Childhood Memories - Do You Remember?

45 rpm spindles - I look at this and think music.



Green Stamps - I saved enough books to get an iron and a camera!



Metal ice cubes trays with levers - Remember how hard you had to pull to get the ice out?



Beanie and Cecil, the Seasick Sea Serpent.



Roller-skate keys - Make it too tight, and you'll dent your shoes--too loose, and the skate falls off!



Marlin Perkins, host of the television program, Mutual of Omaha's Wild Kingdom.



Drive in Movies - One night, I got out of one guy's car and began walking home!



A & W Drive-in restaurants - Remember the frosty root beer?



Car Hops brought your order on roller skates to the driver's window, which was rolled down halfway.



Turquoise Studebakers



Topo Gigio on The Ed Sullivan Show (a reel-ly big shoe)



Washtub wringers - I got my arm caught in the ringer once! Mama turned the machine off and rescued me.



The Fuller Brush Man played by Red Skelton, comedian.



Fifteen cent McDonald hamburgers!



Five cent pack of baseball cards and you got gum too!



Penny candy - how much does it sell for now?



Twenty-five cents a gallon gasoline, and you got clean windshields!



Gum wrapper chains - use it as a bracelet or necklace.



Cigarettes for Christmas - Great gift idea! (cough, cough)



Burma Shave signs helped to make the car trip interesting.



Brownie camera - Mama made us face the sun to get a clear picture with this. Therefore, all my childhood pictures are of me squinting!



Flash bulbs - Remember how long you saw spots?



TV Test patterns - what we watched when no Television programs were on.




Do you remember most or all of these?


Barbara at Stray Thoughts shared this new award with me. It came with this message:

I thank you for being a faithful servant and being obedient to the upward calling every time you share a piece of His heart living out in you! I pray that you will share this award with others who have touched your heart by sowing seeds of love into your life! They will know we are His by how we love one another!

I will place it on my sidebar with appreciation. I would like to pass it on to you if you comment here and are someone who shares His love.

Time to Laugh: Meteorologists Predict Intensely Brisk Autumn

This is one I GUARANTEE that you will laugh out loud while watching. It takes 2:03.

Do you get the feeling that newsrooms are exaggerating the news just to scare the public so that you'll stay tuned?



Extreme Weather Alert: Meteorologists Predict Intensely Brisk Autumn

I've watched it over and over and laughed each time. You need to push replay just to be able to read the jokes that crawl on the bottom of the screen. Let me know if you like it as much as I do.

Blue Monday - van Gogh's Irises

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Vincent van Gogh painted a beautiful picture called, Irises. The flowers are a bluish-purple. Here's a copy:



We recently painted our guest bathroom a soft blue. The wall is actually a softer blue than the picture shows. I wanted some art work to hang over the towel rack. I had an old brown, wooden frame, and I asked my husband to paint it white to match the woodwork. I took a large chip with the wall paint on it and matched it to a print of Irises at a picture frame shop in our local mall. I put the print into the newly-painted white frame. Here it is!


This is another shot of the picture. It's taken while looking into the white framed mirror. I used white, fluffy towels because I think that the white tones down the blue and allows the picture to "fit."



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Adam Approves Eve's New Outfit

We know that Adam and Eve didn't dress with leaves; they used animal skins. I certainly am no fashionista. However, God doesn't look on our outward appearance; He looks at our hearts.

Spiritual Sunday can be found here. Stop by and see what others are offering.

See you tomorrow for Blue Monday!

Pink Saturday - Birthday Party at the Salon

Beverly at How Sweet the Sound hosts Pink Saturday. Stop by her place to see the many other Pretty Pink items that Precious Pink Participating People are Providing.

I went to get a hair cut at the beauty parlor yesterday. This small hibiscus tree in full bloom is just outside the door. Isn't it pretty? It's October in South Florida--I love it!

Here's a close-up of the blooms. There are so many on such a little tree.


When I opened the door, I got a surprise. Music, food, and so many people were crambed into the shop. There was a Pink birthday party going on for an eleven-year-old.


All her friends were getting their nails polished (bright blue and green) and their hair washed and blown out. There were two hairdressers working full time at a fast pace. It was hopping! I didn't have their parents' permissions, so I couldn't take their pictures. Isn't this a neat idea for a birthday party?

There were so many things to eat and drink for the children and the adults.


Here's the birthday girl before her hair is done. She told me her name is "Mary Ann," and she let me take pictures for my blog! She's a beautiful young lady even with wet hair. She was having a blast, dancing to the music, visiting with her friends, munching on the snacks!


I wanted to wait and get an "after" picture of Mary Ann, but I had a husband waiting for his dinner. I guess you'll just have to use your imagination.

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