To the sea!!!

Today, we are off to the sea!! The wonderful sea!!

What kid wouldn't love the classic 20,000 LEAGUES UNDER THE SEA - ANIMATED - VHS+ (RARE) from JRSFleamarket?

This beautiful Antique Silver Lead Free Sea Horse Magnetic Bracelet 7 1/2"L is from LyndaLeesLoft!

The history buff might like this wonderful USS Coral Sea CV-43 Hat Pin - #14968 from AKelly110.

Or how about the story itself? RJSales has this wonderful Second World War at Sea: Coral Sea and others, too!

How about this gorgeous Necklace Sea Foam Beaded Necklace from Zannesbazaar? She has beautiful pieces she has created!!

And if you want to travel on the sea, how about this 2007 Sea Swirl Walkaround Powerboat 

from Multilistadmin?



And just in case you fall off and hurt yourself, get this Boo Boo Rice Bags Colors of the Sea Sore Muscles Aches Pains #70 from American_Hippie to ease those owies!!

Okay, there is the tour!! There are so many more offers out there on OnlineAuction.com!! Check it out and if this isn't what you are looking for, we'd love to have you come over and browse through our store, KornKountryTreasures!!

Thank you!!

The Great Old Corvair!!

The grand old Corvair!! This little car started out in 1956 with the design and began rolling off the production line in 1959. This was to be the answer to a more econimical car for the American public. Produced by General Motors, it was supposed to be the answer to the Volkswagon Beetle, which was imported, and the Rambler American and Studebaker Lark. During it's hayday, 1,786,243 cars rolled off the production line.

Ralph Nadar, consumer advocate, wrote a book "Unsafe at any Speed" which halved the sales of the Corvair in 1966. By 1968, the sales had fallen to 14,800.

I love the Corvair!! When I first came to Des Moines, Iowa, these little cars were putzing all over the place!! And they were cheap!

Well, I married a man who had a Corvair, as well as a '64 Chevelle. During our first years of marriage, I can remember buying used Corvairs dirt cheap, $75.00, driving them for quite some time and then selling them for $75.00 to somebody else!! The most we ever sold a Corvair for was $3,900!! Not bad for '74! My husband had repainted it (he went to body school) and it was a Corvair Monza Convertible. And the darn thing wouldn't go over 35 mph!!

We did have one that every time I drove the thing, it would break down. I can remember stopping in a gas station to ask to borrow a screwdriver, opening the hood (in the back end, of course) and seeing the amazement of the attendent!! I was kind of used to it! Never did break down on my hubby!

Now the Corvair is a collectors car!! And those pieces and parts and yes, the cars themselves are getting fewer and fewer!! So, here are a few items that I found already listed on OnlineAuction.com!! I have a few more that I will be listing but that's for another day!! Oh, if we'd only kept those little cars!

1964 Chevrolet Corvair Convertible

1963 Chevrolet Corvair Convertible

Both these beauties are listed by GRGAuction!!

61-65 CHEVY CORVAIR VAN GRILL & HEADLIGHT BEZELS. PICKUP, RAMPSIDE, PANEL

You can find this great grill in SecondHandLions!



Corvair 700 Glove Compartment Door 1960's

Great interior piece over at RoundPrairie2!!

And this Corvair Owners Guide 1965 is listed in our store, KornKountryTreasures!

And do you know the beauty of OLA.com?? If you list a car, an owners book, a glove compartment door and a grill, guess who is going to pay the most in final value fees? NOBODY!!! Awsome, huh??

You can list a car for $8.00 and NO FINAL VALUE FEES!!!

Check us out at OLA.com!!

Thank you!



An Historial History of Mary Todd Lincoln In A Nutshell

....By A Cracked Nut

I've been sitting here after reading chateycathays post on Lincoln, remembering a book I read on Mary Todd Lincoln. The first thing that comes to mind is the fact that Lincoln would probably not have become President if he had not been married to Mary who was raised in the upper crust of society and Lincoln was considered a real hayseed. Them not marrying could have truly changed the history of our country.

Mary was 1 of 7 children then when she was 4, her mother evidently became exhausted and died. Her father married again and he had 9 more children......no wonder she was considered a grouchy step-mother.....I'd probably be a bit testy myself. Mary obviously couldn't wait to leave home...she went to college then lived with a married sister.

