~ Vintage Summer Beach Treasures ~

Hi Everyone, I hope you all, are having a great summer and a great week. I just wanted to share with you all some vintage beach goodies we have in our collection. This pail is from the 20s or early 30s I like the kids trying to catch a starfish with a net in this one.

I decided to join in on the fun over at Colorado lady for Vintage Thinge Thursday And also for Show And Tell Friday over at My Romantic Home.

We also have here this little chalk ware mermaid she is from the 20s or 30s. We used Spanish moss as sea weed to decorate around some of the items in the photos.

Here is a antique postcard of some people enjoying the day on the beach trying too cool off from the heat. Displaying the newest fashions for beach ware.

In this postcard is a group of monkeys having fun at the beach also. They have on their bathing suits also. Raymond, seems to think I look like them when I'm in the pool. I just don't get, where he see's that. LOL

This is a Victorian block puzzle with a little girl and her friend enjoying a day at the beach building sandcastles.

This pail is from the 40s or the 50's. Isn't she cute, eating her melting ice cream, and watch'n her dog play.

And this pail dates from the 70s by the look of what the little girl is wearing and her hair style.
The vintage photo above the pail is from the 20s the young lady has her dog in this photo with on the beach.

I hope you all enjoyed our collection and Thank You for stopping by. Have yourselves a great Summer..........Julian

~ Whitw Wednesday's Chaise Lounge~

Hello again for another fun White Wednesday And Show And Tell Friday hosted by Cindy. It finally has cooled off a little and now I can take a little rest from watering and enjoy the garden. Today Im posting this great chaise lounge we picked up at a flea market in Irvine. We just had new fabric and new pillows made for it.

It is cast iron and probably late 19Th century. We were surprised that it was still there. Though there was a couple, trying to make up there mind weather or not they wanted it. Once they walked away we jumped in on it just couldnt let this one get away.

It is nice to look at but the girls are the ones who use it more than us. Well I hope you enjoyed this garden piece. And have yourself a great week.........Julian

~ Roses In the Garden ~

Hi Everyone, I am glad to be able to have some time to post again. I pulled my self away from the garden and also from work. The garden has been needing some extra attention since Summer is here their is extra work but I should not call it work because I do enjoy being out side watering and feeding and their is plenty of weeding to do also. We took a couple of pictures of the roses throughout the garden I just wanted to share with you all.

If any one is interested in gardening like me. I forgot some of the names of the roses. But I try to buy old fashion looking ones and also ones that perform well in the garden too.

Now that the heat is here for the next two months the roses will slow down on there blooms for us to appreciate. I also have bought a couple more 5 gallon pots of roses they were only 7 dollars a pot that I would like to share with you as soon as I take some photos of them.

Well I need to get to bed because I might be able to fit in some time for a great barn sale tomorrow morning at ~ Matilda's Mouse ~ in Valley Center Ca.

I am going to join in on the fun over at ~ My Romantic Home ~ which is hosted by Cindy.

I do hope you enjoyed some of the flowers in our garden. And Thanks for stopping by today..........Julian

Hi Friends, I am here late again and had no time to post new pictures for ~ Garage Salen ~ which is being hosted by Debbie. You see I have been trying to keep the garden tidy and have been doing a lot of overtime. Which I am grateful to get with the states budget it is hard to accumulate some extra O.T. We picked up this treasure for the garden 3 weeks ago at a store called Urban Barn here in Ca.

The pattern of the bench is "Betsy Ross" from what I can tell from the information I picked up on the Internet. She is a late 19Th century cast iron bench.

She has great leg's and a lot of detailing on her. And she weighs a ton but I am glad we had found her. I'm sure she will like her new garden. Well thanks for stopping by And I do apologize for re posting the same item so soon. I just felt left out for not participating. Have a good week and hope you find some treasures this weekend if your hunting.............Julian

~ Vintage 4TH Of July Partay ~

Hi Everyone, I made it and not too late I hope. I went in to work for overtime this morning and missed the chance to post early. Today I'm joining in on the fun over at ~Anything Goes Here~ for a Vintage Fourth Of July Collectibles Party. Which is being hosted by Joan. I'm also going to join in for ~My Romantic Home~ hosted by Cindy. And also for ~Garage Salen Partay~ hosted bt Debbie. I have here a postcard with these children in an air balloon with this little boy holding the flag as they go for a ride.

