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| The whole idea of this post, came about from a very special "FABULOUS 50s FIND"... and "NO" it's not the baby girl in the photo "Who just happens to be Moi" WAY BACK in the beginning of My Time 1954... Mom&Dad made me take my baby picture home last month when I was there... I really didn't want to take it, Hmmmm, "Just WHAT does a person DO with a photo of their mini self"??? I tried showing it to my hubby and my sons and just got a "NOD"!!! SO ladies, you are stuck with having "Mini Me in the post"... |
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| This photo is of the city I was born, in the same year I was born... See that cop directing traffic??? It "MAY" be my Dad... He was a policeman at that time... I know every detail SO WELL of this photo, there are such fun memories linked to "Downtown"... The movie star "Rosalind Russel" was from my hometown and WAY IN the back of this old photo(if you squint to see), The STATE THEATER had a large bronze plaque dedicating the theater to her...If you're a FAN of Ms Russel you can read about HER & My Hometown Here... |
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| Isn't this the "Cutest Ever" little cow figurine? She just captured my heart one day while tagsailing!!! |
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| Here we are!!! "The Millers" in the Fabulous 50s... See those Fabulous Flamingos??? They seemed to BREED big time in the 50s...At least they did on our street...They came in all sizes and it seems as if a trip to Florida always brought a flock of these beauties home... My Mom's Mom was graced a pair of them and "SHE SAID" she lost the legs and couldn't use them in her garden...Hmmmm??? They weighed about a TON EACH so Poor Gramma had those monster paperweights in her garage till the day she sold her house...Oh, and BY THE WAY, the legs are ONLY "rebar" that you can buy in any hardware store(just in case you have a set of Flamingo paperweights in NEED of legs)... |
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| "Looky Looky" what I have!!! Yes my garden is invaded by this cutie whenever Mom&Dad visit... They bought him on their honeymoon in Florida in "1947"... I actually LOVE how he looks snuggled into a setting of Caladium Leaves... All the flamingos that flocked home with us from Florida are NOT the plastic ones...They are all the VERY HEAVY Stone/concrete ones! Unfortunately, I'm guessing, MOST did not survive to this day, DUE to the fact their necks were very fragile...It was a familiar sight to see these birds wearing neck-scarf bandages to hide their BooBoo fractures... |
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| "Okay it's time to reveal my Fabulous 50s Fantastic Find"!!! It's this stacked Pyrex Pink Gooseberry Cinderella casseroles...Made in 1954!!! LOVE,LOVE,LOVE them!!! I did a little "Happy Dance" at Goodwill that day... YUP, I made a fool of myself and I don't even care..."Can you see me smiling with tears in my eyes"!!! Okay I have BEEN IN-LOVE with this set since "Our Sweetie Shelia" introduced me to it in "Note Songs HERE"... I was HOOKED, "Head over Heals in Love" with those pink cuties!!! Thank you, Thank you Shelia for all the fun I had "in my hunt"...It came out with a happy ending of $9 for the set... |
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| Another Fabulous Find of the Era is Hammered Aluminum... It can be found for pennies and it puzzles me WHY people don't love it more? I certainly DO and grab it whenever I hear one calling my name. As I've mentioned before I "have an obsession for" handled trays, dishes, bowls, etc... I don't know why BUT they always follow me home... LOOK at this "Fabulous" handled hammered aluminum tray with roses..."It's Gorgeous"!!! |
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| These are "gooseberries"! Yes the ones on my Fabulous 50s Find, "Pyrex Cinderella Gooseberries Casseroles"!!! These are "The Real Thing"... I never see them here in Connecticut... They are never at the farm market or in the grocery store or EVEN in the woods..."Hmmmm???" The only time I've ever encountered "AND EATEN" these is when visiting my family in northern Maine...They grow wild there...I am not a fan of gooseberries. They are okay, BUT I would never crave them. I found them kind of "ODD"! To me they have a citrus taste that POPS when you bite them... Have you ever eaten gooseberries??? Did you like them??? |
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| This is a "Gooseberry Pie"! Looks kind of good, doesn't it? Well, I googled gooseberries to find a recipe and this is all I found... No Clue who's pie it is(if it's yours PLEASE claim it and share the recipe with us???) It looks like a meringue pie??? |
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| See that little coffee perculator? Do you remember the sounds and smells coming from the kitchen in the days of perking??? I just had the coffee jingle POP in my head!!! This pot is a teeny, tiny, little, cute as a button thingie I picked up for a "Buck"! It's perfect "IF" I wanted to use it, BUT being a coffee hound, I require a massive 12 cup pot...SO I'll sit with my Big Grog of Java and admire this little cutie... |
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| Something I like to seek out in cookware is "FUN Tabletop Treasures"... Serving any meal in these Fabulous 50s, cute little Cinderella Casserole dishes will get lots and lots of compliments(Don't you think?)...Well, especially from the Ladies!!! |
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| "GOOSEBERRIES"!!! |
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| "Fun,Fun,Fun"!!! I grabbed this novel out of my personal library to read when I went to Florida last month... It was better than I expected... Just a pure Fun read!!! |
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| Just thought I'd put the Flamingos in a more tropical/jungle attire for you... |
