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[Whateverist]

Right to left: myself, my daughter, and my husband last Halloween.
Will post this years Halloween pics later.

V. nice. My six year old niece would love this costume. Tinkerbell is her favorite fairy and fairies and princesses are her favorite characters.

[Aroura]

does your husband, or do you collect disney plastic toys?

Hey, Germans, I love your beard. Also, cute cat!! It looks really lovely right now where you live. My grandmother's parents immigrated from Austria in the early 1900's. i wish I could visit there someday.

As to your question, those aren't plastic. They are porcelain made in the early 90's. Nowadays they make these cheap highly glazed ceramics from China, mine all say made in the USA, all handpainted. I used to collect them in my early 20's. I doubt they are worth much, but they are good quality at least.

I think the mandolin is worth a comment though.Made in Astoria, Oregon, I got it for my husband about 5 years ago. He plays beautifully, quite the bard!

Right to left: myself, my daughter, and my husband last Halloween.
Will post this years Halloween pics later.

V. nice. My six year old niece would love this costume. Tinkerbell is her favorite fairy and fairies and princesses are her favorite characters.

I think just about all little girls love Tink. That costume took me a while to draft. It was my first 100% no pattern used sewing project. All the Pre-made Tink costumes look nothing like her. hock:

[thesummerqueen]

German, what's your cat's name?

He looks kinda like my dear, departed goober, Gordan.



I miss my kitty.

[Annik]

What is your husband's costume (specifically), if I might ask?

[Something completely different]

Hey, Germans, I love your beard. Also, cute cat!! It looks really lovely right now where you live. My grandmother's parents immigrated from Austria in the early 1900's. i wish I could visit there someday.As to your question, those aren't plastic. They are porcelain made in the early 90's. Nowadays they make these cheap highly glazed ceramics from China, mine all say made in the USA, all handpainted. I used to collect them in my early 20's. I doubt they are worth much, but they are good quality at least.

Well I was born in Vienna, but spent most of my adult life in Germany, thus I feel more "german", Austria is pritty much a backwards version of Germany, but my parents aswell as my brother refuse to aknowlege that.

If you ever go to Austria - never go to Salzburg, just dont - it`s so horrible - Vienna and Graz are ok.

My beard? well i`m simply to lazy to shave and only do it on demand.

They might be worth something. One never knows, handcrafted certainly sounds like it has value, but of course when one collects items which have personal value they become priceless.
I colect LP`s by the way.

I think the mandolin is worth a comment though.Made in Astoria, Oregon, I got it for my husband about 5 years ago. He plays beautifully, quite the bard!

I didn`t notice, probably because it`s not that uncommon to own such a instrument overhere - but no one bother to learn how to play them.
I guess that`s some amazing skill your husband has aquired.
Is there something like a "trend" or "fascination" for medieval Europe in the US? Because here the castles everywere and village centers in which people were publicly torchured simply remind us on a daily basis of how cruel that era was.

thesummerqueen.
this is creepy, your cat looks exactly like mine.
I never gave her a name, i dont know why i should - it`s not like she speaks german. She`s nice but sometimes mean. If you dont give her the attention she wants she starts biteing you.

[thesummerqueen]

Well it's not like Gordan understood English, but he knew some words - his name, some commands. Animals are kinda like people - some smart, some dumb. My roommate's pit bull understands phrases like "Ares, he's getting your food" or "Go to bed". Shutter will go for the toy you ask him for - ball, skunk, blah blah.

[festive1]

the_germans cat is not amused, and sits on the_germans handbag.

Our indoor/outdoor cat is also not amused. I won't let him outside... Here's Bob (indoor/outdoor tabby) and Ronnie (the black, inside kitty):

[thesummerqueen]

Also, we love Europe because that's where the history comes from. We don't have anything that old (trips over a Native American burial ground from the 800's). Really.

[Aroura]

What is your husband's costume (specifically), if I might ask?

It's steampunk, Edwardian era. He intended to build on it more (add spats, vest, a gunbelt, etc) over time, but this year he ditched that idea and went with the mad scientist thing instead. He still loves steampunk, and so he'll keep making his own coppery rifles and whatnot. You'll see his Mad scientist in a few days is steam-punk-ish also.

I think the mandolin is worth a comment though.Made in Astoria, Oregon, I got it for my husband about 5 years ago. He plays beautifully, quite the bard!

I didn`t notice, probably because it`s not that uncommon to own such a instrument overhere - but no one bother to learn how to play them.
I guess that`s some amazing skill your husband has aquired.
Is there something like a "trend" or "fascination" for medieval Europe in the US? Because here the castles everywere and village centers in which people were publicly torchured simply remind us on a daily basis of how cruel that era was.[/quote]
Some people certainly are fascinated by it, I suppose because of the fact that we are almost all descended from immigrants over here, so it's a way to remember our own heritage. We used to belong to the SCA (Society for Creative Anachronism), but haven't done that for a while now.

Yeah, we sort of ignore the bad parts of European history, and tend to idealize the good stuff, I guess, since we aren't forcibly reminded of it everywhere we look.

[Annik]

It's steampunk, Edwardian era. He intended to build on it more (add spats, vest, a gunbelt, etc) over time, but this year he ditched that idea and went with the mad scientist thing instead. He still loves steampunk, and so he'll keep making his own coppery rifles and whatnot. You'll see his Mad scientist in a few days is steam-punk-ish also.

Do post pictures. I'm interested.