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I saw some cool old photographs on Hannah’s site that she got from a thrift store, and that got me thinking about some trading cards I got about 5 years ago at an antique fair. I had been planning on framing them, but alas, they have been sitting in a box in a desk drawer. The cards were a promotional “gift” from Jersey Coffee, I guess. They feature my hometown of Portland, OR, and yes, I SCANNED THEM.

On a completely different note, I am completely in love with Wendy’s new ad campaign here. It has a wacky Japanese sensibility that I cannot resist. I can, however, resist Wendy’s food (well, except for the Frosty treats).

During the spring, I met two Japanese high school exchange students on a weekly basis so I could practice my conversational Japanese. They are great girls and were really helpful (though I can’t say my skills have improved much). One of them went back to Japan last week, and the other one, Kanako, is going home this weekend. I thought we should have a last hurrah, so I took Kanako to Target today (her request). We were there so long I am surprised the sun was still out when we exited (good thing today is summer solstice). I did get some more Twizzlers Twerpz and and a bag of M&Ms of a mixed variety! It has plain, peanut, and crispy ALL MIXED TOGETHER. I have mixed (no pun intended) feelings about this.
Anyway, blah blah. Here is a photo of some mastodon plushes that Kanako gave me! She said I am the only person she knows in this country who would be able to fully appreciate them. I am flattered. I believe they are from the Nagoya World’s Fair.

AND, please note the button in the upper right-hand corner that will lead you painlessly and seamlessly to my ebay auctions!

Well, I just finished assembling my six ebay auctions! The first one will commence Tuesday, June 21, at 2:30pm Pacific Time. I’ll post a button to the right so you can maybe jump to the auctions. I don’t really know how all this works, so I apologize for not making it simpler! I want to keep the auctions fun and gamelike, so I decided to start them all off at a buck. If I make $1.40, so be it! That’s okay! This is all for fun! Anyway, so until the auctions actually begin, you can go here to see all the bags and more details, if you’re interested. And thanks again, everyone, for your encouragement and support.
And now I leave you with a photo of Peter and Deedle climbing a big rock. It was fun to watch Deedle scramble up the side of it.

I got a scanner yesterday, and I am loopy for it! I want to scan everything now! I was going to show you a scan of Peter’s to-do list for today, but he rejected that idea. Hmph. So, here is a scan of some very cute fabric I received from the very generous Carolyn:

Cute, huh? Little rooster heads holding “bonjour” signs! Merci, mon amie!
And thank you all for your nice comments about the bags. I think I will throw caution to the wind and just auction them all off. My concern, you see, is I’m planning to start the bidding at a low amount, and I thought perhaps they’d end up selling for $1.40 or something, and I would end up losing money. I’m just going to be brave, though, and DO IT. I’ll try to get them up early next week, and you’ll be the first to know!
Have a good weekend, y’all. We’re heading up to the mountains for a couple of days, so no blogging.

As a kid, I don’t recall Mother’s Day or Father’s Day being such huge commercial holidays, but what can you do? Usually I just send my father a card, but this year I decided I’d order him a couple little goodies. To call my father a packrat would be a gross understatement, so buying him additional novelty products is sort of like giving candy to a diabetic, but hey, he’s 89, so who cares! Throw caution to the wind!

Yup, wind-up ramen and rice bowls from Spiral and Circle! I didn’t get him the whole set, mind you. I just got him the tempura soba and the unagi donburi. They are small, so it shouldn’t add to the clutter too much …