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nightdog_barks) wrote2018-07-10 02:47 pm
nightdog_barks) wrote2018-07-10 02:47 pm
Three pics from today
So so blah; have not been sleeping well at all. At least it is overcast and not as hot as it has been, which is an excellent thing. Now if only it would rain. Anyway. First pic ...
The EVER-POPULAR LAYLA. :D
Yep, the Epsom salts seem to have worked. *g*
This is something I bought from an Etsy merchant. It arrived yesterday (from Billings, Montana). It's called a pie bird, and they were used in fruit and meat pies to vent steam while the pie is baking. This one is from the 1940s, by a small group called the California Cleminsons (specifically Betty Cleminson). There doesn't appear to be a Wikipedia page for the company, but a good description of the group can be found here. I wish now I had gotten a brighter pic, but the colors are green, yellow, and black on this little china bird. I'm not even a big fan of that color combination, but I loved this little guy. AND NOW HE'S MINE. :D
The EVER-POPULAR LAYLA. :D
Yep, the Epsom salts seem to have worked. *g*
This is something I bought from an Etsy merchant. It arrived yesterday (from Billings, Montana). It's called a pie bird, and they were used in fruit and meat pies to vent steam while the pie is baking. This one is from the 1940s, by a small group called the California Cleminsons (specifically Betty Cleminson). There doesn't appear to be a Wikipedia page for the company, but a good description of the group can be found here. I wish now I had gotten a brighter pic, but the colors are green, yellow, and black on this little china bird. I'm not even a big fan of that color combination, but I loved this little guy. AND NOW HE'S MINE. :D
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He's sitting on the mantel with my other little birds -- a couple of small Murano-glass birds, a fat little bronze bird, and a couple of other glass birds. I saw some other pie birds online that I might get later; I just find them terrifically charming. It amuses me that some companies like Pillsbury used to give them away as promotions in the 1950s in bags of flour. :D