Green

While wondering around the city today, I found myself in the middle of the 420 "Toronto Hash Mob" pot protest/celebration while getting off the subway at Dundas Square here in Toronto. The scent of marijuana filled the air, people were everywhere. Not somewhere you'd normally find me, I made my way to Goodwill where I found a #403 Spring Blossom Green Mixing bowl (my first Spring Blossom Green) & to complete my primary set, I have added the primary green #403 to my collection. Some might consider my Pyrex a big festive considering the celebration.

Yours truly,

Sir Thrift-A-Lot

PS: I don't know about you, but there had been a Pyrex drought over here! I'm glad the drought is over.

Practically Perfect In Every Way

 People often ask me why I have so much Pyrex.

Or if I actually use all of it.

I would just like to point out nine individual pieces of perfectly pretty Pyrex in use just in these three photographs.

Take that, naysayers!

If you're interested in exactly what I was doing with all those lemons in Pyrex, you can read about it on my blog, The Victory Garden: Yarn and Curiosities!

The Pyrex god giveth, the Pyrex god taketh away...

I went back to the thrift store where I saw the strange pink gooseberry mixing bowl with the crown stamp and lo and behold, it was still there! So I brought it home, of course. Here it is:

It's a darker pink than the ones I've seen so far, more like a watermelon hue. Now after I saw the JAJ stamp, I thought this was it, but no, there isn't a JAJ stamp, just a crown:

I'm somewhat sure it's Pyrex, but couldn't find that crown stamp anywhere. Regardless, for $4.50, I think it's a find and I'm quite happy with it.

The same day, in fact a day after I was lecturing hubby on how to take care of Pyrex (no sudden extreme temperature changes, etc., yadda, yadda, yadda), I decided to make a roast in my cranberry Pyrex pan. I was in a hurry to get dinner on the table so we could go vote and at mid-point through cooking, I pulled the pan from the oven and ran it under the tap to add a bit of water to the roast to keep it moist. Well, as you can imagine, an explosion ensued that almost gave me a heart attack! As a result, the following pan no longer has a little brother : ^( :

I'm quite aware of the irony. Oh well, better to have learned this lesson with a run of the mill piece than with a vintage one! I would have really cried then!

golden hearts, green bowls

This Golden Hearts promo piece (ca. 1958) is my latest gifted score!  I ♥ it, if you know what I mean!  It's in excellent condition.  The lid was mine...

My sister, who was visiting from out of town, bargained it down to a reasonable six bucks and then treated me to it.  We went thrifting together and, since we both collect Pyrex, were neck and neck in competition to find any and all Pyrex.  She had to be very discriminate in her purchases since she'd be hauling heavy Pyrex back across the country in her backpack.  Much to her delight, she found the green mixing bowl (I already own 3!).  Fast forward a few days: she was scheduled to leave out of Miami the same night the airport was evacuated due to that professor's sketchy baggage.  She took a photo outside the airport as she was waiting out the scare...she didn't quite have room in her bag for her beloved green bowl!