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Sunday, 6 September 2015

A Look Back In Time

The best finds for me are when I find things that I remember from my past, it can be something I had or something that I remember someone else had that I liked.  It's like music, though I enjoy all types and different era's I can safely say the 50's, 60's and 70's are my all time favorite era's.  So in this post I'm taking a small walk back into my past.



Like many people my mother had Pyrex dishes when I was growing up, though the above baking dishes I recently found in the picture above were not them. She had the Early American pattern.


My uncle gave my sister and I our copies of Dr. Seuss books I still have our copies but they are not the above ones since ours are in pretty rough shape.  When I see Dr. Seuss toys, if not too over priced, I pick them up. The Cat In The Hat, Thing 1 and Thing 2 totally take me back to bed time stories when I was little.  Still today once in awhile I manage to work in Sam-I-Am into a conversation from Green Eggs And Ham.

Star Trek, I watched the series in reruns when I was little and also watched it as a cartoon.  My favorite episode had the crew go to a planet and whatever they thought about would happen.  The above picture has a game box and a few trading cards I found in a mixed package of cards.

The Partridge Family of course, I watched it, what kid in the 70's didn't.  I had a Partridge Family coloring book at my grandparents cabin which when I had to go fishing with someone I took with me and colored, I had no interest in fishing.
I wouldn't want to catch anything, they would have wanted me to eat it. To this day I don't like fish.  The records I found a few months ago.  I must admit I've had the CD for a long time and once in awhile I will throw it on. Come On Get Happy, the theme song from the show brings back good memories.  It is one of my CD's I can honestly say that my husband leaves alone. I never have to search the vehicles for it.

If you follow my blog at all you know I have a thing about glass. I think this may have started with Marbles.  I can remember at my grandparents place I would dump the bag of marbles out and pick my favorites.  So I thought I would share some I have that are pictured above. 


More recently I have been collecting things with the Keep Calm sayings, I found the above teapot on Saturday, the tea strainer I've had for a few months and the Grindley cup and saucer are part of my good dishes.  The Queen and Prince seem the right fit for the picture.


And yet another paperweight from my collection.
I do not know the maker at this point.


I love this picture.

Quote:
So be sure when you step.
Step with care and greater tact
and remember that Life's
A Great Balancing Act.
And will you succeed?
Yes! You will indeed!
(98 and 3/4 percent guaranteed.)
Kid, You'll Move Mountains!

 - Oh, the Places You'll Go!
                                                                                                                              Dr. Seuss
  
    From The Family Collection:


Denise

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Sunday, 19 April 2015

Coca - Cola & Earth Day 2015




This Anne Taintor picture sums up how I feel about updating areas in our house.  I have a couple hours a day to work on things between working, cooking and sleeping so it's going slowly.  I hope to get into the yard soon or should I say dreaming of getting out there.







My dad use to collect Coca-Cola items, after he passed away I inherited most of his collection so I thought I would share some items I still have as over the years . After a few moves a lot of  pieces are no longer with me.  As a kid in the 1970's I can remember the Coca-Cola ad on the T.V. with the a large group of young people singing "I'd Like To Teach The World To Sing..."  which is what the link above for youtube should take you to, to watch.



I found this I Love Lucy mug at a second hand store.  I find it  hard to pass by Lucy items when I see them.  




The above world globe and postcards of cars among the trees are in this post since Earth Day is on Wednesday April 22, 2015.

Thank you for taking the time to stop by.
Have a great week.
Denise

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