boards have survived though although I admit that I am not posting as I should. I will try to do better.

Oh, mim, we were so blessed to be able to meet Carol! We had a blast, and I would look over at her and say "Carol, you are here" and just hugged on her! She, too is just how she appears on here, and you would be thrilled to spend time with her, just as we were. She is so entertaining, and we both felt like we were meeting a sister. If you ever get the opportunity to meet someone like that, do it! And you should make it #1 on your list to make it happen. Wow, it was the greatest, it really was. 🙂

mim, meeting judy was one of the best things that has ever happened to me. she is everything she appears to be online: funny, witty, intelligent, friendly, generous, genuine, and beautiful. we talked until we were hoarse and the rest of the time we would just look at each other and grin. there was no shyness; it was like we had known each other for always, but then we have known each other for always, we'd just never been able to see each other while we were talking before. i pray that she and her wonderful husband, mike, loved sanibel so much that they have to come back every year.

Judy, how was your visit with Ginnyrose. Wish I could have been there too. I miss the "get togethers" we used to have and I suppose that is because of the Board breakups at eBay. There are more and more things going on with them lately and I get so frustrated about it as there is nothing I can do about any of it. Thank goodness we have this place to visit.

thanks Helen. I see I typed gold instead of golf. That typo is an indicator of the order of importance they have in my mind. 😉

I am going to meet ginnyrose next week. I am so excited!!

@picker16judy Funny joke. i love jokes!
I am 'up & attem' this morning . Our 9 month great-grandson is here. He has a little portable chair – top part of a high-chair. We had his mom set it on the end of the table where we were having dinner last night. He made a very attractive center piece.e

Our son sent us this joke, and I thought bama would enjoy it. I recall you liked to fish, maybe I'm mixed up with gold. Anyway, it's a cute joke.
Jesus and Moses are playing golf in Heaven when they come to the par-three 17th hole, a long carry over water to an island green.

Moses tees off with a 3-wood and hits the green. Jesus takes out his 5-iron and says, "I'm going to hit a 5-iron because Arnold Palmer would hit a 5-iron from here."

Jesus tees it up and hits a lofted iron shot that finishes 25 yards short of the green and in the water.

Jesus turns to Moses and says, "How about parting the water so I can play my ball where it lies?"

Moses says, "No way. You foolishly chose the wrong club because of your Arnold Palmer fantasy and I'm not going to be a party to it!"

Jesus shrugs and starts walking on the water to where his ball went in. Just then, a foursome approaching the tee box sees Jesus walking on the water.

One of them asks Moses, "Who does that guy think he is, Jesus Christ?"

Moses turns and says, "No, he thinks he's Arnold Palmer!"

@justmim Mim, I am doing well. I just re-opened my eBay store and have the books back on line.
Edgar has the same problem with discomfort in the hospital or emergency room waiting room chairs. When I went to Community North for a kidney stone attack in January the 2nd DD was free to take me. Then the youngest was with me when I was carried in for the broken hip. But DH was pretty worn out from his daily trips to the rehab hospital . I know that he and your DH are much alike in being faithful to their very core. God love each of them!!!
Our DDIL a DGD and Great grandson will be here 2 nights this week. They will be attending a funeral in Fort Wayne on Wednesday. We get them coming and going. I am so excited about seeing this 7 month old GGS. I've seen him only once.

Helen, it sounds like you are doing better? Dear Edgar holding up through it all?
Russell is just worn out. My trips to the hospital are hard on him. After he gets me into the emergency room he either goes and sits in the car or goes home because the chairs at the hospital are so hard on his back. It is easier on me when I know he isn't suffering too.

@justmim Since I have not done any listings recently. I am unaware of any changes. I do use Auctiva so maybe they are taking care of those changes. Will have to wait and see.

Sorry about your gout pains . You know our now 56 year old son went through a lot of that some 10 years ago. He does not mention it now so I assume that he no longer has that problem. I feel fortunate that I have had very little pain.

I am really upset about the constant change in the method of listing. Does anyone else hate it?>

I have been trying to cope with this Gout devil. I have been to the emergency room because my regular meditation doesn't take care of the pain, and it keeps moving to include another area. It has made a big grouch of me.

After all these years, I have reached the 1,000 in feedback. That does make me happy.

