we had a lovely morning in the autumn sun at riccarton market on sunday, strolling from stall to stall, eating, hunting, bargaining. we came home with a couple of non-edible things, though the giant pumpkin, chilli and chocolate scones were THE find of the day. we pounced on these mottled but very canterbury school linocuts. one certainly depicts a canterbury scene, 'near Bealey' (on the way to Arthurs Pass). the other, of 'Mariakou Heads' is unfamiliar, as is the artist F. C. Forster. as soon as boy baby tending allows we shall have them out of their frames for a clean up. i might even stretch to a professional clean of the prints themselves if need be, such is their appeal to me. judging by the framing: nailed in, hand drawn border, they date from the 1940's or 50's. i do love such ageless old things.
are you an Op-Shop Show-Off? or more modest about your superior second hand shopping abilities?
do you like to linky?
it’s charitable, green, cheap, exciting, fun, nostalgia inducing, potentially lucrative and often just plain necessary. whatever your reason for second hand shopping we’d love it if you joined us on Tuesdays here at blackbirdhasspoken.blogspot.com for Op-Shop Show-Off, a linky open to all, all week, to link up a blog post about any aspect of your second-hand shopping life. tell us your op-shopping philosophy, or divulge your secret hunting techniques. let us know about your wants, or skite (English translation= “show-off “) about your amazing finds. review the best op-shopping spots in your town, or request or give information on your fascinating finds, you’ll always be talking to an appreciative audience here.
How to link up?
1. post your second hand shopping related blog post.
2. link to Op-Shop Show-Off in your blog post, so your blog readers can come over and peruse or post in the linky too.
3. scroll to the bottom of my latest Tuesday Op-Shop Show-Off post and click on the linky tool, then follow the three easy steps.
4. don't forget to leave me a comment to let me know you linked up.
5. have a look at some of the other linkers posts/blogs, they're all people after your own heart!
6. grab the Op-Shop Show-Off Button from my sidebar to decorate yours (paste the code into a HTML gadget under the 'add a gadget' part of the layout section in blogger and save).
