Hootin’ Anni’s

Hi everybody! I’ve had a lazy spell the last day or two. And today is no different. Do you ever get those kinda days where you really don’t feel like doing anything? So far in the last couple of days, nothing’s been done except mowing and edging the lawn. And with the humidity so high, it just zaps me. Takes me a while to recoup from that chore in the summer. LOL

So, while I’m lounging around reading or watching ball games, I’m thinking “What do I show for show n tell this week?” And once again the laziness takes ahold of me. I don’t want to set things up to even make the photos/shares more presentable. Now, that is the height of being a bit off-key for me.

Anyway, I took the camera into the bathroom. Oh now, don’t panic. This is all in good taste. There will be no toilet bowls [besides they need cleaning] or no toilet paper rolls…nothing bizarre. Nothing at all. [The images can be enlarged for full view by clicking on them, and they should open in a new window]

It’ll be part of the oriental knick knacks we have in the hall bathroom. [And yes, the walls in the shower room are black! With the sink/cupboard and laundry shoot room is papered in gold and black.......

This little piece is antique. It's some kind of metal...I'm thinking either nickel or lead. But, actually all I know is it's old. It's on the wall just to the right of the counter and mirror above the sink....it's also an incense burner. It's framed in just a box stained green for a contrasting accent against the cherry wood cupboards that are in the rooms. We used to burn incense in it, but it's been ages since he's been used.

This shadow box is on the wall just the opposite of the mirror; above the main towel rack. Several pieces are placed strategically --the top shelf are two black marble "Fu Dogs" [in ancient China they were used as statuary -guarding the temples outside the gates]. The next shelf -left to right is a ceramic Chinaman. Next shelf over are two small red soapstone miniature Fu Dogs. And on the right is also soapstone…an Oriental scene with human figures carved into the stone. Below these shelves [center] are clay figurine of a man; the smaller box holds a sandstone Buddha. Then the larger box to the right is another ceramic Chinaman. Right in the very middle on the bottom, another clay Chinaman, a soapstone Buddha, then the Chinese zodiacal symbols of our family’s birth [also in soapstone] –The rooster for Irene, the tiger for Bud, the rat for Erik and mine is the ox; a miniature man to the very right.

Now this IS sitting on top of the commode, but as promised, nothing is distasteful. This is an imported China vase. With two Geisha Girls. I love this. We’ve had this in our house nearly as long as we’ve been married. It’s very thin [width or depth I guess I should say] and only holds a very small amount of flowers at a time. As you can see there are two small china pedestals that are on the bottom.

And lastly, this is Bud’s antique Abacus that he purchased while on liberty away from his ship during his Navy days. When he bought it it was even antique…he found this little item from a street peddler in a port city after being over in the China Sea on duty. I never could figure out how to use them, even when Bud would explain to me just how the masters of the Chinese mathematicians worked them. And probably never will [insert my hand gesture flipping way over my grey matter!---incomprehensible to me].

Hi everybody! I’ve had a lazy spell the last day or two. And today is no different. Do you ever get those kinda days where you really don’t feel like doing anything? So far in the last couple of days, nothing’s been done except mowing and edging the lawn. And with the humidity so high, it just zaps me. Takes me a while to recoup from that chore in the summer. LOL

So, while I’m lounging around reading or watching ball games, I’m thinking “What do I show for show n tell this week?” And once again the laziness takes ahold of me. I don’t want to set things up to even make the photos/shares more presentable. Now, that is the height of being a bit off-key for me.

Anyway, I took the camera into the bathroom. Oh now, don’t panic. This is all in good taste. There will be no toilet bowls [besides they need cleaning] or no toilet paper rolls…nothing bizarre. Nothing at all. [The images can be enlarged for full view by clicking on them, and they should open in a new window]

It’ll be part of the oriental knick knacks we have in the hall bathroom. [And yes, the walls in the shower room are black! With the sink/cupboard and laundry shoot room is papered in gold and black.......

This little piece is antique. It's some kind of metal...I'm thinking either nickel or lead. But, actually all I know is it's old. It's on the wall just to the right of the counter and mirror above the sink....it's also an incense burner. It's framed in just a box stained green for a contrasting accent against the cherry wood cupboards that are in the rooms. We used to burn incense in it, but it's been ages since he's been used.

This shadow box is on the wall just the opposite of the mirror; above the main towel rack. Several pieces are placed strategically --the top shelf are two black marble "Fu Dogs" [in ancient China they were used as statuary -guarding the temples outside the gates]. The next shelf -left to right is a ceramic Chinaman. Next shelf over are two small red soapstone miniature Fu Dogs. And on the right is also soapstone…an Oriental scene with human figures carved into the stone. Below these shelves [center] are clay figurine of a man; the smaller box holds a sandstone Buddha. Then the larger box to the right is another ceramic Chinaman. Right in the very middle on the bottom, another clay Chinaman, a soapstone Buddha, then the Chinese zodiacal symbols of our family’s birth [also in soapstone] –The rooster for Irene, the tiger for Bud, the rat for Erik and mine is the ox; a miniature man to the very right.

Now this IS sitting on top of the commode, but as promised, nothing is distasteful. This is an imported China vase. With two Geisha Girls. I love this. We’ve had this in our house nearly as long as we’ve been married. It’s very thin [width or depth I guess I should say] and only holds a very small amount of flowers at a time. As you can see there are two small china pedestals that are on the bottom.

And lastly, this is Bud’s antique Abacus that he purchased while on liberty away from his ship during his Navy days. When he bought it it was even antique…he found this little item from a street peddler in a port city after being over in the China Sea on duty. I never could figure out how to use them, even when Bud would explain to me just how the masters of the Chinese mathematicians worked them. And probably never will [insert my hand gesture flipping way over my grey matter!---incomprehensible to me].