We're still hanging in there. Jerry has been fighting lung cancer for the past year and half, but we're thrilled because his last scan showed no evidence of disease. Hooray! Man, getting old ain't for sissies.

Hope you all are well and happy! <3

Lucy:

Belle:

Julie, I love the card! We lost our Sassy (our little dachsie) in April of 2013 - and Sadie (our choc lab) in June of the same year. They were such precious members of our family, and not a day goes by that I don't think of them both. Last year we adopted two little Corgi sisters and they are now running our household. This photo is from when they first came home with us:

Shelly, our youngest daughter is due with her first, any minute/hour/day now. LOL. We are on high alert, and since she and her husband live here, we will get to be present - if not in the delivery room, then right outside. AND this is one grandbaby I'll get to babysit! The others all live back in Indiana, Michigan, and Wisconsin.

I'm excited, if you can't tell 😀

A new grandbaby literally on his way too - daughter is in pre-labor, she could go any time - so on pins and needles. Matthew will make #8, and we also have 2 great grandsons. Life is just too short, and goes too fast!

It has been a busy few months, with both my job and Jerry's job taking new directions. Glass selling has kind of languished, while we got more involved with job stuff. Also spent an extra long vacation in Indianapolis over the Christmas holiday, lol - it wasn't planned, but blizzards don't really care about your plans! HA! Always a good reminder about who is really in charge. It sure isn't us! But we sure enjoyed the extra time with our sons, daughter in law, and grands. They can, however, KEEP the snow!

I hope everyone here is well and happy. Let's make 2013 the best so far!

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Carl and Julie, I don't blame you a bit for waiting until this recent glitch is done. You're right, it's hard enough to get a good price for things these days without having to battle with your selling venue!

Hi to Shelly, Helen and Suzy, and Reen - hope you're getting a doc to take a look at you.

Gail, hiya! Good to see you too! Appreciate you looking at the pics. So much of this stuff's history we will never really know, I guess, and will just have to enjoy looking at it.

Been a long time since I stopped in, hope everyone is doing well?

Julie, glad to hear you're happy with your sales at the big flea market. Sorry to hear about the crowds getting thinner everywhere though. A sign of the times for sure.

About 5 years ago a couple of our larger consignment malls closed up shop, and I really thought it was the end for folks like us - but in the last 2 years they have reopened with new owners, and other smaller shops have opened up as well. I think it's more that people aren't shopping on eBay for treasures as much as they are locally. To everything, there is a season, and all that.

BUT - we still get out there and buy. Of course. Once it's in your blood, you can't NOT go at least look, lol.

Here's a piece that Jerry found last weekend, that I just got a few photos of. We're thinking German or Czech, but totally not sure. It's 13" in diameter and 4.625" deep. Cased white on the bottom, clear on the top, with enamel decoration on the inside. Faded gold decoration on the bottom, ground pontil. Glows like crazy under UV light. Any ideas, anyone?

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I hope this finds everyone well. 🙂 Our glass adventures continue, but on a smaller scale. My graphics business is busier than it's been in years, for some weird reason, and my husband is busy with his business that he started April of 2011, so our glass hunting/selling has taken a back seat. Maybe it's just because we're getting older, but we aren't rushing around as much as we used to, lol.

We still go to estate sales every week of course, once that's in your blood it's hard to quit! HA! But we don't spend as much, and are selling a lot of the less expensive things at local auction instead of eBay. Less hassle, and actually better realized profit on so many of the things that used to do gangbusters on eBay - but don't any longer. When I take into consideration not having to spend on packing materials, "free" shipping, ebay fees, PayPal fees, and dealing with people who want to offer 1/100th of an item's value - it's a nobrainer for us. We're lucky to have a reputable auction house here we can use.

Thanks to Don and Suzy who emailed recently, sorry I haven't checked in for so long. Here's hoping you all are still having fun collecting and selling, and learning about glass!

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Please don't bother looking for it in books, I am not planning on listing it, just was curious if you have seen one before. And excuse my photos, they are awful.

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@songbreeze - Gail, CONGRATULATIONS!!!!
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Katie and Nora, what gorgeous iris you ladies each have!

Gail, glad you are safe, hope Suzy is too and the rest of our glassies in the path of the nasty weather.

I have a little pitcher to show you later, Gail, once I get pics. It's got an etched pattern on it, but looks more like EAPG glass to me - odd combo but you'll probably know it right off once I post it.

Hope everyone has a good Monday!

Don, I just took over a bunch of stuff last week, but they're saving most of it for the Mother's Day auction. Okay by me, however they can get the best return works for them AND us. Hope your items do really well for you!

Nora, pretty vase - I'd guess contemporary, most likely Italian or even Asian, based on the ground unfinished pontil.

We're happy dancing tonight, had a good ending on a piece of American Brilliant. 🙂

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Was sad to read about Boyd, and I also wonder if Mosser can hang on much longer. Such a shame, but ”to everything there is a season”…. and I’m glad I got to enjoy all this beautiful sparkly stuff during my lifetime. I hope I’ve instilled an appreciation of it in my kids and grandkids (who all get pieces of ours they’ve admired over the years as gifts).

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Enjoy. 🙂

The other day when I brought this home, the first thing I did was look at eBay and search "Fenton Feather", since that's what the design looks like to me. I got ZERO results, in current and completed. Made me think I was going to have to ask here, and it turns out it had to have been one of those days when their search engine was screwed up. This afternoon of course I find a gazillion "Fenton Feather" pieces on ebay. Murphy's Law!

Thanks for looking at the vase 🙂

Gail, ugh, I don't know - I usually just work with people who pull that on me, and so far I've only had one not pay after promising to do so. It was years ago though, so I don't remember how I handled it. Probably lost my FVF. Hopefully someone with more recent experience will know.

We found a large Fenton vase, but in searching google I don't see this particular one - does anyone recognize this sapphire blue vase with a "feather" or plume design on the sides - 9.75" tall, 7.5" wide? Has the oval Fenton trademark and "9" below that.

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That tall vase you posted photos of is American Brilliant Period glass, but could be from one of ever so many makers. Look closely for an acid-etched mark, but remember that more pieces were unmarked than were marked, from that era.

@fyrqueen - we go down to Hatch at the end of summer, first part of fall and buy chiles right off the farm. 🙂 A friend has one of those big roasters, and we all get together and do a big chile roast, then peel and bag bunches of them and split them up between us all. Usually get enough to last us through at least the first part of the winter, we use them in/on/under/around everything, too.

Ravioli would normally sound good to me, I love pasta. Ditto Bill's BBQ ribs and YG taters on the grill - but we ate a late lunch of green chile chicken enchiladas, at about 3pm. That'll tide us over until tomorrow's brunch.

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If anyone has any clues on maker, I'd sure appreciate some input. I tend to always think English on stuff like this, but I'm only right half the time, lol.