Hi Helen, will give you a call soon. The gout has come back and I am unable to go much farther than the next room which is my bedroom and the bath room is in the middle of getting from here (the computer to there). DH is just about worn out himself and DS and DD help as much as they can. I take my meds and try to not ask for much. I did manage to sell 3 books last week and what a surprise that was. DH took them to the po for me. Really did a lot for my ego.

Hi from me, too. Jean I could not open the link either. But welcome to the Antique Board.

@justmim
Mim, Haven't you had enough Pain and suffering without going and getting the gout? Edgar had to go off the Coumadin for a few days before the dentist would extract a tooth. Bruce has been battling gout for several years. I think he told me once than when he quit eating certain things the gout disappeared. And aren't you on enough food denial items?
For the rest of you. mim is a long time friend and neighbor. So I can give her a bad time if I want to. LOL

Hi, Jean and welcome. I can't get your link to open for some reason to see your item. Says the content is unavailable.

I'm new to this board, but old to eBay. Sorry to just jump right in, but I found this yesterday and have no idea if it is worth listing or not. Any ideas about price or where to list would be appreciated.

https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=407193972637626&set=a.231372000219825.63806.100000410800800&type=1&theater

Monday again. Looks like its gonna be a beautiful day! If the wind don't blow us to pieces.

Morning all. I am going to post a copy of my answer to another board.

Back home after a week in the hospital. What we thought was a broken bone in my foot turned out to be Gout. It was so painful that when I woke up, I couldn’t get out of bed. I couldn’t stand to put any weight on my foot. The fireman had to come with special equipment to get me out of the house.

Then, after lots of testing my blood was too thin for some minor surgery they found I needed. Coumadin level was way too high. That was a wow as I just had it checked a week ago. So now I go back to the hospital next Thursday for the surgery. Anyway, I sold 2 books so life was not a complete loss.

All right, this board needs a jumpstart. Here goes. My neighbor is always up to something in her yard. Today she started tearing out a wooden ramp she'd built several years ago leading to a storage shed, and when she pried off a board there was a momma possum looking back at her with a bunch of babies. Animal Control won't respond to incidents involving possums, raccoons, or skunks, and so she asked for some help. She's kind-hearted, so we enlisted the assistance of another neighbor who fashioned a noose out of PVC and electrical cord. Managed to get Momma caught and in a cage, then removed the other boards and lifted out all 8 (counted 'em) babies and got those in a bucket. We just got back from releasing them all on the arsenal near the old rock quarry. They'll be fine there. The babies were all colors and cute as buttons, and they don't yet know how to bite. We just cornered them, lifted them out by their tails and dropped them in the bucket. She wouldn't let me go get the camera so we just zipped them off as quickly as we could. She'd mentioned her little yap-yap dogs would go nuts in that area and she didn't know why.

Sounds like a house wren, mim. They're fun to watch, with their upturned tails. I have a couple of nuthatches that also wander around head down on tree trunks, but those are mostly blue and white.

There is a little brown bird that is coming to the feeder. He likes the bread crumbs too. He is marked a lot like the chipmunk only smaller patterns and he walks head down the tree trunks.

Good Morning all. I am hearing mostly cardinals and they are singing their little red heads off. Partly cloudy and smells like a bit of rain. It's definitely spring so it can and will do what ever it wants. A little rain will just fill up the birdbath and rinse off the porch furniture. Wonder why hot coffee and/or tea tastes so good out there?

We have a new bird feeder on the porch rail, right out side of my window. We got it at GW where we often get things like that. It is a round plastic and DH screwed it right down through holes he made in it. The squirrels have visited it already. Hummm suppose because we put out the rest of the winter sun flower seeds? That is also where the stale bread, crackers, toast crusts popcorns not popped and things like that go. It is always is picked clean very soon. It makes a fun place for Jasper and Jimmy to watch, with tales swishing as though they were sweeping my desk.

I listened to a glorious mockingbird today, singing his heart out. I counted 9 different calls before he repeated himself. Hope they make a nest hereabouts.

