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It's the Top Chef semifinals and we're in Calgary! From the pancake breakfast to fine dining beef, this episode shows us the best of what Alberta has to offer. Don't be a silly GOOSEberry, and tune into our coverage of Season 22 Episode 11!

In this final episode of Season 2, Bex shares her experience as a vendor at her first-ever in-person vintage market, the Mid-Century Modern Show and Sale in Calgary, Alberta. Bex describes how nervous she was beforehand and how much preparation goes into a market booth, from sorting inventory to pricing all items for sale. From setting up her booth, friendly fellow vendors, curious customers, and all the things she learned that she didn't know she didn't know, this episode is a walk-through of Bex's first vendor experience. And it was a good one.One of the first things Bex learned was to get in fast and early to allow enough time to think about the display, sort and pack inventory, and price everything. She didn't sign up until a month prior to the show, so she welcomed a friend's help in preparing. Setting up her booth the night before gave her a crash course in clever and creative booth design. Her takeaway was to think vertically and invest in shelves for her next show. Bex relays how neighbor vendors helped ease her nerves, stories of customer encounters, the Pyrex colors people seemed most interested in, and why it was such a great experience for her that she wishes she'd done it earlier. If you missed Bex at this market, she has three more coming up throughout the summer. Thank you for joining Season 2 of Pyrex With Bex. Season 3 is coming soon, and she hopes you'll be with her for those episodes as well. —Contact Rebecca Scott | Pyrex With Bex: Website: PyrexWithBex.comInstagram: @pyrexwithbexWhatnot: PyrexWithBex—TranscriptBex Scott: [00:00:02] Hey everybody, it's Bex Scott and welcome to the Pyrex with Bex podcast, where you guessed it, I talk about vintage Pyrex, but also all things vintage housewares. I'll take you on my latest thrifting adventures, talk about reselling, chat with other enthusiasts about their collections, and learn about a bunch of really awesome items from the past. Subscribe now on Apple, Spotify, or wherever you love listening to podcasts so you don't miss a beat. Hey everybody, this is Bex Scott and you are listening to the Pyrex with Bex podcast. As promised, this is the episode to end season two, where I'm going to talk to you about my experience at the Mid-Century Modern Show and Sale. It happened April 12th in Calgary and it was the most amazing vintage market I have ever been to. This was my very first experience being a vendor at a market for vintage and I have to say, it was incredible. I wish that I had had the courage to do this before, with this hobby and the side business that I have selling vintage, but that was a lesson that I learned that I love doing markets. They are very stressful and a lot of work, but I think as you do more, it will probably get easier. So this one was in Calgary at the Hillhurst Sunnyside Community Center, and I signed up probably just over a month before it happened, so I didn't have a ton of time to prepare. It might seem like a lot of time, but one of the things I learned is you need to get in there fast, early, so that you have time to think about your display, pack all of your inventory, sort, price everything. Bex Scott: [00:01:50] So I think I started pricing about three weeks or four weeks, let's say four weeks before, and I had a lot of inventory. I went through all of my boxes in my basement. There were probably 30 banker's boxes of vintage items. And knowing that this was mid-century modern, a lot of it was the higher end collectible items. Definitely not garage sale items. I'm used to holding garage sales, doing that, this was not that kind of a crowd. So I started going through all of my boxes, and it probably took me about three weeks to sift through everything, decide what I was going to take there, wrap it all up nicely, put what was on or inside each of the boxes on labels. And that was for the non Pyrex items. So that I felt was a little bit easier to do. The tricky part came with sorting my Pyrex and pricing it and going through everything that I had. And I have to say, I didn't know that I was hiding so much of it in my basement. Luckily, my amazing friend Amanda came over and she helped me kind of push through my anxiety and keep me going that day, pricing everything. It took us about 3.5 hours to go through all the Pyrex, and I had a bunch of full sets, a bunch of just random casseroles and bowls, and we sat there and put everything into the set. Bex Scott: [00:03:24] We priced everything. We did it by color. So I had a little sheet that I printed out that said, purple is this price, blue is this price, yellow is this price. One of my main takeaways? Make sure your stickers aren't too sticky. These were the stickiest stickers I have ever experienced in my life, and this is a public service announcement to anybody who bought my Pyrex at that market. I apologize for the amount of Goo Gone or soaking you guys are going to have to do. Please know I put the stickers on the inside of the bowls so that none of the pattern would be affected, and that you could just soak the bowl in the sink. I hope. So, that was my number one learning. Get better stickers. After we put all of the stickers and prices on the Pyrex, I did smarten up and I got tiny little stickers that were a lot easier to remove. So apologies to everybody if you're out there in the world picking my stickers off. Anyway, so we got all of the Pyrex packed up, labeled, and then about maybe 3 or 4 days before I had my son help me load our big Excursion. So it was floor to ceiling packed with everything. Bex Scott: [00:04:44] And this might seem silly, but I was convinced that I wouldn't have enough inventory. I had booked a ten by ten booth, had no idea how big that is because spatially I'm unable to figure out how big that is in my head. That was three tables and two chairs, and I just have to say that I had more than enough, which is kind of embarrassing because maybe next year I might need two booths. But I packed up the Excursion and I live in Innisfail, which is about an hour away from Calgary, so I had to make sure that everything was ready to go because I couldn't come back home to get anything. And the sale is only one day. So I ended up staying in Calgary with my parents. Everything was packed up, ready to go, and then at the last minute, I decided that I needed to make a sign and postcards for myself. Why I decided to do this like three days before, I don't understand, but I think I was procrastinating because I was nervous. So I designed these postcards to promote the podcast and my Instagram. If you're not following me on Instagram, it's at Pyrex with Bex, and I got them all ordered. I didn't factor in having to pick them up in Calgary and I wasn't there. So this is the first time I've ever used Uber as a courier. Let me tell you, it works. It's a little bit over the top. Bex Scott: [00:06:11] It's expensive, but I didn't plan ahead, so that's my fault. And I was punished with the courier expense of having to pick up my signage for the show. But it's really cool if you guys ever need a courier, you just go on to the Uber website and you can book somebody to go into the shop, pick it up for you, and deliver it for you. So it worked really well. Luckily, I had my signage and my postcards for the show. So we get to the night before and they graciously let us set up for two hours and I get there, my parents, they went with me to help me unpack everything, and I was a nervous wreck. Like everybody there had obviously done this before. They all knew each other. Some people I went in and they were already set up. I think I was there like half an hour after the time that you were allowed to set everything up and they were already done. They were good. I was in awe. So I think it took us a good 20 minutes to even figure out how to set the tables up properly, so that people could walk into the booth and see everything. But we were there from about maybe 20 after 8 to 830 at night until 10:00, and got a good chunk of it, set up everything out. I had already done all the price tags, which was amazing. But looking around at all of these vendor booths, they know exactly what they're doing. Bex Scott: [00:07:37] They have amazing vintage shelves. That's another takeaway that I came away with, is that you need height. You need to go vertical with your displays. You can't just have it flat on a table. So for my markets going forward, or if anybody is going to be doing a market, make sure that you invest in some nice wooden shelves. You could even bring furniture to stack things on. It just makes your booth that much more beautiful and easy for people to go through. And it also adds another layer so that you can add more in. So that was my main downfall, I would say. I ran out of space and Pyrex takes up a lot of room. So if you are selling items that are larger, having a bookshelf, furniture, something to go vertically, is a must. But these vendors had beautiful booths. They were set up like they were in an antique mall. They had furniture. They had shelves. They had, there was one booth that had flat boards set up with pegs, and they had dozens of mugs on them where people could just come look at them, pick a mug off the wall. It was brilliant. There's one booth that was set up like a dining room. It was amazing. The vendors sat at the dining room table and you could go in and just look around at all the things on the perimeter of their booth, around the table. Bex Scott: [00:08:57] Other people had great signage. I was really impressed. So I took a lot away in that sense about what to do, what not to do. My booth was stuffed with things, but overall it worked out. So the night before, we're setting everything up and I have to say, the other vendors are so nice. You can tell that they've really built a community around doing these markets, and a lot of them sell, they're vendors at Ella Grace and other vintage malls and markets, and they all kind of go around together and they know each other and they're all very supportive. So I was between two really awesome gentlemen, very helpful. They gave me tips. We were joking around with each other. They helped a lot with the nerves of being a first time vendor, and it was nice to see what some of the more experienced people, what they do throughout the day. So I even made a few sales, which was nice. You go around and you look at the vendor booths and you do some pre-shopping, which is kind of cool. I stayed pretty close to my booth because I was worried about spending too much money because the items were really great, but met some really awesome people. So we went back the day of they opened at seven for vendors to set up until 10:00. And this is where the nerves really hit me. Bex Scott: [00:10:24] I was very nervous. The imposter syndrome was aggressive. I was looking around thinking, I'm not a real collector. Why am I here? My booth isn't set up like it should be. These people have been doing this for years. And then the worry about your pricing sets in, and I don't think I was the only one, because I overheard little snippets of conversations and people going around and looking at what each other had things priced at. People were adjusting their prices at the last minute. I know I definitely was. I was putting stickers over. I'm like, it's too much, it's too much because I had that fear of, you'll remember from my earlier podcasts in season one, I had a garage sale and it was quite the experience. People haggling, they wanted everything for a dollar, but I failed to realize that the people coming into this show are collectors. They respect what you do as a reseller and a collector, and they are looking for pieces to add to their collections in their homes, and they are willing to pay for your time of finding it, cleaning it, researching pricing, and they just genuinely value what you've done. So I was really impressed. I have to say, all of the vendors, all of the customers were very respectful. A few did ask for a better deal, but that was because they were buying in bulk, and that, to me, is totally acceptable. All of my prices I had wiggle room on, so I was expecting people to ask for a deal or ask for a bit of a lower price. And that's all part of the fun of it. But everybody was very respectful. Bex Scott: [00:12:05] So one of the highlights of my experience was a customer that came in, and I think he was well known to the community. He bought this brass horn from somebody and he was honking it for probably a good ten minutes straight. I had no idea what was going on, but you could see all the other vendors kind of giving him looks like they knew who he was, and they were just chirping at him to stop. But he came into my booth and I had these copper candlesticks, and he wanted to buy them. And I said to him, well, I'm glad that these are going to a good home. And he looked at me and he said, you don't know that. It caught me so off guard I said, oh, are they going to a good home? And he just gave me this look and that probably made my whole day. I love it when people come in, they have a good sense of humor and you can joke around with them. But then it got me thinking. You truly don't know where these items are going. They could be going to a very bad home, but that's okay. Wherever they go after, I hope they're being enjoyed. So that was great getting to meet some new people. Bex Scott: [00:13:17] Lots of people were looking for, obviously, pink Pyrex. I had only two casseroles, the Gooseberry casseroles, and they ended up selling the night before the show even started to another vendor. And one of my other takeaways is that I need to look for more turquoise and more pink because, as you would expect, people are asking for those colors and those patterns. And it was really nice to hear some of the stories about why people were looking for the pink Pyrex, and it was mostly because that's the pattern in the set that their grandmothers used. One lady was looking for it because she wanted to remember her grandma, and she was trying to complete her collection. So there was another vendor who had a full set of the Gooseberry Cinderella bowls, and I heard that she sold them for $450. So that is a huge win for her. Amazing. The set is beautiful and I hope whoever bought that, I hope it was the lady who was trying to complete her grandmother's set, because that to me is really special. It was funny because a lot of people who came around, I recognized them from Facebook Marketplace. I do a lot of selling on marketplace, and you get to know a lot of your customers there. You recognize their pictures and they kind of recognize you and tell you about some of the items that they've bought from you and how they're enjoying them. Bex Scott: [00:14:47] There was even a man who came around and he said he was fully renovating his whole house. He gutted it and it was all going to be mid-century modern. So he was coming around and shopping for all of the accessories and furniture that he was going to put in it, which, that would be a dream to me, being able to renovate the whole house, make it mid-century modern. I would probably need an interior decorator to come in and do it because I would be very overwhelmed, wouldn't know enough about the style, how to do it, but that would be really fun. So overall amazing show. I ended up selling probably about half of my inventory, which was way more than I ever expected. The organizer told me that 800 people came through. When you're in the moment and you're just focusing on talking to customers and making sales, it really doesn't feel like that many people because you're so, you're in tunnel vision, but 800 people. Amazing. The next show is in October, so I'm hoping to be a vendor there as well, but I would say I learned a lot. There was also a wonderful woman who came in, and she was known by all of the vendors as well, and she was selling live. I don't think it was Whatnot, but it was something similar. But she set up in my booth for probably 45 minutes, and she was selling my vintage greeting cards to her customers in Beijing. Bex Scott: [00:16:22] So it was all live. She was going through every single card. People were telling her which ones they wanted to buy. She ended up buying a cosmetic case suitcase from me, a Cabbage Patch doll, an awesome throw that had a design from the town of Olds, a really old teddy bear, and a few other things. But I thought it was really cool that me being a Whatnot seller, I've never sold on Whatnot live in a thrift store or at a market. But she was giving her, and I respect what she was doing because she worked hard for that that day. She didn't stop at all. Saw her buzzing between each booth and then going and loading up her car with the items for her customers. She was just the sweetest lady ever, so that's an awesome option, I think that you don't have to have a booth. You can also be on the other side where you're doing a live sale, so that's something I've always wanted to try in Whatnot. I know that it's a bit controversial. People think that it's silly to be selling live and kind of buying things live at a thrift store or a market, but it's another way to make great money, meet some awesome people, and serve your customers live without having to have a full inventory in your basement or in a shop, something like that. So I loved meeting her and seeing that happen as well. Bex Scott: [00:17:51] And yeah, my only regret is that I didn't walk around enough. I walked around to say hi to some of my friends to see how their booths were and how they were doing, but my main focus was on getting through the market because it was my first one, meeting as many people as I could, and just making sure that it all went off without a hitch, went smoothly. I would say that it did. Shout out to the organizers of the Mid-Century Modern Show and Sale. Tracy, you did an amazing job. It was so smoothly run. Everybody was polite, helpful. Customers were great and I cannot wait to do another one. So find me on Instagram @PyrexWithBex or Whatnot, same handle, at Pyrex With Bex. Let me know if you've done any markets, if you have any tips, if you have any coming up. I am doing three more markets this summer. So if you listen to my podcast, feel free to come around and say hi to me. One of them is in Camrose, one is in Okotoks, and the other is a little further north in Alberta. But I hope that you have enjoyed season two of Pyrex with Bex, and I'm very excited for season three to be released. And it is going to be a full season of just interviewing other collectors and resellers. So I hope that you guys will tune in for that. And thank you so much for all of your support. 

A woman has a loving husband and children, and she's great at her job. So why is she sad? One day, she opens the freezer door and sees the way into another world. If she goes, she will lose her husband and children. But could she be happy there?Go to EasyStoriesInEnglish.com/Door for the full transcript.Level: Beginner.Genre: Philosophical.Vocabulary: Freeze, Freezer, Cheek, Pick at, Kid, Nightmare, Gooseberry, Cliff, Sober, Weigh something up, Parallel universe.Setting: Modern.Word Count: 1517.Author: Ariel Goodbody.

