tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4271375082145370896.post2229822504653510998..comments2024-03-28T12:59:00.516-04:00Comments on Heroes, Heroines, and History: TumbleweedsDebbie Lynne Costellohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16381517812227326616noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4271375082145370896.post-56175724481303989322016-04-30T09:45:40.129-04:002016-04-30T09:45:40.129-04:00I kept my tumbleweed for years. I finally tossed i...I kept my tumbleweed for years. I finally tossed it when we had a crawling baby. I didn't want him to get stuck.<br />Vickie McDonoughhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09698966142886006577noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4271375082145370896.post-73240974524019886312016-04-30T09:45:33.911-04:002016-04-30T09:45:33.911-04:00I kept my tumbleweed for years. I finally tossed i...I kept my tumbleweed for years. I finally tossed it when we had a crawling baby. I didn't want him to get stuck.<br />Vickie McDonoughhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09698966142886006577noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4271375082145370896.post-41192136077120341172016-04-27T16:05:16.249-04:002016-04-27T16:05:16.249-04:00Hi, Vickie. I still get excited by them, too, even...Hi, Vickie. I still get excited by them, too, even after years of pulling them off fences and carrying those prickly things to the burn pile. Hope you got home with yours intact. I've been fascinated by automatons and how intricate they were made "back then" since I saw my first dancing doll on a music box. Linda Farmer Harrishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08312511857601369355noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4271375082145370896.post-63949805567570754092016-04-27T15:46:59.550-04:002016-04-27T15:46:59.550-04:00Hi Debbie, thanks for dropping by. I liked the lam...Hi Debbie, thanks for dropping by. I liked the lamp, too. If I'd known they could be so valuable, I'd gone into that business as a kid. Instead, we sold horned toads and cockleburs to our cousins in Arkansas. I saw "a rustic lamp made of a tumbleweed picked straight from the Great Plains..." selling online for $3,000, complete with 5 Edison bulb sockets and "reclaimed lighting's roped cord." If that's too much, buy three smaller ones for $300.00. Wow!Linda Farmer Harrishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08312511857601369355noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4271375082145370896.post-56311352180183421732016-04-27T12:02:07.165-04:002016-04-27T12:02:07.165-04:00We don't have tumbleweeds in Northeastern OK, ...We don't have tumbleweeds in Northeastern OK, but on a trip to the OK panhandle, I saw my first one. You'll laugh at this, but I started squealing, "A tumbleweed! A tumbleweed!" I made my husband stop and let me get one so I could take it home. Seriously. I grew up watching westerns with my dad, so I was familiar with them but had never seen one. Those dudes are prickly. That video about the automaton was very interesting. It's hard to imagine that it stills works after so long.Vickie McDonoughhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09698966142886006577noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4271375082145370896.post-84973703591475924962016-04-27T03:33:12.273-04:002016-04-27T03:33:12.273-04:00No tumbleweeds here in Redding, CA. At least none ...No tumbleweeds here in Redding, CA. At least none that I've seen...I must say that I love that lamp!chappydebbiehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05393540849299888872noreply@blogger.com