I had a wonderful trip to San Francisco and am still playing catch-up. My daughter's pet fish (a beta, named Piper who had been her pet for over two years) headed to fish heaven this weekend. While I was cleaning out her bowl this morning, I decided that I would dedicate this week's collection challenge in memory of Piper....thus we have vintage fish.
A pair of vintage pottery fish. The larger fish is japanese and lived in Piper's fish bowl..it is hollow and Piper could swim in and out of it. The other smaller fish is vintage, but not marked.
A vintage print of swimming fish.
Vintage cards that depict fish from the "Wonders of the Animal Kingdom" series.
A vintage felt fish pin cushion.
A page from a wonderful children's book. Each page has a cutout in the illustration that a googly eye peers out through.
One of my favorite fish. I love the honeycomb!
Thanks for the memories Piper...yours will be a hard bowl to fill.
If you have an idea for a future collection challenge, leave me a comment and finish the sentence "Show me your collection of _____." I promise next weeks post will have a cheery side to it!
What a nice tribute to Piper! My DH and I won a goldfish at the Fair when we first got married. We had Sawyer for eight years. He got to be 10" long. I was heart broken when he died. Fish can become members of your family, just like a dog or cat.
Posted by: Shara | May 24, 2011 at 08:37 AM
Awwww...sorry to hear about Piper. Cute memorial for her though :-)
With 3 kids, We've had our share of memorials for pets. Good to hear you had a great time in San Francisco. City by the Bay.I was actually born there and all my family is in the Bay Area.We love it every time we're there. Can't wait to see your upcoming posts! I need Cheery and your blogs always "Cheer" me up :-) Doreen
Posted by: Doreen | May 24, 2011 at 08:55 AM
Sorry to hear about poor Piper! He can go to his reward knowing he prompted a collection challenge post I don't think ANY of us would ever have thought of! Show me your collection of fish.......!
Posted by: Kathy | May 24, 2011 at 12:15 PM
Poor Piper. Surely Piper is swimming in fishy heaven with our Dorothys (I, II and III).
Posted by: Kim G. | May 24, 2011 at 02:36 PM
Hi Laurie,
Ohhhhh, I feel bad about Piper. :(
Your collection challenge is a nice
tribute to him.
We had a Beta (Bluefin) and I was
sooooo sad when we lost him. Our
pets truly are part of the family.
I really like the vintage fish
pottery and the cute honeycomb fish.
Sending Lot's of Hugs,
Janis
Posted by: Janis | May 24, 2011 at 03:19 PM
Well, I'm sorry we never had a chance to know Piper better, but I'm sure he (she?) is telling the other fish in fish heaven about his lovely time on Earth.
Posted by: Barbara | May 24, 2011 at 04:29 PM
I really like your little pin-cushion fish!! I have been taking a look at some of your older posts about your collections... Girl you have even more collecitons than I do. :-)
Posted by: GardenOfDaisies | May 24, 2011 at 09:50 PM
Vintage fish? If anyone could pull that collection off, it would be you!! Love love love the small blue fish in the first photo (my favorite pottery color these days)~ and that honeycomb fish is just too cute for words!!
Hugs,
Jill
Posted by: Jill | May 25, 2011 at 05:45 PM
I am sorry to hear about Piper, too. When my oldest son was in college, he had a Beta fish named Ziner. Good little Ziner traveled back and forth from college in the floor board of my son's 1986 Saab... (the same car my son came home from the hospital in!) We called Ziner our grand-fish. He (she?) went to fish heaven last summer and was buried along the banks of the Potomac River. I love looking at all of your "goodies". Do you have a collection of aprons?
XOXO,
Lisa
Posted by: Lisa Gerig | June 24, 2011 at 12:53 PM