tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10709507.post3443568969235149084..comments2023-09-26T10:38:21.961-04:00Comments on The View From the Last House in America: Truant in the Trees & Treasures: Could This Be George Washington's Teacup?Kim Velkhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06729808121762572706noreply@blogger.comBlogger10125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10709507.post-32605083697559965752009-04-05T23:16:00.000-04:002009-04-05T23:16:00.000-04:00Hey Mrs. Uhdd. I am hoping daily that those synap...Hey Mrs. Uhdd. I am hoping daily that those synapses connect and he just "gets it" and one day soon I'll have a reader like yours.<BR/><BR/>Thanks for the support Projectivist. That beautiful jug just found a buyer on eBay and, assuming she pays, I am pretty close to break even and I had fun...Kim Velkhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06729808121762572706noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10709507.post-79442478892319256272009-04-04T08:23:00.000-04:002009-04-04T08:23:00.000-04:00the only dodgy phone calls i get are from Indian c...the only dodgy phone calls i get are from Indian call centre staff telling me that i have won a holiday.<BR/><BR/>yeah right.<BR/><BR/>ps. i love your priorities<BR/>picnics over schoolwork<BR/>and antique shop investigations over credit card call centres.Catastrophe Waitresshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16059689371446944502noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10709507.post-1929620824496778312009-04-03T14:30:00.000-04:002009-04-03T14:30:00.000-04:00My boy had a really hard time learning to read.htt...My boy had a really hard time learning to read.<BR/>http://uphilldowndale.wordpress.com/2008/02/07/thats-my-boy/<BR/>Now he devours books, he just needed a little TLCuphilldowndalehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15426833972060254592noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10709507.post-50979246786990995022009-03-31T10:34:00.000-04:002009-03-31T10:34:00.000-04:00I'm pretty useless at identifying any china, altho...I'm pretty useless at identifying any china, although we lived near the Potteries for years. I should have taken more interest in what was around me, but my defence is that I was very young. <BR/><BR/>Those photos from the woods are wonderful, especially the one of your son running through the trees. It looks so beautiful and he looks so carefree.Madame DeFargehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08172239340844485940noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10709507.post-52477044239921201922009-03-30T20:15:00.000-04:002009-03-30T20:15:00.000-04:00Hey Nan - Thanks for the tip on the Yankee mag art...Hey Nan - Thanks for the tip on the Yankee mag article. I will definitely check that out. Also, I managed to see Frozen River last night (thanks to the Stowe Library). I thought it was really great.<BR/><BR/>Deborah - My favorite thing is to buy things at auction and Degre's is my favorite auction house. My favorite Vermont antique stores, as you have discovered, are M. Lewis in Waterbury and the Buggyman in Johnson. Buggyman is keeping winter hours now and is only open on weekends. The proprietors there are particularly colorful and welcoming and they have tons of stuff. The Williston Antiques Center was a recent discovery (just last week). It's a group shop and, unfortunately, it's closing at the end of April. The good news for shoppers is (the clerk let spill) is that there will be some deep discounting going on there in April. I hope to see your sister around! Montpelier is a great little city - I hope you have visited or have plans to. The one antique shop in the main business section there is kind of a zero but it's a great place to buy booksKim Velkhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06729808121762572706noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10709507.post-53554391680807288612009-03-30T11:44:00.000-04:002009-03-30T11:44:00.000-04:00when you have a chance would you post some of your...when you have a chance would you post some of your fav antique/used items stores? or maybe you have a listing on a past post? i'm going to send those along to the sister in montpelier...<BR/>thanks!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10709507.post-29909956292896327282009-03-30T11:11:00.000-04:002009-03-30T11:11:00.000-04:00Those junk phone calls are always just that, 'junk...Those junk phone calls are always just that, 'junk.' You may have read a blog entry I did where I said the ringer of my phone is permanently off now because of getting so many of these calls. Calls that warn of dire consequences if I don't call back. If you type the number you saw on your caller id into google, you'll probably see all the other people's responses about that particular number and many others. <BR/><BR/>On another subject, have you seen the new Yankee magazine - the March/April issue?? There's quite a long piece on the border!! It is written by Edie Clark. I have read two of her books, and thought them wonderful. More about her here:<BR/><BR/>http://edieclark.com/Nanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15547916206007733970noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10709507.post-73173675560978646832009-03-29T12:59:00.000-04:002009-03-29T12:59:00.000-04:00Hey R - It seems to me you have done just fine wit...Hey R - It seems to me you have done just fine with a Mizzou pedigree. <BR/><BR/>Hi Deborah - Great suggestion. I was going to run it into an antique store but haven't done it yet. You know, it never occurred to me that it might be Japanese. Of course! That seems quite likely. More likely than it being 18th c. and European. I sent an email to a ceramics expert at Christies asking for help but I am not holding my breath. I haven't checked out the recent Recycle North expansion to Montpelier. I must do that.Kim Velkhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06729808121762572706noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10709507.post-85230690064908252872009-03-29T12:01:00.000-04:002009-03-29T12:01:00.000-04:00my first guess is a japanese teacup before 1920. p...my first guess is a japanese teacup before 1920. pick a good antique store that sells really good dishware & let them give you an idea.<BR/>love the boxes - one can never have enough boxes. they make great containers for gifts - another reason to have an "adequate" collection of various sizes.<BR/>my sister in montpelier says the re-sale/recycle shop that was downtown is out of the barre-montpelier road now and seems quite promising....Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10709507.post-86961947526475438912009-03-28T13:05:00.000-04:002009-03-28T13:05:00.000-04:00Any day in the woods and on a lake is better than ...Any day in the woods and on a lake is better than a day at school in my view, although there were a few times during college when that philosophical take on life did not inure to my benefit. Paraphrasing "Joel" in <I>Risky Business</I>, "'Goodbye' Harvard Law; 'Hello' Mizzou!"<BR/><BR/>(I know bubkus about tea cups, BTW)<BR/><BR/>Cheers.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com