1 Feb 2008

SHOW & TELL


The host is Kelly

Today I make a break with my cat collection and show you some other things.



This wrinkled lemon pig, believe it or not will be 39 years old on December 6 ! I kept it as souvenir of our wedding in 1969. Besides all plates as a little decoration was such a little pig. I never thought it would keep for such a long time ! But it still stands with other souvenirs in our showcase.



Our son's first walking shoe. As it is the use in Belgium I had put his first shoes in a bronze bath, one for us and one for the grandparents. I remember I had to pay a supplement because his feet were too big, two sizes over a normal baby shoe and that hasn't changed he still has at least two sizes over a normal men shoe.




When I was a little girl, there were no beer bottles and my grandpa loved to drink his beer once he came home from work. So he send me with this beer jug in the local pub where I proudly asked to fill it up to carry it home very carefully.

26 comments:

  1. I loved your show & tell this week! Each thing you shared made me smile!

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  2. Beautiful memories. Je ne connaissais pas du tout la coutume de la première chaussure! Et ce petit cochon. Il est adorable. J'ai aussi une grande chope de bière mais en verre. Celle de mon grand père je pense que c'est mon oncle qui devait l'avoir. Ma grand mère était originaire de l'Alsace près de la frontière allemande. J'ai retrouvé sa photo avec le costume alsacien quand elle devait avoir 16 ou 17. Je suis contente Pierre va bien. Hier à Auchan j'ai acheté des nems dans le rayon nems au porc et après les avoir mangé en tout petit je lis nems au crabe!
    Monsieur est allergique au crabe!
    Je crois que je rachetterai pas de nems de si tôt pour lui!

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  3. I really love how the bronzed shoe turned out! It is really pretty!

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  4. How cool. Love the lemon pig, the shoe is cute and the beer jug is great too :)

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  5. Love the beer jar!!!! [of course, I'm a beer drinker...so, you can understand that!]

    Happy Show n Telling dear Gattina

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  6. I love the lemon pig. I've always wanted to bronze my kids shoes but never did.

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  7. That lemon pig is MOST unusual! No one participating can top that! Thanks for sharing!
    Connie

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  8. What a wonderful show and tell. I remember making "fruit animals" like your lemon when I was a girl. I also have my step-daughters bronzed baby shoes displayed in my home. They are so sweet. Have a wonderful day, and please stop by to see my show & tell!
    Sandra

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  9. Its really a good treasure to share to others. Thanks for that. hAPPY WEEKEND.

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  10. Those are great Gattina. Were you married on December 6th? That's my wedding anniversary. The story about you going and getting the beer jug filled is great...

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  11. That lemon pig is unreal! No mold? People used to have baby shoes bronzed here too but I didn't.

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  12. I loved your son's little bronzed shoe and that lemon pig is something else!

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  13. Awww... I love the little baby shoe. I had my kids shoes bronzed too!

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  14. Those are lovely, great pick for show & tell..Thanks for sharing....Mine Is Up Too:
    Scattered Thoughts Of Mine

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  15. Neat show and tell. I can't believe the lemon!!!!
    Susan

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  16. Loved your shares. That little piggy is too special. When I saw it it just made me smile. I'm fairly new to your blog. Is there a story behind using them for table decorations? Have a nice day, Linda

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  17. I loved your show & tell. What wonderful treasures!

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  18. The memories contained n each of these are priceless.
    Funny my son never showed signs of having big feet as a babe, but he has them now at age 15.

    Thank you for sharing these, I love the last the most, reminds me of my father for some reason.

    ~ The Mama Bear

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  19. So is that pig a real lemon::::?????????????????????????!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I want to know--

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  20. Hi Gattina,
    I love all your little treasures the little shoe is lovlely.the Pig is unusall table decoration for a wedding, must have a story behind it...

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  21. Love that lemon pig!! Who would have thought it'd last all these years!!

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  22. HA!!! I loved the little pig--darling!

    Julieann

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  23. I can't believe that lemon pig is 39 years old! Amazing. Love the baby's shoe...people do that here, too, sometimes.

    I know I was early for Cats on Tuesdays, but I work in the city on Tuesdays and Wednesdays, that's why I do it early...otherwise it wouldn't get done at all.

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  24. You have an interesting item there with that 39 year old lemon! That just really made me laugh. I think it will last for another 39 years.
    Kathy b

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  25. Even more impressive than the lemon pig is the fact you KEPT it all this time.

    What a show today!!

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  26. oh, my! i love the stories you have told...the pig is hilarious...that's neat that you've hung on to it for all these years. thanks for sharing!

    oh, and I Love Cats Too!

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