Helen, thank you. It's hard enough to lose your parents, but then to see their siblings go too, one by one, that's hard but it's part of life. We have cousins galore, though. They learned how to do something well. lol

@bamaj1--- It is quite saddening to lose the last member of a generation. ((( Hugs))) for you and yours.
I am the last of a family of 9 children. There are 2 of my brother's widows, a cousin and a cousin's widow who are still with us. We are fortunate to have a host of children , grandchildren and nieces and nephews who are quite attentive.
Helen or bbg

Good Morning Aunties, Going to be another beautiful day. Coffee is being served on the side porch as soon as I get my bucket of soapy water out there to wash off the table and chairs.

Another thing you can do with that cookie is…as soon as you take them out of the oven you can put M&Ms, kisses, raisins etc in the dent. Also, it works with plain cookie dough, like sugar cookies, oatmeal etc.
When you get them done would you send me one each? mmmmm

The last of my parents generation passed away last night. Aunt Lorene (Dad's youngest sister) had been in a nursing home after a stroke some years ago that robbed her of the ability to communicate. Her own children couldn't be bothered to go see her except infrequently. I remember her as tons of fun and will miss her. She and Daddy and her sisters are up there now playing cards and dominoes, I know this.

Mmmm. Anybody hungry? It is still very dark outside even though it is almost 7a.m.

Today’s cookies are peanut butter and jelly cookies.
You make the pnb cookies in the usual way but just before putting in the oven, you press a dent in the middle and in that dent, you drop in the jelly via teaspoon, then continue as the recipe requires. They are extra good while they are still warm.

Add a big glass of icy cold milk and watch them disappear.
I use strawberry or black raspberry preserves or grape jelly.
I watch them a little closer towards the end to see how long it takes them to brown properly.

mim - You haven't "chased" anyone off. Personally I found that this board is not as viable as the old eBay board used to be and as the new book board tends to be and so I sorta wander off. But I do check in from time to time.

mim - That's always been the trouble with furniture, antique or not. The cost of shipping can easily match what your bidder paid. Most won't accept that so you're sorta stuck with local pickup or consigning it. If the piece isn't huge you might look at Greyhound. If it fits in the baggage bay it will go, but then your buyer would need to get to the station to pick it up.

@justmim ---- I auctioned a rocking horse with the pick up only last week. Worked out O.K. We made sure there were 2-3 people around at pick up time. Helen or bbg

hi, y'all.

happy women's history month. we've come along way. my favorite is the second picture.

nina, great brooch. looks like it went with hoop skirts to me. have you learned to use your camera's macro setting (the one with the flower icon)?

mim, your part of the world sounds beautiful.

we just got 3-1/2" of rain in 2 hours, which i thought was quite beautiful; it is fire season down here.

Hi Nina, I don't know where everyone is. I check every day and try to think what "they" might want to talk about. I hope that I haven't chased them off.

Where do you all go with your antique furniture? I know nothing about shipping it and am afraid that the cost must be astronomical? I know that the Road Show is not an option and one of the pieces needs mending a little. Any ideas?

Where'd everyone go????
~ Nina

Hi everyone. I purchased this brooch from an Estate over the weekend. I have reason to believe it’s quite old. As you will see by the photos I’ll post, it has condition issues. I would love some input on this…ID or any knowledge of the hallmark on the back. The piece is approx an inch in size, so the photos were quite difficult…this is the best I can do. As always, I sincerely appreciate your help ~ Nina

That's beautiful, Mim. 🙂

Nina - Can you post a larger picture of the marks on your silver? That maker may also be Holmes, Booth & Haydens, but it's too little to be sure. Current position is still polish stuff, it will photo better at the very least.

There is something especially beautiful this morning. I will try to describe it for you. If you could just climb in there between my ears to see some of the wonderous things I see from my computer room window. More about that later.
The sap is up in our little sugar maple and the squirrels are busy nibbling along the limbs to get a taste of that sweetness. Hanging on one of the small branches is a big blob or drip of that sap. The sun light is caught in that bubble and it is a beautiful crystal, changing to an array of rainbow colors as the light wind moves it about. It is gone now but lasted long enough for me to realize what it was and to enjoy it. Prettier than any piece of glass and sure doesn’t last as long.
Anyway, you can tell that I am awed?

