A Little Thirfting

Gentle Friends, out and about again over the weekend and found a few fun things...

... from l to r a nice little silver plate basket, two carved stone Asian bookends, a great silver lustre English teapot ca. 1920 and a really great find of a set a "Little Frankie" books by Mrs Leslie published in 1870... so there you go some more fun stuff...

Here's a couple of snaps of the silver basket...  a before and after..

... this is how I found it so I took a  chance...

... and after a little silver polish, it came up pretty nice, with some silver wear.  I think this dates to around 1900 it was made by the Pairpoint Silver company.  

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There you go sports fans, thanks again for stopping by do stop again!!

Take care,

edgar

A Little SF Eatin'

Gentle Friends, over the weekend we hit a couple of fun places...  Saturday while we were out running around we were on the north side of the Park in the Richmond District and so stopped at one of the small little bakeries that line Clement street...

 ...a co-worker lives out there in the Avenues and recommend this place and even brought is some of the dim sum buns they make here...

 ... in addition to the large steam table, they have this case of dim sum and buns... but I was after the "curry beef" buns...  I got a few and we brought them home.....

... I heated one up and here it is ... a really delicious flavourful bun filled with tasty beefy goodness!!

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Then yesterday afternoon we were sitting around not wanting to cook and dinner time was swinging around... so we called some friends, went and picked them up then headed over to Japan Town and our favourite little sushi place... Kushi Tsuru..

... I always say I'm going to get something different but usually head to my standbys of Tuna Tango Roll, a couple of Hamachi and some Seaweed salad.... totally predictable, but oh so good!!!

... but first to arrive is my beer and some miso soup...

... also to arrive was an order of Potato Croquette

 a delicious assortment of sushi...

... seaweed salad...

 ... also ordered were a couple of Bento Boxes... 

.... my delicious Tuna Tango Roll...

 ... the second bento box....  it was a fun evening and as usual, we really enjoyed the dinner and this restaurant!! 

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There you go sports fans, thanks for stopping by do stop again!!

Take care,

edgar

A Little Old and a Little New Stitchin'

Gentle Friends, since I wrapped up Apostles Creed I didn't have a new stitch kitted up completely so I pulled out an older WIP to work on...

... HEiotS, is a piece that sort of languishes in my WIP basket and so I pulled her out and stitched in some of the animal and plant motifs while I was waiting on some silks I didn't have in my stash to come in...

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I decided that the next piece I was going to stitch would be a traditional sampler, I almost went Quaker, but held back and flipped to a really lovely piece from Scarlett House called...

... Smith Sampler.  Here's a snap of my very small start... and here's a snap I lifted from the internet of what this piece will eventually look like...

... it photographed much lighter than the finished piece will eventually look like... As usual, I really liked the border and think that's what originally drew me to this sampler.  I'm stitching it on 40ct linen using the called for colours in mostly the called for silks.....

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That's about it for today sports fans, thanks again for stopping by do stop again!!

Take care,

edgar

A Little Dinner

Gentle Friends, we headed out to a fun dinner and I remembered my camera...

... although there is a menu board, they have daily specials on a board outside... 

... the menu board over the inside counter...

... Firewood is known for this open brick oven and...

... roasting chickens...

... this is a shot of the front dinning room... bright and colorful...

... so the way this works is you order and pay at the counter, you are given a number for your order and then head for a table... I ordered a really tasty beer, very hoppy with lots of citrus, a true summer beer - it's from Drake's Brewing Company in San Leandro, CA

... Rico ordered a peporoni pizza and salad...

... and John and I had the baked rigatoni, all these dishes were good!!

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... after dinner, we headed around the corner to The Castro Fountain.....

... Rico got a double scoop of "Yas Queen" and Strawberry/Watermelon Sorbet, Yas Queen, is a vanilla based Ice Cream with their rainbow cake mixed in...

... John got a double scoop of Tres Leche and Blueberry Cheesecake ice creams.... and I got

... a piece of the rainbow cake to take home, I was really full and although I wanted this cake, I knew it was better to wait, take it home and have it later with my nightly cup of coffee, and I did and it was totally wonderful at about 9pm!!

