A follow up to the Denali post from yesterday. September 2016.
The T -Shirt I Didn’t Buy
Tag: souvenir
Throwback Thursday
My father attended the inauguration of President John F. Kennedy. I remember he took a train to DC and it was really really cold. The rest of the memorabilia is at my son’s house.
This is one of the buttons he brought home as a souvenir.
Wooden Nickel
Do you have a wooden nickel ?
The history of the wooden nickel is here
An American adage, “Don’t take any wooden nickels” is considered a lighthearted reminder to be cautious in one’s dealings.
And here is link for more information on the origin and meaning of that phrase.
They are frequently tokens or souvenirs!
Here is one found in my house.
Based on the buffalo nickel. I have one but I think it is worth ten cents.
The Buffalo nickel or Indian Head nickel is a copper-nickel five-cent piece that was struck by the United States Mint from 1913 to 1938. It was designed by sculptor James Earle Fraser. As part of a drive to beautify the coinage….- Wikipedia
Souvenir Guest Gallery
Guest Contributions to Today’s Souvenir Gallery.
A follow-on post from Tuesday’s Post- Souvenir
Sometimes you purchase the souvenir yourself, and sometimes a souvenir is brought to you as a gift from a traveling friend.
________________________________Souvenirs from Mary
Coney Island
Colorado
Mexico
____________________________________Souvenirs from Joanne
Tiny bowls and St. Antonio figurine from Barcelona, Spain.
Santorini Greece
Vintage Scarf- Thanks Mary
Wine carafes from Italy … 1970 … when restaurants would often give you the carafe from your dinner table.
_______________________________Souvenirs from Vincie-
Windsor Telephone Booth England
Lighthouse from Florida
A present from the family from their vacation
______________Terry’s souvenir mug from Norway, just over a month in her possession
Trollejorden Norway
____________________________Yvette’s Souvenir Refrigerator Magnets
___________________________________Bobbie’s Souvenirs –
China
England
Morocco
Germany
Uganda
Italy
Trivets around the World
Postcard from London from my sister Mary. I found it on my fridge today.
Souvenir
Souvenir-
- a thing that is kept as a reminder of a person, place, or event.
There are two pronunciations of souvenir (soo-vuh–neer or soo–vuh-neer) Which do you say?
Perhaps you avoid collecting souvenirs, adding to the accumulation. I have a few examples. A salt and pepper shaker from Yellowstone Park purchased in 1963 by me. A Volksmarch Stein and a ceramic tile from Grafenwoehr Germany where we lived for three years 1983-1986. A dish towel. Christmas ornaments (from my Ohio family’s collection) a refrigerator magnet with Beignets.
In our city there is a shop up on Mt. Washington called love, Pittsburgh where you can get Pittsburgh themed gifts. The Florida pillow was in the U of Florida bookstore but I did not purchase it. The demitasse cup and saucer from a favorite restaurant, La Cucina Flegrea, no longer in business.
Do you keep a souvenir or two or three? Any special mementos of a place you have visited? My sister’s Coney Island Paperweight was a souvenir in Saturday’s gallery.
When my friend Ann sees this post she will write and say “Pitch them!”
Paperweights Gallery from Blog Followers
Yesterday’s blog post Glass Paperweights received some terrific responses
Here are some of the paperweight photos I received today
An example of Close Millefiori paperweight from our parents, sent by sister Mary
Souvenir Paperweight sent by my sisterKen in California sent the dandelion paperweights photos. See yesterday’s comments for a DIY “Craft Klatch” video on youtube how to create your own dandelion paperweight (thanks Mary)
Ken sent his Dandelion Paperweights that are still in use and from the early seventies
My friend Joanne in Florida sent the paperweight she bought in Mdina Malta c. 1971
My friend Ann in Colorado sent me these paperweight photos of her paperweights doubling as doorstoppers
And in case you missed it – click link of slideshow of 11 featured Paperweights of the World from the Corning Museum of Glass
Breakfast with the Queen
Breakfast with the Queen on Monday morning. Out on the front porch again while summer is still here.
I went and got the solar powered waving figurine out of the dining room window to join me for breakfast. Why?
My friend Vincie went to London (and Paris) last month and brought me a lovely souvenir. A jar of Rhubarb Raspberry Vanilla Bean Jam from Selfridges Food Hall. She knows those three are my favorite flavors. What a combination.
Fancy. Nothing like jam and butter on toast. Very tasty.
Put my two balls of sock yarn in the little shopping bag, too!
BTW Selfridges was voted Best Department Store in the World.
Wordless Wednesday
Wordless Wednesday 
My Sister’s Doll – 1947
Our Uncle Harold brought this doll to my sister in 1947. Mary was in Kindergarten. He was in the US Navy.
He brought the doll back from Naples.
She was a souvenir doll, not a play doll.
A couple of days ago, I put her in Mary’s NYC apartment window and photographed her from different angles.
Her straw hat wouldn’t stay on her head and I didn’t want to force it.
As I took her photo, her eyes seemed to follow me and I moved her around to try and get a good pose and shot.
Have you ever noticed how something inanimate can feel it has a life?
Holding her hat
1947 doll from Italy
CLose Up
JFK- Man of the Sixties
My father went to JFK’s inauguration- took a train to DC in the bitter, cold weather. This button is one of the souvenirs he brought back home.
In 1963 I was in sixth grade. I remember it like yesterday .
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5:30 AM edit
My son Mark just sent me the following photos of my father’s memorabilia he has at his home in Ohio. I am adding them to the post now.
He is looking for the photos he has of the grandchildren at the Arlington gravesite.
Mark had all of his grandfather’s JFK memorabilia
put into a frame.