Morning friends! The coffee is ready and a few oatmeal, chocolate chip, pecan cookies. I measure out the ingredients and DH puts them together. We both take turns watching the oven. We often add a bit of cocoanut, or mar. cherries, or dates or raisins to part of the batter just for a little change. We make a X4 batch or as the kids say, Grams made a fourfull batch of cookies today. They don't seem to last long.

Anyway, have some and grab a few in a baggie for after while.

It is a sunshinny day. Temps supposed to reach the 60's. Both cats have found a patch of sunshine and are napping. When the shine moves, they get up and move with it. Funny to watch. They are both shedding, I am sneezing and the hair is collecting along the baseboards. The dust bunnies are collecting a few cat hairs too.

OH my Gosh! I think I actually found it!
...Harrison Brothers & Howson of Sheffield.
~ Nina again (in surprise)

Oooops...here's the pictures:

Hello Everyone...Hope all is well. I more recently have been revving uo my Ebay site and have been lucky enough to fine some really good Estate sales and such. I'm kind of excited for some new things I picked up today that include a boxed Silver Fish Set. I'm not quite sure if it's Silver Plate or sterling, but am having trouble with the ID. I think the hallmark reads "H B & H (star)". I've been looking through references for awhile now and and we have company stopping in for a Nascar/Oscar gathering (Talk about 2 extreme interests!) and I'm so anxious to see who made this. haven't cleaned it as yet. What's the current trend...polish or not? Help - Nina

PatC, I don't do much of any of that any more. Blame that on having a computer and, of course my love of reading. Also, my grandchildren are often more fun.

I can knit and crochet but that's it; I couldn't sew a stitch if I were bleeding to death.

patC, I learned to knit, crochet, sew and embroidery, before I went to high school as did most women my age. So I have made doilies and all sorts of things like that. It was supposed to keep my fingers out of trouble. It must have because I didn't and I loved it all. I do to this day but now I mostly sew and with a grand new Singer sewing machine.

Thank you very much! Doilies it is then 🙂

@leforme44 ---- Here is just one under closed/ sold listings :
http://www.ebay.com/itm/Antique-Vintage-Irish-Crocheted-Tatted-Handmade-Ecru-Fine-Silk-Lace-Doily-Doilie-/180813016551?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_0&hash=item2a194bade7

@leforme44 ---Hi Pat. I believe your silk pieces are doilies. It is not unusual for them to have been made in sets of 3. And, yes, I should think they have some value. Do some eBay searching for silk doilies.
And greetings to my friend mim when comes around .

I got these 3 silk floss things, I don't know if they are just for trim (they are hand sewn on to the silk centers) or are they handkerchief's? And do they have any value? http://photos.imageevent.com/leforme/ebayphotos/websize/hankie1.jpg

mim - You're not an antique yet, but some of your things surely are. The accepted definition for "antique" is still 100+ years old, everthing else is "vintage" to the era they were made. I don't go to auctions and sales because I'm not much of a reseller, although I am listing a few items that were hanging around the house.

Where is everyone? I don't hear about much going to auctions and sales. Is it because of the cost of gas? It is sure costly too. Since I can't go to those things, I hang onto words about those that do go. There are many Garage sales too. I can't manage them since I must use a wheel chair. DH stops occasionally and say there is nothing I would be interested in. Haha, we all know that one, don't we?

I no longer know the correct definition of an "Antique" for the things that I was familiar with in my childhood as only old are now antique. I just don't have it square in my mind. Even the "Vintage" items, like those that I received as wedding gifts, 60 years ago are now surely Vintage. If not, what does one call them, just old?

Just old? Hummm, that's me, lol. Might I be antique one day? Soon?

Hope you are feeling much better Helen. Those things can be a mean thing to get through. The pills and sleep afterwards are the reward for putting up with it all. Sorry about the stones. I heard they can be real devils. Rest lots for a while. Take care.
I enjoyed the game but didn't like Madonna one little bit. I hope people don't associate her with Indiana, she came from Upper Michigan.

@justmim Hi mim. Yes, I was alone for the laser surgery. That was very easy compared to what came next. In the interim between the laser surgery and stitch removal a week later I had 2 kidney stones passing through. Had some strong pain medication with which to stave off a trip to the emergency room on the first one. But couldn’t handle the second round. So called on one of the DDs to take me to ER. We were there about 4 hours after which DD brought me home. I slept for 24 hours. I think I can see how people become drug addicts. Sure was a good sleep.
I'm back on track now. I am enjoying the current stretch lovely sunny days here in Indy. And all the hoopla about the Super Bowl. Hope that you are able to enjoy it , too.

