Heck Of A Guy

Basement Items, Part II Now On-line
Oil Lamps, Chinese Spoons, Stuffed Animals, Promotionals

Photos of another group of those doodads, antiques, gadgets, widgets, junk, tchotchkes, collectibles, oddities, curios, odds, ends, and much, much more that fill my mother’s home are now available for viewing.

This is the second half of the items found in Mom's basement. Most of the photos show some of the 250-350 (my estimate) oil lamps of all sizes, colors, conditions on display in the house. One group of these is shown in the graphic atop this post.

In The Family Home Photo Safari: Basement Items Part I, I noted that the basement has the most hidden treasures, almost none of which were captured in last year’s photo expedition. To give a flavor of items that have been in sealed boxes for the past several years, I chose a couple of boxes (based on ease of access) and photographed the contents. Those shots are part of today’s set.

Some of the photos are annotated to explain the difficulties I encountered in photographing certain areas and how I tried to address these problems.

Mom's Collectibles - Index & Description Page

The full story of my mother’s houseful of collectibles and its metaphysical implications and links to all published photos of items from her home can be found at Mom's Collectibles - Index & Description Page

The Photos

All of the Family Home Photo Safari pictures were taken by me during our Thanksgiving 2007 trip to Mom’s home. The vistas on the title panels of the photo displays depict Table Rock Lake as seen from the cabin’s deck during the same Thanksgiving 2007 visit.

I hope you enjoy viewing these photos as much as I enjoyed photographing my parents’ collectibles and as much as my mother and father enjoyed finding and displaying them.

The photos of the basement items are available at Mom's Basement - Part 2

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Basement Items Now On-line: Cider Press, Churns, Wrenches, Saws, Bee Smokers, Block & Tackles, Ironware

Photos of another group of those doodads, antiques, gadgets, widgets, junk, tchotchkes, collectibles, oddities, curios, odds, ends, and much, much more that fill my mother’s home are now available for viewing.

If the living room contains my mother’s most impressive collections,¹ the basement has the most hidden treasures, almost none of which were captured in last year’s photo expedition. And, as the “Part I” of today’s title indicates, the number of collectibles in this area warrant another group of photos that will be posted at a later date.

Further, much of the material in the basement is stashed in boxes which I had neither the time or energy to open. I did empty one or two randomly chosen containers and will include photos of the contents in “Basement, The Sequel” to give a flavor of what awaits a more aggressive explorer in the still unexplored territory of my Motherland.

Tools, churns, and ironware predominate in this group, which contains the item that is my personal favorite of all those in the house - the handsome bee smoker featured atop this post.

Mom's Collectibles - Index & Description Page

The full story of my mother’s houseful of collectibles and its metaphysical implications and links to all published photos of items from her home can be found at Mom's Collectibles - Index & Description Page

The Photos

All of the Family Home Photo Safari pictures were taken by me during our Thanksgiving 2007 trip to Mom's home. The vistas on the title panels of the photo displays depict Table Rock Lake as seen from the cabin’s deck during the same Thanksgiving 2007 visit.

I hope you enjoy viewing these photos as much as I enjoyed photographing my parents’ collectibles and as much as my mother and father enjoyed finding and displaying them.

The photos of the basement items are available at Mom's Basement - Part I

Footnotes

1. The living room items will be featured in an upcoming post↩

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Three Yokes (Click on graphic to view larger image)

Deck Items - Carved Geese, Yokes, Saws, Horseshoes - Now On-line

Photos of another group of those doodads, antiques, gadgets, widgets, junk, tchotchkes, collectibles, oddities, curios, odds, ends, and much, much more that line the walls and reside in the geological layers of miscellanea that arise from nearly every table and shelf as well as much of the floor space in my mother's home in the the Ozarks are now online.

This set of items, including the yokes pictured atop this post,¹ are grouped together solely because they all are kept on the deck behind my mother's cabin, perched on a bluff overlooking Table Rock Lake in an isolated area of southwest Missouri.

Mom's Collectibles - Index & Description Page

The full story of my mother's houseful of collectibles and its metaphysical implications and links to all published photos of items from her home can be found at Mom’s Collectibles - Index & Description Page

The Photos

All of the Family Home Photo Safari pictures were taken by me during our Thanksgiving 2007 trip to Mom's home. The vistas on the title panels of the photo displays depict Table Rock Lake as seen from the cabin's deck during the same Thanksgiving 2007 visit.

I hope you enjoy viewing these photos as much as I enjoyed photographing my parents' collectibles and as much as my mother and father enjoyed finding and displaying them.

The photos of the deck items are available at Mom's Deck

Footnotes

1. Unless the viewer is proficient at finding Waldo or perceiving the image of Abraham Lincoln in what appears to be a mass of squiggles, the yokes in the photo may be difficult to see. If those three yokes aren't instantly obvious, it may be helpful to look for the first three visible roof support beams (the boards forming the roof of the deck fill the top of the photo, running at a slant from left to right; the support beams run perpendicular to those boards). The yokes hang from metal hooks screwed into those beams. The first yoke extends horizontally across the left half of the graphic but is effectively camouflaged because its color and texture almost precisely matches the cabin's logs. The second yoke, which lacks the golden hues of the first, comes into view just beyond the right end of the first yoke. The third yoke is barely visible at the right edge of the photo and is seen better in other photos.↩

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Straight Razor From Mom's Collection

Bedroom Items - Razors, Shaving Mugs, Button-hooks, Strops - Now On-line

Photos of a portion of the doodads, antiques, gadgets, widgets, junk, tchotchkes, collectibles, oddities, curios, odds, ends, and much, much more that line the walls and reside in the geological layers of miscellanea that arise from nearly every table and shelf as well as much of the floor space in my mother’s home in the the Ozarks of Southwest Missouri are now on-line.

The items in this group, such as the razor in the graphic atop the post, happen to be kept in her bedroom.

Mom’s Collectibles - Index & Description Page

The full story of my mother’s houseful of collectibles with its metaphysical implications and links to all published photos of items from her home can be found at Mom’s Collectibles - Index & Description Page

I hope you enjoy viewing these pictures as much as I enjoyed preserving these images of my parents’ collectibles and as much as my mother and father enjoyed finding and displaying them.

The Photos

All of the Family Home Photo Safari pictures were taken by me during our Thanksgiving 2007 trip to Mom’s home. The vistas on the title panels of the photo displays depict Table Rock Lake as seen from the cabin’s deck during the same Thanksgiving 2007 visit.

These photos of the bedroom items can be found at Mom’s Bedroom

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