Doodads Knickknacks Bric a Brac

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Dad Ceramic Birds a.jpg

Garbage Bowl My Beloved Garbage Bowl.jpg

My beloved garbage bowl. I credit Rachel Ray who used one for cooking—but why bend over and open the cabinet under the sink every time you want to toss 'bage? This is more convenient and I have had the bowl a long time and bang it around a lot and don't know why it hasn't broken yet.
THE END
PS: It has a halloween theme.

My bed light.jpg

Watermelon knickknack Jan 1, 1982.jpg

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New backpack mochila.jpeg
TOOK IT TO EUROPE 2022!

Vase I took the photo July 31, 2023 when wendy and sally and steve were here.jpg

My Soleri Bells 7.jpg
CLICK TO GO TO MY SOLERI BELL PAGE!

Dad Ceramic Birds b.jpg

Coffee Filter taken from Flagstaff House.jpg

puffin pot holder pens and bottle openers from abroad.jpg

Dad Ceramic Birds c.jpg

Old Stamp Book1.jpg

Old Stamp Book2.jpg

Cochise's pigeon band.jpg

My Paper Holder! Click for More!

Iving Coons Thunderbird.jpg

John Wood mug remain

Dad's Old Nail

SEE FLAGSTAFF BIRD HOUSES. CLICK PHOTO.

jetzons bumper sticker.jpg

riders in the sky badge.jpg

Superstition Mountains Hike GPS Info March 12-13 2005.jpg

Rotary Camera Film.jpg

Click the picture to go see my Casino Guitar in NORWAY.

Is this Raymond Tungesvik?

Oh, my God. Did I really throw out my blue blanket. Madness. Utter madness!

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Pima Cotton Seed Sack Steve Ramos Gave me 4_7_2019.jpg

Paolo Soleri Wind Bell a.jpg
SOLERI BELL PAGE

Paolo Soleri Wind Bell Small a.jpg

My wind bells and a hummingbird feeder.jpg
SOLERI BELL PAGE

Steve's Jack Knives.jpg

Javelina skull a.jpg

Javelina skull b.jpg

King Tut Napkin.jpg

I GOT THIS LAMP WHEN STEVE AND I BOUGHT THE HOUSE IN OCTOBER OF 1981. THE OTHER DAY IT BROKE BUT I REPAIRED IT WITH PARTS FROM HOME DEPOT OR LOWES OR SOMEWHERE. THIS LAMP IS MY TREASURED POSSESSION. I'VE HAD IT FOR MORE THAN 42 YEARS!

My Bed Lamp Light Reading Light.jpg
Repair 2016

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Dad my light my bed villas lane.jpg

XRAY SPECS XRAY SPEX.jpg

XRAY SPECS.jpg

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Tune Tote.jpg

knick knacks estero morua.jpg

Lazy Susan 12 2016.jpg

Sally and Steve 1972 2015 Sierra Vista Lazy Susan beer.jpg
I'VE STILL GOT THAT LAZY SUSAN SOMEWHERE.

Lazy Susan Nov 4, 2019.jpg

Lazy Susan FB Nov 4, 2019 AND 2024.jpg

Lazy Susan Back.jpg

Lazy Susan Then and Again.png

Lazy Susan Then and Again.jpg

Lazy Susan FB Nov 4, 2019.jpg

Sally and Steve 1972 2015 Sierra Vista Lazy Susan beer.jpg

Lazy Susan FB Nov 4, 2019a.jpg

Lazy Susan FB Nov 4, 2024 Hiding Place.jpg

Lazy Susan 12 2016.jpg

Our old bed side table with drawers.jpg

One of our old bed side table with drawers in good shape.jpg
Our old bed side table with drawers

Tom's first semester 1969 College nau grade report.png

class of 1969 buffaloes.jpg
HERE'S OUR 1973 REFRIGERATOR
CATALOG it's a manual

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Well, We've had this lazy susan for a million years

Lazy Susan 12 2016.jpg

CLICK TO GO TO YELLOW STICKIES/POST IT NOTE PAGE

Yellow Sticky from Prentice Hall 1997 b (1).jpg

KNICK KNACK
GNICK GNACK

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brickabrack.jpg

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Wall Hanging I Got In Mexico with Larry.jpg

king tut

zebra hanging doodad.jpg

Weights 2125 N. Villas Lane.jpg

crack pipe.jpg

Our Old Potter's Wheel.jpg

Hose from LouisvilleSMALL.jpg
Brought it to Arizona in 1958
This is all that's left of it.

Licores Vasquez Sonoyta Mexico Sales Receipt.jpg

Old Coupon 2.jpeg

Coupon Old.jpeg

Mr. Coffee Scoop from Way Back When.jpg

Old old Mr. Coffee Scoop.jpg

bottle opener destapador I used in Mexico DF 1977.jpg

Dad's Spiro Agnew Watch Oct 16, 2024.jpg

Mom's Spatula.jpg
Use it every day still.

I was shocked today to find that my indispensable and ingeniously named PICKER UPPER was not on my web page. That is soon to be remedied!