Oh, dear Helen. I hope you didn't go through that all by yourself? Feel for you. Life does put one through some "not nice" things doesn't it? Heal fast, hope it didn't hurt too badly...hugs.

I see the board is moving along. But will say my say before I am off to bed. patC wish i could help with your mark but I've misplaced my marks book, I think I might have a web page that another person put up. Will see if I can find and send that.
mim--- Yep , tablecloths and probably Jim.
This may be of interest. If not just scroll on by----.
I was out most of yesterday --- Wednesday. I had laser surgery on a growth on my chin that had showed some cancer cells. Never experienced this before so let me tell you a little about the surpisees involved. I had supposed that it would be pretty much an and "in-and-getter-'er-done' and out the door. Not so. They lasered off a layer then I had to sit in the waiting room while they sent it to an in house laboratory. This process was to be repeated until they got a clean sample. Fortunately, it took only one turn for me . But still I was there for 4 hours. I did a lot of napping and reading.

well spit! http://photos.imageevent.com/leforme/ebayphotos/websize/porcelainmark1.jpg

Hi, does anyone recognize this mark?http://photos.imageevent.com/leforme/ebayphotos/websize/porcelainmark1.jpg

mim - Yes, but tablecloths are notoriously hard to train. Heh

mim - I'd love to see some pics of young Jim. Today one of the female ferals the neighbor is feeding (we have plans to trap them both for spaying and shots and SOON) crept up all the way to the sliding door on the deck (it was warm today so the heat is off and screens are open) to chat with Howard the Immaculatum. They meowed at each other through the screen door. Howard isn't at all upset that there are 2 new cats hanging out on my deck. They want to catch squirrels, not to kill them but just to play with them, I think. They've been eyeball to eyeball with several and the squirrels just say Neener Neener and go about their business.

xyste - I know we don't have a link there to restoring old trunks. Never found one that was comprehensive enough to help. Would love to see what you have, though.

jred - I didn't photo the trunk before starting work on it. I inheirited it from an aunt who got it from a 3rd husband (now there was a merry widow) whose grandfather came from Ireland in 1880 leaving his fiance behind with a promise to send fare as soon as he was settled. He sent for her and she arrived with this trunk packed with all her worldly belongings including some pewter spoons that I have and they were wed. He did not treat her well and she packed and using her butter and egg money she returned to Ireland. He missed her and begged her to return and promising to reform and once again sent her fare and she did come back with the trunk and never left again. How much of this is true??? We will never know.

These flat top trunks were made from about 1870 to 1910. The first were plain wood with wood slats then later covered with heavy decorated canvas which did not wear well so next was embossed tin decorated to look like the floral canvas - surprising as the tin was more expensive. Steel rosettes and corners and handle caps became more ornate as time went by. This is where the family tale/timeline may come apart as this trunk has all of the goodies including the original tiny casters.

Morning, I woke up this early and can't seem to get back to sleep. The latest news last night said the there was a tornado warning or watch, I forget which. Anyway I went to sleep with that on my mind. Maybe that is why I am awake I guess. I have looked out and all I see and hear is rain.

New kitten, Jim is here taking a bath on my desk. He would very much like to chase the cursor, so every little bit I have to put him on the floor. DH took him to the vet to makes sure he wasn't contagious or had any parasites. I am glad to report that he is free of all of that stuff.

He is about 6 months and is very friendly and sweet and continually trying to get our gentleman cat, Jasper to play with him. Most of the time, Jasper just hisses at him and moves away. Prissy old thing is Jasper and wants every thing on his own terms. Jim hasn't learned any of that yet. It is fun to watch and it looks like the kitten is winning.

Jim goes to his litter box, hurrah! and likes anything we give him to eat. He adores laps and is fitting in quite well. The window sills are his favorite places and he spends a lot of time watching the squirrels.

Just dropping by to help keep the board moving. Ans to ask if anybody knows anything about Shelley. I think she may have computer problems. Wish I really knew what she is up to. Hope she isn't sick or having more illness in her family.