thrift store paintings

 Recent thrift store finds:

It's a pretty picture, and with the horse and buggy and flowers, it reminds me of a John Sloane painting, but it isn't.

It's a Doris Morgan.

This is on the back of the painting:

I found this one too!

This painting is of "the Pink House" in Charleston. It was a house "of ill repute". LOL. It was a brothel, a tavern, and in later years, "decent" things like offices and an art gallery. LOL

Its a small pink house over on Chalmers Street in the French Quarter, and the best they can figure, it was built in the late 1600s. The street is cobblestone. We used to walk by it all the time. It was made of Bermuda stone which gave it the pink color, and there are many legends about sailors and pirates there.

Does anyone remember the old song "Brandy" by Looking Glass? About 1972 maybe?

This old tavern reminds me of the lyrics:

There's a port on the western bay

and it serves a hundred ships a day.

Lonely sailors pass the time away

and talk about their homes.

and there's a girl, in this harbor town,

and she works layin whiskey down.

They say "Brandy, fetch another round!"

She serves them  whiskey and wine.

The sailors say "Brandy, you're a fine girl, 

such a fine girl,

what a good wife you would be,

yeah, your eyes could steal a sailor from the sea".

(and the story goes on about the sailor she is in love with, but he won't give up the sea for Brandy.)

Brandy wears a braided chain

made of finest silver from the north of Spain.

A locket, that bears the name

of a man that Brandy loved.

He came on a summer's day,

bringing gifts, from far away.

Brandy used to watch his eyes

when he told his sailor's story,

she could feel the ocean fall and rise,

she saw it's raging glory.

But he had always told the truth, Lord, he

was an honest man.

And Brandy does her best to understand.

At night when the bars close down,

Brand walks through a silent town,

and loves a man who's not around......

she still can hear him say

"Brandy you're a fine girl,

what a GOOD WIFE you would be...."

I still love that song!

And I got these two nicely framed and matted ones as well

I really don't know if these are Charleston scenes, but they do look like it, I love them either way.

here I am with all three

and this pretty little happy anniversary plate!

The full Beaver Supermoon last night:

It was so bright and clear and pretty!

The weekend has arrived once again, and I hope you have a safe and happy one!