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Cette tasse a du papier d'aluminium d'or et une décoration complète entièrement autour de cela.

This was one of the cups in my Mother's coffee cup collection. The collection numbers in the hundreds and I have just started cataloging them all by photographing them. There are cups from places, businesses; with humorous sayings on them; and even spiritual message ones. There are also several types of cups that were staples in greasy spoons and show the use they had before being retired to her collection. These sturdy, non-descript cups are probably my favorites.

This is another one of the coffee cups in my late Mother's collection. This one was from a casino in Las Vegas. It used to be called Fitzgerald's, but it's been bought out and renamed to "The D." (For 'downtown,' as that's where it's located.)

This is another one of the coffee cups in my late Mother's collection. This one was the kind you would find in a greasy spoon type of restaurant where the coffee would be bottomless for one set price. This is a pretty big cup, so you wouldn't have to have it refilled as much.

This is another one of the coffee cups in my late Mother's collection. This one was the kind you would find in a greasy spoon type of restaurant where the coffee would be bottomless for a quarter. Hence, the rather small size.

One of the cups in my late Mother's coffee cup collection.

Another one of the cups in my late Mother's coffee cup collection. This one is decorated with a 1927 Mercedes.

This is a turquoise bracelet that belonged to my mother. Ever since we lived in Arizona over 30 years ago, she always loved Southwestern-themed art, jewelry and decor.

This Hopi Kachinka Doll made of porcelain belonged to my mother. It was a present from one of her childhood friends and she received it in the late 1950's. So, I've seen it displayed my whole life and have always been drawn to it's creepiness. The Hopi Indians would dress up and do a ceremonial dance wearing outfits such as this.

This is a water pitcher that was made in Mexico and was part of my Mother's collection. I've been going through and trying to catalogue her things with a photographic record. She collected a lot of pottery, vases and water pitchers, so it might take a while. This particular piece was always one of my favorites.

A long exposure in the dark and the lighting was provided by a tiny penlight. The liquid in the glass is not wine or juice or some kind, it's simply colored water. I wanted a primary color, so I grabbed some food coloring and chose one. As I'm colorblind, I don't know which one I chose, but it looked good to me.

Seen at the Wayne County Misfits Car Show, held on September 19th, 2009.

This is a great looking Hot Wheels - flames and no other wild tampos to ruin the paint job.

A 1953 Chevrolet Truck seen at the Wayne County Misfits car show held on September 18th, 2010. This beautiful truck got my vote for best in show.

It's hard to tell from this shot just how down in the weeds this Chevy pickup really was! Taken at the Wayne County Misfits car show on May 26th, 2007.

I just loved this 1941 Willys Pickup. Seen at the Wayne County Misfits car show, held on May 26th, 2012.

A 1941 Willys Coupe seen at the Wayne County Misfits car show held on September 18th, 2010. This stunner was voted as the Best In Show.