DISCLAIMER: Please note that I use collector's nicknames for some of the dishes and not the official names they were produced with.— Bex Scott brings back a fan-favorite guest from Season One. In Season One he was called Rex but his actual name is Rob, Bex's husband. Rob returns to test his Pyrex knowledge (and how well he listens to his wife talk about her Pyrex collecting) by naming Pyrex patterns shown to him. How well does Rob do? Is he a Pyrex savant? Or is he just winging it here? See how you do against Rob by following along with the photo links in the Resources section. Rob's final score is one. One point. Which one did he get right? No spoilers here. Lessons were learned in this episode. Rob definitely believes he's better at naming Pyrex patterns than Pyrex was. The 60s and 70s were a wild time for Pyrex colors. Bex throws out some 14-year-old slang terms. Rob learns what a hugger is. And we all learn what the Pyrex names really are for some very interesting and classic patterns. Test your own knowledge along with Rob. And contact Bex to let her know what you think of Rob's names. Resources discussed in this episode:Pyrex One Rob's name: Primary Colors Plus an AttaboyPyrex Two Rob's name: Alternating White Wine Red Wine Vine SetPyrex Three Rob's name: 70s Throw Up FadePyrex Four Rob's name: Grenaded GardenPyrex Five Rob's name: Viney Vinny's Knobby Dish DelightPyrex Six Rob's name: Viking's BreadbasketPyrex Seven Rob's name: MagnaDoodle Acid TripPyrex Eight Rob's name: Hypnotic Salad BowlPyrex Nine Rob's name: 70s Jello Fruit Salad Thingamabobber Calls To YouPyrex Ten Rob's name: Gandalf's GardenPyrex Eleven Rob's name: Blood Red Christmas Doves Sharing a PomegranatePyrex Twelve Rob's name: Cretaceous Era Battle for Middle Earth—Contact Rebecca Scott | Pyrex With Bex: Website: PyrexWithBex.comInstagram: @pyrexwithbex—TranscriptBex Scott: [00:00:02] Hey everybody, it's Bex Scott and welcome to the Pyrex with Bex podcast where, you guessed it, I talk about vintage Pyrex, but also all things vintage housewares. I'll take you on my latest thrifting adventures, talk about reselling, chat with other enthusiasts about their collections, and learn about a bunch of really awesome items from the past. Subscribe now on Apple, Spotify, or wherever you love listening to podcasts so you don't miss a beat. Hey everybody, this is Bex Scott and you are listening to the Pyrex with Bex podcast. And on today's episode, I am bringing back one of your most favorite guests, formerly known as Rex in season one of the podcast. It is my husband, Rob. Welcome, Rob. Rob: [00:00:48] Thanks for having me back. I'm really excited. Bex Scott: [00:00:50] It feels like a very long, hard road getting to this recording, because we just spent the last half hour trying to fix my mic, and thank goodness that your mic wasn't working because you were playing jeopardy music in the background, trying to provoke me. Rob: [00:01:05] It was much needed. There was so much suspense. Bex Scott: [00:01:09] There was suspense if we were going to get this done. If, yeah, just all the suspense. So suspenseful that I'm lost for words. Rob: [00:01:18] I can see that. Bex Scott: [00:01:19] That made no sense. Anyway, back to the episode. Today, I thought it would be fun to play a little game with Rob to see just how well he knows his Pyrex patterns, and I've gone in and selected 12 different Pyrex patterns. I'm going to show him the picture. And because all of you wonderful people can't see what I'm showing Rob, I'm going to describe it first, and he'll give his best guess as to what the pattern is. So it's going to be a lot of learning together to see just how much Rob pays attention to me and to my love of Pyrex. Here we go. So I invite all of you to join along and make your best guess and see just how good you are with your patterns as well. I know that going through this, it was very enlightening because Pyrex didn't come up with a lot of unique, exciting names for some of their patterns and their dishes. So you'll realize that as we go through some of these. So I figured it would be nice to start off easy, give Rob a little bit of a break on his first go. Rob: [00:02:34] And you'll understand that by asking me these questions that I should have been chosen by Pyrex to name these patterns. Bex Scott: [00:02:43] I hope so, maybe the names you give will be so amazing that collectors around the world will just adopt them. Rob: [00:02:50] There'll be a fee for that, but no problem. Bex Scott: [00:02:53] Okay, we'll see how great they are, how creative you're feeling. Okay, here's the first set. So for those of you listening right now, it is a four piece mixing bowl set starting with blue, going to red, then green, then yellow. Rob, what is the name of this bowl set or pattern? Rob: [00:03:17] I would call it Primary Colors, plus an Attaboy. Because the green is not a primary color. So you have the primary colors plus the attaboy. Bex Scott: [00:03:31] You would be correct. Rob: [00:03:33] Oh, it's called with the attaboy. Nice. Bex Scott: [00:03:35] Well. No, but I like that rendition better than just the plain old Primary. So. Good job. 1 out of 12. Rob: [00:03:44] Oh, it's called Primary. Okay. Bex Scott: [00:03:45] Yeah. You're winning so far. Next up, we have a lot of this in our house, I'm looking at it right now. Okay. For everybody out there. It is a Cinderella Bowl set, and it goes from white to pink to white to pink, and it has some nice little without giving anything away foliage vine situations on it. Rob, what do you think this set pattern is called? Rob: [00:04:16] I have to call it the Alternating White Wine Red Wine Vine set. Bex Scott: [00:04:29] That's quite the name. Rob: [00:04:31] Well, yeah. Like I said, I should have been hired for this job. Bex Scott: [00:04:35] At first, I thought you were going to say wine spritzer. Rob: [00:04:38] Well, yeah. Well, if you smash them, you could make a spritzer. It'd be kind of pink. Bex Scott: [00:04:44] It's a spritzer. Okay, this is Gooseberry. Rob: [00:04:47] Oh I was close. Bex Scott: [00:04:48] You couldn't have been further away, but that's okay. It has a little, it's hard to see, but there's little gooseberries on there. They kind of look like onions, to be honest. That's okay. Rob: [00:05:02] I couldn't see it in the picture very clearly. Bex Scott: [00:05:05] I'm sorry. That was my fault. Rob: [00:05:07] Absolutely. Anyway. Carry on. Bex Scott: [00:05:10] Okay, next up, we have another mixing bowl set. It's an ombre. An ombre moment, as the kids would say. And it's kind of an orangey yellowy going into a more orangey. Wow. That's a terrible description. Rob: [00:05:30] See why I should have been hired? Bex Scott: [00:05:34] It's an orange ombre. There we go. Rob: [00:05:37] Well, it brings back some traumatic memories of the colors that my parents made me wear. So I would call that the 70s Throw Up Fade pattern. Bex Scott: [00:05:50] Oh, the PTSD is strong in this one. Rob: [00:05:54] Yeah, it goes from like a horrific orange that I remember I had to wear down to like a nasty pastel yellow that I also had to wear. Bex Scott: [00:06:04] The jumper? Rob: [00:06:05] Yeah. Where's me jumper? Bex Scott: [00:06:10] Okay. Rob: [00:06:11] I'm sure that's probably not quite what Pyrex might have used, but it probably should have been. Bex Scott: [00:06:16] So is that your your real guess? Rob: [00:06:19] Okay, fine. Um. Let's see. I would call that. Oh, let's get all fluffy. A fading sunset. Bex Scott: [00:06:29] Oh that's deep. That's a romantic set of bowls. Rob: [00:06:34] Don't worry. I've got that in me. Bex Scott: [00:06:35] Off into the fading sunset. It's called Flame Glo. Rob: [00:06:40] Same thing. Bex Scott: [00:06:43] Glow with no w. Yeah. Throw that wrench in there. Rob: [00:06:47] Is there two dots over the o? Bex Scott: [00:06:48] No. Flame Glo. Rob: [00:06:53] Yeah, it's the the German division of Pyrex. Yeah. Bex Scott: [00:06:58] Okay, this next one is good. Okay, I have to blow it up really big so you can see the extreme importance of the detail. So this is a Cinderella Bowl. It is green. It has a salad theme to it. Rob: [00:07:17] I thought that's what I saw. So I would call that the Grenaded Garden pattern. Looks like somebody threw a bomb into a garden. And there's just lettuce and radishes and stuff exploded all over the place. Bex Scott: [00:07:30] I actually like that. That's good. Rob: [00:07:32] And it's got alliteration, right? Grenaded Garden. Final answer. Bex Scott: [00:07:38] Ding! You are not correct. This one is interesting. This is called the Fetus Bowl. Rob: [00:07:46] Well. I don't understand that. Bex Scott: [00:07:48] I'm pretty sure it wasn't made and called the fetus. I think that's probably what people have called it over the years. But if you can see there's a little fetus outline right there, can you see it? Rob: [00:08:02] Yeah. To me it looks like a kid sitting on like a Hot Wheels. You know, those green machines? Like, from when I was a kid. The three wheeled machines. It looks like a little kid sitting on one of those just ripping it up, obviously tearing up a garden patch. Bex Scott: [00:08:18] Oh, it looks like a little kid cuddling with a leaf. But fun thing is, I was researching this while preparing for our discussion, and I learned that it comes with a pair of sparkly salad tongs back in the day. Rob: [00:08:38] Well, everybody needs a set of bedazzler salad tongs. Bex Scott: [00:08:41] You absolutely do. Bedazzler scooping it from your Fetus bowl. Rob: [00:08:46] Nothing improves your appetite more than hearing that. Bex Scott: [00:08:51] I'd like some salad right now. Rob: [00:08:52] How would you like to have some salad out of my Fetus bowl? Yes, please. Bex Scott: [00:09:02] Okay. Next one. And you can't really tell, Rob, but that's pink. Oh, this is a hard one to show. Okay, here we go. One second. I'll explain it to you. So it is pink. It has the knob lid. It's an 024, a nice light pink color with more vines. They really like their vines, but they're tiny little flowers. Tiny little flowered vine. Kind of like a bad tattoo. Rob: [00:09:33] I would call this Viney Vinny's Knobby Dish Delight. I don't know. You know, Vinny cooks up a meal. Bex Scott: [00:09:46] Viney Vinny. Viney Vinny. Oh, no. Images. This is called Duchess. Rob: [00:09:55] Vinny the Duchess. Bex Scott: [00:09:58] Uh, it's my unicorn piece. My most coveted piece of Pyrex is the Duchess. The next piece is a lovely dish in a wicker basket. It is blue. It has the opal lid with a very intricate blue design of tiny flowers. And what else is on here? It's an artistic line art design. This is harder than I thought it would be to explain what's on the lid. So blue base, opal lid, intricate little blue design on the top. Rob: [00:10:45] Hmm. Bex Scott: [00:10:47] Reminds me of something I would doodle on my arm when I was in high school. Rob: [00:10:50] Right. I would say... Bex Scott: [00:10:52] Right. Rob: [00:10:54] That is the, it almost looks like old Viking type print. So I'm going to call that the Vikings Breadbasket. Rob: [00:11:07] Because of the wicker. Bex Scott: [00:11:09] Blue Doily. Rob: [00:11:11] Pretty close. Bex Scott: [00:11:11] Yeah. The Vikings Doily. Rob: [00:11:14] Has something to do with Vikings, doesn't it? Bex Scott: [00:11:16] Oh, a better name is the Viking Doily. There we go. Rob: [00:11:20] There you go. Bex Scott: [00:11:21] Viking Doily. Rob: [00:11:23] RagnarDoily. There we go. The RagnarDoily. Bex Scott: [00:11:30] Oh, this is a fun one. Okay, here we go. Here we go. Rob: [00:11:33] I thought the last one was a fun one. Bex Scott: [00:11:35] This is even more fun. Rob: [00:11:36] Oh my gosh. Bex Scott: [00:11:37] Okay, so this is a nice bright blue bottom, a clear top. It's a round casserole and it has, how do you explain this? Like a line art green and blue... Rob: [00:11:54] Flower. Bex Scott: [00:11:55] Repetitive flower looking. Yeah. Flower looking design on the top. But it's not a flower. Rob: [00:12:00] I just remembered what it's called from my childhood. It's called the Magna Doodle Acid Trip. That's what that's called. Bex Scott: [00:12:09] For a second, I thought you were actually going to get the name. Rob: [00:12:13] Oh, God. No. Never. There is this cool coloring thing when I was a kid, and anybody who's of my vintage, which is like, you know, 29, that there was this coloring set called the Magna Doodle and it had like these round disks that you could put a pen in, and they had different pieces you could put in, and you just kept drawing your pen around, around the circle. And it made a pattern. Bex Scott: [00:12:38] But what's another name for that? Rob: [00:12:41] The Magna Doodle Acid Trip. Bex Scott: [00:12:44] What's another name for the Magna Doodle? Rob: [00:12:46] Oh, um, the.. Superman Acid Hit. Bex Scott: [00:12:52] The Spirograph. Rob: [00:12:55] Well, okay, if you want to get technical, sure. Bex Scott: [00:12:57] That's what this is called. Spirograph. Rob: [00:13:01] I like my name better. Let's see what your listeners have to say. Bex Scott: [00:13:07] We should get them to vote on all of your names after this. Rob: [00:13:10] 100%. Bex Scott: [00:13:13] I feel like I need to get better at describing them, though. This is really not setting you up for success. Okay, next is another round casserole. This one has a hugger. A nice brown plastic hugger. Rob: [00:13:27] What is a hugger? Bex Scott: [00:13:29] It's so that you don't burn your table or your hands. It hugs the dish and keeps the table safe. Rob: [00:13:37] Is it like a rubber thing or something? Bex Scott: [00:13:39] It's just like a plastic. A hard plastic. Rob: [00:13:43] Okay. Bex Scott: [00:13:44] Okay. And this one is, it's hard to tell, but it's like, the only way I can explain the color is like a granny panty color. It's a nice beige on the bottom. And then it has some... Rob: [00:14:03] Powder blue? Bex Scott: [00:14:04] No, that's opal. That's white on the top. So it has... Rob: [00:14:08] The darker color. Bex Scott: [00:14:11] On the top of the lid? Bex Scott: [00:14:13] Yeah, it's just brown. It's just a bad picture. Rob: [00:14:16] Oh, sorry. The picture makes it look... Bex Scott: [00:14:18] So it's a white lid with circles on top. There's three sets of circles, like line drawn circles, line drawn. Obviously it's a line drawn circle, anyway. Oh, no. Moving on. And then there's. Rob: [00:14:41] See, maybe you should have named them. Bex Scott: [00:14:44] And then it looks like leaves with more line drawn circles. Kind of like a bulb or something on the front. Okay. Rob: [00:14:54] I will call this the Hypnotic Salad Bowl because it looks like a hypnotic situation going on with the lid. Like they're trying to will children into eating salad and green foods. That's definitely what that was used for. It's like an evil adult-- Bex Scott: [00:15:18] Evil eye. Rob: [00:15:19] -- tool. Bex Scott: [00:15:20] Sucking you into the vegetables. Rob: [00:15:23] Eat your veggies. Yep. That's you will love your green beans. Bex Scott: [00:15:28] This casserole, I have to say, is very ugly. Rob: [00:15:33] Yeah, it's not going to be on our table. Bex Scott: [00:15:35] No. Okay, wait, did you already give me a name? Oh, yeah. You did. It was so great, I forgot. Okay. It's called Brown Onion. Rob: [00:15:48] It's called the Hypnotic Salad Bowl. I looked it up. Bex Scott: [00:15:55] Just Brown Onion. Rob: [00:15:57] The Brown Onion Hypnotic Salad Bowl. Bex Scott: [00:15:59] Here's another one. It's another one with a hugger. It's a brown casserole with a clear green hugger. The bottom is a nice green color. The lid is opal, and there is a nice fruit. A purple and green fruit. What's the word I'm saying? I don't know. It's gone. Gone from my mind. It's a fruit. I'm trying not to use words that will give away the the name of it. Rob: [00:16:32] Looks like grapes or something. Bex Scott: [00:16:34] Yeah, and the box, I actually really like the box. Okay. What would you say this one's called? Rob: [00:16:41] The 70s Jello Fruit Salad Thingamabobber Calls To You. Or is calling? Yes. It's very, very, very 70s colors. Bex Scott: [00:16:57] It is. I don't mind this one. Rob: [00:17:00] Or 60s. Bex Scott: [00:17:02] It's just called Grapes. That's another-- Rob: [00:17:06] Way to dumb it down. Bex Scott: [00:17:07] I know. That's why I was saying at the beginning they didn't come up with the most exciting names. Okay, here we go. Rob: [00:17:14] That's why they should have hired me. Okay. Bex Scott: [00:17:17] Next up, mixing bowl set. There's three of them. There are some cute little mushrooms on there. And some grass. And some flowers. No. No flowers. Just grass. Grass and mushrooms. And it's a beigey speckly color. Rob: [00:17:37] Well, this is pretty obvious what this should be called. It's the Hobbit. Hobbit Town. And Gandalf's Garden was what the three different bowls are called. Bex Scott: [00:17:59] Oh, I actually like that. I could see that in a little, what are the hobbit huts called in the Shire? Rob: [00:18:08] I don't know. Bex Scott: [00:18:09] They're little houses. Rob: [00:18:11] Like burrows or something. Yeah, something like that. Anyway, yeah. Bex Scott: [00:18:17] I digress. Forest Fancies. Rob: [00:18:21] I wasn't too far off. Bex Scott: [00:18:22] I actually like yours better. I think they'd sell. Rob: [00:18:27] You. You'd reign in the LOTR folks, that's for sure. Bex Scott: [00:18:32] Okay. Next up. I like this pattern. We don't have any of it because it's a slippery slope. There's lots of it and I just can't start another collection, as you know. Okay, so this is alternating opal with a pattern, red opal with a pattern and then a nice orangey color. It's a mixing bowl set. Some cute little birds on it and some flowers and leaves in nice orange red. Oh no. Yeah. Orange red and nope, just orange and red. I'm having trouble seeing. Rob: [00:19:19] It must be called the Blood Red Christmas Doves Sharing a Pomegranate. Bex Scott: [00:19:30] That's a very good description. So that people will know out there that are listening what it is. Rob: [00:19:38] I can't tell what's on the, behind the birds. Is that like a teddy bear? What is that? Bex Scott: [00:19:45] No, that's a a floral decoration of sorts. Like a tulip. It's a tulip. Rob: [00:19:55] Oh. It looks like a bear. Bex Scott: [00:19:58] It's a tulip adjacent. This is called Friendship. Rob: [00:20:04] Oh, well, I mean, two Blood Red Doves Sharing a Pomegranate is friendship. So that, it's just the simplified version of my name. Bex Scott: [00:20:18] I was going to say something. No. In the teenage speak of a 14 year old. But I couldn't think of anything. Like bro-ing up or something. Or bro-ing down. Or they're just bro-ing. Rob: [00:20:33] No, they're just skibidiing on a pomegranate together. Bex Scott: [00:20:37] It's a skibidi Pyrex. Oh I've just lost all of my listeners. Okay. Rob: [00:20:43] I think so. Here we go. Bex Scott: [00:20:44] I'm ashamed. I'm ashamed. Okay. Next up. Rob: [00:20:48] Oh, that looks familiar. Bex Scott: [00:20:49] You've spent a lot of time with this pattern with all your cooking and baking. It is a mixing bowl set. It is a speckly beigey brown with a really nice blue floral pattern on it. Rob: [00:21:06] Well, the side pieces almost look like little armored, well armored shrimps. So I'm going to call this the Cretaceous Era Battle for Middle Earth. Bex Scott: [00:21:26] Now all I'm seeing is shrimp in a squid. Rob: [00:21:30] But the shrimp are wearing armor, like. Bex Scott: [00:21:32] They're ready to get in there. Rob: [00:21:33] They're front line. Ready to go. Bex Scott: [00:21:35] Yeah. Yeah. This is called Homestead. Rob: [00:21:42] Well, maybe they were fighting in their homeland, so it's called homestead. The homestead shrimp. Bex Scott: [00:21:48] Shrimp on the range. Home on the range. Rob: [00:21:51] Yeah. Bex Scott: [00:21:53] I like it. Rob: [00:21:54] The range being the beach, I guess. Bex Scott: [00:21:58] Okay, that was it. Those are all the ones that I chose for us. So. Lessons learned-- Rob: [00:22:07] Interesting patterns. Bex Scott: [00:22:09] -- is that Rob can go very deep when naming things. Another lesson learned is that I am ashamed that I didn't know what color was on the Duchess, having spoken about it in many episodes. And what else? I need some sparkly salad tongs. And yeah, those are those the main takeaways. Rob: [00:22:36] Go to Value Village and find one of those old bedazzler sets and really do up a set for you. Bex Scott: [00:22:42] I think we might have to. Rob: [00:22:45] And one-up those. Bex Scott: [00:22:48] Well, I think we might have to do a second round of this down the road. Maybe you can do some studying and thrifting and Pyrex research to expand your vocabulary of names and in the meantime, I'll keep saving to buy my Duchess to secretly bring it into the house and hide it from you. Rob: [00:23:14] No, that is the wrong answer. Bex Scott: [00:23:20] But anyway, I'd love to know what everybody listening guessed for the Pyrex names. If you aren't a collector, if you don't know your Pyrex patterns, let me know! Find me on Instagram or Facebook at Pyrex with Bex and we will hopefully hear from Rob again down the road with more Pyrex naming and knowledge. So thank you everybody for listening. And thank you, Rob, for being here again. Rob: [00:23:48] My pleasure. And please people comment on whether you think that my names are superior to that of Pyrex's boring shortened names. Bex Scott: [00:24:03] I'll be sure to let you know what they say in the comments. Rob: [00:24:06] Yes, please. That'd be great. 

