St. Patrick's Day is coming and for those of you who hail from Ireland or wherever (we can stretch that a long ways) here are some special items for those on your list. Isn't this plate beautiful and it wishes you luck besides! A St. Patrick's Day hat and buttons and two four-leaf clover plates! How 'bout that! Another view of that plate, plus a sweet bear, a rolly polly pig and a great mug. I don't know where we got all these goodies. Oh--look behind Mr. Bear and in front of Rolly Polly you'll see a marvelous little wooden train. A true mystery picture and you know how I love mysteries! Those that are knowledgable in the mysteries of reflection could explain how a reflection of that plate upon which this beautiful vase resides is sitting sort of in the middle and yet partially hidden behind it! I couldn't find a bit of green in this vase but I had to have my mystery picture. A very unusual, truly beautiful hand painted tile. Don't you love it?!! Pretend it's green. Our St Pat's dollar rack. As usual, scrumptious! Maybe there's a little bit of green for the wearing there somewhere.
The Turnabout Shop is located in El Cerrito, California, at 10052 San Pablo Avenue—our telephone number is 510-525-7844. We are open Wednesday through Saturday from noon to four. The shop has a very interesting background and I plan to devote one of my upcoming blogs to that history. I was born in Minnesota in 1933, moved to Wisconsin with my family in my twenties, collected a Bachelor of Science degree in Childhood Education, left for California for a teaching job and met my husband. We have been married for 47 years and have two sons and two grandsons, age six and a half and almost three. I love thrift stores. Where else could you find a grotesque Paper Mache mask with weird decorations? Weird can be wonderful! This one nearly caused a divorce: "Either that goes or you go!" We have a dog—an Akita mix called Plato—named for the philosopher. He is a very bright dog. I still have family in Wisconsin and the memories of a wonderful brother who I'm grieving. Take some time out of your busy day and come visit me.
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