After meeting Lincoln, getting engaged to Mary, Lincoln breaking it off...he was depressed because he was a hayseed. Oh, well, life went on then they met up again and Mary told a society friend she was going to marry Lincoln...not because he was handsome, but because she was going to see to it he became President. Another friend told Mary to have Abe grow a beard so he wouldn't be so ugly. He grew one, they got married, he did become President. They moved to Washington, 7 states seceded, Mary redecorated the White House, spent too much money, Congress got mad at her, she didn't care, the war started, she entertained but did become active in the plight of the slaves.

In the meantime, Mary and Abe had 4 sons. Mary had a series of misfortunes. In 3 years she lost her father, then her 4 yr old son to diptheria, then Abe was shot, another son died of the fever. She fell into a deep depression. Good grief, what would you expect? Eventually her only remaiing son (I can't remember what happened to the third son...gotta leave something for you to look up:) Robert, had her declared in-sane (she shouldn't have gone there) and she remained for several years till her sister got her sprung from the 'happy house'. She traveled to Europe, but was still not happy in her head. She finally took a permanent nap when she was 63....folks think she died of paralysis but was probably a stroke.

She was buried next to her husband, 3 sons, and with her thin wedding ring that said 'Love is eternal' that Lincoln had given her when they married.

The end.....An Historical History of Mary Todd Lincoln in a Nutshell.....

Brought to you by the Musings of Supergranny. Visit her store, Supergrannys Treasures at Online Auction

(I have some days I am unable to remember if I've taken my medication but I can remember all these details from a book I read 4 or 5 years ago. What's up with that?)

SVEN BIRGER SANDZEN

Hello my friends,

here is another lesson in Art. ... Today: SVEN BIRGER SANDZEN.

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Sven Birger Sandzén (5 February 1871–19 June 1954), known more commonly as Birger Sandzén, was a Swedish-American painter best known for his landscapes. He produced most of his work while working as an art professor at the Bethany College, Lindsborg, Kansas.

Sandzén was born in Blidsberg, Ulricehamn Municipality, Västra Götaland County, Sweden, the son of a Lutheran minister and his wife, an accomplished watercolorist. A protégé of Anders Zorn, Sandzén showed an interest in art at from early age, and at the age of 10 joined Cathedral School (Katedralskolan) situated in Skara, to study art under the tutelage of Olof Erlandsson, a graduate of the Royal Swedish Academy of Arts. After graduating in 1890, Sandzén studied for a short time at the University of Lund before moving to Stockholm. It was his intention to enroll at the Royal Swedish Academy of Arts. However, the waiting list proved too long for him. Instead, he sought out and joined a group of young artists who were studying under Anders Zorn, Richard Bergh and Per Hasselberg. This group would later be known as the Artists League (Konstnärsförbundet). At the end of his studies, Zorn and Bergh recommended that Sandzén complete his painting studies in Paris. In 1894, Sandzén left Stockholm to study under Edmond Aman-Jean who introduced Sandzén to pointillism. Aman-Jean was closely associated with Ernest Laurent and Georges Seurat in promoting impressionism. Sandzén’s early work displays these influences, along with a tonalist approach.

Later in 1894, Sandzén accepted a teaching post at Bethany College and moved to Lindsborg, Kansas which would be his home for the rest of his life. He remained on the faculty for fifty-two years, teaching various languages as well as art in his first year at Bethany. Sandzén would go on to become the head of art at the college until his retirement in 1946.Sandzén was taken with the Smoky Hill River Valley area of central Kansas, which provided much of the subject matter for his paintings. Many of his paintings feature the great landscapes of the American Southwest. Sandzén painted many landscape scenes, including depictions of the Rocky Mountains and Yellowstone National Park.Although most of his works are in oil, Sandzén was also a talented printmaker and watercolorist. He adopted a thick, textural, impasto style of painting, with the use of strong colourful brushstrokes. His bold use of stroke and color has been described variously as post-Impressionism, expressionism and fauvism. His woodcuts and linocuts were to have a lasting effect on artists to come. His artwork has been compared to Vincent van Gogh and Paul Cézanne.

In 1940, Sandzén was given recognition for promoting cultural relations between the United States and Sweden. He was awarded both the Order of Vasa as well as the Order of the North Star by the Swedish Government. He also received honorary doctorates from various institutions, the Midland Lutheran College, the University of Nebraska, and the Kansas State University.As a tribute to Sandzén's contribution to Bethany College, the Birger Sandzén Memorial Gallery was dedicated on the college campus in 1957. It houses paintings and archives related to Sandzén and a number of his contemporaries.

A Play On Words

I found this interesting, a lot of things we say and don't realize it.

Strange English Language facts

He could lead if he would get the lead out.

