awww remembering my fave television show lineup

I was remembering Saturday television after Wide World of Sports.
They would run Lawrence Welk and Hee Haw and I do remember at some point the Dolly Parton show. I'd watch both.
At a very early age I would watch this Mutual of Omaha's Wild Kingdom and loved it!It would run back to back with In Search Of. I can't remember much more after that except hot dogs were eaten on Mickey Mouse plates while watching these shows.

Nostalgic Minutiae

This time of year conjures up tons of nostalgia. In fact I just read a book called Retro by Peter Laugesen, about what Retro is and why it is. To summarize, it's escape and the author uses the 60's as a starting point to illustrate the first retro movement (it was in art: Art Nouveau). The book states retro is popular when people find their own times unromantic and complex.

I LOVE old vintage cookbooks with their color saturated photos of strange food compositions. I actually read cookbooks from start to finish, reading all the ingredients and preparation instructions, thinking about the measurements etc... The recipes hit me later when I'm thinking of what to prepare with just cabbage,celery and turkey. It will just come to me, flashback to The Farmers Cookbook (circa 1948). Old, vintage cookbooks are a welcomed gift.
~Note: In search of cookie recipes for Xmas.

Recently I've been reading a book called The House (circa 1939). It is an old "domestic science" book for college. It is awesome! Filled with info on ow things were done back then, what was eaten, used in the home, how the homes were built (cool photos of 30's Modernist homes), prices of things, how to set up the kitchen, living room a real find for those interested in the past. You know things are moving uber fast and have been when you look back at this sort of thing and it's like a nother world. As if the 30's were another planet. In the 80's I'd look back at the 30's and think wow, 50 years ago. Now "50 years ago" puts me in the 50's which was an ear and could almost reach out and touch in the 70's.
~Note: I enjoy reading non-fiction tremendously

To be able to pick and choose what you want from any era from the begininning of time until now is awesome. As I patiently try to procure a take up reel for my 16mm projector, I can hardly wait to watch a few old home movies I have. Not my family, a stranger's, some unknown family that lived on the East Coast years ago. Time keeps marching on.

WGN at Christmas

In the early 80's WGN would run the following vintage cartoon every morning. It would get us all excited about Christmas and cold weather:






Austin gets it's first hard freeze this Thursday-Saturday! Precipitation is expected. Oh please,oh please some sleet so we can get a sweet ice day and sip cocoa all morning. Edie understands :>

Minutiae

1. Thanksgiving: It was uber sweet and delicious! Oh yeah...Nothing beats real whipped cream made just minutes before the pie is served.

2. My inner Cinderella loves a well cleaned floor and so I spent my day off (day after Thanksgiving)getting the kitchen floor and floorboards spotless. Only a few (and Nickie) understand the drive and pleasure of this sort of thing. Not work, not a chore, relaxation and then enjoying the clean, clean, spotless floor.
2a. City Wide Garage Sale...YES! Nickie, lets go!

3. "This is my happening and it freaks me out!"
~ Z Man
Great movie to watch after Thanksgiving!? But it was hilarious!

4. This exists! Quick, weekend trip over and back? Cleveland, anyone?

What I've done, been thinking, been doing

1. This weekend we had great weather (cooler and sunny) so we went on a picnic to the Elizabet Ney Museum grounds. It was quiet, secluded and with a transistor radio softly piping out the Graveside Service Show while we ate yummy sandwiches from Phoenicia, couldn't ask for a better moment in life.

2.I don't do the Black Friday thing, instead I clean and bring out Christmas decor. I detest those awful corporations that want your hard earned cash at Christmastime. NO WAY! Not going to be a part of their numbers and stats and I encourage you not too either this season. In fact...(see below)

3. This year I completed my Christmas shopping online: I'm Smitten, Boy Girl Party, Greater Good, Chia Hats and Etsy! Check out Etsy and find unique gifts and check out the webstores belonging to those who sell on Etsy.

4. I scored cute Christmas decor at thrift stores. I like the vintage look. So this 11/24 I will be sleeping in, setting up the Christmas decor.

5. Been filling my own Christmas orders. Thanks for the business Canada! I am tempted to set up there :> Thank you to those who have placed orders and chose me over the big box stores and corps.

Another Holiday

This is out of synch and off someone's video copy, still....

Another Blogger Holiday Season

Remember how last year I bitched endlessly about being at work when I had cookies to make, movies to watch,crafties to do...Not this year, boy! I saved my vacation time so I could enjoy the season with family!

Would you believe these were offered at auction on Ebay in November?! Last Ichecked they were at $26 and still going! I'm not in the business off actually selling nostalgia but I do appreciate jogging the memory.

I remember as a kid what excited me just as much as toy wish books was the decor. I loved being around lights, tinsel and ornaments. My mother also made tons of cookies and sweets and cocktail foods like stuffed mushrooms and Swedish meatballs. I can't leave out the cartoons! I'll be watching Rankin and Bass toons for two weeks!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Early Christmas Present! Yep Yep

YAY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Happy Days are here again,
Let the media spin what they spin
The truth came out and the votes are in
HAPPY DAYS ARE HERE AGAIN!

Minutiae

1. Last Friday went to see Jerry Cole, King of Hot Rod guitar, perform at Saxon Pub. It was great! However, Jerry was a lil, shall we say, randy. Nothing makes the night go kerplunk faster than appreciating an enduring older man only to find that off stage he's a wolf. Thanks for the save NINA!

Oh, I am now hip to the Thunderchiefs! Count mein, big fan!

2. Garage Sale this Saturday 8am-12pm! Yes, something for someone of every demographic and lifestyle.

3.My interest du jour has been investigating older homes. What I have found is so many of the little tract homes in my area were made with the idea to add on. Many were built leaving a spaciaous backyard just for this. From what I have read it seems as though the idea was was for newlywaeds to move in, same money, and build as soon as a family started. Sometimes families didn't come along or there was one child or job opportunities elsewhere that resulted in a move. Ideas changed quickly after the war and bigger homes came along. There was no need for frugality after the war. Out went the post Depression and WW2 thinking. There was money, jobs and opportunity so...why add on if you could move into a home big enough. Many of the old honeymoon homes remain stunted.