Monday, June 28, 2010

s-a-t-u-r-d-a-y NITE!

after a crap week, my saturday more than made up for it.

it started out when i got my first correspondence in my new p.o. box. if you don't know what i'm talking about, check it out here: death comes ripping: a serial killer blog. the feeling i got when i saw my first envelope in that mailbox was PRICELESS!

next josh and i went on a super secret adventure to another city to find a gas station where i was supposed to meet some guy off craigslist. it actually wasn't that secretive at all, but it felt that way because i guess the guy didn't like the idea of some stranger showing up at his house and wanted to meet that way instead. he said he cleaned out houses for a living and was always finding odd stuff. he had a box of old photos that i gladly took off his hands for a small fee. i LOVE old photos! it doesn't matter if i know the people or not. the box was full of treasures!

look at these great wedding portraits. they have to be from the 20s-30s:

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(i love how the background of this one looks so HAUNTING!)

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here's one of my absolute favorites:

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look at grace, all dressed up in this fancy outfit. i wonder what the occasion was?

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look at this little troublemaker!

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there was a cute little cardboard frame with a class portrait of st. gregory the great from 1953-54. love the saddle shoes!

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the back of this photo reads "mrs. and mr. wand and their children (?) and nelly wand. sheffield, ala(bama) feb 2, 1923." 1923, wow! can you imagine?! i love that things like this survived so long.

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some more great shots:

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and finally, there is this shot, which is the main reason i wanted these photos in the first place:

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this ranks right up there with the poor little post-morten guy phoebe gave me. it's sad, but beautiful at the same time.

after our top secret mission, we hit up some estate sales and junk stores. driving past a junk store near our house, i spotted THIS GUY in the window!

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my cousins had the same toybox when we were growing up and it brought back happy childhood memories. the best part is that i recently saw a picture of the same toybox in yet another person's house, and i thought to myself, "gee, i wish I had one of those!" and now here it is :)

2 comments:

  1. i love the kid in the coffin photo! also, i really really really want one of those toy boxes too! i would use it as a planter. crystin has a whale one as a planter.

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  2. a whale one?! oooh i like whales better than elephants ; )
    i'll keep an eye out on my junkin adventures for ya!

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