New Chickens!!

I just have to share with you a few of my latest chickens!

The first photo is me modeling the tiny chicken print blouse my daughter Anna sent me from Portland, Oregon. Click on my blouse. Can you see the tiny chicken designs in the fabric?

Next is a carved wooden door stop which a friend of mine had at her booth at the Allen Antique Mall. Walter and I looked at it and I really liked it, but didn't want to pay the price for it at the time. Then I decided to purchase it because it was so different from any I had ever seen, but when I went back to get it, it was gone! Well, Walter had gone back for it and saved it to surprise me on Christmas!

This is a Tiny Tales book that originally sold for $.05 in the forties. The story is perfect to illustrate what happens when we do not obey the call to run to the protection of our Heavenly Father. It reinforces the lesson I teach from my story of Henny, who saves her chicks from a barn fire by covering them with her wings. I found this today as we shopped the Antique Mall in McKinney.

And this flattened bottle takes the cake! It's outstanding in my collection. My "cousin once removed," Tammy Bott, sent it to me from Indiana where she found it at a craft show and thought of me. Isn't it unique? I hung it on my Christmas tree and plan to wear it on a chain around my neck too! Thank you, Tammy, for making my day!

Another Christmas gift (actually for Walter, but he shares with me!)was this Ralston-Purina set of red-checked bow tie, cuff links and tie pin! There is a chicken on the cuff links and tie pin-- you can see them if you look closely enough. These treasures were given to Walter by our daughter Anna and her husband Sean. They had belonged to Sean's grandfather who worked for Ralston-Purina. Aren't they awesome!

Guess what this is! It's a child's chopsticks. Wayne and Stacy found this at a children's shop in Austin called Terra Toys.

I'm having trouble getting a decent picture of this thimble I recently acquired. It is an old metal advertising thimble like I collect. This one I entered into my chicken collection, however, because on it there are pictures of hens and it says, "Lay or Bust, 327 So. LaSalle St. Chicago, ILL."

I hope you enjoyed looking at these samples from my chicken collection. I promise to be back with more photos to share soon.