The Hobby List

So this has nothing to do with food but I feel that cooking is a hobby and this is my 'cooking' blog so I thought I'd post a few other hobbies. That, and I haven't had any new Culinary Conquest lately. So, I have another hobby and that is a collector. Which everyone is a collector of some sort. So there are two things that I collect and help make up my eclectic decor in my home. The first is I collect cameras. Old cameras that is. It started several years ago when I found an old pop-up Polaroid camera at a yard sale. From there it kind of just evolved when I went to yard sales or to the Bridgefest. I have a pretty nice collection right now that I'm proud of. Here are a few shots of the one's I have here in Dayton. There are a few more back at my parent's house in Brazil that I don't have room for yet.



The next item that I collect just started last year at the Bridgefest. I found an Alfred Tennyson poetry book that was over 100 years old and is worth about $180, and I only bought it for a dollar. Unfortunately, the book did not survive my Dee's puppy stage and tore it to shreds. She is still alive, but I am more careful about my books. I can laugh about it now but it took awhile at first. Here's a pic:



But anyway, on to my antique/vintage book collection.



What I love is that each book has a little memory for me about the place I got them from, who was with me, why I was there, etc. So I'll try and tell a little about the books as we go. :)


So this book I got from Trader's World in Fairfield, Ohio. It's basically just a big flea market all year round. At this table was two other books and I go all three for $3 dollars. Adam, my dad, my step-mom, little brother and sister were with me. That was a good weekend when they came up. We went around Cincinnati and Dayton. Great times. The second book I got on this trip was called Evil Come, Evil Go. I loved the title of the book. It's shown in the next picture. The third book was called The I Hate Housekeeping Book and is shown later on.



Here is the Evil Come, Evil Go book and two others. The other two books are also from Traders' World but from a different trip. They were five for a dollar so that's less than a quarter. (I know, my math skills are superior, lol) When I got these books, my family came up for my b-day and the day before we went to B.D. Mongolian Grill. We also went to Jungle Jim's and a few other awesome places. That was a really good b-day.






I really like this book because it's so old. The New Standard Webster Dictionary was published in 1925, making this beauty 86 years old. I love it, and the pictures inside are so pretty.









Ahh... The American Woman's Cook Book. This book is really kewl because it was written for the Chicago Culinary Arts Institute and was a serious consideration for me. I almost went there for a culinary degree instead of a marketing degree at ISU. So this book is 70 years old; published in 1941.





So here are two of my FAVORITE books. I have several but these are at the top. The math book I just got yesterday and love how there was papers found in there from the original owner; Dolores Nadine Nagle. This was an actual school book in 1929 at the Staunton School, where I went. Sort of, I went to the elementary. The second book was found at a yard sale along with the Cook Book in the last picture. It's my oldest book, published in 1902 and making it 109 years old. Love it :)



Here is the I Hate Housekeep that is lime green, but you can't tell from the picture. The second book I also got yesterday and I just love the name: I Capture The Castle. Finally is MASKS. I got this book from the Northview library my senior year. They were giving books away and I thought this was interesting. So oddly enough, it was the first piece of my collection, but I didn't know it yet.







The Balloon Man was the last book I got from Trader's World. The color match my living room and it's an awesome name. I looked it up and it is apparently a scary book turned into a movie, so that's neat.











This is my last book and also one that I got yesterday. A western love story with illustrated pictures. This book is also my second oldest book, written in 1908 making it 103 years old.








So that is my newest collection. I'm interested in finding out what your hobbies are or what it is that you collect. So what do you do for fun?