@glassusa Bob, yikes -- that is just too bizarre! I thought you were going to say that they said they were china or something but that glassware is only something you drink out of!

@reen Reen, sending good thoughts for your surgery, hoping it goes well and that you heal quickly.

@wattleihavenext Julie, glad you're not out in the rain!

Still cool here for almost May -- we're supposed to get a day of rain tomorrow which is fine, the gardens need it.

@songbreeze Gail, I hope things go well today.

@jmart8248 IRENE M... you really had me laughing that the raccoons were smarter than the "skunk man." Hope you all are successful in trapping some wild critters soon.

@maryr MARYMELODEE ... sorry the auction didn't work out. Good luck on your consignments.

@reen REEN ... years ago I had to have an MRI. Didn't think I would be able to go through with it. But they gave me an eye mask so I could see my nose was one inch from the ceiling area, and a friend held onto my foot so I felt if I screamed I could be pulled out real quickly. And the wind that they kept blowing through, well, I told myself it was the breeze from angel wings as the angels watched over me. Everything worked out well.

@glassusa BOB ... I carry my boxes to the PO but I only live a couple of minutes from it. I usually stand and watch them scan the box. If I'm in a hurry, I'll leave in on the counter...but ask them to scan it as I walk out the door.

HI to JULIE, DON, FRAN 2, NANCY P, GEORGE, WENDY

PS. Did no one notice that I posted the Coffee Date today as February 4th????? Talk about tired and sleep when I posted it.... 😆

I got a couple of listings ready for 11 Main. Haven’t posted any for preview yet. Want to get at least a dozen ready first.

@glassusa BOB … Jenks/Luna/Reilly say the scalloped top spooner has been reproduced in clear w/frosting by LG Wright in 1969.

If this falls through with the Candlewick, email me as I would be interested in it.

@reen REEN … so sorry you are under the weather, but HAPPY ANNIVERSARY and hope you all can celebrate soon.

@shellyrae37 SHELLY … a reunion sounds like a lot of fun. I know it takes a lot of work but hope you all have a great time.

@dorbitz JIM L … good to see you check in. Hope all is well for you.

@jmart8248 IRENE M ….. yikes! sure wouldn’t want to be having to trap so many critters. What do you all do with them once you’ve trapped them?

Oh, went and picked up my things at the Fair last night and I sure was surprised to be given a check for $23…. $4 for each blue ribbon and $3 for the red ribbon. Fun! 😀

I'm down in Virginia with DD (quick visit, I'll be bringing her up to NJ tomorrow so we can celebrate an early Father's Day with DH and my dad and then putting her on train back to Virginia on Sunday). Went thrifting and found a few nice things. My best find -- a Fenton vaseline opalescent open edge basket weave small square bowl for $16. They called it a "yellow bowl". Also got two Fenton birthday bears withe colored hearts and their tags! So hard to figure out which color is what (these are Feb. and March).

I'm still working on the glass. Have gotten 3 totes filled. Beginning to see a bit of space on the dining room table. Gotten more glass washed so I can take pictures. I'm working steadily but it's a slow go what with needing to ID it first and check on prices, etc. before I either try to list or tag it and wrap it for the malls.

Waving HI to ALL glassies!

@shellyrae37 SHELLY ... I like how eBay can call you, but I always have to spend hours trying to find the "Contact us" page. Glad you got through.

@shellyrae37 SHELLY .... We all walked out after Mass…and everything was covered in an inch or so of snow and it was coming down hard. We were all shocked at it was forecast to be south of us. Needless to say, I gave up on going to Joplin and came home instead.

@glassusa BOB … Don’t know if your egg is Mt. Washington or not, but I do LOVE it. Just super with the decoration!

@donscns DON … ditto everything you said in your post. 🙂

@jmart8248 IRENE M ... so glad you are healing nicely from your cataract surgery.

@fyrqueen KATIE ... so glad you won't be heading off to travel with all this bad weather. I'm betting your sister will much prefer having you with her later when all the confusion and people and necessary arrangements have all subsided and she just needs time to be quietly hugged and comforted.

@glassusa BOB ... super fun to find an item like that and have it appreciated by a good sale!

@donscns DON ... Do you get a decent holiday break at Christmas. My granddaughters have 3 weeks off!

HI to MARSON, JULIE, CARL, GAIL MAC, and GEORGE.

@glassusa Bob, thank you for my little vaseline shoe! Your packing is outstanding!!

@sfinds SHARON … can’t ID the sugar and creamer blank yet, but the etch is by Lotus…it is ROSE BUD aka BRIDAL BASKET.