Picker Upper Jan 8, 2024.jpg
I was shocked today to find that my indispensable and ingeniously named PICKER UPPER was not on my web page. That is soon to be remedied!

My beloved picker uppers One broken boo hoo.jpg

Today the sky shines none too bright

Nor is the sun so blue

Last night I broke my picker upper

Boo hoo, boo hoo, boo hoo

The very deep did rot: O Christ!

That ever this should be

Will what became of my picker upper

Be what becomes of me?

Picker uppers one broke april 2 2024 boo hoo.jpg

Egg Timer Jan 8, 2024.jpg

My Pot.jpg

Green Stamps Sally Sept 20, 2023.jpeg

My sister found this and ought to be able to get a new spinning reel with it. I think it is worth millions by now. Everyone knows the common euphemism, "Is he all right?" "I'm afraid he cashed in his last book of Green Stamps."

Arizona Snowman Dec 11, 2020.jpg

It's a Dry Heat doodad.jpg
It's a dry heat page

My Peso.jpeg

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My baby teeth again.jpg

Tom's Baby Teeth.jpg

OurTent 1956 in Nova Scotia I think.jpg

TV Dinner by the Pool I'm So Glad I Finished School.JPG

Jan's Vintage Cigarette Collections.jpg

My Irish Pen.jpg

Footstool foot stool jeff's art.jpg

GO TO MY TRUMPET PAGE

My blood being drawn and quartered.jpg
SEE PRIZED POSSESSION BOX

Fly Swatter Riders in the Sky.jpg

Plastic Beetle

INSECTS PAGE

My Weights My Weights Weights

Weights 2125 N. Villas Lane.jpg

THE FOLLOWING BACKSCRATCHER IS SPECIAL. I HAD IT IN THE HOSPITAL AND IT SERVED FOR SCRATCHING AND REACHING THINGS I COULDN'T REACH

My Back Scratcher.jpg

Back Scratcher Steve Made June 11, 2023.jpeg

Back Scratcher Steve Made June 11, 2023b.jpeg

Prized Possession Box 2.jpg
GO TO PRIZED POSSESSION BOX MAIN PAGE

Kurt Alderson's October 25, 1964 Chair Underside.jpg

The Big Fifty Button.jpg

Bug Pin Blood 1961.jpg
GO TO PRIZED POSSESSION BOX MAIN PAGE

insect pin wrapper.jpg
GO TO PRIZED POSSESSION BOX MAIN PAGE

Prized Possession Box 3.jpg
GO TO PRIZED POSSESSION BOX MAIN PAGE

Mica from Alaska and the Envelope.jpg
GO TO PRIZED POSSESSION BOX MAIN PAGE
Manly Men, Manly Women
and their Manly Man Guns

Thomas Henry Hascall's Colt Woodsman Pistol a.jpg
GUN PAGE

Our Twenty-two Bolt Action Rifle.jpg

Tom's Jade East from 1965 or so.jpg
Or 66 or 67???

Buttons for Vino and Bolillos and Chihuahua Drop a.jpg
BUTTONS PAGE

Buttons for Vino and Bolillos and Chihuahua Drop b.jpg

More buttons 50th birthday Rex Allen Obama.jpg

Obama bumper sticker and card.jpg

Political buttons.jpg

JOHN LENNON BUTTON.jpg

Mermaid that Jan Bought in Mexico with Me and I Wanted It.jpg

whiskey jug from james randall's class tempe high art class 2.jpg

whiskey jug from james randall's class tempe high art class.jpg

Ceramic Item from 1960-something Tempe High Art1a.jpg

Ceramic Item from 1960-something Tempe High Art1.jpg

Ceramic Item from 1960-something Tempe High Art2.jpg

Ceramic Item from 1960-something Tempe High Art4.jpg

Ceramic Pot by Tom 1971a.jpg

Ceramic Pot by Tom 1971b.jpg

Ceramic Pot by Tom 1971c.jpg

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SCRIBBLING DONE BY LACEY AND DAD UNDER THE COFFEE TABLE

My Magnifying Glass that I've had since I was 19 a.jpg
I GOT IT FOR ZOOLOGY CLASS AND I STILL USE IT EVERY SINGLE DAY!

My Magnifying Glass that I've had since I was 19 b.jpg

Cast of my teeth for root canal.jpg

Mac Warehouse Floppy Disk Calculator.jpg

Dad's Spiro Agnew Watch.jpg

Tse Tse Fly2.jpg

Toilet Fish1.jpg

Toilet Fish2.jpg

Plaster coasters tom and steve and button.jpg

Our old bed side table with drawers.jpg
DECEMBER 2016

One of our old bed side table with drawers in good shape.jpg

Photo booth pictures 2.jpg

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waste paper basket trash can saber-toothed cat and mammoth.jpg

waste paper basket trash can stegasaurus with brocoli.jpg

waste paper basket trash can t-rex again.jpg

waste paper basket trash can T-rex.jpg

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waste paper basket trash can 4.jpg

waste paper basket trash can saber-toothed cat and mammoth.jpg

waste paper basket trash can stegasaurus with brocoli.jpg

waste paper basket trash can t-rex again.jpg

waste paper basket trash can T-rex.jpg

September 2018 new razor

Big Mouth Billy Bass.jpg

Mermaids.jpg

Prized Possession Box.jpg
GO TO PRIZE POSSESSION BOX MAIN PAGE

Roadrunner keychain.jpg
GO TO PRIZED POSSESSION BOX MAIN PAGE

Steak Knife.JPG
Many years ago my mom gave me some steak knives. I think she did because she tried one out said, "If I had known they were this good, I would have kept them for myself."
I still have them and they are sharp still. Here's one.
Isn't that INTERESTING?

