Movie Friday: Sarah, Plain and Tall

One of my favorite stories to do with my students is the story of Sarah, Plain and Tall by Patricia MacLachlan.  The books in the trilogy are simple reads, great for elementary students, and tell a wonderful story.  It's no wonder Hallmark made a series of their Hallmark Hall of Fame movies out of the book trilogy.

I couldn't find just a clip of Sarah, Plain and Tall on YouTube, so I'm posting a commercial that Hallmark made for a day that they showed all three movies.

Starring Glen Close and Christopher Walken, the movie follows the story of Sarah Wheaton, who answers and advertisement for a mail-order-bride.  Sarah travels from Maine to the Kansas prairie in hopes of completing the family that was broken after their mother / wife passed away several years before.

Have a great Friday!

Glassware Identification Break...

We interrupt regularly scheduled blogging to bring you this glassware identification break.

So, here it is!  Can anybody identify this little pitcher?  It's somewhere in the area of 5 inches tall, and I like the pattern of dots that go from smaller on the outside edges to the largest in the middle of each row and the lines between the rows of dots.  It was in a box of stuff I got at a sale a while back.  I discovered it while I was sorting out the box to donate all but the one thing I wanted in the box to a thrift shop.  I think this little pitcher may be a keeper as well.  Unfortunately, there is no maker mark on it that I can find.  Do any of you know what it is?

More Pyrex...

I would like to thank 1950's Atomic Ranch House for getting me addicted to eBay once again.  Grrr....

Anyway, I am a cheap eBay shopper, so while I have picked up a few pieces of Pyrex lately, I don't get them unless the combined purchase and shipping price is very reasonable.

I purchased this lot of 4 Pyrex pieces through the Buy-It-Now option for $6.50, and the shipping on the whole lot was less than $10.  Most sellers want $10 to ship a single piece.

All I really wanted was the Dandelion Duet divided dish, the other pieces were just a bonus.  I also got a Shenandoah 474-B casserole along with two 441 1 1/2 pint Cinderella style mixing bowls in the Homestead pattern.  Homestead isn't one of my favorites, but they'll be fine for daily kitchen use!

Why don't the dandelions that grow in my yard look this good?

Happy Labor Day

It's going to be a busy day.  I have to go out to our farm (15 miles out of town) and drive the tractor into town so that we can have some work done on it.  It's going to be a dirty drive down those 15 miles of gravel roads!

I'm going to need to clean things up when I get back in town, so here's a vintage Mr. Clean commercial to help me remember this Labor Day!  Hope that you all have a wonderful holiday!

Movie Friday: The Parent Trap

I enjoyed this film growing up, and I feel like it's time to start featuring some of these classic Disney movies.  So, here it is, The Parent Trap (1961 version).

So, here is what Wikipedia has to say on the subject:

"The Parent Trap (1961) is a Disney film.^[1][2] It stars Hayley Mills, Maureen O'Hara and Brian Keith in a story about teenage twins and their divorced parents. The screenplay by the film's director David Swift was based upon the book Lottie and Lisa (Das Doppelte Lottchen) by Erich Kästner. Kastner derived his version from a Deanna Durbin film Three Smart Girls. The Parent Trap was nominated for two Academy Awards, was broadcast on television, saw three television sequels, was remade in 1998 with Lindsay Lohan, and has been released to VHS and DVD. The original film was Mills' second of six films for Disney."

Just a personal note...the remake is never as good as the original!

Have a great Friday.  Three day holiday weekend, take me away!

Mystery Dish

This small lidded milk glass dish was in a box of stuff I got at an auction recently.  It has an attractive green and black stripe pattern on both the dish and the lid, with a small built in handle on the lid.  I have no clue who made it or even what it is for.  It's had a lot of use, as you can see in the second picture, part of the green and black stripe are missing from the dish.  There are no markings on the piece to identify it.  If you can help, please comment!

Have a great Thursday!  (Where has this week gone?!?)

The Newest Addition to My Pyrex Collection

I think I mentioned in my eBay post that I had purchased a few pieces of Pyrex recently.  Well, the first piece arrived on Saturday.  I love the bright turquoise blue snowflakes on this 1 1/2 quart 043 casserole.  It was packed well and arrived unharmed, however the seller attached packing tape to it in several places (first to criss-cross the opening, then to help keep all of the bubble wrap in place).  Now, when packing tape has been attached to something like Pyrex that goes through the horrors of the US postal system, the results aren't always pretty.  If you haven't noticed, it's been HOT in the mid-west lately.  Now, a hot shipping environment combined with sticky packing tape attached to my Pyrex equals a lot of sticky residue left behind!  I finally got it all cleaned off yesterday, and it's ready to share!

Have a great Wednesday!  I have a 7:15am staff meeting today, and since it is a half hour drive, I got to be up EARLY!  I bet I sleep well tonight!