T&G Tuesday - Acland St, St Kilda

 Today's photo post is not about great photography, but about having some fun.

I did try to take some truly great shots, but it's always difficult when the Monkey is non stop action.

Sometimes that in itself makes for some great shots, but today, I was distracted by his energy.

There was soooo MUCH energy!

We found some graffiti art hidden away behind the shops.

Creepy!

There was even footpath art.

These two goons stopped for a few seconds to pose for me.

There were cakes in the windows....so many cakes!

See? He doesn't stop!

Probably the best book store I know of.

She wanted to buy lots of books.

He just wanted me to take photos of him being an airplane.

We had a great time at Acland St today!

~ Ky x

The Giant Book of Space

This little dude is becoming quite the little op shopper himself.
Sorry Son.

 He ALWAYS finds something that intrigues him and keeps him occupied while I browse. He spotted this book a couple of days ago while I was browsing the book section. He loves anything to do with space, especially the moon. This was one of his finds that I said yes to buying for him. It was only $2. How could I say  no? He was so excited about this purchase.  He carried this book up to the counter on his head, stopping to show other shoppers his space book. So funny!

I LOVE him!!!

~ Ky x

Of Books and Abby Shoes

Yesterday Mum and I popped into a couple of op shops for a bit of a browse. We came home with a few nice finds. Mostly books. Old classics. I now own a copy of Doctor Zhivago, a Dickens, a Plato and Socrates, a Shakespeare, an Oscar Wilde and a David Copperfield(the writer, for those of you as naive as I was until yesterday morning). All for 50 cents each. Mum got hold of a few oldies too. Mostly Shakespeare and a couple of poetry books.

That, however,  is NOT what I want to show you today.

 I want to show you a pair of shoes I found at a little, almost hidden away op shop. I held them up to Mum with a big smile on my face and announced that I wanted to buy them. She looked at me in surprise and said, "You're not." I laughed and said, "Yes, I am!"

I have dubbed these shoes my 'Abby Shoes'!

 See why? They are Demonia shoes. A UK brand. I looked them up online this morning and apparently Abby Scuito wears this brand of Goth shoe. Or boots mostly. If you don't know who Abby is, then I'm very sorry, we can no longer be friends.

Kidding!!!!

Can you believe these were only $4.50? I can hear some of you saying a rather emphatic, YES! I know they are not everyones cup of tea, but I rather like them and I shall wear them. I told Mum I was going to wear them to church. I got another look of surprise and another, "You're not." I may rethink that one. Don't know if it's entirely appropriate to wear a pair of shoes with Demonia printed on the inside of them to church.

Even if I don't get to wear them very much, at least I'll have something to wear to a dress up party. I'll finally be able to unleash the Goth within. Yes, it's in there, but has never reared it's ugly head as I'm not into the whole satanism, gore, weird stuff that goes along with it.

Thanks Mum for the new shoes...yes, believe it or not, she bought them for me. I totally love my MUM!!!

~ Ky x

Our Royal Family - An Op Shop Treasure

So I was able to do a little bit of op shopping last week while Mum and Dad were visiting. I hadn't stepped foot into an op shop for a couple of weeks. I had a splendid time searching for that special treasure that I just had to have.

Thought I'd show you one of the treasures I bought on Friday.

Our Royal Family by Stanley Brogden.

Published for The Sun News-Pictorial, Melbourne

I googled this book to find out when it was published as there is no date written in the book. Apparently it was 1949...and it smells like it.

I actually bought this book as I thought Angel would like to see photos of kings and queens and princesses and crowns. She's very much into all that kind of thing. Always has been.

So, now it's your turn. I've taken some photos of the pictures inside the book. I love to look at old photos. The fashion, the hairstyles, the decor, all of it really.

King George and Princess Elizabeth

Princess Margaret with Bob Hope

The coronation of King George VI

There is nothing new under the sun when it comes to fashion.

Yeah, I know. Not my greatest photography ever.

I have to admit that I am a bit of a royalist. I've always loved to read about them and look at pictures of them and hear about them in the news. It's been great looking through this book. I don't think I'll ever get around to reading it. I just couldn't stand smelling it for all that time. But I've enjoyed learning a little bit about King George. I think he was quite a handsome man. Apparently he was a lovely bloke too.

So, that's about it for today.

~ Ky x

Op Shop Treasure - An Illustrated Bible

Browsing through the Sacred Heart op shop on Chappell St this morning, I came across this old, illustrated King James Version Bible. I picked it up and flicked through it's well worn pages and decided that I just had to have it. I do love a book with old illustrations in it. These lovely old style illustrations are by the artist, John Turner. Disappointingly, there is nowhere inside this bible that shows when this edition was published.  

Ok, so it's not in perfect nick.

Cain and Abel

Noah's Ark

Abraham and Isaac

Joseph and his brothers

Israelites marching around the wall of Jericho

Samson

David and Goliath

Elijah's sacrifice

Daniel in the lion's den

Jonah being thrown overboard

Wisemen visit Baby Jesus

Simeon's blessing

The Good Samaritan

Jesus teaching his disciples

Pilate washing his hands of Jesus blood

The Resurrection

And sadly, there is no picture of the second coming of Christ.

These aren't all the pictures, but most of them.

I love to see an artists impression of stories from the bible. I'm a visual person and it helps to give the story more meaning for me.

Have a great weekend!

~ Ky x