Featured Artist: Rae Sloan Bredin

Rae Sloan Bredin.
Just discovered him.
Love him.

Get more info about him HERE.

Rae Sloan Bredin was born on September 9, 1880 in Butler County, Pennsylvania. He was a portrait, figurative and landscape artist.

                    Bredin was known for his portraits and his impressionistic landscapes of
                                                                       New Hope, Pa. 

Rae Sloan Bredin died on July 17, 1933 in Philadelphia.

Oh, which one is my favorite??

Too hard to pick!

I would start with this one....

And then maybe

this one....

or this one...

How 'bout you?

Oh!!!

It's thrifting Thursday!!!

Let's go!!!

; )

A wonderful Fall day to you all.

Close your eyes, snuggle up with a blanky,

drink some hot chocolate, a cookie (of course)  and listen

to this cozy rendition of

"Autumn Leaves".

mmmmmmmm.....

nap time.

; )

Love to you all,  

my little

snickerdoodles.

xoxo

d

I Love Kitties and Shorpy

THE 100-YEAR-OLD PHOTO BLOG

Shorpy.com | History in HD is a vintage photo blog featuring thousands of high-definition images from the 1850s to 1950s. The site is named after Shorpy Higginbotham, a teenage coal miner who lived 100 years ago.

This is Shorpy.

This is the website that publishes 

AWESOME

pictures.

http://www.shorpy.com

I check it every day and view the updates.

When you get to the website,

if you click on the picture it will get almost as 

big as your computer screen and you can see

all the wonderful details of times gone by.

Me being the kitty lover that I am, get quite

a chuckle over these little

kitty vignettes

from 1901 to about 1913.

Totally amazed how they got these animals to do these things and

stay still for even one second!!!!

And...I giggle EVERY time I look at them all!!!!

My favorite kitty pic on the site.

These are her kittens.

Isn't she adorable?

So sweet.

Ahhh...

whistful Wednesday.

Wondering what I will be doing

at weeks end.

Most likely cuddling a kitty.

; )

How 'bout you?

We are almost there!

Love to you all,

my little

whippersnappers!!!

xooxxo

d

Sears Catalogue 1950' and 1960's

I am just a little preoccupied with

the old Sears catalogues lately!

Look what I found!

Kewl stuff!!!

1958

(year of my birth)

In love with the upper left children's pajamas.

Funny, I found one of these clocks and now I

know where it came from!!!

Same with the milk white carafe!

I have that one!

Remember Pettipants????

Vaguely...

1962

I have a few of these copper items!!

I watch Pickers occasionally,

and these little babies are

valuable these days.

Home of the future....

kewl.

So, now I need a vintage boat.

Dag nabbit!

They are  just too cute!

1966

I still have my Tiny Tears doll.

So click on the one below

and see 

Ken a Go Go.

;  )

You're welcome. 

; )

1964 catalogue...

So while I am in a nostalgic mood,

I have come across some

pictures of the mall I use to go to as a kiddo.

Sun Valley Mall!

Walgreens!!!!

Was that the place to get

opaque stockings

on the corner?

I remember when the old cars were in the mall!

Bottom left is a restaurant/bar at the mall.

This World's Fare Restaurant

is making me crave some 

Hot German Potato Salad,

a roast beef sandwich from the 

Hauf Brau,

and a

buttermilk donut.

Apparently it is a famous mall,

being the largest of it's time

and offering

world class foods

and shopping.

Enough of this journey

down memory lane.

Remember today is 

Taco Tuesday,

and eat a few for me,

ok?

Sending love your way

my little 

tortillas.

xoxoxo

d