tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6960946442922071473.post7765854777906253310..comments2024-01-03T01:40:26.911-08:00Comments on Life Drawings: 31 October 1955 “Happy Halloween!”50sgalhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09250940806307766624noreply@blogger.comBlogger37125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6960946442922071473.post-58436858924689607442009-11-03T19:41:17.710-08:002009-11-03T19:41:17.710-08:00I'm 25, but already I see a substantial differ...I'm 25, but already I see a substantial difference between the (seemingly) carefree Halloween of my youth (which was almost always full of homemade costumes, parties with handmade decorations and party foods, and fun spent at home with friends and family, instead of huge, expensive parties) and what Halloween has become today. <br /><br />Thank you dearly for your wonderful comment on my Halloween outfit post, I really appreciate your visit and lovely words. <br /><br />Big hugs,<br />♥ JessicaWitchcrafted Lifehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02992822472797191121noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6960946442922071473.post-23775993947831321902009-11-03T03:37:39.467-08:002009-11-03T03:37:39.467-08:00Isn't it wonderful when you have those "H...Isn't it wonderful when you have those "Huh? that's it?!" moments! It is so true that so much of our food is so costly in mileage to the environment. It might mean a more limited amount of food per season for an area, such as here in New England, but I think in the end we may HAVE to return to such ways when the impact on the earth becomes serious to FORCE us to do it, much as we had to be forced during the war. Now, that you have made your own apple sauce you can make your own apple butter-so wonderful in the morning on toast with tea! I am glad you are reading through my posts, I have not revisted any of them, but wonder, at the years end, how it will feel to go through all of them. If I do think about doing a book about this year, I will certainly need to.50sgalhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09250940806307766624noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6960946442922071473.post-40642356230233327232009-11-02T14:58:08.815-08:002009-11-02T14:58:08.815-08:00Had a pile of apples with one bite taken out of ea...Had a pile of apples with one bite taken out of each after Halloween bobbing for apples ... not to waste them, opened up Joy Of Cooking, made applesauce ... for the first time ever .. it was an "is that all there is to it?" experience, so easy ... used hardly any sugar as DH doesn't like sweet ... he liked it ... the jar of applesauce I do have in the pantry was made in Belgium! ... tastes nice, is somehow well priced, but the food miles ... once I use it up suppose I can do better, start making my own applesauce ... next time, with no bites to work around, can practice getting peel off in one long strip ... 50s gal, I've been reading reading reading, am now through end of September.Texas Accent In Sydneynoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6960946442922071473.post-52150662235413597682009-11-02T13:05:40.534-08:002009-11-02T13:05:40.534-08:00dr. julie-ann-SO true I am with you on that! I thi...dr. julie-ann-SO true I am with you on that! I think it seems, as well, that children today have unreal concepts of death as well, with endless death and horror graphically portrayed but very little contact with the elderly or a less 'sterile' greif/death system. It seems we become more and more detatched from reality, or perhaps on some level reality is being eschewed. That's why I am amazed that after living a year in what could seem an unreal 'fantasy' world of faux 1950's I actually feel the most in touch with the realites of the world than ever before! Crazy, isn't it?50sgalhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09250940806307766624noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6960946442922071473.post-71424495997921993262009-11-02T12:54:32.476-08:002009-11-02T12:54:32.476-08:00First, happy birthday!
Second, I agree that the m...First, happy birthday!<br /><br />Second, I agree that the media blows crime out of proportion. If my kidnapping had happened today, it would have been all over the news. I'm glad it wasn't because then it would just make it lurid and sensational instead of the tragedy that it was. <br /><br /> I think the media does two things. It sensationalizes and desensitizes. And because it desensitizes, it has to ramp up its level of sensationalism constantly.<br /><br />I personally think that children, today, have no real concept of tragedy because it has become "unreal" as a result of television, movies, and video games.<br /><br />But that's just my own soap box.... *smile*Dr. Julie-Annhttp://modernretrowoman.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6960946442922071473.post-80415325101967456502009-11-02T08:44:36.784-08:002009-11-02T08:44:36.784-08:00Happy Birthday, 50sgal!!!Happy Birthday, 50sgal!!!Lorie Bhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14406168168009117387noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6960946442922071473.post-30750515453724078402009-11-02T08:07:08.879-08:002009-11-02T08:07:08.879-08:00I know this is late, but in our neighbourhood and...I know this is late, but in our neighbourhood and in may others in my city, children run from house to house getting candy while parents wait on the sidewalks or the street.<br /><br />My boys were having fun, we would never go to the mall to trick or treat because then what's the point......the fun is meeting the neighbours and letting them get excited over their costumes.