How can we balance capturing the moment and enjoying the moment in life? We have a professional photographer Laura from Gooseberry Studios on the show today to share her tricks and tips. Frind Laura Here: https://www.gooseberrystudios.com/ and here: https://www.instagram.com/gooseberrystudios/ https://www.patreon.com/fnavanlife youtube channel www.youtube.com/fnavanlife

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In this episode of ‘Work Hates' we chat to UK comedian, and lifetime gypsy, Gordon Southern. Whilst it's near impossible to put an address on the bloke, it is clear that his talent has taken him all around the globe. He wasn't always an international comedian though, many moons ago, he was an aspiring actor charming the pants off people in hospitality, then he was the shittest fruit picker on the planet. What the actual hell are gooseberries? Gordon generously details some of the worst gigs he's ever done, which made us cringe to no end. We loved this chat, so enjoy this episode of ‘Work Hates'! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Do you consider yourself a creative person? Do you like the idea of living and working creatively but need help knowing where to begin? Would you like to have more playfulness and presence sprinkled throughout your day? Well, I have good news for you. Today's podcast is about creativity, specifically creative living and creative working. Chatting with author Laura Benn in this episode has inspired me to have more intention in the pockets of my day and create little rituals for the sake of more joy and play in my day. Laura and I chat about: What exactly living and working creativity is How everyone is creative The misconception that being creative means being artistic. It doesn't A mindset shift to start noticing the awe in our daily lives and create creativity in the mundane moments of our lives The connection of creative living to joy and play How we can support our kids to foster their curiosity and creativity, even in environments where these can be stifled Doable ways that we can bring more creativity into our work, everyday lives and parenting Laura Benn is a full-time commercial photographer, brand strategist and writer who founded Gooseberry Studios in 2013 to help entrepreneurs find their confidence on camera, build beloved brands and establish their own creative everyday way of work and life. Gooseberry's photoshoots and brand strategies have supported clients in landing features in international press, producing books, gracing the TEDx stage, launching retail and digital products and winning awards. When Laura's not busy with her clients, she focuses on her art career — producing limited-edition fine art prints, inspired goods and writing about creativity, entrepreneurship and living imaginatively. Laura has set up her work and personal life in a way that is bursting with little and big pockets of creativity. Laura finds creative living so magical that she wrote a book on the topic with a friend, Palak Dave. It is titled Beautiful Everydays: A Guide to Living in the Here and Now. Episode Links: Say hi to Laura on Instagram Check out her photography and branding services at LauraLBenn.com Check out her prints at Gooseberry Prints Read The Gooseberry Review Read Laura's book on creative living, Beautiful Everydays: A Guide to Living in the Here and Now Books on creativity that Laura recommended: These Precious Days Paris Letters Book I recommended on creativity: Big Magic Come say hello to me over on Instagram Grab a copy of my book, The Motherhood Reset Check out other my other podcast episodes & articles Listen and Subscribe to Wild + Well on: Apple Podcast | Spotify

Meringues 4 egg whites 225g castor sugar 1 teaspoon white wine vinegar 1 teaspoon cornflour Set oven to 120oc and line a large baking tray with parchment paper. Whisk the eggs in a clean bowl to stiff peaks and fold the sugar in slowly, whisking all the time. Add the vinegar and cornflour and whisk for a minute. Spoon into a piping bag and pipe mounds onto the parchment. Take the back of a teaspoon and make a dent in the middle. Bake for about an hour or until set. Turn off the oven, open the door ajar and allow the meringues to cool. White chocolate cream 500ml double cream 175g white chocolate chopped Take 125ml of the cream and bring to a simmer. Add the white chocolate and stir until melted. Cool for 20 minutes. Whisk the rest of the cream and fold in the cold white chocolate mixture.Gooseberry compote 350g gooseberries, topped and tailed 75g sugar 2 tablespoons elderflower cordialPlace the gooseberries, sugar and cordial in a pan and cook gently until gooseberries are just cooked. Remove gooseberries and boil the remaining liquid to a thick syrup and add back to the gooseberries. Cool.Spoon some gooseberry compote into the dents in the meringue and then pipe or scoop some cream on top. Serve.

