... 'C' is for CYRILLIC, 'CHESAPEAKE CHESSIE CAT' and MORE!

**DISCLAIMER:  The items that I am presenting in this blog are not an advertisement or endorsements for their original intended use!  I am merely presenting bits of oddities, past cultures, and glances of eras-long-gone!**

With that said, 

(until today) "C" was for...

cha·peau

[SHaˈpō]

NOUN

heraldry

1. a hat or cap.

'Chapeau', 'Cap' or 'Hat'... call them what you will

 
and the associated 'pins' that go with them.

~BUT~
This collection, too, has been covered before!







By chance, our morning was spent doing a bit of research on recent acquisitions, and ironically the queries kept resulting in 'C' answers!!  So what better time to share some Useless Trivia Tidbits??!

First up was this adorable Hankie:

Q: What is the relevance of the title of the hankie-"Chessie, Peake and Kittens"?Q: WHY did Kimball need permission from a RailRoad to create this Hankie?

After a quick web search for the CHESAPEAKE & OHIO RailRoad, I soon learned that CHESSIE  was the mascot for C&O Railway, and has a long history dating back to 1934!

While 'on a roll', I decided to dig deeper into The mystery of the wood Print Block...  

Yesterday we picked up a book at an Estate Sale by Carlos Castaneda (there are those 'C's again!!)- it was Russian, and MANY of the alphabet characters in it looked familiar!  Searched out 'Russian Alphabet' - and Voila'! We now know the alphabet on our wood block is CYRILLIC, we just don't know which Language it is in to do a translation!!  I did figure out how to transform our keyboard to the CYRILLIC alphabet though!

   КАРЛОС КАСТАНЕДА

(CARLOS CASTANEDA: The Wheel of Time)

BE WELL

& 

en JOY!

 

...the OTHER WOMAN.

I'm sure you all remember SESAME SHIMMER. 

(For those who need a refresher: SS HISTORY.)

Recently, we decided it was time she 'earned her keep'!  

For not only have we given her a flawless complexion, a 'stunning, haute-couture wardrobe', and center stage in our home, but now she just taunts us by lounging with a martini glass (that her buddy 'Tweed-The-Elf' perches on the edge of!) in hand all-day-long!

So, as the days SUDDENLY get colder 

or rather, more Seasonable, here in the NE...

'CLEAN-OUT 2016' gets a Kick-Start...

Starting in ...The STAIRS??  who in their right minds Really has to 'purge their stairs'??   ...i do.

With my 'HAT COLLECTION'...

YES. Yet ANOTHER COLLECTION.

Wall going UP STAIRS - black hats.

ONE wall on stair Landing - Colorful hats.

One of MY 'earlier' collections.  Started in my first apt. out of college.  Displayed as a border around my bedroom on a thin rope with clothespins.  It has grown quite a bit since those days!  NOT precious hats - but LOVINGLY worn and played with at group gatherings!! 

This picture was taken the morning of our wedding (circa 2001). The peak of my 'Hat Collecting Days' -  I had requested that each of the girls in our Wedding Party select a 'Black Hat' of their liking from our wall to accessorize.

I still enjoy picking up the occasional hat, but the time has come to find some 'foster homes' for a few (you know ~ make room for MORE!)...

SOOOOO... Sesame to the rescue!

She put down her Cocktail glass.

...donned some beads...

I think that she 'WORKED~IT' quite nicely.

Yep. She's a 'KEEPER'!

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Now - take Sesame's lead - go get decked out and have a

FABULOUS NEW YEAR!!!