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Shop the penguin for the Holidays

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the penguin: the journey continues For the past three weeks  the penguins  (note the plural—more on that later), Danny Aarons and Rick Propas, have been laboring in the studio preparing our biggest site refresh in several years. You will of course, find the usual Pelikans, Parkers, and Montblancs on the site. We have added a bunch of modern Italian pens from OMAS and Visconti, some vintage and modern Eversharps, and much more . . . Have a look for yourself And, we will be adding more pens on a regular basis throughout the holiday season. Despite all this hard work, we still have more pens in inventory than on the  website, including affordable Montblancs and modern Parkers so contact us if you are looking for anything in particular we both have a wide variety of pens not yet listed. Rick Danny And after the New Year look for more exciting news from  the penguin    
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Fern Canyon at Daybreak

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  It has been a while since I have blogged anything, let alone travel.   But it is July 2024, and we are going through the California/Oregon Coast on our way to our annual Shakespeare pilgrimage in Ashland, Oregon, a gathering of a few friends and family. July 11was our first full day in Mendocino. One of my favorite walks, the trail through Fern Canyon in Van Damme State Park, has been closed due to storm damage for the last couple of years, so I decided to walk through there at daybreak. The canyon is hard to photograph decently and I can’t say I totally succeeded to catch the mystical green light there, but here’s what I did do. A few of the later images capture some of the more spectacular damage that the winters of 2021-22 and 2022-23 did here.
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A Few New Pens: OMAS and Pelikan

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 Come visit us and se what's new in 2024, with many more to come.
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Pens for the Holidays

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 I have just finished adding a select dozen or so new pens for the holidays. A few teasers, and all can be found on the website,
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A Walk through the Forest

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 Title says it all.
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Mostly Flowers: Mendocino Coast Botanical Gardens

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It's been forever since my last travel post and we are in our favorite spot (or at least one of them) on the coast. Seems a good time to post. Any time you are in the area, a visit to the Mendocino Coast Botanical Gardens will reward you with tons of beautiful plants, dramatic ocean vistas and the main subject of this post, flowers:
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A New Consignment

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 Mostly Pelikans, vintage and modern, with a fine assortment of others. Most pens are in near mint to excellent condition.  I have not yet priced them, but see the attached spreadsheet and, as always feel free to contact me at  rickpropas@comcast.net
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