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Host Bex Scott talks with another Pyrex collector in today's episode, but this time it's a conversation with her first Canadian guest! She welcomes Ruth from Periwinkle Collectibles to the show and they talk all about Pyrex, thrifting, and the life cycle of secondhand items. Ruth also shares her greatest Pyrex finds with Bex, finds from out in the wild.Ruth has been an avid thrifter for years but her “gateway Pyrex” happened in 2012 or 2013 when she discovered a 404 Poinsettia bowl in a church thrift store for $10. That led her into what she calls “Pyrexia” and she became a knowledgeable avid collector. Ruth tells Bex what the local market is like in her part of Canada, how thrifting prices have changed, and how she enjoys bringing dishes to family potlucks in some of her treasured Pyrex pieces. Ruth collects a lot of vintage items aside from Pyrex and Bex learns what they are. She also identifies which ones she needs to research because Ruth's many passions include names that aren't known even to Bex. Ruth has words of advice for all collectors about passion and joy.  Resources discussed in this episode:Ruth at Periwinkle CollectiblesChairishDelfiteJeannette GlassMcKee GlassFenton cake plateCathrineholmGeorges Briard balloons and more Georges Briard balloonsChalkware fish—Contact Rebecca Scott | Pyrex With Bex: Website: PyrexWithBex.comInstagram: @pyrexwithbexContact Bex on her website—TranscriptBex Scott: [00:00:02] Hey everybody, it's Bex Scott and welcome to the Pyrex with Bex podcast where, you guessed it, I talk about vintage Pyrex, but also all things vintage housewares. I'll take you on my latest thrifting adventures, talk about reselling, chat with other enthusiasts about their collections, and learn about a bunch of really awesome items from the past. Subscribe now on Apple, Spotify, or wherever you love listening to podcasts so you don't miss a beat. Bex Scott: [00:00:30] Hey everybody, welcome to another episode of the Pyrex with Bex podcast. And I'm very excited because today I have my first Canadian guest on the show. We have Ruth with Periwinkle Collectibles. You can find Ruth on Instagram at Periwinkle Collectibles as well. Welcome, Ruth. Ruth: [00:00:49] Hey, thanks for having me. Bex Scott: [00:00:51] Thanks for joining me. It's awesome to have another fellow Canadian on the show. Ruth: [00:00:56] Yay! Go go, Canada! Yeah. Bex Scott: [00:00:58] Yeah. The snowy Canadian weather we have now, it's cold. Ruth: [00:01:05] And the place where when people complain about the cold, you just go, but I live in Canada. Bex Scott: [00:01:12] Yeah. So I wanted to start off today with how you got into Pyrex and vintage collecting. Ruth: [00:01:20] That's a great question. I've been thrifting for a very long time, and so I was buying vintage things before they were vintage. But I'd say that my real gateway piece of Pyrex was a 404 Poinsettia bowl with lid and cradle that I found at a local church thrift store. It was behind the glass. It had a $10 price tag on it, which at the time - I think it was about 2012, 2013, you know, somewhere in there - and I literally did not have $10 cash in my pocket because at that point, that thrift store was super cheap, and I would often go with a $5 bill and buy things on my lunch hour from the day job. So they had this $10 piece of Pyrex behind the glass. I thought it was really pretty and that I could use it for Christmas serving. And so I ran across the street to the ATM, paid a ridiculous fee to get $10 out - I think it was at the time, I think it was like $2 or something, and I thought it was crazy - and ran back and bought that piece of Pyrex, took it home and started researching it because I bought it because it was pretty, it was a nice shape. And I had been buying, you know, like I said, vintage and thrifted goods for several decades before that. But that was the piece that really led me down the rabbit hole of Pyrex, was that $10 purchase. Little did I know what that, you know, I'm complaining about the $2 ATM charge. Little did I know what it was really going to cost me. Bex Scott: [00:03:02] That's amazing. I wish that would have been my first Pyrex find because I love the Poinsettia. It's so beautiful. Ruth: [00:03:11] Something about the gold on the red is just so pretty. And since then I have found the large casserole, the 045 with the designed lid. You know, the Christmas one also, I think some people call it Poinsettia as well. I can't remember off the top of my head what the name for it is. And I actually have the box. That's one of the few pieces that I have a box for. I'm not as much of a cradle and box collector as some people are, but I have found that one with the box and the cradle, paid a little more than $10 for it, but I think I paid like, I don't know, $30 for it back in like 2014. And I thought that was a lot of money. That progression of what I think is a lot of money for Pyrex has slightly changed since those days. Bex Scott: [00:04:02] Oh no kidding, I would have loved to find it for 10 or 30. Now that would be a steal. Ruth: [00:04:08] That was back in the day when I could go on Kijiji, for the non-Canadian listeners is like what Craigslist used to be. But you would go on Kijiji and I would hunt for Pyrex. And of course, you know, you find a lot of things labeled Pyrex that weren't, but you know, there would be a lot of things listed for $10, $20 that wow, you know, if I had a crystal ball, there's a few more things I would have bought back then. Bex Scott: [00:04:35] No kidding. I was looking through Facebook the other day in a city close to me, and there was a collector that was liquidating his whole collection of Pyrex. He had everything, and I messaged him and he said, oh, I have got probably 380 messages to get through. And there were a few pieces that I really wanted that he had, but it ended up that he was asking for like $450 for a set of pink bowls and turquoise bowls, and it's like, sorry, I can't pay that much for them. Ruth: [00:05:08] Yeah, it's funny when people want online world market prices on a local marketplace. Bex Scott: [00:05:18] Yeah, yeah. Ruth: [00:05:20] People don't necessarily drive those things, you know. Or they go, oh, but I found that on Chairish it's worth yadda yadda yadda. But that's like the highest level of where designers go to buy things like don't ever base any price on Chairish. And so many people who don't even know how to look up an eBay sold or look and see what did it actually sell for on Etsy. Oh, but it's on Etsy for $682. Yes, it's listed for that. Bex Scott: [00:05:51] Yeah. My favorite is when you go into some of the smaller thrift shops and they have the printout of the eBay listing and not the sold, and then they've priced their item based on that little printout that they have. I just want to go up to them and be like, no, this isn't the price. Ruth: [00:06:08] Have you been to garage sales where they do that? Bex Scott: [00:06:10] No. Ruth: [00:06:11] Yeah, I've been to a few where they do that. And it's just, I'm just like, well, good luck. You're still going to have it all at the end of the day. Not necessarily a well received comment. That's usually when my garage saling partner pulls me by the hand and goes, Quiet, let's just leave. Bex Scott: [00:06:31] Not today. Ruth: [00:06:33] Not today, not today. I've been known to tell a thrift store manager or two what I thought about certain prices, and what the difference is between an online worldwide market and their little thrift store in the corner of Darkville, southern Manitoba. But anyhow. Bex Scott: [00:06:53] Oh that's great. I wish we lived closer so I could take you with me. I need someone like that. Ruth: [00:06:59] Oh, I've been known to embarrass people, but, I mean, in reality, if they don't get the appropriate customer feedback, if everybody just shakes their head and goes, no way and walks away, how do they know? Bex Scott: [00:07:13] Yeah. Ruth: [00:07:14] The sad part is there's almost always, in the end, somebody who will pay that price. I mean, not always. Sometimes you see it sitting on the shelf or in the cabinet for weeks or months on end. And then what happens? It goes in the trash. Bex Scott: [00:07:27] Yeah. Ruth: [00:07:28] When nobody buys it, I don't know. Bex Scott: [00:07:30] That's sad. Ruth: [00:07:32] Yeah. Really sad. Really, really sad. Bex Scott: [00:07:36] Do you have any family members that collect as well? Ruth: [00:07:40] Not that collect Pyrex. No. I am the one that they humor when it comes to Pyrex, I have other family members that collect other items, but I'm definitely the person with the Pyrexia. The person that loves the vintage bowls and the vintage casseroles more. And I joyfully like to bring dishes to family gatherings, you know, if appropriate. You know, I won't bring one of my treasured bowls to a cement picnic table lot in the middle of the park. But I love to, you know, use them to bring things to family potlucks or wherever when possible. When possible. Because it's nice to share when people go, oh, that's a pretty bowl. Oh yeah. Bex Scott: [00:08:33] Yeah. Let me tell you about this bowl. Yeah. Ruth: [00:08:40] Yeah, yeah. They're like don't comment or she'll tell you all about it. Bex Scott: [00:08:43] Yeah. They whisper in the background of the family events, Don't bring up the Pyrex bowl. Ruth: [00:08:49] Yeah. So no, no one else in the family collects it. Do I gift certain patterns and things to people where I'm like, oh, I don't like this pattern quite as much. It's not a super, you know, in the collecting world it has a different perspective than to someone that's going to use it. They're always like, well, if I take this, am I allowed to put it in the dishwasher? Like they all know that. It's like, yeah, there's things you put in the dishwasher and things you can't put in the dishwasher. Bex Scott: [00:09:23] Absolutely. And what have been your best Pyrex finds to date that you've had? Ruth: [00:09:32] Oh boy. I have been very fortunate and been gifted to find a lot of great Pyrex out in the wild. Especially, like I said, I've been really looking for it for a dozen years and you know, over ten years ago it was much, much an easier story. I have found Gooseberry, pink Gooseberry at the thrift. I have found the yellow and black Gooseberry at the thrift. I have found almost every refrigerator dish that is commonly found at the thrift. What was my best? I think the one I was most excited about was when I found the yellow and black Gooseberry set way back at the beginning. One of my kids was with me, they were a kid at the time, you know, a child at the time, and they spotted it like they were learning to spot Pyrex for me. Bex Scott: [00:10:21] That's fun. Ruth: [00:10:23] She spotted it and she was so excited. And I remember it was $14.99 for the full set of all four, yellow and black, in good shape on the thrift store sell. Like that one really sticks out in my mind. But there's lots of other pieces of primary. I found the Turquoise bowl set at the thrift. I have found Butterprint dozens of times. There's an awful lot of Butterprint where I live. I don't know if it's one of the old department stores used to carry it, but it used to show up almost, I wouldn't say weekly, but monthly for sure, I could find Butterprint. Yeah. I mean, not the pink or the orange, but the regular Butterprint. It was pretty common to find a piece of it. Now, generally all I find of that is the dishwasher pieces of Pyrex that in my family we have a tradition when you find a, my tradition, when you see a dishwasher piece of Pyrex on the shelf, you hum Taps. You thank it for its service. Bex Scott: [00:11:33] Oh, I love that. I'm gonna have to start doing that. Yeah. Ruth: [00:11:37] Yeah. Bex Scott: [00:11:38] In memory of this Pyrex dish, what it used to be. Ruth: [00:11:42] Yes, exactly. Oh, isn't there nothing sadder than finding, oh, my gosh, I have found a Pink Daisy at the thrift store. Like the casseroles, the space savers, not so much the space savers, but the 043s and the 045s, have found those a couple of times at the thrift. Actually found an 045 on the thrift store shelf two, three years ago? I think that's about as recent as I can remember finding that. The good old days. The good old days when nobody knew what it was. Bex Scott: [00:12:18] Yeah. Now it's so hard to find anything that's not dishwasher damaged. Or I find Old Orchard all the time. It's always hanging around, lurking. Ruth: [00:12:28] And Homestead. Yeah. Bex Scott: [00:12:32] Yeah, Homestead. And the primaries that are always just destroyed. Yeah. Ruth: [00:12:38] That have, yeah, yeah, that have given their shine in the service of many a batch cookies. Oh yeah. Yeah. There's lots of lots of that out there. Though, I mean,to be honest, I did find the 444 Friendship and the 443 Friendship at the thrift store just a couple of months ago. Bex Scott: [00:13:04] Oh. Awesome. Ruth: [00:13:06] It wasn't inexpensive but it was senior day. So, you know, in Canada, one of the big thrift chains on Tuesdays has 30% off for anyone over 60. So I just, I've just outed myself there. But yeah, but with the discount it was okay. And they were really nice and they were shiny. And I'm like, you know, yeah, I've never had these. And really in 12 years I've had the 442 a couple of times, but I'd never had the two larger ones. So I thought what the heck? And I bought them for myself and now I'm going, what am I going to, yeah, because sometimes when they're in really good shape and you're like, oh, I know this is, you know something I can enjoy for a while. And when I'm done enjoying it, I can pass it on at a decent enough price point to make someone else happy. Bex Scott: [00:14:05] Exactly. Yeah. So what would you say thrifting and Facebook Marketplace are like where you live? Are prices high, is there a good selection? Ruth: [00:14:16] I would say things are fairly moderate. I mean, some of the stores think they have gold every time grandma donates her Butterprint bowl, but then the items frequently don't get purchased. So there's a few of the chains are bad at high pricing things, the thrift stores, but overall it's moderate. Facebook marketplace is a, we don't have the time to discuss, pricing is all over the place because, you know, people can list things for whatever they feel is an appropriate price. And some people think Chairish is where you get your pricing, and other people just want to get rid of the old bowls that they're having to clean up. So it's, uh, it's a very mixed bag. If people ever post anything that's good at a reasonable price, though, you can bet it is snapped up faster than you can say, I'm in my car and on my way to go pick it up so it can be quite competitive. If you're trying to find some pieces for yourself that are reasonably priced, or if you're a full time reseller who's trying to pay the bills with what you're making on flipping the treasures that you find. So I would say moderate to ridiculous, depending upon the sort of store and/or the person listing the item. So there's still some treasures to be found out there, but it's quite, quite competitive. And as you know, over the pandemic, the amount of people that are resellers increased exponentially. For the people who have been doing it for a long time and making a living at it, it certainly made their lives, I have a lot of, I know there's a lot of people that have disparaging things to say about resellers. Sorry, that's the word we use now. Used to always be pickers, you know, antique dealers. There was different terms for it. I have a lot of sympathy for them, their lives are not, not that their lives are ever easy, but it's definitely a lot more challenging than it used to be. Bex Scott: [00:16:23] Right. Yeah, I agree, and I kind of feel like I contributed to some of that unhappiness because I started in the pandemic and I started reselling. So I always feel guilty. I'm like, oh no, look what I've done, I've contributed to the people who are making people's lives harder. Ruth: [00:16:41] But you're still doing it. There's a lot of people who started during the pandemic and have already bowed out, like the attrition rate, at least, you know, by the amount of local vintage seller Instagram accounts that I follow, there's been a fairly high attrition rate. I'd say 40, maybe 50% of them are still going. Maybe, that's likely closer to 40%. So it's like anything, it's becomes either a necessity because, you know, our options for making money during that time were more difficult. So I mean, people are having, doing what they have to do or, you know, learning things because they had time. And then as other opportunities opened up again, they moved on. And that's cool. You know, everybody has the right to earn a living in the way that they feel is appropriate, and of course, legal and ethical, legal, of course, you know, no question there. And then the ethics of reselling, I mean, obviously, as someone who resells to help fund my collecting habits, I find it ethical and a great way to keep things out of the landfill because there is such a abundance of items. I know you say like, how is the thrift store and how is Facebook Marketplace, and yes, there's competition over certain items, but as a whole, the amount of goods that are available to us within the recycling cycle of, you know, post-consumer items, it's so huge. Ruth: [00:18:22] There is so much stuff that anyone that says that resellers are driving up the prices is looking at the big picture through a toilet paper tube, like they're looking at one little section, a few portions of items, you know, a few select, more what is in fad or what is popular right now for collecting. Are those prices up a little bit because more people are looking for it? Yeah, but that is 2% of what is out there. There is so much stuff that, you know, your number one choice, you know, of course, always is use what you have. Your number two choice is buy secondhand. And then of course number three is buy new. Unless you're talking about underwear, you know, I'm sorry but underwear, always buy new. Underwear, mattresses. But just about anything else, you know secondhand is the way to go if you have to buy it. But that's not the question that you asked. So I'll rein myself in once again. Bex Scott: [00:19:31] No, that's good. And I've heard there's so much stuff out there that's being donated and I guess trying to be donated that they're just redirecting stuff to the landfills. So the secondhand stores, they can't keep up. So if we can help with that in any way, then I think it's worth it. Ruth: [00:19:51] Absolutely, absolutely. And I think the whole collecting of vintage items from the past is one, it's earth friendly to continue to enjoy items that have already been made, but it's also a great way to appreciate the quality goods that used to be made on our continent. And this is, again, not disparaging to a lot, there's a lot of great quality made goods being made all across the world, and I 100% support that people have the right to buy anything from wherever they want, as long as it's legal. But, you know, the things that travel the least amount of miles is always the best thing to buy if you can afford it. You know, not saying because the 100 mile diet is not practical when you live in the climates that we live in. And that's a whole nother topic too, right? I'm just saying shop secondhand. It's good for the earth. Bex Scott: [00:21:00] Yeah. I posted on my Instagram story a couple days ago, it was an old department store photo. And I got into a bit of a conversation with somebody in direct messages, and we were talking about how it would have been so cool to go back and shop in a department store with all of the awesome items that we now collect as vintage items. And she mentioned, I don't know if you guys have HomeSense in Winnipeg. It's like the home side of Winners, do you have Winners? Ruth: [00:21:28] Oh yeah, yeah. Bex Scott: [00:21:29] Where you can buy all the cheaper decor for your house. But she said, wouldn't it be weird down the road if our kids or their kids say, I want to go look at what was at HomeSense, like, that's considered vintage. And then you're looking for the Live Laugh Love posters that everybody has in their house and... Ruth: [00:21:50] Really? You think those are... I mean, there was a lot of things that came out in the 50s and 60s and 70s that nobody is collecting now. Bex Scott: [00:22:01] True. Ruth: [00:22:01] You know, not everything stands the test of time. Bex Scott: [00:22:04] Yeah. Ruth: [00:22:04] And I really hope Live Laugh Love is one of those things. Bex Scott: [00:22:08] Yeah. That one better die off because that... yeah. Ruth: [00:22:14] You know, there's just things that, but all the dollar store stuff that is just made to self-destruct in such a short amount of time is sad, but is that what people will be collecting? There's a lot of toys for my childhood in the 60s and 70s that at the time were considered not super great quality because they were made in, you know, whatever offshore country. And at the time, they were just the toys that we enjoyed that now people are collecting and are gaga over it. So it's not always, it's not always the quality. I thought at first, is it the quality of the item or is it the nostalgia of the item? Like what will we be, what will people be pining for in 30, 40 years? What will your kids be looking back with great fondness in 30 years and will be the collector things? It won't be, it's just like, you know, the oil lamps and the things that my parents generation collected that no one has any interest in today. Bex Scott: [00:23:22] Yeah. Ruth: [00:23:23] Because no one remembers them. No one has memories of their grandparents using it. They didn't grow up with it. You know, it's the silent generation. They're almost all gone. And so that stuff is just, there's a lot of it, but people aren't collecting it. And that's how things kind of cycle. Cycle in and out, you know, your mom had it, she threw it out. You know, your grandma - what was it? Your grandma had it, she threw it out, now you want it? Bex Scott: [00:23:55] Yeah. Exactly. Ruth: [00:23:57] All of that. All of that. Bex Scott: [00:24:00] And what else do you love collecting other than Pyrex? Ruth: [00:24:07] Well, it's not a short list, but to summarize, of course, Pyrex was my gateway drug for really collecting vintage items, and a lot of that had to do with where I was in my life and not raising kids anymore and having the time and the resources to do it. But I also collect Delfite glass, which is like the blue milk glass as opposed to-- Bex Scott: [00:24:35] I love Delfite-- Ruth: [00:24:35] -- gray green, which is called Jadeite. So I have quite an extensive collection of it. I have some of the Made in Canada Pyrex. Some of you may know there was a Canadian Pyrex factory for a little under ten years outside of Toronto, and they made a couple of beautiful patterns in Delfite, and also in some other beautiful blue milk glass that I'm quite fond of. And the Jeanettes, and the McKee, you know, the slightly older than that late 40s to early 50s stuff that Pyrex made from the 30s and 40s. That's when most of that Delfite came out. I can't so much afford the blue milk glass that came out in the previous century, like before 1900 and the 19th century. I admire it, but a lot of it has become so pricey I can't collect it. But anyhow, okay, what I like. I have a fairly extensive Fenton Cake plate cake stand collection. Bex Scott: [00:25:37] Ooh, I like those. Ruth: [00:25:38] I have some yeah, they're, I love pink, I love pink and turquoise and ruffly and girly and I just like that kind of stuff, you know, which is kind of Pyrex is a real gateway to that with the pink and the turquoise. I have quite an extensive Federal glass collection. I think I have over, yeah, over 100 pieces of that, mostly because I really like the colored dots that they released a lot of them. A lot of the Federal glass was only, the patterns were only released in Canada, so it's a little bit easier to find here. So I'm quite drawn to those patterns, like the, okay, I won't start listing them all, but Federal glass and I have a bit of Hazel-Atlas and some Fire-King, some Cathrineholm, some George Briard enamel. You know, the Cathrineholm leads you down the enamel path, and then you start picking up some fennel, you know, and some George Briard and some, I really love the balloons, the George Briard balloons pattern. It's just blue and turquoise. It's just beautiful. I love it. That's dishes. I have a weakness for vintage handmade items, very particularly in all the different types of embroidery that are out there. My mother was a prolific creator of fiber items, from quilting to many different types of embroidery to crochet and that, well, she was also a product of her generation, right? Silent generation. Ruth: [00:27:17] She was, she grew up and was taught how to sew and crochet and tat and can and pickle and butcher and, you know, all those kinds of things. And so I, you know, grew up with all of that, did not appreciate it when I was a child, did not appreciate it when I when I was a young adult. But as I grew older, I learned to appreciate it more as I tried to do things myself that appeared very easy because my mother so seamlessly in my mind, you know, because she had decades of practice, would whip off. Oh, you want a bag for your gym clothes? You know, sat down at her sewing machine, whip, whip, here it was. Oh, you didn't like that color blouse? You want it in this color instead? Okay. And she'd whip it up for me, you know, it seemed so seamless. And then I tried doing those things myself. Not quite as seamless, but, I mean, I did, yeah. Yeah, I, you know, I like sewing, but I love vintage embroidery, vintage cruels, needlepoint, petit point. Not a huge fan of cross-stitch because it's more of a math endeavor. You just have to count and keep all your x's the same size, whereas the other ones, wow, there's a hierarchy, there's a snobbery on the embroidery scale. But anyhow, in my mind, you know, no, there's just ones I like more than others. Ruth: [00:28:42] What else? I have collection of chalkware fish in one of my rooms. I also have a collection of wood plates. I also have a collection of ceramic deer. Being retired has its privileges because it also means I collect things and sometimes they stay with me and other times the art of acquiring the collection, of finding it, of thrifting it, you know, I'm a very regular thrifter, is the part that I really enjoyed. And at the end I decide that the enjoyment of that collection needs to move on to someone else. And so I will part with, I will part with the collection because I have collected another couple of dozen other things that I collected until it wasn't enjoyable, or it got to the point where the things I wanted were no longer easy to acquire and I moved on. Which is interesting because Pyrex is one of those things that I got to the point where the things I kind of wanted were no longer easy to acquire, but I kept, I've probably kept about 20, 25% of all the Pyrex I've ever owned, and I have a couple of hundred pieces. So I've moved on and shared a lot of Pyrex in my life. My kids will say otherwise, but I have. I have! Bex Scott: [00:30:09] I swear I have. Ruth: [00:30:11] I swear I have, I swear I have, I swear I have. I no longer do the three things in and one thing out. Now I'm trying to change that ratio the other way. But it's hard when you've collected things and really enjoyed them. So yeah, wow. Simple question and I went on for a while. Sorry about that. Bex Scott: [00:30:32] No, I feel like we could do another episode on just what you collect, and I would love to hear more about it because some of the names you said I don't even recognize, so I have lots of learning to do still. Ruth: [00:30:46] Yeah. Oh, I've had the luxury of having had a little bit more time to learn about those things. And when they're interesting and you go down the rabbit hole of learning about them and now information is so readily available compared to... You know, I remember thrifting and finding things back in the, you know, a couple of decades ago and to figure out what things were meant going to the library, trying to figure out what it was so you could even look for the right book if the book existed. Or talking to the antique dealers at the time who were not always very willing to share information. You know, that was a different generation and a different time, where people were much more protectionist to the information that they had, because that was how they made a living, and that was how they fed their families better than the next person, because they had that information. Like it's not a wanting of the Boomer, the previous generations to withhold information because they're being mean or insightful, regardless of the memes that are out there. It's because that information was what enabled them to make a living. And okay, whatever. You know, again, another topic. What were we really talking about here? Circle me back. Circle me back. Bex Scott: [00:32:27] No, that was a perfect reply. Perfect response. So in closing, what would you say to a new collector, or what's one piece of advice that you would give them? Could be for Pyrex, could be for vintage. Ruth: [00:32:43] Collect what you love with a caveat of 'and that your budget can support'. Bex Scott: [00:32:49] Yes. Ruth: [00:32:50] Right. Because it's not a passion project or a project of love if you're spending money on it that keeps a roof over your head and food on the table. But you have to love it first. To collect something because you perceive it as valuable or other people perceive it of value is a very sad way to live your life. Life is about love and passion and sharing and joy and being kind to other people, and if you're a collector, it has to be what you love. Bex Scott: [00:33:33] I agree, especially because so much of our lives now is determined by what we see other people have or what they're doing, and it shouldn't be that way. So collecting what you love is a perfect example of how we should be living our lives. So I think that's wonderful advice. Ruth: [00:33:52] Thank you. It's been a real pleasure speaking with you, Bex. Bex Scott: [00:33:56] Well, thank you so much for joining me today. You gave me a whole new perspective on Pyrex and collecting, and I learned so much from you. So everybody can find Ruth at Periwinkle Collectibles on Instagram. Thank you so much, Ruth. 

