Wednesday, November 25, 2015

WTF Wednesday: You Can't Arrange Flowers, Gospel Fiesta


Hola Wednesday! Hola WTF!

Let's get these clowns out of the way. First, Wastey the Clown.

wasted clown


Next, a pair of powderface artsy clowns.

clown ballet


Hola, elf in a flowerpot.

flowerhead


Something about seed counting. 

seeds in an apple



The book for if you think you can was 10 times bigger.

how to arrange florals


 Gospel fiesta, dreadlock rasta.

gospel fiesta



The best setting for an album cover is always a cemetery. 

cemetary singers


Last but not least, the face Sugarhoney makes when the gate to go outside is opened.


sugarcrazy



As with all wtf wednesdays, there are no answers, only questions leading to more questions. 

For more vintage wtf wonders (for sale), click here: vintage wtf

New WTF this week:

Wednesday, November 18, 2015

WTF Wednesday: Jesus Gloves, Dog Pee Salt Shaker


Greetz, Wednesday! Greetz, WTF!

Greetz, Jesus wearing leather gloves.

the gloves of jesus


Greetz, framed 3x5 photo of Agent Mulder for $10. 

david duchovny


Put spots on him. Spots? Like polka dots? Yes.

spotted dog


Greetz, peeing dog salt shaker.

dog pee salt shaker


The last in today's trilogy of Dalmation WTFery: the nursing pig.

mama pig dog


As with all wtf wednesdays, there are no answers, only questions leading to more questions. 

For more vintage wtf wonders (for sale), click here: vintage wtf

New WTF this week:

Friday, November 13, 2015

Behind the T-shirt: San Nicolas Island Sweatshirt


I found this 70's San Nicolas Island souvenir hoody sweatshirt recently, and never having heard of the place, did some googling.


https://www.etsy.com/listing/254801686/vintage-70s-hoodie-sweatshirt-san

Turns out it's one of the Channel Islands off the coast of central California, known for the story of Juana Maria, the Lone Woman of San Nicolas Island.


https://www.etsy.com/listing/254801686/vintage-70s-hoodie-sweatshirt-san

Basically in the 1830s, her island was invaded by Russian fur trappers, and then soon evacuated by missionaries from Santa Barbara, but she somehow missed the boat.  She survived on San Nicolas Island alone for 20 years, in a hut made of whale bones, until she was found and brought over to Santa Barbara in 1853, where she smiled and and sang songs and was very happy, by all accounts.


https://www.etsy.com/listing/254801686/vintage-70s-hoodie-sweatshirt-san

Until she died 7 weeks later from dysentery.

Link to the sweatshirt here: 70s vintage San Nicolas Island raglan hooded sweatshirt


Wednesday, November 11, 2015

WTF Wednesday: Busty Ross, Horse Kiss, Abstract Art


Good morning, Wednesday! Good morning, WTF!

Good morning, Busty Ross!

busty ross


If this doll were alive, she'd be 32 feet tall.

20 foot doll


Good morning, breakdancing clown in a cop hat. 

breakdance cop clown


Another weird clown and his toilet.

clown toilet


Rest your ash on the toilet that is Florida.

rest your ash on the toilet that is florida


What is this conveying? Reluctance? Massage?

reluctant cats


Thrift store art. Abstract. $3.

is it art


Last but not least, the lady loves horses.

horsekisser


As with all wtf wednesdays, there are no answers, only questions leading to more questions. 

For more vintage wtf wonders (for sale), click here: vintage wtf

New WTF this week:

Wednesday, November 04, 2015

WTF Wednesday: Bookmarks, Suckling Pig


Hey Wednesday! Hey WTF!

Hey Vodka Man with a cork for a head.

vodka man

Hey girl holding teddy.

teddy girl

Hey ceramic book-shaped container onto which someone applied BOOKMARKS sticker letters.

bookmarks

How else can you be expected to keep track of them all? 

bookmarks 2

It was hard to capture the full glory of this grabby iridescent blue crab.

blue crab

So grabby.

blue crab 2

Last but not least, a suckling pig. (Originally priced $5, a real steal for $2).

suckling pig


As with all wtf wednesdays, there are no answers, only questions leading to more questions. 

