My Parents

It is 60 years since my parents married.
Here are some of their wedding pictures.
Two years ago I went to this church with my kids. I took their wedding picture album and my camera. I spoke with the church secretary and asked if I could show my kids the inside of the church and take pictures in some of the same areas as in 1947. She was very happy to turn on all the lights and tell us a little bit of trivia and history about the church.
I blew off a whole roll of film!!

Don't you love that she wore dark nail polish? I really like her bouquet. I restyled and used her headpiece from her veil when I was married!!


I don't think they smashed the cake in each other's face.

When I was married we didn't either.

They honeymooned in New England and visited Niagara Falls. I'm sure things at Niagara Falls were much more easy going as far as security measures compared to the way the world is now!!

Don't you love my Mom's purse and loafers?

Book Review

I wanted to share with you some of my vintage book favorites from my collection.
This little dog book is from 1941. Of course I love it because it is RED! [ Read my post from 3/31/07 titled "Red Review"]


I really adore this tiny paperback book.
It must have been a give- away when it was new. I can't find a date on it. Guessing from the late 1940's.
The illustrations are like colored pencil art.



This is one of my many Whitman children's books.
All three of my kids have taken their turn sitting next to me for story time when they were really little with lots of these great books.
Now they still like to take out their favorites and read to themselves. N. is having so much fun now that he reads!!
Witnessing a child learning to read well is magical!



Here's a picture from inside. This book is from 1947.
I wonder how many of these books ended up in the trash when families outgrew them and no one had an interest in keeping them? I can't think about it...it makes me crazy!