<br /><br />I do buy their costumes because I can't sew a lick, but they were so cute and excited to be Transformer Optimus Prime, and now they can use them as dress up clothes, I don't throw away any costumes they are used for pretend play :)<br /><br />I know most of the neighbours down our street and the two adjoining cul de sacs, it's a great street to live on, and in my city there is very little crime :)<br /><br />Mom in CanadaAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6960946442922071473.post-43873717140551656842009-11-02T06:54:25.547-08:002009-11-02T06:54:25.547-08:00Happy birthday, 50s gal!!! :)Happy birthday, 50s gal!!! :)housewife07noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6960946442922071473.post-48690594521036066062009-11-02T06:35:15.684-08:002009-11-02T06:35:15.684-08:00Winding Ways-How wonderful! Your story makes my he...Winding Ways-How wonderful! Your story makes my heart warm! There are many things and ways today to have that vintage spirit and I love that your community first had a masked ball and second, what fun that it was Poe themed! Sounds dreamy!50sgalhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09250940806307766624noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6960946442922071473.post-77056187316565823412009-11-02T06:02:25.694-08:002009-11-02T06:02:25.694-08:00Our community hosted an Edgar Alan Poe themed mask...Our community hosted an Edgar Alan Poe themed masked ball on Friday night. My husband and I took our children, ages 14 and 17. They were so excited to dress up in a suit for my son and a vintage dress for my daughter. It was a lovely event with live chamber music and poetry readings. On Halloween my 14 year old went out trick-or-treating with her friend while my son put on scary face paint and handed out treats at home.Winding Waysnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6960946442922071473.post-19785022013829058252009-11-01T19:21:32.378-08:002009-11-01T19:21:32.378-08:00Dr. Julie-Ann-WOW, what an amazine story. What a h...Dr. Julie-Ann-WOW, what an amazine story. What a horrible situation, but thank goodness you were eventually set free. That does make me feel, though, that really today there is probably NO MORE crime or fear of kidnapping than in the past except possibly much LESS today than say in the victorian period in the cities! It is possibly just the media playing up what they need to, to get the ratings they need. Many times I feel stories played out are also 'smoke screens' for real issues such as health care or other aspects of our government's policy. A very interesting mix of answers and opinions, very good discussion I think, don't all of you?50sgalhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09250940806307766624noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6960946442922071473.post-22268475784197615512009-11-01T10:50:34.247-08:002009-11-01T10:50:34.247-08:00Welllll, I feel like I can weigh-in with a bit of ...Welllll, I feel like I can weigh-in with a bit of authority about children being kidnapped....<br /><br />In 1969 I was kidnapped by a child molester. I was eight years old at the time.<br /><br />Was I wandering the streets? Nope. I was right behind my own home in the suburbs and my younger sister was with me. She was able to run faster than me and she ran for help. (My molestor set me free a few blocks away after he had done his deed)<br /><br />My point? Even all of the precautions in the world can't protect our children 100% of the time.<br /><br />My parents still let my siblings and me explore our world after the kidnapping and people often comment that they are inspired by how brave I am when encountering situations that turn others into jello.Dr. Julie-Annhttp://modernretrowoman.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6960946442922071473.post-68226299784921568572009-11-01T09:05:38.381-08:002009-11-01T09:05:38.381-08:00Kelly-Wonderful! We lovely November people!
Aunt A...Kelly-Wonderful! We lovely November people!<br />Aunt Ameila-Oh well, I have found repro wallpaper, such as bradbury and bardbury, which is wonderful, but I can't afford 95 dollars for one roll! I will simply find a low cost/homemaker solution. I might handpaint some or maybe try to make some sort of stencil. We'll see. I will be documenting my kitchen redo in the spring, so I have until then to come up with a solution.50sgalhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09250940806307766624noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6960946442922071473.post-7099908727076486542009-11-01T09:02:30.263-08:002009-11-01T09:02:30.263-08:00november is my birthday month too!! happy birthday...november is my birthday month too!! happy birthday to you!!! i hope this month is wonderful for you as you begin a new year of YOU and wrap up this year of your '50's project! xokellynoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6960946442922071473.post-24645373602127970502009-11-01T09:00:00.912-08:002009-11-01T09:00:00.912-08:00Dear One, none of the pictures in my blog entry to...Dear One, none of the pictures in my <a href="http://auntameliasattic.blogspot.com/2009/10/no-fruits-no-flowers-no-leaves-no-birds.html" rel="nofollow">blog entry today</a>, are of my home. They are all taken from 'The Victorian Trading Co.' net site. I just love that site!<br /><br />So I'm no help to you, in finding reproduction wallpaper. But there is such, made.Auntie sezzzzzz...https://www.blogger.com/profile/16170232476926222740noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6960946442922071473.post-55681343624891493002009-11-01T05:21:24.688-08:002009-11-01T05:21:24.688-08:00November is my birthday month, so it always has a ...November is my birthday month, so it always has a special place in my heart. Maybe that is why I am the contemplative quiet one, like my birth month: Held still between the seasons, listening for winter and, waiting for its call, contemplate the wait. Summer has gone. Is it truly Autumn? The wind blows and rages one day like a soapbox rant. Then all is quiet, as the trees wonder at their leafless calm. Yep, sounds like me, November.50sgalhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09250940806307766624noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6960946442922071473.post-35345179066665864042009-11-01T05:16:41.972-08:002009-11-01T05:16:41.972-08:00Yes, sigh... Times have changed. But thankfully,...Yes, sigh... Times have changed. But thankfully, our Grands don't "do the mall." They still "do" neighborhood homes. Or when older, sit on the porch and give out candy to the little ones. <br /><br />"No fruits, no flowers, no leaves, no birds, November!"