The Wonderful Acorn Shirt

Here is the wonderful shirt with the acorn logo I recently received from friends. Note the cool logo in the second picture. It is from the Oakhurst Dairy in Maine. They also sent this nifty hamster keychain.

Thanks again Keith and Carrie for the cool gifts!

Flea Market Find

Vintage Squirrel Cookie Jar
Originally uploaded by deeneedee

Dan and I were in Carpenteria last weekend, walking along the main street looking at window displays in the antique stores. Some of them had elaborate seasonal displays. We didn't plan on buying anything but one of the stores was hosting a small flea market. We spotted this cute cookie jar just as the vendors were packing up. I couldn't resist since I collect squirrels and acorns, and the vendor offered us a price reduction! The cookie jar is about 10.5" tall (including the squirrel.)

Happy Halloween!

I hope everyone has a fun and safe Halloween!

Halloween Fun

We didn't put up many Halloween decorations this year, but here is a  picture of  one of my Halloween themed Re-ment items.

Build-O-Bama Paper Toy

I made one and you can, too!

See the Build-O-Bama blog a for details.

Fall Harvest Festival

This Saturday we went to the Underwood Family Farms Fall Harvest Festival in Moorpark. The festival is held on weekends from the end of September through the end of October. Pumpkins were available in a variety of sizes and colors in the pumpkin patches as well as beautiful sunflowers in an array of colors. They had a variety of animals, including goats, cattle and miniature horses. There were pony rides for the children as well as a horse drawn wagon and tractor pulled wagons. Of course, there were games, crafts, delicious food and produce.

Christopher Columbus!

We got this blind box toy from Little Tokyo back in 2005. He was figure #3 from a series of historical figures made by a company called Furta. The figure came with a stand and an information sheet in Japanese. Other figures in the series included:

#1 Natsume Soseki (Japanese novelist)
#2 Archimedes (Greek mathematician)
#3 Galileo Galilei (Italian astronomer)
#5 Ludwig Van Beethoven (German composer)
#6 Bust of Vincent Van Gogh (Dutch artist)
#7 mystery figure in silhouette (he might be holding a test tube)

The box states in English "There is no royal road to learning" and "The fist term". Perhaps this was the first series of these figures. It would be interesting to see what other historical figures were chosen to be commemorated in vinyl.