Twosday Favs 18

Quail Baby. I adore them.

Favorite One

Typewriters. Just knowing that I have one in my possession is enough to make me smile. Lol :):)

Favorite Two

 Well, let's call this a special Twosday Favs because I have a third favorite.

This is a new photo I took that has become

a new favorite for me. Anything with water

is so wonderful!



My New Obsession: Finalized

Don't ask me why I have the STRANGEST title for this post in the entire world..... I am wierd that way hehe.

I know, I know. I made a movie about my typewriter.

But I was seriously laughing SO HARD at the beginning... but I was holding it back. That's why the camera is shaking hehe.

My portable typewriter

Close-up of the keys

What do you think? Do you like it?

I SURE DO!!! *Goofy laugh*

A-hem.

I am a very refined person if you can tell.....

*GRIN*

(Yes, I stole that from Natasha!!)

:{) (and yes, I stole that from Lucia Marie)

Ok I am done stealing from people haha. :):)

Aloha Mi Amigos!!! Ciao! Uh.... Hola?

Anyhew.... I am done being wierd. Goodbye.

bye

Blooming Tulip

Every day I took a picture of a tulip... but on an overnight trip I missed a few days, so the main blooming process is missing. Oopsiedaisy.... hehe. :) Anyway, here are the pictures!

BEWARE: The following contains... like... lots of pictures.

April 28th

April 29th

April 30th

May 1st

May 4th

A beautiful, peach-tinted bloom greeted us home.

Most of the flowers look like this still.

The pinkish-yellow-peachy colors really show up on this.

It's the most beautiful tulip I've ever seen!

Most of our tulips are red and yellow, but just this last year we bought this pink tulips. Aren't they the most gorgeous thing?!?!

This is a purple flower in our yard... among lots of other little ones just snuggled in there.

The real size, though?

Tiny!

I LOVE how this one turned out. At first I didn't like it, but it's wonderful.

This is a red tulip... OBVIOUSLY. Isn't it pretty?

Today, only a few pink tulips are blooming. These are still lookin' pretty green. :)

I tried to capture the pink at the bottom of the petals.

The yellow-peach is gorgeous!!!

Thanks for putting up with my immense amount of pictures!

Love yah! Mary

P.S.

Look what I just got!

I don't own this picture- I found it through google.

But this is the same typewriter as the one I got!! Exciting, right? :):)

My New Obsession

Ok, I confess, I am almost obsessed with this. But only over the last two days so that doesn't really count.

And.... I'm blaming it all on Sydney because she just got a typewriter and dragged me into this vortex of WONDERFULNESS!!!!!!!

I really do love typewriters.

We used to have a Brothers typewriter. The H was broken, and the enter didn't work too terribly well. The paper went in crooked and the ink roll majigger was nearly broken. But that's ok.

We would use it almost constantly.

We started a million stories.

We made mini newspapers.

We wrote letters.

We wrote gobblydeegook and random names and all this fun stuff.

Because using a typewriter is enchanting.

Another reason I fell for typewriters is because we went to a library and looked at these really old Life magazines, like from the 30's or 40's. And in the magazine I grabbed there were three typewriter ads.

So I went to a library computer and looked them all up.

And I think it's hilarious how I think this ad makes this typewriter the best... and I believe it.

Advertising is supposed to make things look good. But for some reason or another I don't think that they were bragging...

I got dragged in to magazine and the ads!!! Anyway I will stop my constant jabbering now, thank you for being so patient with my blablablas.

This is the ad I saw for the Underwood Golden Touch typewriter- the one I'd like to get. (But the pricetag of $300 is making me not want to so much. I mean, there are others for like $80 dollars but who knows if those work?)

Here is the Underwood Golden Touch.

This is almost exactly like the one we had when we were kids. I loved that typewriter! It broke though, and we had to get rid of it.

I think it's funny how different typewriters give a different feel.

This one reminds me of some French resteraunt or something. The brand name "Royal" printed on there helps the mood. :) haha

Ok now I am thinking either 70's hippy with tyedye bell bottoms and a saggy shirt and a rainbow peace headband.....

or a country housewife tapping away in her sunshiney kitchen with blue and yellow and white colors everywhere!!! :)

I much prefer the latter.

PINK!!!!! It's so girly, it's like a princess or something. So cute.

I love typewriters.

What are you obsessed with? (or even minorly liking)

P.S. You can find typewriters on http://www.etsy.com/ or http://www.bonanza.com/. just search "Typewriter" or any of the brands mentioned in this post- "Royal Typewriter" or "Underwood Typewriter" :)