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How often are you in the photos with your kids? How do you feel about having your photo taken? Are there moments from the past that you wish you had captured but didn't? In this episode of the Wild + Well podcast, I am talking to photographer Laura Benn about how we can use photography to change our perspective, appreciate the messy moments of motherhood, and have more fun with our kids. After this chat, I booked a family photography session with Laura. I wanted to capture more of their childhood and be in the photos with my kids too. I have a sneaking suspicion that you will also be booking some family photos or asking your partner to take more pictures of you playing with your kids after listening to this episode. Laura is a full-time commercial photographer, brand strategist and writer who founded Gooseberry Studios in 2013 to help entrepreneurs find their confidence on camera, build beloved brands and establish their own creative everyday way of work and life. Gooseberry's photoshoots and brand strategies have supported clients in landing features in international press, producing books, gracing the TEDx stage, launching retail and digital products and winning awards. When Laura's not busy with her clients, she's focused on her art career — producing limited-edition fine art prints, inspired goods and writing about creativity, entrepreneurship and living imaginatively. “Don't take the photos because you are afraid of forgetting. Take the photos because you want to remember.” Laura and I chat about: How photography can change how we see ourselves and our relationship with our kids Why photography is a self-growth tool if you let it be What to do with photos of yourself that you don't like Why picture perfect isn't what we want when we look back at the photos in the future How we as moms can be in more photos with our kids and not always behind the camera Tips to wrangle energetic kiddos during a photoshoot that make the kids want to do it again Ways that parents can capture their kids better when taking photos from their phones Why standing naked in front of your mirror can help you the next time you book a professional photoshoot Episode Links: Say hi to Laura on Instagram Check out her photography and branding services at LauraLBenn.com Check out her prints at Gooseberry Prints Read The Gooseberry Review Come say hello to me over on Instagram Grab a copy of my book, The Motherhood Reset Check out other my other podcast episodes & articles Listen and Subscribe to Wild + Well on: Apple Podcast | Spotify | Google Podcast

Pond plants feature in this week's episode as Martin visits the award winning Lincolnshire Pond Plants. We've got tips for what to do with leeks in the kitchen and we're answering a few viewer/listeners' questions!Questions answered:How do you pronounce Gooseberry ?  (and can I split a Gooseberry shrub?)What to do with pots of seed grown asparagus Should water butts be emptied at this time of year?Why Martin doesn't always wear welliesVideos we mentioned in the podcast:Lincs Pond Plants @ MalvernPropagate Fruit Bushes Hardwood CuttingsMoving an Established Shrub#gardening #podcast #planting #PondPlants Visit potsandtrowels.com for links to all the videos & podcast episodesEmail Questions to info@potsandtrowels.com The Pots & Trowels team:Martin FishJill FishSean RileyFind out more about Martin & Jill at martinfish.com Find out more about Sean at boardie.comPodcast produced by the team, edited by Sean, hosted by buzzsprout.com