In this picture with the bear I have a collection of vintage 48 star flags. And a cigar with the stars and stripes which was used as a fan. And then there are some vintage horns one is paper mac he and the other is tin. And then we have this child's book with Uncle Sam on it called" The American Speaker".
This advertising card for spools of thread was a great find with the young lady wearing her red white and blue dress. I found at a shop in Riverside and then there is this cute photograph with the children in a pageant one is dressed as Uncle Sam, Statue Of Liberty and Columbus. I'm not sure what the other little girl is dressed as.

We found this little tin drum at a great shop in Orange County which deals in country collectibles.

Raymond decorated the entrance to the house as we walk in and he did the rest of the decorating of our collection today.

This tin drum I bought him for Christmas one year it has the colors and some of the children are holding the American flag going around the drum.

Here we have some vintage pillows that women had made in the past both of them have 48 stars on them. They were a great find at a store here in town.

This Uncle Sam is riding a bicycle it was a advertisement for bikes. And glued onto a scrap book album. I talked the dealer into selling me the page.

This is a Tucks postcard I bought for the black Uncle Sam image which I thought was interesting. It dates to about 1907 I never seen one like this before.

These are some more advertising cards I picked up at the flea market.

And we just bought this Victorian bench for the garden. I looked up, on the Internet for this particular design and it is called "Betsy Ross" for the lady's face on the top back of the bench. And I only thought it fitting, that she grace our page for this party. Since she was asked by George Washington to sew the first American flag. Well I hope you enjoyed our collection of patriotic collectibles and please visit the other participants. And have yourselves a Happy & Safe, 4Th Of July.......................Julian

~ Urban Barn Sale~

Hello Everyone, I hope you all had a great weekend! We had gone to a great barn sale called ~Urban Barn~ and met a couple fellow bloggers and saw our friend Sandra Finn who has a beautiful space there. We also bought a Victorian garden bench there for a great price and it was very heavy it took three of us to load it up. I also just want to remind some of you who have the love to decorate with Red White and Blue and vintage patriotic collectibles there is a Vintage Holiday Party going on June the 30TH over at ~Anything Goes Here~ I have the button here if you like to check it out to participate.

And here are a couple pictures of the sale we went too I hope you all enjoy.

The booths were decorated to the ceiling with all kinds of treasures.

This is a French beehive in Sandra's booth. A really cool Peace for the garden.

I thought these dress forms were cool the way they were put together.

And More great garden treasures to decorate you home and garden.

I thought this was a beautiful cabinet to place all kind of goodies or as a display peace if you owned a salon or shop you could place all kinds of goodies in this to sell.

And now to the garden bench it is late 19TH century and she is made of cast iron. And she has a woman's face on the back top of it. I looked on the Internet for this pattern and the call it Betsy Ross.

She has beautiful curved legs and lots and lots of scrolls on her.

And here she is at her new home. I hope she luvs it. I hope you all enjoy the pictures and have a great week.................Julian

~ Remindier Of 4th Of July Vintage Party ~

Hello Friends, I hope you are all having a great weekend. The weather out here in California has been great. I just wanted to mention about a Vintage Holiday party hosted by Joan over at ~ Anything Goes Here ~ you can find out about the details on her blog. So if any of you like to decorate with patriotic goodies and your love with decorating with Red White And Blue here is your chance. I believe the party begins on June the 30Th. We also stopped in at a fabulous Urban Barn Sale out in Escondido Ca. I took some pictures and saw our friend Sandra Finn who has a beautiful space out there. We also got to see some other fellow bloggers. And we bought another garden bench for the garden, I hope I can post some pictures of them some time today. So if you get a chance to drop by again, so you can see them. Well enjoy the rest of this beautiful weekend..........Julian