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A Willie Nelson Christmas2 comments

Janell wrote 1 month ago: Daddy & Willie -- Christmas 1981 I hope I’m never too old to have a good girlfriend in my … more →

Tags: calling cards, Family Life, Parents, everyday life, willie nelson, Christmas Gift Buying

its the sunday awards and meem show!!! now with theem song wot i rote myself!!!29 comments

Dennis the Vizsla wrote 1 month ago: hello nice reederz its dennis the vizsla dog hay wel it seems that having sumwun else rite a theem s … more →

Tags: vizslas, Dogs, Blog tag, Awards, Memes, darth vader, lightsabers, Las Vegas, Moulin Rouge

The Ivory Elephant2 comments

slipsofthetongue wrote 1 month ago: Today Mr. Apron wrote about the piano we are hopefully about to acquire, a relic from the days when … more →

Tags: Family, birthday gifts, pianos, keyboards, MIDI input keyboards

c1900 Span Am Playing Card Trench Art Folk Art

curleysden wrote 2 months ago: Two pieces, all of the same estate and all belonging to a Spanish American veteran of the 47th Infan … more →

Tags: primitives

Architectural tour of Sheffield5 comments

Sheffield blog wrote 7 months ago: ‘Sheffield just doesn’t seem to know how good it actually is’ People reading this blog w … more →

Tags: Architecture, city centre masterplan, Council, Design, development, Environment, History, Magazines, Planning

c1930s Cast Iron Bookends - Labor Steel Workers WPA

curleysden wrote 7 months ago: Cast iron book ends with beautiful high relief images of men at work in a Steel mill.  Inside the pa … more →

Tags: Labor & Transportation, Biographical Visages

1930/40s Pittsburgh PA Police Detective Ledger Journal

curleysden wrote 7 months ago: This is a rather remarkable archive for those interested in early 20thc police work.  Actual day led … more →

Tags: Historical Ephemera

3' c1940s Plaster Crocodile Fossil Snout & Jaw Casting

curleysden wrote 8 months ago: Plaster casting of a Crocodile’s jaw/snout that measures 31″ long by 10″ wide and … more →

Tags: Vintage and Antique Medical

Elephants birthday a jumbo celebration in Thailand4 comments

John Le Fevre wrote 10 months ago: Some of the 73 elephants at the Mae Sa Elephant Camp celebrate their jumbo birthday party. Photo Joh … more →

Tags: 2009 Posts, Burma, Chiang Mai, Northern Thailand tourism, Phuket tourism, Thailand, Thailand tourism, Asian Elephants, Buddhism festivals

Pr 19thc Greek Gods Cemetery Gothic Stone Sculptures

curleysden wrote 10 months ago: Unbelievable pair of mid to third quarter 19thc stone figural mythological or religious sculptures f … more →

Tags: Ecclesiastic Interest, Decorator Antiques

19thc Cast Iron Demeter Greek Goddess Figural Fireplace

curleysden wrote 10 months ago: Demeter, winged, with the wheat sheaf in one hand and her torch in the other is made of cast iron, a … more →

Tags: Sold - For Reference Only

Why am I not Surprised?1 comment

BondBloke wrote 10 months ago: I just read this piece, and have to say that I am not in the least surprised. I always thought that … more →

Tags: Transport, rants, Edinburgh, Trams

Carved Early 20thc Ludwig van Beethoven Death Mask

curleysden wrote 10 months ago: I honestly cannot date this piece, but am guessing that its the first part of the 20thc – carv … more →

Tags: Decorator Antiques, Biographical Visages

White Elephants

muppetfingers1 wrote 11 months ago:   We were sitting in the coffee shop across the street from the building we had an eleven o’clock ap … more →

Tags: American Fiction, flash fiction, Michael Hemmingson, Africa, Choice, Hemmingson

10 Days of White Elephants

lakenshift wrote 1 year ago: So we all need a little motivation, a kick start for any activity that we are not already in the hab … more →

Tags: Philosophy, Travel, Humor, Life, Random, Thoughts, Road Trip, 10 days

The Plight Of The Thai Elephant

Ton wrote 1 year ago: The elephant has been a cultural icon in Thailand throughout history. This magnificent animal is con … more →

Tags: animals, Elephants, Thailand, Bangkok, Cruelty, hosiptal, Icon, Symbol

University of Penn Art Show Exhibited Allegorical Painting - Monstrous

curleysden wrote 1 year ago: Shes phenomenal, striking as anything and measures 54″ high by 38″ wide.   Monochromatic … more →

Tags: Oddities and Art Offered by Curley's Den.

Handmade 1950s Carnival Big Top Puppet Theatre

curleysden wrote 1 year ago: I fell in love with this, one of the best made puppet theatres I’ve ever seen and they painted … more →

Interactive White Elephants

rnschoolie wrote 1 year ago: Interactive White Boards.  Big white Elephant.  Actually more to the point, expensive big white elep … more →

Tags: IWB


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