elizabethprata posted: " By Elizabeth Prata In the early morning the mist rises off the little lake. Sometimes geese swim in it. Fish crows perch there too. I always laugh when I get up on a Saturday morning and the covers are almost still as perfect as they were when I ma"
In the early morning the mist rises off the little lake. Sometimes geese swim in it. Fish crows perch there too.
I always laugh when I get up on a Saturday morning and the covers are almost still as perfect as they were when I made the bed 18 hours before. Obviously I slept like a log!
Today I'd had plans to go to the Parent-Teacher Organization's fundraising Yard Sale. It was right in town, in a park, and I could combine two other errands as I went. I wanted to do my part in helping to raise funds for our school.
I saw a beautiful bookend with a sticker on bottom saying E&R Golden Crown Italy 1886. 'm always looking for bookends so this one filled the bill at a quarter. LOL! I gave them a dollar for it.
"Zeh, Ebeling & Reuss Co. was established by the German emigrants Theodore Ebeling and Frederick Reuss in Philadelphia which had teamed up with the owner of a glassware and china business, John E. F. Zeh. The company imported porcelain, earthenware, and ironstone from several Bohemian, Czechoslovakian factories and other European countries, including dinnerware, decorations, and gift items. Zeh withdrew from the company in 1900; it was renamed to Ebeling & Reuss Co. before moving to Devon, Pennsylvania." Source: Porcelain Marks & More. This particular mark was registered in 1956. So that mean my one bookend is midcentury.
I also got an aloe plant that I placed outside by my door, and a basket of tomatoes. The tomatoes looked fantastic. I ate two of them for lunch. One friend was selling books, I bought 4 kids' books for a quarter each!
I also bought a Scotch laminator for $15! It was new, in the box, never used and still wrapped. When I got home though the reviews on it weren't so great. The most recent ones say the thing quits after a month. I laminated two things and they came out terrific. The laminator I have doesn't seal well, the plastic peels before long. We'll see how this goes. Maybe between the two of them...I'll get a well-sealed lamination on my items.
Then I headed up to the next town to my favorite vintage store, because they were having a buy one book get another half price. I got the following:
The Broadman Comments 1953: International Bible Lessons for Christian Teaching by Paul Caudill seems to be a Sunday School lesson curriculum for teaching. "First Quarter: John - Gospel of Divine Love, Second Quarter: John - Gospel of Divine Love (continued), Third Quarter: Growth of Christian Living, Fourth Quarter: Wisdom and Worship in Old Testament Literature."
The Overboard book is one I remember when it came out in 1977. I love a good ship story.
Katherine Anne Porter's Ship of Fools is pretty interesting. Wikipedia describes that the novel is:
"telling the tale of a group of disparate characters sailing from Mexico to Europe aboard a German passenger ship. The large cast of characters includes Germans, a Swiss family, Mexicans, Americans, Spaniards, a group of Cuban medical students, and a Swede. In steerage is a large group of Spanish workers being returned from Cuba. It is an allegory tracing the rise of Nazism and looks metaphorically at the progress of the world on its "voyage to eternity". "
It seems to be a magnum opus for Porter, a literary writer, depicting the depravity of humans in search of the perfect way of life. She won the Pulitzer the next year for her Collected Stories so I surmise the book is well written. It was a huge bestseller when it came out in 1962.
Ellery Queen is a series that lasted 42 years in the last century, mid century. Ellery Queen are mystery novels so I'll shelve him next to Agatha Christie and Ian Fleming, but mainly, I bought the book for the cover art! It's by Alex Tsao. This one is also a first edition.
I got home in good time and had a salad of what else? Tomatoes, along with a tuna sandwich. Then, a nap.
I hope the rest of your weekend goes well and you can rest or be active, whichever suits you.
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