Snuggles' and Noodles' Tags.jpg
GO TO PRIZED POSSESSION BOX MAIN PAGE

My Bookplates.jpg

Jeff's Bookplate that Dad gave him and that David Rasmussen Drew.jpg

Riders in the Sky Mouse Pad.jpg

Receipt for Swift Audubons.jpg

swift audubons in flagstaff.jpg

This record player had the
most amazing recordings
with its little microphone.
Studio-sounding at least to me at the time.

my old record player I loved.jpg

I PAID FIVE BUCKS TO HAVE A
TECHIE MAKE THIS ICON ON
THE COMPUTER FOR ME. RAH.
LONG TIME AGO. 80s

Icon for Book.jpg

Tom's Clipboard Planet Commandos.jpg
CLICK TO SEE MORE OF MY CLIPBOARD!
IT IS MY BELOVED CLIPBOARD

CLICK TO SEE MY COFFEE CUPS

Weight Watcher's Report.jpg

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My Jump Rope.jpg

bottle opener destapador I used in Mexico DF 1977.jpg
I'VE STILL GOT IT AND USE IT EVERY DAY!
BOTTLE OPENER PAGE

Here is the wonderful birthday present my brother gave me on his birthday. I gave him a book on dachshunds. As you can plainly see, his gift to me was and IS an Easter Island BOTTLE OPENER! Estoy muriendo de ganas de estrenarlo!

This includes my WINDSOR BOTTLE OPENER!

BOTTLE OPENER PAGE

Mr. Coffee Scoop from Way Back When.jpg

Old old Mr. Coffee Scoop.jpg

bottle opener destapador I used in Mexico DF 1977.jpg

Bottle Openers More of them.jpg

Bottle Openers Odell and more.jpg
BOTTLE OPENER PAGE

Bottle Opener Fender Brand in My Man Cave a.jpg

Bottle Opener Fender Brand in My Man Cave b.jpg

Bottle Opener Fender Brand in My Man Cave c.jpg

Capos.jpg

Ocelot Sham First Computer Program result from Lars Leader's PC.jpg

ANAGRAM ABOVE

Tom Cole Associate Director Sign Sun Lakes.jpg

Tom Cole Name Sign Sun Lakes.jpg

Kennedy died Lennon died.jpg

Kennedy Died Today zz.jpg

Books on World War II that I have read Niemoeller note.jpg
CLICK TO SEE World War II Books

Arizona Snowman.jpg

It's a Dry Heat.jpg

Mexican Skull.jpg
SKULLS PAGE

piranha.jpg

Toads drinking beer.jpg

Toads playing instruments.jpg

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I break my beer goblet.jpg

Goblet Replacements.jpg
I LIKE THE BLUE MEASURING CUP AS A BEER DRINKING GLASS AND I HAVE DERIVED SOLACE FROM IT AFTER THE UNTIMELY DEMISE OF MY COPA BALÓN GOBLET
On January 10, 2018, I flew to Cabo San Lucas and went on the glass factory tour again but it was the factory next door and they didn't have the goblets. In a bar I saw some, but I had to go on a plane so I never asked them if they'd sell me one. Here are the goblets in the bar:

Goblets in a bar in Cabo.

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Endless treasures as we clean out the old family hacienda. YELLOW FRONT SWIVEL CLIPS!

I can count on ONE HAND all of the people I know that still have any Yellow Front swivel clips! Maybe I don't know as many people as the rest of you.

Drill from Louisville Possibly Pre-War.jpg
I remember this drill so well from when I was just a baby!

BELOW
Metal Shop Junior High Box

Microscope and Slip of Paper with Name from 1939aa.jpg

Microscope and Slip of Paper with Name from 1939a.jpg

Toilet Brush Mike Stand Dada August 26, 2013.jpg

Knick Knacks 2.jpg

Watering Bowl July 12, 2023.jpeg

water bowl for birdies wordies2.jpeg

water bowl for birdies wordies.jpeg

water bowl for birdies.jpeg

Let us pause to reflect upon the junk drawer and its magical, mystical origins. One does not choose which of one's drawers becomes the inscrutable junk drawer. The drawer itself does the choosing. One has no control over its emergence in and conquest of one's domicile. No man or army of men possesses or will ever possess the power to alter the course of its inexorable destiny as the drawer that wields household dominion over all others. Steeped in mystery, the junk drawer, like Mexico, is an enigma inside a riddle--wrapped in a tortilla!
TOM COLE OCTOBER 24, 2015

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