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There you go sports fans, thanks for stopping by do stop again!!  Have a super weekend.... BTW I got some of the silks in the mail yesterday so I'll have a shot of my new stitch on Monday!!!

Take care,

edgar

A Little Thrifting and a Fun Fall Stuff

Gentle Friends, so it's been a while since I've posted any new finds..... and here's a snaperoo...

... from the left... a small oil on board sketch by Louis Morin, "Allegory" ca. 1895.  I think the sketch is for larger work that I'm researching...  next up is a walnut Victorian frame that has some nice gilt work and faux bois with chip carving, the picture in it is a really nice Wallace Nutting coloured photo called "The Old Drawing Room" ...and ... although we certainly don't need them I picked up a large Pink Willow cup and saucer and a Wedgwood mug with maps of roads in the UK and the "Dominion of Wales" ca 1650... it's become my new favourite cup!!

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You all know what a nut I am for Converse chucks... well, the new "skull" shoes have come out and of course, I had to get a pair....and along with them I got another pair of Looney Tune shoes... and here's a snap...

... the skull shoes this year are really different from last years offering of pastel ...

... the little skulls are really great!!  Very Halloween!!   All Hallows is on its way and I'm very excited...only 83 days away!!!

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There you go sports fans, thanks for stopping by do stop again!!

Take care,

edgar

A Little Stitchin' Finish

Gentle Friends, over the weekend I finished up "Apostles Creed."  Here's a snap...

Heartstring Samplery "Apostles Creed"

July 5 - August 3, 2018

40 ct Vintage Exampler

Mostly the Called for Overdyed Floss

I really enjoyed this stitch and as you may remember I clipped the bands and rearrange them to fit.  I also went back and backstitched the angles wings with a little shiny golden floss and like the way it worked, thanks for the suggestion.

My next stitch is sort of ready to go.  I had decided on my next project then changed my mind.  I didn't have all the silk I needed so I had to order a few skeins...  now I'm waiting for them to arrive.  While I'm waiting to start a new stitch I hauled out a WIP and worked on that ... I'll post a snap of that later on.

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I was wondering if anyone else is having an issue with Blog Comments.  It seems that my replies are either bouncing back and just not moving forward or I'm unable to even answer them....  is something going on that I'm not aware of???  Any suggestions as to a fix??

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That's about it for today sports fans, thanks for stopping by do stop again!!

Take care,

edgar

A Little More Stitchin'

Gentle Friends, still stitching away and here's a snaperoo...

...I made a change in the Tree/Angel band with the Angel.  I changed up the gown from another shade of green to the blue color, it's GAST "Cornflower" I tried a couple of light blues and really like the way this one looks.  In stitching this piece I figured there was so much green already that another green was unnecessary.  I'm thinking about frogging out the wings as they are really light and melt into the color of the linen....  but I'm going to think about that one.

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There you go sports fans, thanks for stopping by do stop again!!

Take care,

edgar

A Little Friday Post

Gentle Friends, it's been very quiet here by the Bay with lovely cool foggy days and some sunshine... I didn't want to let the week go without another post so here's a super video from Moana...

... the movie of the same name is about a Polynesian Princess who wants more out of life than what she was born to... it's a great little Disney film from 2016 and the music is top notch.  It's out on both DVD and Blur Ray so readily available.  If you've not seen it I would recommend it!!

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Have a super weekend!

Take care,

edgar

A Little More Stitchin'

Gentle Friends, well, it's Monday again and here's an updated photo of  AP I'm working on...

here's the snaperoo...

... still enjoying this stitch immensely!!

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There you go sports fans, thanks for stopping by do stop again!!

Take care,

edgar

A Little Foggy

Gentle Friends, it's Summer here by the Bay and for the past few weeks, we've been having our usual marine layer of fog roll in daily.  I went to YouTube and found this great Time Lapse video from a couple of years ago of the City and the glorious fog rolling in ..... enjoy...

... almost every evening I have to click on the heater in the house to take the chill off the rooms.  I really enjoy watching the fog and where we live in Noe Valley we have a great view as it comes in across Twin Peaks.  I love the cool summers !!

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There you go sports fans, thanks for stopping by do stop again!!

Take care,

edgar