<br /><br />^-^<br /><br />Aunt AmeliaAuntie sezzzzzz...https://www.blogger.com/profile/16170232476926222740noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6960946442922071473.post-26037329523617480522009-10-31T22:18:40.762-07:002009-10-31T22:18:40.762-07:00What a wonderful, thought provoking post, thank-yo...What a wonderful, thought provoking post, thank-you. Bill Bryson has written a fantastic book called 'The Thunderbolt Kid' about growing up in the '50s, which if you haven't read it, gives a childs insight into growing up in the 1950's. Anyway, I hope you are allowed to read it, because for you, it hasn't been written yet!<br />I'm from Australia and we don't do Halloween here, despite the shops trying to really push it. As a mother, I'm not too sure I'd let my children walk around the neighbourhood trick or treating and I don't think of myself as overly protective!<br />Happy Halloweencybillnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6960946442922071473.post-13415629575115195242009-10-31T16:35:40.424-07:002009-10-31T16:35:40.424-07:00(Not silly.. most families usually yearn for '...(Not silly.. most families usually yearn for 'a little darling of their own' even if only for a moment.) :)<br /><br />Off topic.. I just found this blog-entry where the writer, Emmarinda (Gail) gives an account of her childhood, mother's, grandparent's... It fits in to some of the categories you've written of... http://little-colony-of-heaven.blogspot.com/ Wed Sept 30, 09 How Should We Then Eat?? I thought of you and the ladies when I read it.<br /><br />Thanks so much for writing. It's always fabulous. LindaAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6960946442922071473.post-84657679059996904712009-10-31T16:16:58.881-07:002009-10-31T16:16:58.881-07:00We just took a ride downtown to see the scene. It ...We just took a ride downtown to see the scene. It was so wonderful. Very 1950's, so many children through the side streets and the main street which is lined with local business and tea shop and cafe giving out candy. I was proud to see almost all great homemade costumes. One boy was a plane and had an elaborate homemade cardboard plane around him and he was wearing a shirt and tie. It made me feel proud of our community and wanting to be involved more next year. I do think this year shall be about community. I have to say, I was really on the side of "thank goodness I don't have kids to worry about" after thinking of the scary things today, but now seeing my town and the trick or treaters, I yearned for a moment for my own little darling to dress. Silly.50sgalhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09250940806307766624noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6960946442922071473.post-27535751769766665892009-10-31T16:14:02.026-07:002009-10-31T16:14:02.026-07:00What was, is no more ... sad.
Have a BOO-tea-FuL...What was, is no more ... sad. <br /><br />Have a BOO-tea-FuLl Halloween. TTFN ~Marydon<br /><br />** Watch for huge giveaways that start tomorrow for several weeks.blushing rosehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14185573384597526789noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6960946442922071473.post-75092553726108827152009-10-31T14:14:48.348-07:002009-10-31T14:14:48.348-07:00I forgot about that scene. I should see if I can f...I forgot about that scene. I should see if I can find it and add it!50sgalhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09250940806307766624noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6960946442922071473.post-63545656207194763702009-10-31T14:06:49.522-07:002009-10-31T14:06:49.522-07:00Speaking of Halloween in the 1900s, I just adore t...Speaking of Halloween in the 1900s, I just adore that scene in "Meet Me in St. Louis!" What a riot those little hellions were!Renee of the Faehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13081022805749169331noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6960946442922071473.post-58159471730397445302009-10-31T14:01:41.577-07:002009-10-31T14:01:41.577-07:00Lorrie-that is scary and I too, after this year, w...Lorrie-that is scary and I too, after this year, will refrain from any news programs. I can choose what to know about by various news online or local paper, if I choose. <br />I am happy to know so many of you do not feel that the world is scary than the 50's just more publicised, because honestly that is how I felt but again thought i was alone on that. Also, I have no children, so it is hard for me to judge in that context, but hubby and I were just talking about this and would not want to restric our kid/s if we had one/any and despite our own fear would, with wise sense of course, allow things to be done on their own. We also decided if we ever were to have a child, we would need to live in the city for at least a portion of the year, as I love the Cape, but would not want to seclude them only in a country/suburban area. I think the fearless with caution atitude required to live in a city proper very important to what I would want for my child. The access to museums, walking and riding public transport to cars, and more school choices, but summers on the cape could be the counter balance to that with casual summers bare foot on beaches or on sailboats, running and biking through nature. So, it looks like by the time we could have that duality I'd be too old for kids, anyway. We jokingly say we wish we could just be grandparents! Anyone need a pair of eccentric grandparents?50sgalhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09250940806307766624noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6960946442922071473.post-61875647211740620292009-10-31T12:57:55.585-07:002009-10-31T12:57:55.585-07:00sorry, 6 years old....sorry, 6 years old....Lorie Bhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14406168168009117387noreply@blogger.com