Host Bex Scott welcomes guest Danielle of The Mid-Century Maximalists on Instagram to the show for Bex's very first interview episode. Bex and Danielle talk about all things Pyrex, why Danielle started collecting, her amazing ceramics collection, and the joy of being a vintage collector in a modern world.In a similar story to Bex's, Danielle came to her love of vintage and Pyrex through her grandparents. She inherited several sets of Pyrex, including the Friendship and Butterprint patterns, and many of those pieces that hold sentimental value remain on display in Danielle's house. She explains to Bex that many of her thrifted or purchased pieces, however, she uses on a daily basis. Danielle describes the eclectic maximalist decor she prefers, some of the many ceramics pieces her grandmother and great-grandmother handmade, and trades stories about favorite Pyrex and vintage items with Bex. This episode sheds light on why collectors love the hunt of collecting, the value of the pieces that goes beyond financial, and how to decorate with vintage finds.Resources discussed in this episode:Danielle on The Mid-Century Maximalists on Instagram‘Merry Mushrooms' collectors guidePyrex Love Pattern ReferenceThe ‘Pyrex and Corning beaker-decorated mug'English (JAJ) Pyrex Reference Guide“Pyrex Passion” by Michael D. Barber—Contact Rebecca Scott | Pyrex With Bex: Website: PyrexWithBex.comInstagram: @pyrexwithbexContact Bex on her website—TranscriptBex Scott: [00:00:02] Hey everybody, it's Bex Scott and welcome to the Pyrex With Bex podcast, where, you guessed it, I talk about vintage Pyrex, but also all things vintage housewares. I'll take you on my latest thrifting adventures, talk about reselling, chat with other enthusiasts about their collections, and learn about a bunch of really awesome items from the past. Subscribe now on Apple, Spotify, or wherever you love listening to podcasts so you don't miss a beat. Bex Scott: [00:00:30] Hey everyone, this is Bex Scott and you're listening to the Pyrex with Bex podcast. In today's episode, I'm joined by Danielle, the Mid-Century Maximalists on Instagram. We chat about why she started collecting Pyrex and vintage, her awesome ceramic collection, and what it's like being a vintage lover. Okay, so hey everyone, I'm super excited for today's episode because I'm here with my very first guest and I'd like to welcome Danielle to the show. Thanks so much for being here. Danielle: [00:00:58] Thanks for having me. Bex Scott: [00:00:59] And you can find Danielle on Instagram at the Mid-Century Maximalists. And it was actually on Instagram that we met. And I was impressed right away by your amazing Pyrex collection. And then I read your first post all about why you started collecting and why it's so important to you. And I'd love to start off with that story here today. Danielle: [00:01:20] So my entire life I've always been a bit eclectic, and I spent a lot of my childhood at my grandmother's house. Wasn't one that wanted to just go out and party or anything like that. I just loved spending time with my grandmother, and her entire house was decked out in 70s garb, a lot of Merry Mushroom, a lot of Pyrex that has been handed down. And so it's things that I was familiar with my entire childhood. And then about three years ago, I lost my grandparents within two weeks of each other due to Covid. And since then, it's just kind of spiraled, collecting things that remind me of them because it makes me feel close to them. So it's been a hobby that kind of hit me out of nowhere, but it's fun. Bex Scott: [00:02:12] Definitely. And I love stories like that, where it's more than just going out and finding things that you like. It's some kind of memory that's brought up when you find things or when they're passed down to you, and it's a great way to keep people in your life, even after they're not with us anymore. And that's kind of similar to my story. I got into it because of my grandparents, but it was more that we were cleaning out my granny and grandpa's garage, and we found some of my great aunt's Pyrex in a Rubbermaid bin. And that's kind of what set things off for me. And it spiraled into an addiction as well. Danielle: [00:02:50] What pattern was it? Bex Scott: [00:02:52] It wasn't anything super exciting. It was the lime green lasagna pan. And then I had some primary bowls. But after I found the primary bowls, that was my very first pattern or set that I collected. And I think I ended up with about 5 or 6 full primary sets. Way too many. You don't need that many ever. But I ended up selling them eventually, and I think I kept two and then a reverse primary. So I have those ones still. But yeah, it's easy to get swept up in it. Danielle: [00:03:24] It really is. Every antique store you go to. Bex Scott: [00:03:28] Yeah. Yeah. Danielle: [00:03:29] It's the thrill of the hunt, though. Bex Scott: [00:03:31] It is. It's a huge adrenaline rush. And then you have huge boxes and piles, and - at least I do. I have, I think, 60 banker's boxes of vintage items in my basement. Now that's become me having to resell things because I have so much. But it's fun, so it keeps me going. Danielle: [00:03:53] Yeah, I wish I had a basement so that I could hoard some more things, but I unfortunately live in a ranch so I don't have that much for like room for storage. So whenever I cycle things out, I have to purge. Bex Scott: [00:04:09] That's probably a good thing. That's what my husband would prefer, I think, because he's the one who helps me pack everything to ship and then pack it away in the basement, and he's a very patient man. Thank goodness. Danielle: [00:04:22] We love to hear it. Bex Scott: [00:04:23] Yeah. So do you have a specific pattern of Pyrex that was passed down to you that you really love? Danielle: [00:04:31] So my family, I live in Georgia, but my family is originally from Pennsylvania and up there it was really prominent to have Pyrex, so there was a lot of patterns. And predominantly my favorite one that I've gotten is the Friendship pattern, but I've inherited the Friendship, there's several primary sets, there's the Amish Butterprint. There's quite a few that are within my family line. In fact, my mother still uses what she was gifted as a wedding present almost daily. She has this really neat, it's a complete yellow set, and I've been searching for one as I thrift because she won't give it to me. But she has that. And then she has this really cool casserole dish that's like a hunter green, and it has gold detailing on it. So there's quite a bit of Pyrex that I have inherited. My partner actually inherited the Sunflower pattern, so we have that too. So a lot of what we have on display in our cabinets at home are things that we inherited because of how sentimental they are to us. Bex Scott: [00:05:56] That's awesome. And do you guys use them every day as well, or do you display them and keep them there? Danielle: [00:06:02] We don't use the ones that were handed down, but we do use ones we have thrifted and antiqued simply because while they may look the same, it doesn't hold the same sentimental value. So we keep those put up safe. We've got a zoo of animals. You'll probably see a cat or two pop in here at some point. So because of that, we like to keep those types of things safe and away from the animals. Bex Scott: [00:06:34] That's a good idea. My cat has definitely knocked a few knickknacks off of tables and desks before, so it's a dangerous hobby when you have pets. Danielle: [00:06:47] Yeah, and we've got three large breed rescues. Bex Scott: [00:06:51] Oh, wow. Danielle: [00:06:53] A pit/boxer, a lab/hound, and a husky. So they're not well behaved. Bex Scott: [00:07:02] That's okay. They sound very cute. Danielle: [00:07:08] They are. Bex Scott: [00:07:09] Nice. Most of my collection I keep in china cabinets, and then we ended up using the Homestead pattern as our daily Pyrex dishes. So all of those ones, I find that they wash really well, and they just go with pretty much everything in our house. So that ended up being something that we use and my husband likes them. Danielle: [00:07:33] So we use the Corelle dish set, the ones that kind of match all a lot of the Pyrex patterns. So we use those as our everyday dishes, which is fun. That and I've also got my grandmother's, they're the cubist glasses, Indiana glass. Bex Scott: [00:07:53] Okay. Danielle: [00:07:53] I can't think of the name of them, but I've got her set, so we use those as our drinking glasses. Bex Scott: [00:07:59] Nice. I've always wanted to incorporate some vintage glasses or barware into our kitchen, but we have three kids and they're pretty young still, so right now it would be too dangerous, I think. Danielle: [00:08:14] Yeah, we're lucky enough, I guess lucky enough, that we don't have kids yet, so we can dabble in all that type of stuff. Once we have kids, I will have to be a bit more careful with where I place certain things, because I have a lot of ceramics that have been handed down to me, and if a kid hurts them, I will cry. Bex Scott: [00:08:35] Oh, I think I would too. Yeah. And those are the ceramics that, was it your grandmother that made them? Danielle: [00:08:44] My great grandmother and my grandmother. Bex Scott: [00:08:46] Okay. And what kind of ceramics are they? Danielle: [00:08:50] Oh, I've got some for every holiday. So right now I've got a little village out that has a tree with a vulture on it, and kids trick or treating, a ghost popping out of a casket, a little graveyard. It's super neat. Then I've also got a ceramic pumpkin that she, my grandmother, painted, made and painted, so that's pretty cool. And then I have a couple different ghost ceramics, a black cat ceramic, a house that's very similar to the village, but it's set up inside of a house. Things that I've never seen other people have, which is pretty cool. I've also got a turkey and a pilgrim and an Indian, which probably isn't kosher anymore, but my grandmother made them, so I hold on to them. And then for Christmas, I've got all sorts of things. But you name a holiday - Valentine's Day, Easter - I've got ceramics for it. Bex Scott: [00:09:58] That's awesome. I would love to decorate my house for every season with ceramics like that, and I think I saw them in the little highlight on your Instagram story. Danielle: [00:10:08] Those were the ones that I most recently was able to convince my mother to let me steal. Yeah, that's the little graveyard and the house. I've never seen anybody else have anything like that. So they're super special to me because I can remember just being little and thinking they were the neatest things and playing with them and then getting yelled at for playing with them. Rightfully so. So, yeah. Bex Scott: [00:10:37] Yeah, I think I crushed some little reindeer figurines that my granny had when I was little, and my dad always brings it up when we're at family functions. And he reminds me that he told me just for looking, not for touching. And then I took them in my hand and I squished them. And so... Danielle: [00:11:00] Oh boy. Bex Scott: [00:11:00] Hopefully my kids don't do that with any of, I have a whole bunch of little bluebirds that I collect because my great grandma collected those as well. So I have to make sure the kids stay away from those. Danielle: [00:11:12] Keep them up high. Bex Scott: [00:11:13] Yeah. So what's the thrifting like where you live? Is it pretty good, or...? Danielle: [00:11:21] I'm right outside of Atlanta. So unfortunately the market's kind of like saturated around here. It just doesn't seem like as many antiques. There wasn't as much Pyrex down here. There wasn't a whole lot of ceramics down here. So you do, like, bump into those things from time to time. But that just doesn't seem to be what people's ancestors down here had. So anything that is down here pretty much migrated with someone from the North. I find that when we travel, we have better luck. We went to Louisville to visit my partner's uncle and I found a ceramic wall hanging Christmas tree, and I was really pumped about that, like found it at Goodwill. That type of stuff does not happen down here. Unfortunately, our Goodwills are dumbly overpriced, like 20 bucks for a pair of pants and they're picked over and they're just not that great here. But we've got family all over, so we've got to travel quite a few times throughout the year. So we hit those places up. So like Florida and Pennsylvania and Ohio and Kentucky, just not, it's just not booming around here. I guess maybe too many resellers. Bex Scott: [00:12:43] Yeah, that's like my area as well. Everybody seems to be getting into reselling and collecting. And I'm in a small town between two large cities, and there's a nice little pocket of Salvation Army and a few other Value Village stores that are really nice for finding things. But the further out you get, the harder it is to find good deals, like you said, and especially with Pyrex, the price seems to be going up where they'll have a dishwasher damaged bowl for $20. And it's just, it's kind of ridiculous and it makes it not as fun in that sense. You have to start looking online for things that you want to add to your collection, but that's okay. It's all part of it. Danielle: [00:13:28] Yeah. I mean, I still enjoy the hunt. I still go to the antique stores. I've paid some stupid prices for things that I just wanted. Bex Scott: [00:13:37] Yeah. Me too. Danielle: [00:13:38] You don't see them every day, so, like, you know what? Bex Scott: [00:13:42] Yeah, it's worth it at that point. Danielle: [00:13:43] I'll take it. But whenever I try and purge things around here, like, I don't try and do that. Like, I'm not in it for the money. I just want to kind of get out maybe what I put into it or part of what I put into it. So I don't full blown re, like I wouldn't call myself a reseller. I just have to purge from time to time because I can't hoard everything. I know that I'm a maximalist, but, at some point... Bex Scott: [00:14:14] Yeah. What's the best piece of Pyrex you found thrifting? If there is one that you can think of. Danielle: [00:14:22] At an actual thrift store, I don't think I've ever actually found Pyrex, at least none that wasn't dishwasher damage, because I find, I find that kind of stuff all the time. I did find a pretty neat Corelle dish thrifting one time, but as far as like antiquing goes, the coolest one that I found, I'm trying to think, I've got several unique pieces, that I think the Pueblo pattern is the coolest one I've found out and about. It's probably my favorite piece in there. Bex Scott: [00:14:57] Yeah, that one's beautiful. And then I noticed you have the Kim Chee as well. Danielle: [00:15:03] I do have the Kim Chee. Bex Scott: [00:15:04] And then the Navajo. Danielle: [00:15:06] So the Navajo, fun story, we pretty much were given that one when we were in Ohio by someone we met. It was their grandmother's, and they made us swear up and down that we were gonna take care of it. Like absolutely! Brand new. Never used. And I was like, of course I will take care of this. It's in good hands. So I was pretty pumped about that one. Bex Scott: [00:15:32] Those are definitely ones that you would never find out in the wild here. That would be, maybe not even in an antique store. I don't think I've ever found any of those patterns. Danielle: [00:15:43] All three of those come from Ohio. Bex Scott: [00:15:46] Okay, I need to go to Ohio. Danielle: [00:15:50] My partner's father lives up there, and every single time we go up we make him take us to all of the antique stores. And he moans and groans while we have the time of our lives. Um, but good prices on them, too. The Pueblo we paid like 40 bucks for, it's pristine, was definitely never used. So we typically have really good luck when we go up there. So definitely hit up Ohio sometime. Bex Scott: [00:16:20] Yeah, I've never been. It's on my list now. We went to Portland, Maine just this past summer, and my aunt took me around to a bunch of different shops, and there was one, I still have regrets that I didn't buy way more at the store, but they had a whole bunch of the Pyrex Christmas mugs that were given to staff every year as gifts. And I only bought one, and this one mug was $54 US, which was way more because of the Canadian dollar. Our dollar is terrible right now, but I should have bought all five of them and I still have nightmares about it. Danielle: [00:17:05] Yeah, we have a pretty unique one that must have been only in-house, like Pyrex only gave it to their employees, but it has like beakers across it and it says it says Pyrex on one side, and then it says Corning on the other, which I thought was pretty cool. Bex Scott: [00:17:27] That is cool. I don't think I've ever seen that. Danielle: [00:17:30] I'll have to message you a picture of it. Bex Scott: [00:17:33] Yeah. That's awesome. Very cool. So do you have a specific style that you like to decorate your house in, or is it kind of just eclectic from the things that you've collected or...? Danielle: [00:17:46] It's very 70s. So the room I'm sitting in right now, obviously I've got this old Afghan, um, but we have a record cabinet, lots of vintage records, and our main living room is painted like a 70s bright orange, and it's all 70s garb. So pretty much anything that my grandmother would have had in her house, we have here, minus a couple things, because there were some things, like the Ivy dishes, that just never tickled my fancy. But we love cross-stitch. We have it all over our walls. Love ceramics, obviously love stained glass, love Pyrex, love... You name it, we probably have it. Bex Scott: [00:18:41] That's awesome. It sounds like I'd love your house. Danielle: [00:18:45] You'll have to come out sometime. Bex Scott: [00:18:49] My one room, my office that I'm in right now, is the one that I decorate. And the rest of the house is just... my husband doesn't have the same style as me, so we've kind of come to some kind of middle ground with decor. As long as I don't put brass in the house because he really doesn't like brass, which kills me because I keep finding some amazing brass pieces. Danielle: [00:19:12] Luckily, my partner and I have the same style. We both really caught on to certain things because of our grandmothers. So I mean, we've, I see you've got the Merry Mushroom canisters behind you, but we use ours. Bex Scott: [00:19:29] That's awesome. Danielle: [00:19:32] A lot of the things that we do collect, we try and make functional. If we can. Not everything, like some of the Pyrex obviously we don't want to touch, but yeah. Bex Scott: [00:19:49] If you had one, I guess, Pyrex pattern or dish and one just random vintage piece, what would you want? Like what's your unicorn or your holy grail piece of vintage? And then Pyrex? Danielle: [00:20:05] I'm going to stick with my Friendship dishes simply because those were passed down through my family. Like there was other ones, but for some reason I'm just stuck on those Friendship ones. I can remember, like my grandmother having them, I can remember my great grandmother having them. So it's one of those things that that would definitely be my Pyrex dish. As far as things that are hanging on the wall, I'm trying to think because there's several good things. Oh, I know what my other one would be. My cast iron cat that my partner hates. Bex Scott: [00:20:50] That's awesome. Danielle: [00:20:54] Yeah, I have, um, I have old vintage ceramic and cast iron cats almost in every single room. And my partner says they're creepy. Bex Scott: [00:21:05] Cats are great, and there's luckily a lot of vintage out there with cats. Danielle: [00:21:10] I actually just found a mug this past weekend, not this past weekend, two weekends ago, and it's an old piece of pottery and it has like cats painted on it. And my mom was like, oh God, please, no. And I was like, how much? And they were like $0.50. And I was like, done. Bex Scott: [00:21:28] Sold. Danielle: [00:21:29] Um, so yeah, no, I definitely would need to keep one of my cast iron cats. But that was also one of the things that my family members always had them. I have a great aunt, in Pennsylvania, and she's got quite a few of them. And I hate to break it to my partner, but they're all coming here. Bex Scott: [00:21:56] You can just start hiding things around the house. They'll just start appearing. Danielle: [00:22:01] She's tried to create, like a one item per room rule, that I can only specifically pick one item because I try and pick the most eclectic things. Bex Scott: [00:22:16] That makes it fun. Danielle: [00:22:17] If there's if there's a Bigfoot statue, definitely putting that in my house. So my partner has her opinions, but sometimes I get the veto. Bex Scott: [00:22:29] Yeah. And we have a running joke in the house right now. I have a horse cross stitch, it's huge, I don't know who made it, but it's in a massive wood frame and it keeps moving around our house. It started above our bed and then I think now it's above our toilet and I have no idea where it's going to end up next. But I have it listed for sale. But until it sells, we just keep moving it around because none of us like it. So. Danielle: [00:22:59] That's hilarious. Bex Scott: [00:23:03] Nice. Danielle: [00:23:03] Is that the only cross that you have? Bex Scott: [00:23:06] I have a ton of flowers and they're all listed for sale. I want to keep all of them because my goal was to make a big cross stitch, cruel needlepoint wall behind me at my desk here. But I have trouble committing to a certain style and a certain type of... Danielle: [00:23:26] You just got to throw them up like, turn mine, like ours doesn't match. Bex Scott: [00:23:34] Oh, that looks great. Yeah. I love that. Danielle: [00:23:35] But that we find things and we just throw it on the wall. Bex Scott: [00:23:39] Yeah. My hope is to find a mushroom needlepoint or cross stitch that will go with my theme that I have going on with the Merry Mushroom. Danielle: [00:23:48] That would be really cool. You could make one. Bex Scott: [00:23:51] That's true. I have to learn how to. Danielle: [00:23:53] My partner cross stitches. Bex Scott: [00:23:54] Oh, really? Danielle: [00:23:56] She loves it. Bex Scott: [00:23:58] Maybe she'll have to do one for me. Danielle: [00:24:01] I mean she would. She also sews. Bex Scott: [00:24:03] Oh, I'll hire her. She's hired. Danielle: [00:24:06] She's a jack of all trades. Bex Scott: [00:24:08] Nice. Yeah. I haven't gotten into the cross stitch yet, but I even have a bunch of kits that I could start. That might be my... Danielle: [00:24:15] We have a bunch of kits, too. Bex Scott: [00:24:19] Yeah, those ones are easy to collect as well. Danielle: [00:24:22] They are. You find them out and about quite frequently. At least I do around here, because I guess people will clean out their grandparents houses and they think that nobody knows how to do that type of stuff anymore. But like, there's plenty of people that do. Plus, it's pretty easy to like pick up if you put your mind to it. If you don't have ADHD like me because I started one and just haven't gone back to it. But maybe one day. Bex Scott: [00:24:56] It'll be there when you're ready. Danielle: [00:24:59] Yeah, it's how most of my projects go. I get about halfway and then I'm like, on to the next one. Bex Scott: [00:25:06] Yeah, next thing. Well, I picked up a bunch of Christmas cross stitch kits in an estate sale a couple of days ago, so maybe I'll do one for Christmas. Danielle: [00:25:17] That'd be awesome. You could also crochet some snowflakes to put on your Christmas tree. Bex Scott: [00:25:22] Yeah, I think I have some of those from my grandma. Those are nice. Danielle: [00:25:27] My partner's been on the hunt for a pink Christmas tree. Bex Scott: [00:25:31] Ooh, that would be amazing. Then would you do vintage decorations? Danielle: [00:25:35] We already have vintage decorations on one of our trees. We have a white one and then just a regular one. And I think, I think last year we put the vintage on the white Christmas tree. I can't remember, but we do have like vintage shatterproof ornaments. I actually have a bunch of ornaments my great grandmother handmade, but I'm too afraid with all of the animals that they'll get broken and they're kind of not replaceable. Our cats like to climb the trees and eat the trees, so we haven't found a way to stop them. We've tried all sorts of things to get them out, but because of that, I just keep them away safe. Bex Scott: [00:26:27] That's a good idea. Danielle: [00:26:31] Have you noticed any of your kids getting into, like, collecting? Bex Scott: [00:26:35] That's a good question. I've tried. My oldest son, he's 13, and he comes to Value Village and Goodwill and all the garage sales with me. He doesn't love anything vintage, really, but he likes coming and looking for things with me. And it's, I think it's the thrill of the hunt for him as well. And then when I go out and I come back home, he'll say, Oh, are those more bowls in that box, or Did you buy more bowls today? I definitely did, and then I threaten, we have a nine year old son as well, I threaten them that this will be their inheritance one day, that they're going to have all of these bowls and Pyrex bowls to give to whoever they want, and they can sell it if they want, but it's all coming to them. We have an 11 month old as well and I'm hoping that she'll be the one that kind of turns into the Pyrex vintage lover. So starting off early. Danielle: [00:27:33] I'm sure. Yeah, I'm sure as they get older they'll get into it because it's something I never appreciated when I was younger. I was always like, why don't you, like, redo everything? Because this is kind of outdated. Bex Scott: [00:27:47] Yeah, yeah. And then you end up falling in love with the vintage items, and then you reverse time and then you don't go with the new, updated, renovated house stuff. It's like a blast from the past, which I really like. Danielle: [00:28:01] Yeah. My friends will come in the house and be like, whoa, these are some bright colors. And I'm like, you can go home to your agreeable gray walls anytime you want. Bex Scott: [00:28:13] Yeah, go home and stare at your white walls. Danielle: [00:28:18] Exactly. So, I mean, to each their own, I guess. Bex Scott: [00:28:22] Exactly. Danielle: [00:28:27] What's your favorite piece in your room? Bex Scott: [00:28:30] Oh. Good question. I have a cabinet on my right here that's full of all my pink Pyrex and my pink Gooseberry. So I'd say probably the pink Gooseberry. And then I have the glasses that go with the Duchess set. I think they're the Libby glasses. The Duchess casserole is my number one need to find one day Pyrex dish, so I'm always on the lookout for that. I found it online, but it's so expensive. Danielle: [00:29:02] Yeah, that one is rather expensive. Bex Scott: [00:29:04] Yeah, yeah. So maybe, maybe one day when I win the lottery, that'll be my next big collectible. Danielle: [00:29:15] When did you kind of get into collecting? Bex Scott: [00:29:18] I got into collecting at the beginning of the pandemic. So before that, I didn't really know anything about Pyrex. It was always just like the measuring cup that my mom had that I don't think was even very old. It just said Pyrex on it. And that's kind of what I thought it was. And then after we cleaned out my grandparents garage, that's when I realized that there was this whole world of vintage Pyrex out there, and it kind of just spiraled after that. And that's been fun collecting everything and finding new pieces. And at the beginning, when I first started collecting, I would essentially buy everything that I found, even if it was dishwasher damaged or it was way overpriced. So I was spending all of this money on things that probably weren't even in good condition or worth it. Now I'm way more selective, but it was, yeah, it's so easy to do when you're learning and trying to figure out what patterns are and what things might be worth, and if they're even Pyrex at all. So. Danielle: [00:30:25] Yeah, it really is, because, I mean there's some things that aren't even like marked Pyrex. I have one, I'm getting rid of it, but I have one that's I think it's from England. Bex Scott: [00:30:36] Oh yeah. The JAJ. Danielle: [00:30:37] It's their version, I can't remember what it says on the bottom, but it's their version of Pyrex. So like I have that and that's pretty cool. But I would have known nothing about it before I started getting into this. I would have been like, oh, that's not Pyrex, and just like, moved on from it. So the more you learn. My partner actually bought this really neat book off of Amazon, and it goes through like the history of each pattern and details it. We use that as a guideline at all times, because it tells you so much about different promotional pieces and stuff like that. Bex Scott: [00:31:20] Is that the Pyrex passion book? Danielle: [00:31:22] I think it is. Yeah. Bex Scott: [00:31:23] This one. Danielle: [00:31:25] Yeah, yeah, yeah, that is our Bible. Bex Scott: [00:31:30] Yeah, I have it on my iPad. And then I went and bought the the paperback version. And then there's a second one that came out as well that has even more in it. So that one's great. Danielle: [00:31:41] I do laugh at their like suggested prices because I'm like, yeah, try and tell, try and tell most people that. Like they're not, I think I was looking and it had like the Butter print as like the entire set for like $75. And I'm like yeah, okay. Bex Scott: [00:32:01] Yeah. Danielle: [00:32:03] Tell me where you can find that for that. Bex Scott: [00:32:05] That would be great. But yeah. Danielle: [00:32:07] That's what I'm saying. So I do find the prices they list comical. Bex Scott: [00:32:14] Yeah. Pricing is one thing that's always very controversial, I find. I'm part of a bunch of Pyrex groups on Facebook, and there's a lot of them that just flat out say you're not allowed to ask if you did good buying this, because if you like it, it's worth it. And we can't tell you if the price is good or not. Danielle: [00:32:36] I am not a part of them on Facebook because I don't really have Facebook, but I am a part of a couple Pyrex groups on Reddit and some of the finds they post on there are insane. Bex Scott: [00:32:52] I haven't looked at Reddit for Pyrex groups. That's a good suggestion. Danielle: [00:32:58] On Pyrex groups and Animal Crossing groups. Gotta love it. Yeah, my partner actually named her Animal Crossing Island Pyrexia. Bex Scott: [00:33:11] That's great. Danielle: [00:33:13] Is there anything else that you collect other than, like, the mushrooms and the Pyrex? Bex Scott: [00:33:17] Mushrooms, Pyrex, little bluebirds. What else do I collect? Secretly, I collect brass. It's in a box that my husband can't, well, he found it the other day, but there's a bunch of - I thought he couldn't find it, but it was in a cereal box, I talk about this in one of my other episodes, but it was packed away in a cereal box in our basement, and he found it and opened it, and he said, What is this? I said, oh, that's just my brass. I'm selling it. Don't worry, it's going on Marketplace. But I do like brass. Danielle: [00:33:51] That's funny. I don't think we have much brass around here. Bex Scott: [00:33:55] It's heavy and it takes up space. Danielle: [00:33:58] Yeah, it does, it does. And we don't have, with all my ceramics we don't have that much like shelving. I know you said you had that horse. Do you have any other ones? Bex Scott: [00:34:14] No, none that I've really kept. I have one that's a little girl on a toilet reading a book, and it says something really funny. I think it's like a potty training needlepoint or cross-stitch or something. Danielle: [00:34:31] I have a cross-stitch. I have a cross-stitch in my bathroom that says, please don't do coke in the bathroom. Bex Scott: [00:34:38] That's awesome. Danielle: [00:34:42] And everybody always is like, did someone do coke? And I'm like, no, no, no, not to my knowledge, but... Bex Scott: [00:34:49] Yeah. Danielle: [00:34:50] It's a warning. Like please don't. Bex Scott: [00:34:53] And they won't now because that's up there. Danielle: [00:34:55] Yeah. I asked nicely. Bex Scott: [00:35:02] I'm trying to avoid getting into all the art glass and like the vases, and that's another thing that I really can't do because I don't have space. Danielle: [00:35:15] I think we have one swing base, but I haven't gotten a whole lot into that. But we do have quite the collection of nesting hens. Bex Scott: [00:35:29] Oh, I love those. Danielle: [00:35:32] And my partner insists on putting candy in every single one of them. Bex Scott: [00:35:36] That's great. Do you have a favorite one or a favorite color? Danielle: [00:35:42] So blue is my favorite color. Oddly enough, since most of the house is done in like yellow, orange, green, but we have a cobalt blue that has like the oil slick on it, almost like carnival glass. And it is my favorite. And it just so happened to be given to us by my partner's grandmother, which just makes it that much more special. Bex Scott: [00:36:11] Yeah, those are beautiful, I love them. I've had a few of them in the past, and it's always hard to tell if they're actually vintage or not. That's my biggest struggle is what year they were from and who made them. So I do a lot of research when I find them, and I think there's even some jadeite ones too that I've seen that are really pretty. Danielle: [00:36:34] Yeah, we have a small jadeite one, but we have quite a few. They're all over the house. Bex Scott: [00:36:41] What's the biggest one that you have? Danielle: [00:36:45] A turkey. Bex Scott: [00:36:47] Amazing. Danielle: [00:36:48] Yeah, it's a nesting turkey. And it's like orange and yellow and... It's pretty cool. I mean, I just think it's so funny, you go into most people's houses that are, you know, around our ages, and it's minimalist and boring and gray. Like, there's just not a whole lot of personality. Bex Scott: [00:37:17] Mhm. Danielle: [00:37:18] So, you know what? If I'm a hoarder, so be it. Bex Scott: [00:37:23] Yeah I agree, it's great for people coming over and starting conversations and especially like with our kids growing up, I'd rather them live in a house with memories and things to look at and ask questions about. Where is this from, and What year was this from, then see everything from, I don't know, we have, I don't know if you guys have HomeSense where you are. It's like a mass produced store or home decor store where people get just the run of the mill stuff, but I'd rather have all of the memories and the fun items. Danielle: [00:37:59] Yeah, I mean, I think, I think that's a lot of what the newer generations are missing out on. Like they're not going to have the things that have been handed down generation after generation because so many people get rid of them. They're like, oh, this is ugly so I don't want it. But it's like, I don't know, these are my family's ceramics. So there might be some that I don't love. But my grandmother made it, and for some reason that means I can't get rid of it. Bex Scott: [00:38:33] Yeah. I'm the same. Yeah. All of the things that I keep, even if I don't like them, I keep them because they came from somewhere special. Danielle: [00:38:40] Yeah. So I just think that this next generation is going to be missing out on a lot of that. Bex Scott: [00:38:48] Yeah, I agree, and that makes it even more fun to hunt for items and just love vintage. Danielle: [00:38:57] It definitely does. It's definitely something that I want to be able to pass down. My brother doesn't have quite the same enthusiasm as I have about certain things, but he has asked for a couple of different things we have. Like my great great grandmother, we have her cookie cutters, which is probably weird because they have just been passed down. When I went down, I split the bucket with him and he has, like my grandfathers and my great grandfather's vices, which is like, I don't know if you do much woodworking, but he has that out in his garage, which is really neat because my brother does some really amazing woodworking, creates a lot of custom pieces. So it's pretty cool that he's able to incorporate my relatives vices into his work, which he definitely wouldn't have to. Like, he has other other ones, but when he was able to get those, he retired the other ones that he was using and just put those away so that he could keep using our family's. So I know that he doesn't have quite the same love for the ceramics as me. But, you know, hopefully one day when my niece and nephew are a bit older, I'm able to teach them about this kind of stuff and maybe they'll have an interest in a piece or two. Bex Scott: [00:40:34] Yeah, yeah, that would be great. Same with my family. My brother's not into all of the the same kind of things that I like. And he's more into the tools that our family had for woodworking and construction and that kind of thing. So that's his stuff. And then I've taken all of the the other stuff, so it's nice that way. Danielle: [00:40:58] That's been the divide for us. My brother's biggest one is like my father currently has a pool table that's been passed down. Why we have such, like, random things that get found in my family I don't know, but my brother is insistent on the pool table and the light that hangs above it that those are his. And I'm like, I don't even have space for them, so go for it. But it's just funny the things that you kind of get attached to. Bex Scott: [00:41:33] Mhm. Perfect. Thank you so much for coming on the episode today and for chatting about vintage. It's really great to be able to talk to somebody else that loves similar things and understand what it's like to be a hoarder. Danielle: [00:41:52] Yeah, it was great jumping on and getting to chat with you. Yeah, it's definitely nice to talk to people that are like-minded. Bex Scott: [00:42:00] Yeah. 

