I bought this terrific little carved dog plaque at the Round Lake Antique Show a couple of years ago. I saw him in the showcase of a dealer that I know – a really nice guy who always has an interesting, high-quality small items. I spotted him on Friday, as we were all [...]

Did you know that the days of the month in 1915 and 2010 are the same?  See – today is Sunday Feb. 28, and the 28th of Feb. in 1915 was Sunday too.  It’s the little things that make me happy.

Last year Steven’s dad bought a bunch of great old paper (early automobile advertising, catalogs, [...]

The vast majority of dogs in our collection are old – vintage, antique, aging, gracefully or not.  This little guy is an exception.  I bought this print on etsy a couple of years ago because I just loved his face.  His name is Bandit.

The artist is Pey Lu and you can check out her etsy [...]

This little guy used to be part of a lovely, fancy, high end collection.  Now he lives in our house, but if he considers it a come-down he doesn’t make a fuss about it.  Several years ago there was an on-site auction just a mile or so from Steven’s family home.  This is noteworthy because [...]

I’ve alluded before to the fact that we love dog things – paintings, figures, folk art.  So I’m thinking it would be fun to feature one of our dogs here on the blog each week.  (A blog dog — say that 3 times fast!) It will be interesting to see how many weeks it will [...]

 
Steven and I just can’t own enough dogs.  Really.
But before you begin imagining the noise and confusion, the giant bags of dogfood, the shedding…let me clarify.  We do love dogs – the real, living kind – and we have one that we adore.  (check our Personal page for pics of our Princess.)  But the kind of dog [...]

This past weekend we were set up at the Round Lake Antiques Fest in Round Lake NY, near Saratoga.  This is one of our very favorite shows of the year – for lots of reasons!  Its a great show in a truly picturesque little Victorian village – it couldn’t be a more charming setting.  And [...]