A farm can produce produce.

The dump was so full it had to refuse refuse.

The soldier decided to desert in the desert.

The present is a good time to present the present.

At the Army base, a bass was painted on the head of a bass drum.

The dove dove into the bushes.

I did not object to the object.

The insurance for the invalid was invalid.

The bandage was wound around the wound.

There was a row among the oarsmen about how to row.

They were too close to the door to close it.

The buck does funny things when the does are present.

They sent a sewer down to stitch the tear in the sewer line.

To help with planting, the farmer taught his sow to sow.

The wind was too strong to wind the sail.

After a number of Novocain injections, my jaw got number.

I shed a tear when I saw the tear in my clothes.

I had to subject the subject to a series of tests.

How can I intimate this to my most intimate friend?

I spent last evening evening out a pile of dirt.

We polish the Polish furniture.

And Finally:

There is no egg in eggplant nor ham in hamburger; neither apple nor pine in pineapple.

English muffins weren’t invented in England or French fries in France.

Sweetmeats are candies while sweetbreads, which aren’t sweet, are meat.

Quicksand can work slowly.

Boxing rings are square and

if vegetarians eat vegetables, what do humanitarians eat??????

 

I have no connection for OLA.COM with this one but I bet if Korn were to attempt it she would find some. Hope if she does it she finds something in my store chateycathey that applies

Wishing everyone a very healthy and wealthy 2012

All about Lincoln!

Lincoln, what a fabulous name!! Of course, anything Lincoln is taken from the name of our 16th president, Abraham Lincoln! Did you remember that next month, February 12th, is his birthday? We don't celebrate that anymore, just President's Day. I remember celebrating both Abraham Lincoln's and George Washington's birthdays. Now we don't pay much attention to those days, I'm afraid.

In thinking about this, I started poking around to see what I could find about "Lincoln" listed on OLA.com!! Wow!!

This beautiful 1934 Lincoln Convertible is listed by GRGAuction!

This collectable New York Herald Front Page LINCOLN ASSASINATION from BandLeader is a wonderful piece of history, suitable for framing!

If you are a penney collector, this LINCOLN PENNEY COLLECTION 1941-1969 from NorthEastEagle will give you a great start!

If you like old postcards, this is a wonderful Vintage Postcard Post Office Sq. Lincoln NB Trolly 1910 from ARFive.

If you are looking for parts, how about this LINCOLN CONTINENTAL TRUNK LATCH WITH ELECTIC RELEASE SOLENOID from BlueRacer?

Like banks? This Japan Redware Log Cabin Lincoln Penny Bank from Jaswood2 is a great buy!!

I love these old bottles like this ABRAHAM LINCOLN 16th PRESIDENT BOTTLE WHEATON GLASS CO. from Raider.

I also like this FREE SHIPPING VINTAGE SEPIA 16X20 Art Print VIEW OF LINCOLN MEMORIAL WASHINGTON DC 1922 from ArtandMore!

We have some new parts for Lincolns in our store, KornKountryTreasures, such as this

Lincoln Carpet Kit 5W1Z5413300BD New OEM.

And if those don't do it, check out this great book,

The Lincoln Lawyer by Michael Connelly! We have this in our store, too, and I can testify it is a great read!!!

So, interested in anything Lincoln?? Check out OnlineAuction.com!!

Thank you!



JANUARY 13 (FRIDAY !!!) - GIVEAWAY TIME

Hello my friends,

it is FRIDAY 13 (haven`t spotted a black cat yet). But this can happen sooner than you think !!!

We in Germany don`t have CHARITY SHOPS. But here in the UK you will find at least 2 on nearly every corner. I love them. Simply because you can get some high quality (used) products for next to nothing. Or sometimes even for free. ...

Today I am offering 4 FREEBIES of the following categories:

1. PHOTO DISC - TRAVEL RELATED

2. PHOTO DISC - ART RELATED

3. AUDIO CD-R - OLD TIME RADIO

4. AUDIO CD-R - LIVE CONCERT (Please choose style, e.g.: Rock, Country, Jazz, ...)

PLEASE O-MAIL ME IF YOU LIKE TO GET ONE OF THE DISCS. PLEASE CHOOSE YOUR PREFERED TOPIC (you can list all, but you can win only one item). DO NOT FORGET TO PROVIDE YOUR MAILING ADDRESS.

I will accept entries until MONDAY, January 16, 2012 (4 am GMT). -

The winners will be named on MONDAY, January 16, 2012.

GOOD LUCK TO ALL OF YOU.