The Friends of the Rant podcast is joined this week by two Carolina Indie Fest acts, Gooseberry Jam and Jeremiah McKinley, both hailing from the Triad area. Gooseberry Jam, who bring “a Southern fried taste of soul, set to a backdrop of raw rock and roll,” play at 7:30 p.m. on Friday, Sept. 29. Jeremiah McKinley, “a band of two brothers telling stories through a mix of folk and newer rock and roll” kick the festival off at 5 p.m. on Friday.

In this episode of Good and Decent, Senior Video Producer Josh and Associate Video Producer Jane share the story of David Fried and his tree nursery in Elmore, Vermont, called Elmore Roots. For over 40 years, David has been growing fruits and nut varieties that were once believed impossible to grow in the hillsides of Vermont.Gooseberries, seaberries, haskap, lingonberries, and kiwiberries are just a few of the many berries, fruit, and nut trees that the team at Elmore Roots tends to.Subscribe to our YouTube channel Youtube.com/@grottonetwork for more stories like this.SUBSCRIBE to our YouTube Channel for more!Connect with us on social media! Instagram Twitter Facebook Pinterest Visit us at grottonetwork.com/Subscribe to our weekly newsletter.

The River View Trail, an eagle, and some tips for getting the Falls to yourselves. Apologies for some of the audio. One of us (me, Kelly) was having a hard time with wildfire smoke. 

Host and American Family Farmer, Doug Stephan www.eastleighfarm.com introduces us to Michael Brown, owner of Pitspone Farm. www.pitsponefarm.com In 2007, Michael started cultivating figs and traditional crops like heirloom tomatoes. Three years later, he turned his passion for gardening toward small fruits and berries. Today, Pitspone Farm in West Orange, NJ sells specialty berries to individuals, nurseries, local restaurants, grocery stores and more. This show is part of the Spreaker Prime Network, if you are interested in advertising on this podcast, contact us at https://www.spreaker.com/show/3010081/advertisement

Yoghurt and elderflower mousse with gooseberry compote and lemon almond biscuits

Warwick Smith, CEO of American Pacific Mining Corp, joins us today for a general update from the company's long list of portfolio assets, including the Palmer VMS project in Alaska, the Gooseberry project in Montana and precious metal projects in Nevada. Despite the list of work to be done, Warwick says the company continues to look for appropriate acquisitions to bring into the company.

