A & R Salvage

Daddy needed to get some small granite pieces. They are for bases, for some sculptures he's been working on. In the past he's gone to places where they make grave stones, and counter tops to get scraps. It's never cheap though. 

He thought about a Salvage Yard that isn't too far from our house. I know this sounds crazy, but I love looking through places like that. You never know what you are going to find. They always have tons of old doors, windows, and more.

This had a whole floor that was bathtubs, sinks and toilets. The boys thought it was the funniest thing ever! Mica said, "Isaak think, someone could just use that toilet in the middle of the room!" They both giggled. Isaak said, "Ya and we could take off all our clothes and take a bath right now." More laughter.

Never mind the fact that none of those bathroom things weren't actually there to use.

Daddy got his granite for a steal practically. He was a happy camper that day.

The boys loved running around the outside of the place.

Do you like vintage things, looking at antique shops, scrap yards and garage sales?

Three Books I'll Never Throw Away

There is always going to be certain things you just don't want to throw out. These three books I want to hold on to!

This one is the best book! It has some really cool, historic stories. A story about how to make paint out of berries, another one about Ben Franklin, another one about Daniel Boone and more. The copyright dates are 1895 and 1923. Yep it's super old!

This book is filled with illustrations by Howard Pyle and N.C. Wyeth. Both I teach about in my college Illustration course. They are classics. N.C.. Wyeth is interesting because he had a son Andrew Wyeth that has work in many museums and a grandson Jamie Wyeth that is a well known photographer. My mom used to read stories and nursery rhymes out of this book to me.

My mom read stories out of this book as well.

Do you have any books you hold on to?

WW: Vintage Car {Linky}

My mom's cousin, which would make it my cousin once removed, which would make it my boy's cousin twice removed has an old car. Did you follow that? He drove it to the family reunion. He drove the boy's around a state park. It turns out that, that was the highlight of our family reunion to Mica.

Here the boys are pack in like sardines in the back of a vintage car:

 From left to right: Mica, Isaak, Cousin Elijah, and Cousin Evan

The car:

Off they went:

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Vintage Names and Toys

I love names. Thinking of them that is. I'm not having any more children, but I still like to think about names.

Old names are back! I like some of them. What about you? My favorite older name is Harrison. I love the name Savannah Claire. The name Savannah isn't that old I don't think, but Claire is. Then I like Charlotte, Scarlett, Oliver, Maxwell and Jackson (Isaak's middle name is Jaxon). Not all older names have returned. I have grandparents named Dorothy and Marvin. Then I had a Grandpa named George. My Dad's Mother's names have returned. Marget gave birth to him and Lottie raised him. I actually heard someone name their daughter Charlotte and call her Lottie for short. I think it's pretty! Our boy's names are older names, but with a modern day spelling.

When I was little I'd have my friend Debbie over and we would cut out of magazines what children we wanted. They were each named; first and middle names. Then their rooms were cut out. We would give them each a pet; even though I'd never be able to have furry pets {allergies}. By the time we were done, we'd have like 20 kids, all different nationalities. Who needs paper dolls? Although I did like paper dolls as well. We made our own.

Our Barbies would all have names as well. I'd lay them all out in a row and between Debbie, my sister Terra and I we'd pick an even amount of Barbies to play with. Debbie had colored paper punches all over her floor. She refused to vacuum because the colored paper punches were our Barbie's food. Our end tables were Barbie's apartment. We had a Barbie house as well. The end tables were perfect because they had different floors to live in.

Our dolls all had names. We'd take them for stroller rides. We'd make tents out of blankets, ropes, chairs and clothespins. One single rope would travel across the living room. That rope would serve different purposes. It was the close line for our doll's clothes. It was also a zip line for our dolls. At the time I didn't know what a zip line was. I didn't even know that what we did, had a name. I took the old Fisher Price shopping cart out. The orange seat and handle came out of the cart. I took the orange part and connected the handle to the rope that ran across our living room. The dolls went in and zipped across. We had so much fun! I don't know if my parents still have this cart or not. If they do it's probably worth some money. It took me awhile to find it on the net. It's selling for $51 on a vintage site.

What older names do you like? What vintage toys do you like? I want to know!