A Few of His Favorite Things

The day after Mr. VJIMT told me about his weird blue purchase back on the fields of Bouckville, he texted me this message:

"I may have a problem…"

Usually I'm the one who's finding scales at yard and estate sales and wanting to take them home.  "We are NOT collecting those" is often his mantra.

Only now I guess we are. This one's about a third of the size of Big Blue.

Then he texted me that he had gotten another blue one!

At least this one's more manageable.

He found a lot of other things he likes to collect…

Like these group shots of schools or teams. They're not yard-longs, but still fit the criteria.

And paintings:

And signs:

Other miscellanea, like this antique "Reward of Merit" certificate:

And this Tonka truck:

And these large finials:

And this cool green handled carrier:

I'm still not done with my Madison-Bouckville report! Hopefully we won't lose power due to Hurricane Irene and I'll be able to post again soon. Stay safe, fellow East-Coasters!

Comments

[Kat]

I just stumbled upon your blog and breezing through I saw the words Madison-Broukville, and knew that meant only one thing- you were at the craziness! How DID you keep your sanity? I never knew the event existed until I went through it on 12, on the way to Blue Mtn. Lake. Looks like your scores are fabulous! Great blog, btw!

[Bliss]

Is now a good time to tell you my husband comes from a long line of Tonka Truck employees? Back when the whole thing was in Minnesota. Back when it wasn't really cool to collect the stuff. Back when I gave away all the old stuff that his family pawned off on us. Bad me.

~Bliss~
www.BlissRanch.blogspot.com

[G Coulson]

The scale that says International Business Machines is the company that becomes IBM, good old find!

[Design Dork]

Love the shoe clips!

[Sandi ~ A Cottage Muse]

Wow he has a great eye! (Of course he does he found you!) Jim and I started dating when we were 15...flea marketing was our favorite thing to do! We made out ok from the hurricane...how about you?

[Jan - Gracie's Cottage]

Oh wow....you two find the best heart-grabbers!

Hope Irene wanders off and becomes a shadow of herself before she can do more damage. Thinking of everyone "out East" tonight.

Jan

[Korrie@RedHenHome]

I love that your husband shares your obsession! The scales, the finials, the toolbox, the signs...they are all great!