$14.99

Two years ago, a really bad thing happened. Steve´s truck was stolen and so were all of his cameras inside it (I think I mentioned this at the onset of this blog), one of them a Holga. His Holga was by far the least valuable and easiest to replace, but there was something about the camera theft that left him too blue to just go buy another one. So he didn´t. And it´s a good thing, since he spotted these two today, still in their original boxes, at the Goodwill we often don´t even go to because it never has anything (you know what I´m talking about). Holy Holga! He taught me how to use it and he´s developing our first two rolls as I write this post. Wind. Click. Wind. Click. 100% plastic fabulousness.

[edit: see some photos from my first roll of film below]

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Another photograph.
You, dear readers, make the caption!

$29.50

I was able to give Steve an assortment of thrifted things for a Christmas gift. As promised, here are some of the treasures I found in Portland.

$4.99:
This toy printing press has so much promise - all of its little pieces seem to be accounted for; even the original bottle of ink and operating manual have survived its many years. When a weekend afternoon affords the time to play with this, we'll hopefully print something and I will post it here.


$19.95:
Earlier this year, I inherited this exact camera from my grandpa. When I was gone from Florida over the holidays, Steve told me he had been using it, a lot, and consequently had fallen in love with the camera. Not that we don't share (hah!), but when I saw a mint-ish Canon AE-1 for $20, I had to buy it for him. Now we have his-n-hers Canons...


$4.50:
In general, the merchandise at Portland thrift stores is more costly than it is in South Florida. Books were outrageously expensive in Portland! I guess I understand this by knowing the book culture in Portland, but I don't understand why men's T-shirts were $4.99! My mom found this one and insisted I buy it for Steve. I am glad I did. And I am glad she has white hair: I got the senior discount, so it turned out to be $4.50. It's brand-spanking-new. And, we love Michelle Shocked's song, Anchorage. So it was kind of perfect.


He loved everything!

$9

Working typewriter; font is Script (how fantastic). In our quest to celebrate all that is analog, this makes a perfect addition to our collection.