Welcome!

Ok, everyone, this is the first page of the first day of the first musings of Gail of TheCoveredBridgeStore.com ...

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(think of something to say, think of something to say, think of something to say)

So ... how are you?

Me? I'm fine.

(looking around, noting the weather - yeah! I'll start with the weather ... ;) )

Currently, it is cold, here in Michigan.
Last year, at this time, it was also cold.

:)

But not so cold that I couldn't at least get outside and enjoy the crackling of the ice on the river, the birds - yes! they were some tweeting away! - and my dogs forays into the previously unknown areas of the lawn (which they actually did visit just yesterday, but the way they acted, you'd think they had never seen that part of the lawn).

So back into the warmth of the house I go, and grab another cup of coffee, and begin this blog. Where I am now. Right here --->. I mean, ------->here<------- :)

And what is TheCoveredBridgeStore about, you ask? (ok, you may not have asked, but I'll tell you anyway). It is an online venture and ADventure to sell my collection of antiques, collectibles, vintage items and otherwise not new items. I don't sell copies, I don't sell reproductions - those are fine options for others, to be sure, but not for me. Goodness! I have enough to deal with, in just the authentic items - I couldn't imagine having repros to deal with!

Anyway, as I was saying, I have a wide variety of items for sale of my collection, plus I sell items for other members of the family, friends, and neighbors. The following list is incomplete (all I can think of at this moment - I'll edit/add in more as I remember them).

We will have at some time or another (depending on how fast I can get them listed):
20th Century / Decorative / Works of Art, Advertising (on metal/wood items), Amberina, American Art Pottery, American Indian Items, Antiques, Architectural Antiques, Art Glass, Arts & Crafts, Ash Trays, Auto (related items), Badges, Banks, Billiard items, Bisque, Black Americana, Board Games, Boats (toy, display), Books (oh, boy - do I have books - over 120 huge boxes), Bottles, Boy Scout items, Brass, Brewery (and related items), Brochures, Bronzes, Buttons (yes, people collect these ), Calenders, Cameras, Canes, Carnival Glass, Cast Iron, Ceramics, Character Toys, China, Chess Sets, Civil War, Clocks, Clothing, Coins, Collectibles, Coke Related, Costume Jewelry, Country Antiques, Cut Glass, Daguerreotypes, Decorative Accessories, Decoys, Depression Glass, Diecast, Disney, Dolls, Doll Clothes, Ephemera, Ethnographic, Estate Jewelry, Farm items (tools, toys, etc), Fenton, Fine Art, Fire King, Fireplace Equipment, Fishing Rods, Flow Blue, Folk Art, Fostoria, Furniture (lighter weight or pickup only), Gas Station (related items), Guitars (vintage - inherited my Dad's collection of guitars, harpischords, zithers), Hollywood (related items), Household, Jewelry, Knives, Lamps, Lighting, Limoges, Lures, Magazines, Majolica, Maps, Marbles, Marine Items, Marx (toys), McDonald's (Happy Meal toy collectibles) Mechanical Banks, Medals, Metalware, Military, Miscellaneous, Musical Instruments (and parts), Nautical, Nippon, Ohio Art, Oil Paintings, Opalescent, Oriental Art, Pamphlets, Paper Items, Parker Pens (and other pens), Patterns (sewing), Pepsi Items, Perfume bottles, Phonographs, Photographs, Piano Rolls, Pisqah Forest, Pop Bottles, Porcelain, Postcards, Pottery, Primitives, Prints, Prussia, Quilt Related, Quilts, Racing Items (car, boat and motorcycle), Railroadiana (train related), Record Albums, Reels (fishing), Rhinestone Jewelry, Rookwood, Roseville, Rugs, Servers, Sewing Items, Sheaffer, Shot Glasses, Silver, Sporting Items, Staffordshire, Stamps, Steiff, Steuben, Still Banks, Textiles, Tin Toys, Tobacciana, Tools, Toys, Van Briggle, Vaseline, Victorian Antiques, War Items (primarily WWII - some Vietnam, Korean, WWI - even a uniform from the CIVIL War!!), Watercolor, Waterman, Weller, Western Memorabilia, Westmoreland, WWII, Yo-Yo's, and Zithers (ok, not Zithers - I'm keeping those - they were my (((Dad's))) Sure do miss him...)

Ok. That's enough for today/this morning.
Now, let's see, I need to press the Save Now button, then I'll go back and see what I've written (and hope there's no " oh no! I didn't mean to write that! Where's the delete/edit button?!...)