A guest blog
Friend and blog follower Kristin and her husband Rick are visiting Australia. While snorkeling at the Great Barrier Reef they saw this wine bottle covered with barnacles. And guess what! They thought of me.
Yes it’s a great find for a post. Thank you
I saw these two salt dough ornaments at the top of the box. I’d made and baked these in the mid 1970’s. I’d created all my family in salt dough. That’s my sister (holding a NYC map as she still lives in Manhattan) on the right and the one on the left was a likeness of Marjorie Lutkins holding a crossword puzzle. She was a generous family friend who’d join us on holidays with another friend Naomi Zieber Naomi was a real Charles Dickens fan and had a full set of Royal Doulton China figures and mugs of all the characters from his books
That these ornaments have survived 5 decades amazes me. Recently I found Naomi with her head broken off but I glued it back.
So there are three surviving salt dough ornaments that are fifty years old.
Me carrying Laura in a back pack with Mark and Matthew. Throwback Thursday
Grandson Charlie was 3 1/2.
A short video (60 seconds) drizzling homemade chocolate sauce on cups of vanilla bean ice cream
https://youtube.com/shorts/ZcAr393ZopQ?si=OVM947M2gt4mV1IA
Photo by granddaughter Anna.
Athens, Ohio January 6, 2025
Charlie and his friend Cammie had a great afternoon with the Mr.Potato Head set Laura got on Buy, Sell, Trade.
She washed all of the pieces.
The kids put them together and named them. Lots of characters with big personalities. Charlie (10) took the pics and added the text
And speaking of pieces, when I was a kid in the 50s that’s what you got with Mr Potato Head–(click for history). little plastic pieces to stick into a real potato.
Charlie’s photos reminded me of this blog post
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Ten years ago I went to an exhibit of toys from the ‘50s ‘60s and ‘70s at the Heinz History Center- downtown Pittsburgh
A sampling of the exhibit.
I went with the Retired Teachers after a luncheon at Lidia’s. Memories of childhood in America. Here are a few-Erector sets and Tinker Toys. Lincoln Logs. Slinky and Etch-a-Sketch, Pac Man and Star Wars. Barbie dolls and GI Joe. Mr. Potato Head and trolls. Spirograph and Cootie. Howdy Doody, Hopalong Cassidy and Roy Rogers. Maybe you’ll recognize one of your toys from your childhood.
I always wanted to try this. Buy this. But I never did.
I’d eaten Irish butter, Danish Butter and German butter before. But never Italian.
Oh my, it was so good on a piece of toast.
Five stars!
These already prepared Black Eyed Peas (no soaking) were an impulse buy. I didn’t want to do major cooking. When I lived in Georgia decades ago I remember going to the General’s Quarters on New Year’s Day and that’s where I learned about the traditional dish. They weren’t a part of my growing up. Eating a spoonful insures good luck for the new year.
Click the link for a vegan recipe.
There are tons of recipes with ham hocks, sausage or bacon too.
