Vintage Monday: Wood crocodile

Acquired this great wooden crocodile from an estate sale--love the deep rich hue of the wood and the little details on his back and tail.  Did you know that all alligators are crocodiles but not all crocodiles are alligators?  Is that intriguing enough to make you read this article?  It was for me!

Vintage Monday: Cobalt blue bottles

 I love the rich cobalt blue of these bottles and am always picking them up at thrift stores or estate sales.  They remind me of old Vicks bottles.  Here they are sitting on my kitchen windowsill...

 And what are the little figures to the right of them?  An adorable whale and penguin we found at a cute little store in Fredericksburg in matching cobalt glass as well.  The details on them are so awesome for such miniature figurines!

Sorry for the absence of posts lately.  I've been rather blue since daylight savings time.  I must hail from the bear family as all I want to do is get out of the cold and hibernate!  It also doesn't help that it gets dark after 5:30pm so by the time I get home, all the light is gone to take any good pictures of recent recipes or vintage finds.  We hit the Pyrex jackpost this past weekend so I will try to get pictures as soon as I can!

Vintage Monday: Wooden Whale

Here's a friendly little guy I picked up on one of my trips to Florida.  He is friends now with a pair of glass whales I also got in Florida--and note to self, glass whales packed in bubble wrap and then a brown paper bag look awfully suspicious when going through the x ray machine at airport security.