{"id":3418,"date":"2014-07-14T03:34:05","date_gmt":"2014-07-14T07:34:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/grannysglasses.com\/?p=3418"},"modified":"2014-07-14T03:34:05","modified_gmt":"2014-07-14T07:34:05","slug":"soon-to-be-on-the-road-again","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/grannysglasses.com\/?p=3418","title":{"rendered":"Soon to Be On the Road Again!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/grannysglasses.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/02\/014.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-478\" src=\"https:\/\/grannysglasses.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/02\/014-183x300.jpg\" alt=\"014 (posted)\" width=\"183\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/grannysglasses.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/02\/014-183x300.jpg 183w, https:\/\/grannysglasses.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/02\/014-627x1024.jpg 627w, https:\/\/grannysglasses.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/02\/014.jpg 1192w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 183px) 100vw, 183px\" \/><\/a>My guy and I love to travel in the U.S. \u00a0Like Canada, it is beautiful and big. \u00a0What i like about the States is that Americans truly celebrate their history. \u00a0It is documented and put out on display. \u00a0For whatever reason we Canadians are more reticent about our history. \u00a0Of course, Canada is not as old a nation as the U.S.<\/p>\n<p>We take at least one road trip a year across the border. \u00a0Although we already spend two weeks driving around Florida in May, we are off this week to our ultimate destination of Washington, D.C.<\/p>\n<p>We have never been to Washington \u00a0I am very much looking forward to visiting the places I have seen documented on the television and in print for so many years.<\/p>\n<p>Of course, we will be making some antique stops along the way. \u00a0My guy was predicting that I would come home with 35 pieces of glass. \u00a0Seems like alot, but&#8230;.never say never.<a href=\"https:\/\/grannysglasses.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/02\/017.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-medium wp-image-479\" src=\"https:\/\/grannysglasses.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/02\/017-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"017 (posted)\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/grannysglasses.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/02\/017-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/grannysglasses.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/02\/017-1024x768.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>I have a few pieces of Heisey coming in the mail. \u00a0They should be here when we get home, so I\u00a0should have lots to post, when the weather is awful again. \u00a0It is hard to do too much glass stuff when the garden beckons!<\/p>\n<p>These photos have nothing to do with Heisey as far as I know. \u00a0These are photos of the glasses that &#8220;started it all&#8221;. \u00a0Just thought I&#8217;d decorate this post with them. \u00a0These beautiful glasses belonged to my mother-in-law and were the genesis of my collecting. \u00a0I thought I&#8217;d repost them. \u00a0They have never been identified. \u00a0They are delicate and the etch is quite oriental. \u00a0I&#8217;ve never seen the pattern replicated. \u00a0I don&#8217;t use these stems as I don&#8217;t want to damage them. \u00a0But wouldn&#8217;t it be great to find some in Washington? \u00a0If anyone knows anything about them, I&#8217;d love to hear.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div id=\"wp_fb_like_button\" style=\"margin:5px 0;float:none;height:100px;\"><script src=\"http:\/\/connect.facebook.net\/en_US\/all.js#xfbml=1\"><\/script><fb:like href=\"https:\/\/grannysglasses.com\/?p=3418\" send=\"true\" layout=\"standard\" width=\"450\" show_faces=\"true\" font=\"arial\" action=\"like\" colorscheme=\"light\"><\/fb:like><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>My guy and I love to travel in the U.S. \u00a0Like Canada, it is beautiful and big. \u00a0What i like &hellip;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/grannysglasses.com\/?p=3418\">Continue reading &raquo;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3418","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/grannysglasses.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3418","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/grannysglasses.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/grannysglasses.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/grannysglasses.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/grannysglasses.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=3418"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/grannysglasses.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3418\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/grannysglasses.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=3418"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/grannysglasses.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=3418"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/grannysglasses.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=3418"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}