@shellyrae37 SHELLY … love your wooden box thingy for the old car. It’s fun to run across different things like that!

@1citydude TINCEY … do you prefer to be called TINCEY or ISADEE?

@glassusa BOB … oh, wow, what a find! Congratulations!

HI to WENDY, DON, FRAN2, GEORGE, JANICE, BOB in KY, and our birthday girl, RUTH!

@glassusa BOB ... oh, I just hate to thing about car repairs. Glad it wasn't too extensive.

@dorbitz JIM L ... always good to see you pop in. Hope all is well with you.

@glassusa BOB ... we just NEVER have estate sales like that around here. I get a newsletter that tells me of estate sales and the good one's are always 200 to 500 miles a way.

I've never had any issues with Ruby Lane before. I've signed up last November. And no problems with their picture service. I had gone in this morning and done a power update to show that insurance was included and I was afraid I messed up in some way! Was I ever happy to see my listings were alive and well.

HI to HELEN and JULIE!

I've had numerous jerky, balky & improperly displaying pages on their site ever since they changed to their new design & layout a few months ago. To be 100% honest, I do not like that all their pages are teling me that I'm using an "old, outdated" browser & should update to Google Chrome (obviously a paid advertisement from Google). I'm using IE-8, which I would hardly consider "old & outdated". It's probably the current, most widely used browser. One should not have to change systems in their computer to view or use a website. Rather, the webmasters of that site should make their site compatible with the most commonly used browsers, IMHO. Having a website that is not 100% compatible or has function issues with something like IE-8 is probably doing them more harm than good. If people have repeated issues with the site because of that, it's likely just going to make them go elsewhere. And that's not in the best interests of their sellers.

Too nice to be indoors So I will say hooroo
Julie

Gail @songbrezze Glad you are home I hope you continue to heal.

WTG BOB @glassusa

@glassusa BOB ... thanks for the ID on the spiral optic. I have 5 books on Fenton and just find it murderous to find anything in them. Once I find an item, even then I'm not particularly certain it is identical and not just a look-alike. I definitely appreciate the ID.

@fyrqueen KATIE .... lovely piece!

Good Morning to SUZY, JULIE, CARL, DON, and REEN!

@favoritegram LAINEY ... I signed up this past week for the Fenton FB page. Not that I had any Fenton to sell, but so I could just watch and learn more. I figured those buying and selling would know if something were Fenton or not, whereas on eBay you never know what is a correct ID.

@suzy SUZY ... yes, I was surprised to see some of the stuff. It was filthy and I got stung on a couple of things once I started washing the layer of dirt off of it. But I'm pretty certain I'll make some profit on the things as a whole.

@shellyrae37 SHELLY ... actually there were not all that many people there and very few that I had to fight with over the glass. Most were after the baked dirt... or paying very high prices for common Fostoria American pieces.

@glassusa BOB ... egads! I shudder every time I think about selling on eBay again. May have to after I get all my auction stuff unpacked. Mainly bought for restocking my booths though.

@wattleihavenext JULIE … yep, a lot of clean up to do, but unpacking it is so much fun as everything goes so fast at an auction, I forget half of what I buy and find it so fun to unwrap it. Bravo on the Aussie Pottery…love those early bids. Hope you have a lot of fun this weekend.

@bpcollectibles BRENDA.. look over at the right hand column where it says ”How to Post a Picture Link”…just follow the step-by-step guide and it should work for you.

@glassusa BOB ... well knock my socks off! I'd never have dreamed you could get that kind of money for them. As JULIE would say, "Goodonya, mate!"

@shellyrae37 SHELLY ... the little girl did a really nice job on the car...and yes, she had a ball playing in the water too. 🙂 I told her to come back in a couple of weeks. Sure like the idea of encouraging kids to work.

@newtonenterprises JIM D ... LTNS. Hope all has been going well for you and your DW. Doing any treasure hunting lately?

HI to GEORGE, LANEY, and FENTON!

Can glassies give me a hug? Sitting and crocheting when I heard a horrible sounding crash. A framed stained glass picture I had hanging fell and crashed on the kitchen table where I had glass stacked. Nothing worth a fortune, but always sad nonetheless. Shattered a pink diamond optic Fenton compote with dolphin handles, a lovely Consolidated Coreopsis creamer, a Viking ruby owl fairy light. I had them all listed on Ruby Lane so had to delete them. 🙁

@fyrqueen Katie, sending very gentle {{hugs}} and good wishes for feeling better soon.

@glassusa Bob, love your homepage! My desktop photo is one I took of the Barnegat Lighthouse.