For more vintage wtf wonders (for sale), click here: vintage wtf

New WTF this week:

Tuesday, November 03, 2015

Behind the T-shirt: Erasmus Hall High School


https://www.etsy.com/listing/254526499/vintage-80s-t-shirt-erasmus-hall-high?ref=shop_home_active_1

i found this soft, thin 80's t-shirt last week from the Erasmus Hall High School Bicentennial celebration.

The wikipedia tells me it closed in 1994, but for 207 years was a high school in the Flatbush neighborhood of Brooklyn, NY.

Some notable alumni/attendees include: Neil Diamond, Joseph Barbera (Hanna Barbera), Billy Cunningham, Al Davis, Clive Davis, Bobby Fischer, Jim Florio, Samuel LeFrak, Gabe Kaplan from Welcome Back Kotter, Barbra Streisand, and Mae West, among dozens.

https://www.etsy.com/listing/254526499/vintage-80s-t-shirt-erasmus-hall-high?ref=shop_home_active_1

Here's former EHHS Dutchman Neil Diamond modeling the shirt.

sugarspay


our favorite little dumptruck went under the knife yesterday.

she went through one heat in august, and that was plenty. there are no sugarpuppies in our future.


sugar spay

she did great in her surgery, and was doing okay once we came home, though she was pacing around whimpering until she settled in this spot to watch the game with her dad.

recovering from spay

she is expected to make a full recovery, and will have stitches for the next two weeks, during which time she is to be kept dry and calm. all we can do is try on that one!

way to go sugarsnickers!

Wednesday, October 28, 2015

WTF Wednesday: Firming Your Figure (1981)


Hallo Wednesday! Hallo WTF!

This week's focus is Firming Your Figure, the Consumer Guide from 1981 filled with 96 pages of a woman in Adidas jogging shorts over panty hose (sometimes legwarmers) demonstrating 7 days of exercises designed to give you the best figure you've ever had. 


This glorious magazine was sent to me by my friend Allison from Robin Egg Surprise Vintage. 

firming your figure

Start off with some abdominal exercises.

leg up


Do the best you can.


abdominal


You should feel a tingling in the legs. 

you should feel a tingling in the legs


Run in place, then grab your foot.

stretch


Don't forget your wrists.

wrists


Now slump.

slump


And hunch.

hunch


And slump again.

slump again


That's it! You got it.

As with all wtf wednesdays, there are no answers, only questions leading to more questions. 

For more vintage wtf wonders (for sale), click here: vintage wtf

New WTF this week:   

Wednesday, October 21, 2015

WTF Wednesday: Hugging Teddies, Cooking French, Dreams


Hola Wednesday! Hola WTF!

Hola hugging teddies.

hugging teddies

Hola streetlamp drunkard.

streetlamp drunk


Hola pig in overalls.

pig in overalls

Hola duck stuffed with fake flowers and mini ducks on pins.

dead flower ducks

Cooking French. The old way removed eyeballs.

cooking french

Here's a thoughful little cowperson.

cowboy on elephant 2

Sitting on an elephant.

cowboy on elephant

It's a ceramic salt box fashioned into a (broken) clock. 

salt box clock

Songs about ladies and love...and jumping hounds.

jumping hound

Anne Murray where do you go when you dream?

where do you go when you dream


Someplace very, very different from this.

where do you go when you dream back

As with all wtf wednesdays, there are no answers, only questions leading to more questions. 

For more vintage wtf wonders (for sale), click here: vintage wtf

New WTF this week:   

Friday, October 16, 2015

happy birthday, DAD!


Today is my dad's birthday. 

Here he is winning the Rhode Island Jr. Chamber of Commerce Golf Sportsmanship Award in 1959. 

rhode island jr chamber of commerce golf sportsmanship award 1959

He's in a seersucker suit, and that's my dearly departed grandpa Wallace cut off on the left behind him. 

Of course he won this award, he is the most right-minded, selfless, even-keeled person you could ever meet! The other kids never had a chance. 

Happy birthday Big Papi!