We report the latest drill results from NGEx Mineral, Enduro Metals and Trilogy Metals. American Pacific Mining returns to Gooseberry. Arizona Sonoran receives more financing from Rio Tinto Nuton. Calibre Mining reported record-breaking Q1. We'd like to thank our sponsors: Western Copper and Gold is focused on developing the world-class Casino project in Canada's Yukon Territory. The Casino project consists of an impressive 11 billion pounds of copper and 21 million ounces of gold in an overall resource. Western Copper and Gold trades on the TSX and the NYSE American with WRN. Be sure to follow the company via their website, www.westerncopperandgold.com. ASCU is an early-stage copper developer and explorer of the Cactus Mine and its satellite project, Parks/Salyer, both situated on a 4km mine trend on private land in Arizona's porphyry copper district. Opportunity for significant growth and scale exist along the trend, while future capex requirements outlined in the Cactus PEA benefit from significant onsite and nearby access to infrastructure. The Company is led by an executive management team and Board which have a long-standing track record of successful project delivery in North America. For more information, please visit www.arizonasonoran.com. Fireweed Metals is advancing 3 different projects within the Yukon and Northwest Territories, including the flagship Macmillan Pass Project, a large zinc-lead-silver deposit and the Mactung Project, one of the largest and highest-grade tungsten deposits in the world. Fireweed plans to advance these projects through exploration, resource definition, metallurgy, engineering, economic studies and collaboration with indigenous people on the path to production. For more information please visit fireweedmetals.com.

Have you ever wondered where the relaxing sounds you listen to come from?  When you take this Journey of Relaxation with me you will know exactly where and when it was recorded.These relaxing sounds are coming to you from Gooseberry Beach on September 17, 2021 at 12:00 pm.Go see the pictures and videos on the links below.New intro Support the showTake a moment to find the beauty of nature every day,Duchess of the DunesTikTokFacebookYouTube

We speak with three people about the potential future of this popular hiking destination: hiker and blogger Stephen Rolls; current owner Helen Doherty; and Nova Scotia Nature Trust executive director Bonnie Sutherland.

The party makes it to Gooseberry but are surprised to find it empty. What happened to the town? Huge shoutout to Epidemic Sound for the music for our show! https://www.epidemicsound.comSupport the showFollow us on social media!@dowelelveluppodcast on InstagramDo We Level Up on Facebook@do.we.level.up.po on TikTok@doweleveluppodcast.bsky.social on BlueSky

The party continues our journey toward Gooseberry with prisoners in tow. We learn a little more about our attackers and celebrate Heskan's birthday on the way. Huge shoutout to Epidemic Sound for the music for our show! https://www.epidemicsound.comSupport the showFollow us on social media!@dowelelveluppodcast on InstagramDo We Level Up on Facebook@do.we.level.up.po on TikTok@doweleveluppodcast.bsky.social on BlueSky

Have you ever wondered where the relaxing sounds you listen to come from?  When you take this Journey of Relaxation with me you will know exactly where and when it was recorded.These relaxing sounds are coming to you from Gooseberry Island on September 16, 2021 at 1:00 pm.Go see the pictures and videos on the links below.New intro Support the showTake a moment to find the beauty of nature every day,Duchess of the DunesTikTokFacebookYouTube

A sweet and spicy chutney packed with the goodness of amla. The immunity-boosting Indian gooseberry chutney is a healthy accompaniment for everyday meals. Try this quick and easy recipe that is ready in minutes. The Mads' Cookhouse podcast has been listed #8 among the Top 40 Home Cooking Podcasts on the web. Thank you dear listeners for your continued love and support.

This week's show features Internet Friends with music from The Blue Stones, The Unlikely Candidates, No Win, Thomas Nicholas Band, Mars Volta, The Joy Formidable, Strange Case, Leon of Athens, Jimmy Eat World, Klangarussesell, Seething Akira & Gooseberry! Hosted by Cousin Corey. 08/24/2022

This week's show features Internet Friends with music from The Blue Stones, The Unlikely Candidates, No Win, Thomas Nicholas Band, Mars Volta, The Joy Formidable, Strange Case, Leon of Athens, Jimmy Eat World, Klangkarussell, Seething Akira & Gooseberry! Hosted by Cousin Corey. 07/19/2022

On June 27th, Tom celebrated his 35th birthday. So, the June 28th edition of Local Fidelity is HIS OFFICIAL 35th BIRTHDAY SPECIAL! Tune in to celebrate and hear new local tuneage from John Cozz, Emergencies, The Tube, Jewelry, Dropper, Gooseberry, Evolfo, Dead Tooth, Aubrey Haddard, JW Francis, Plastic Picnic, Vvii, Ghost Funk Orchestra, 79.5, Wilder Maker + Felicia Douglass, and more.

A traditional Ayurvedic preparation is giving cholesterol drugs a run for their money.Nutrition Diva is hosted by Monica Reinagel. A transcript is available at Simplecast.The two studies mentioned in today's episode:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3326920/https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/21495900/Enrollment in the year-long Weighless program is opening soon! Sign up for the mailing list and stay in the loop at https://weighless.life/Have a question for the Nutrition Diva? Send an email to nutrition@quickanddirtytips.com or leave a voicemail at 443-961-6206.Find Nutrition Diva on Facebook and Twitter, or subscribe to the newsletter for more diet and nutrition tips.Nutrition Diva is a part of Quick and Dirty Tips.Links: https://www.quickanddirtytips.com/https://www.quickanddirtytips.com/nutrition-diva-newsletterhttps://www.facebook.com/QDTNutrition/https://twitter.com/NutritionDiva https://nutritionovereasy.com/

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What you say? Gooseberries, Pokemon, what is ponytail? The boys are back at it before season 2 https://www.pokemon.com/us/pokedex/ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gooseberry

In this episode, we relish picturesque references to wildlife depicting the love life of the protagonists, as portrayed in Sangam Literary work, Kurunthogai 317, penned by Madurai Kandarathathanaar. The verse is situated in the mountains of 'Kurinji' and speaks in the voice of the confidante to the lady, consoling the lady that the man would return soon from his travels.

Get the featured cocktail recipe: Duck. Duck. Gooseberry. We continue to feature inspirational ladies during Women's History Month. In this epi we welcome to the show Patrice Cameau, the force behind CAMPspace, a business dedicated to providing affordable and private workspaces to create digital, video and audio content. We discuss what drives her entrepreneurship along with the importance of accountability and listening to your customers in order to serve them better and make your business stronger. And we top it all off with an amazing spring cocktail recipe that's as fresh and beautiful as the season. Looking another cocktail to accompany the boozy banter? Then head over to our library of libations for the right recipe to get you in the mood. Don't forget to follow, download and review to share your thoughts about the show! The Designated Drinker Show is produced by Missing Link—a podcast media company that is dedicated to connecting people to intelligent, engaging and informative content.  Also in the Missing Link line-up of podcasts, is Rodger That—a podcast dedicated to guiding you through the haze of dementia led by skilled caregivers, Bobbi and Mike Carducci.  Now, if you are looking for a whole new way to enjoy the theatre, check out Between Acts—an immersive audio theatre podcast experience. Each episode takes you on a spellbinding journey through the works of newfound playwrights—from dramas to comedies and everything in between.

Alyssa Lynch shares tips on wellness, beauty, travel, clothes & more through her social media outlets. She's worked with brands such as Fabletics, Erewhon, Gooseberry, Mush, Nautica & many more.      Topics : - Getting caught in the internal convo cycle - Finding your place - Authenticity and Self Awareness - Fending off external doubts - Flow State + Mindfulness - Not taking it personally  - Self Work    Connect with Alyssa! Instagram : @AlyssaLynch YouTube : @AlyssaLynch TikTok : @AlyssaLynch     Get sustained energy with Tenzo Tea! Use my promo code for 25% off EVERY order : THEBEARDEDMAN Tenzotea.co   Check out the Stay Dialed In App! Sign up for the Stay Dialed In Newsletter! You wanna help blow this podcast up? GREAT! Here's how: Leave a 5 star review on the podcast app with your hot take of the show Share out the episode on your IG story tagging me @Bobbbaaaay —- Follow The Bearded Man! Instagram : @Bobbbaaaay YouTube : @BobbyHobert Twitter : @Bobbbaaaay Website : ItsTheBeardedMan.com 

February 13, 2022. Today we remember our own baptisms and name our connectedness, to one another by the water that fills and nourishes every cell of our bodies, and to our God whose love for us and for all creation is beyond our capacity to understand. Readings: Jeremiah 17:5-10, Psalm 1 *** Transcript *** I've always loved water. Maybe it goes back to the hours I spent with my family on a boat on Lake Minnetonka in Minnesota, or the beauty of the Mississippi River that connects my hometown of Minneapolis down to St. Louis where we are right now, the lakes around the Twin Cities and all the ponds that are up there, but water has always seemed to bring me to a place of calm and connectedness. One of my favorite places is Gooseberry Falls, in northern Minnesota on the North Shore. The splashing of the water against the rocks grows louder with every step you take toward the falls, and that's along with the sounds and voices and laughter on sunny days when there are lots of people. One of the best parts of Gooseberry is that it is really three waterfalls in one, with the water pouring down each rocky cliff, one after the other. The river is surrounded by rock — all colors, shapes, and sizes, some like sets of stairs to climb as you make your way to the Upper Falls, some smooth and flat and perfect for sitting on if you want to just watch the water, some rising out of the river itself like stepping stones allowing the courageous to cross from one side to the other and back in search of new paths. And framing the stone are thousands of trees, with paths running through them like so many veins, carrying light, air, animals, and people into the woods, and back again. And then, of course, there is the water itself. One year I sat by the edge of the Upper Falls, listening to the water colliding with the rocks and then rushing over and around them, when I noticed something that I hadn't noticed before. As Gooseberry River makes its way down the Upper Falls, it doesn't go down all in one rush, but divides and flows around the rocks in the cliff, forming hundreds of mini water falls as it goes. I became fascinated with how different they all were, in size, shape, direction, even speed, and I could have spent hours just watching them. I took pictures of course, but that doesn't capture the beauty experienced when you are sitting there, so close you have to raise your voice to be heard over the roar of the water, and can feel the mist off the rocks a few feet away. Jeremiah says today, and our psalmist echoes, “They shall be like a tree planted by water, sending out its roots to the stream. It shall not fear when heat comes, and its leaves shall stay green; in the year of drought it is not anxious, and it does not cease to bear fruit.” That describes something of the feeling I have when I am near water. Moments like this connect me to the presence of God in profound ways, because with stone, dirt, water, trees, sunlight, and air all around, I feel grounded in the Spirit of the one who created it all. That feeling of being parched, which Jeremiah and the psalmist also describe, are probably familiar to all of us — especially these days perhaps. We've all experienced feeling like chaff, withered, empty, at different times in our lives. We all need the water of the Spirit, to be connected to the God who is the source of all love, healing, hope, and life. Perhaps some of you, like me, experience God when you are close to the world God created, whether it be literal water, or mountains, the thick of a forest, or the unique beauty of the desert. But that is certainly not the only way or place to connect with our Source. Where and how do you experience the life that comes from being connected with God? You may feel the Spirit close when you create music, with voices or instruments. Some of you have shared that arranging flowers for our altar is a meditative experience that feeds your soul. The rhythm of breath and feet as you walk, or run, or ride your bike, may ground you as it connects body, spirit, and creation and the Creator together. The words of scripture, or the sacredness of silence, or the feeling of the holy in this building perhaps, can connect us to the Word, who existed long before anything else. Our readings today carry a message for those who know they need God. It is a promise for every one of us, whose very breath of life comes from the one who formed and shaped us in the womb. Where do you go to connect with the life and love of the Spirit of God? For today, we return to that water. As Luther put it, water plus the Word of God, the waters of baptism . . . . we know and celebrate the promises of God who is present in all things. We remember how much we need God who gives us life. We sing with the psalmist of the abundance of love and life that flow out from us to the world, a gift of the God who created it all. Today, we remember our own baptisms, and who we are as beloved children of the God of life. We celebrate Scarlet and Zachary, and proclaim in this community the overflowing love that God has for them, and has had since the beginning of time. We name our connectedness, to one another by the water that fills and nourishes every cell of our bodies, and to our God whose love for us and for all creation is beyond our capacity to understand. Today, we come again to the water of the Spirit, our source. There, we will find life. Thanks be to God. *** Keywords *** 2022, Christ Lutheran Church, Webster Groves, sermon, podcast, transcript, YouTube, video, Pastor Meagan McLaughlin, Jeremiah 17:5-10, Psalm 1, Martin Luther, Scarlet McMullen, Zachary McMullen

This week join us as we talk about what it's like for us to readjust and get back into a schedule after having time off, and what our best tips are for getting back into the swing of things.  This episode we are drinking Sauvignon Blanc, a type of grape known to have some very interesting smells...  Also, tune into this episode to hear about Rachel's somewhat wild work story. Enjoy!

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This episode has been published and can be heard everywhere your podcast is available. This episode has been published and can be heard everywhere your podcast is available. In this sixth episode of medicinal plants today we are exploring the medicinal benefits of Indian gooseberry.

Have you ever heard of a Chinese Gooseberry? You might be asking yourself, “what is a Chinese gooseberry?” Today's episode is going to take you on a long journey from California to New Zealand to China as we dive deep The post What Is A Chinese Gooseberry: How Kiwifruit Got Its Start appeared first on Toasty Kettle.

Traditional Gender Roles! Hand Washing Raps! Gag Men! Today we discuss the mother-of-all animated movies, Disney's Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs. Austin and Luke cover all kinds of topics ranging from Dwarf Studies to Burger Rats, Luke sing and raps a bit, Austin quizzes Luke on his literary knowledge, and we all discover the true meaning of friendship and camaraderie… Gooseberry pie, duh. Disclaimer: We do not believe all females IS poison. Check us out next week where we discuss the next movie, Pinocchio! Keep up with us by subbing so you know when our new podcast is posted. You can follow Austin on Twitter and Instagram @AustinHoweth and Luke on Twitter and Instagram @luke_manual. You can also check out our website www.keystothepodcastle.com for an updated list of what movies we are watching and our current ranking of all the movies we've seen so far! --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/thepodcastle/support

It remains the staple audio alternative for NFL personnel to know potential prospects. All Conference USA honorable mention selection by league coaches after spending only one season at Rice. A graduate transfer from Ouachita Baptist who started 11 of 12 games at right tackle and started 46 of 47 games during his combined college career. Gooseberry was selected to the College Gridiron All-Star Showcase as one of the top senior college offensive linemen in the country. His impressive average winning grade of 83% and was the highest graded offensive lineman for four games this season. He allowed two sacks in 320 passing attempts. Earned All-American honors from both the Division II Conference Commissioners Association (first team). Go-one-on-one with Rice standout Justin Gooseberry on the College2Pro Players Platform Show. It is the show to know before they go pro, because College2Pro.com has been featuring NFL Draft Prospects for over a decade. Professional scouting (CFL), working in conjunction with collegiate all-star games (Texas vs. The Nation, Gridiron Showcase), no other platform combined with experience allows future NFL stars to reveal their identity to the world-wide listening audience. In depth analysis, allows listeners that includes NFL Scouts and GMs to know the prospect on a personal level rather than just knowing their jersey number. Join host Bo Marchionte and special guest Justin Gooseberry on the C2P podcast powered by football lovers everywhere.   KNOW MORE THAN THE NAME…

Host Cyrus Webb welcomes author Steven Manchester to #ConversationsLIVE to discuss his literary journey and new book GOOSEBERRY ISLAND.