Monthly Archives: September 2012

Tuppercraft Rooster

It’s a dreary, rainy, back-to-school day, so I thought that I should post a bit of turquoise and pink mid-century baby charm.

This dapper rooster (just look at that bow tie!) held diaper pins.

I read that the rooster’s tail was a way to unlatch the pins one-handed, but I can’t figure out how to do it. Does anyone know?

News flash – I’ve figured it out! Push the pink clasp into the gap in the rooster’s tail, which holds it securely while you twist it open. Brilliant!

I do know how to squeeze the beak in order to release the pins from the gentleman’s neck.

This chicken was made by Tuppercraft. Any collectors out there who can tell me more about the company?

You can still find these vintage diaper pin holders for under $20. Don’t you need one?

Frog Hunting

The little pond is filled with frogs.

Bullfrogs are in the shallows, as still as the rocks that they sit upon.

There are bullfrogs so immobile that they cast reflections in the water.

There are frogs that are half-submerged;  one has a flower petal for a hat.

But, the frogs attract hunters!

One hunter is of no cause for concern. This frog didn’t bother to jump away until Scooter’s nose touched hers.

But Lily is a known threat to the pond’s inhabitants.

The frogs know that she is attracted to movement, and although they try to blend into the rocks, they can’t help but hop when she searches through the water celery.

Bullfrogs can be quite long-lived (up to ten years in the wild.) I have a feeling that the frog smartly hiding from Lily by waiting as still as can be up on the boulder (do you see it?) will be in the pond for years to come.