Misty Harbor

I have collected Misty Harbor raincoats for years.  I really wear them, and didn't start out intending to collect them,  but years thrift shopping have revealed a wide variety of colors and styles and just when I think I have them all, I find another.  They are rubber on the outside, and lined with either flannel or cotton, in a wide range of prints or patterns.  There is a lot of tartan, but also strawberries, ducks, whales, and nautical knots, to name a few.

The newer, uglier label

The adorable original label, on the older coats

Mud room remodel

how it started

how it's going

 

bunnyhenge

The bunnies have an enormous burrow underneath the barn.  Every Autumn, I place a big piece of wood over the entrance, as they utilize it year 'round.  But every Winter, the heavy snow breaks the wood, plus it looks really junky. So yesterday my neighbor helped me move some  large landscaping stones down to the barnyard to make a stone entryway to the burrow.

 

I love you Kingsley

 

I serve on the Kingsley Planning Commission and loved this description of our little community.  I had to look up what a moraine was.

Setting: Paradise Township is located in the southern part of Grand Traverse County and is

dominated by the Port Huron glacial moraine. The Township is, therefore broken up into

numerous rolling hills, and drains primarily to the north into the Boardman River, but also to

the south into the Manistee River. There are numerous wooded slopes, level to gently sloping

areas devoted to farm crops and livestock, and a network of streams and wetlands. The

Township is highly typical of glacially created rural environments in northern Michigan.

the free book box

The free book library in Mayfield, MI had some excellent 80s pet guide books

 

trench puff

Salvation Army fashions: unworn 70's puffer trench coat, big snap pockets, a little ill-fitting, but who cares, No brand or tag, the only label says 'Made in Korea'. Lining is blue, sleeves are kinda short.

the Book Nook

The Book Nook in Cadillac, Michigan has been around since 1981, and is a cavernous, overstuffed used book store.  Somehow, I had never visited it before.  I am ever hunting for old fashioned children's books from the 70s and before, with animal-people hybrid themes, rabbits, mice, and a certain type of vintage illustration.  Here is what I found today, and I only made it through two aisles in the kids section of the store - there is SO much more to discover! Everything in there is prices between $0.25 and $3.00, so you can go nuts - like I did!

Trio of pop-up Beatrix Potter books - I can never have too many

I keep vintage mouse theme children's books out in Boss Mouse.  

Today I found:

• The Mouse Rap
• Mousie Takes A Bite
• Mouse Can't Sleep
• Mouse and Tim from 1978
• The Mouse from 1977

Below are the covers of all the books I found today, and a sample of the illustrations within

First Book of Trees from 1951

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The Sheep of the Lal Bagh from 1967

Nobody's Birthday from 1961 - the cover is embossed and the party favors are velvety

This one takes place in Britain with party crackers and plum pudding

A House is a House For Me from 1978 - this is a book from Dolly Parton's 'Imagination Library' initiative, a monthly book subscription service offered to preschool kids until the age of 5.  There's a photo of her on the inside cover - another reason to love her 

Look Who's Here from 1964

The Adventures of Mole & Troll from 1972

Bunnies and their Hobbies from 1984

Warton's Christmas Eve Adventure from 1977

Gorky Rises from 1980

It's about a young frog who flies around looking at the world from above

Little Grey Rabbit's Birthday first published in 1944

Little Fur Family from 1946

The Last Two Elves in Denmark from 1968

The Land of the Lost from 1945

Head to Toe from 1973

This one is about animals and how they have the same body parts as we do - this appeals to my animal advocacy heart

Strange little book with no writing on the cover 

Drummer Hoff from 1967

This one has excellent 60s Sgt. Peppers style illustrations

The Animals Who Changed Their Colors from 1979