News of the Day

I'm a woman "of a certain age." 

I grew up before the internet, 

before personal computers,

before cel phones.

 I'm the little girl second from the left.

Heck, I remember the excitement of seeing my first ever colour TV!

I remember the entire neighbourhood gathering to watch Neil Armstrong walk on the moon. And I remember watching the Andy Griffith Show after school.

image: Andy Griffith and Ron Howard 1962 - P 2012. Getty Images

I was saddened by Andy's passing this week, and from the comments on my Facebook page, I know I'm not the only one to feel that we've lost an icon.  Mrs. Happy Housewife wrote about it too, and about how her PawPaw Al (pictured below) told her that "If everyone all carried a little Mayberry with them, the world would be a much better place."

Remembering Andy sent me off searching for other memories from times gone by. 

The best stove I ever owned was a 1956 Moffat range with 5 burners, 2 ovens and a rotisserie.  I bought it second hand, for $100, and it was mine until an electrical short melted all the wiring a couple of years ago.  I miss it still, so I spent some time today daydreaming in the antique stove gallery at Dream Stoves. 

Check out this 1947 Roper Town and Country range.  It has 8 burners and 3 ovens!  
I think I'm in love!

I spent some time window shopping on Etsy and was delighted to find some modern dresses sewn from vintage patterns by Sally Sweetlove.   Sally's inspired me to hit the thrift shops in search of some patterns of my own.

Then I wandered over to visit Canning Granny on her Facebook page and stopped to look through the photos. I found these wonderful summertime images.


(Clicking on any of the images will take you to a gallery of the post's photos, in larger form.)

1910, Bathing Beauties
image source:  http://clusterpile.wordpress.com/2011/03/



1923, Girl Scouts Making Ice Cream
image source:  http://www.gscnchistoryarchives.org/ArchivesCampPages/CampBradley.html

1927, Children and Watermelons
image source: http://budsblather.com/?p=1399 

1948, Cooling Off in a Washtub
image source:  http://www.flickr.com/photos/8792694@N02/favorites/

1951, Alemany Farmers Market, San Francisco
image source:  http://www.flickr.com/photos/sfplsanfranciscohistoricalphotographcollection/5151443155/

1954, Cooling Off With a Newspaper
image source:  Brooklyn Collection, Brooklyn Public Library

1961, Kids on a Diving Board
image source:  http://www2.newsadvance.com/news/2010/aug/09/five-kids-ona-diving-board-im-60609/

1966, Children and Fire Hydrant
image source:  http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cooling_Out

Wasn't that fun?
  
I hope you enjoyed this bit of nostalgia.
I certainly did!


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