Tuesday, February 27, 2018
Monday, February 26, 2018
Saturday, February 24, 2018
Friday, February 23, 2018
Thursday, February 22, 2018
Tuesday, February 20, 2018
Knitting - A Patterned "Blouse" from 1951
to heck with the top, I want that hat
A knitted dressy top from Smart Knitting, Vol 8 (1951). The photo and two pages of instructions are on my Flickr account.
Monday, February 19, 2018
Vintage Posters - Home Front
Some vintage poster patriotism in honor of President's Day. Copyright-free, from Dover.
Saturday, February 17, 2018
Friday, February 16, 2018
Quote Of The Day
image from Wikipedia
I will not be lectured about what our military needs by a five-deferment draft dodger. ~ LtCol Tammy Duckworth
Thursday, February 15, 2018
Tuesday, February 13, 2018
Monday, February 12, 2018
Friday, February 9, 2018
Quote Of The Day
Last Absolution of the Munsters, by Fortunino Matania
In 1930, John Brophy and Eric Partridge published a collection of British songs and slang from the war. They claimed that soldiers used the word 'fucking' so often that it was merely a warning 'that a noun is coming.' In a normal situation, swear words are used for emphasis, but Brophy and Partridge found that obscenity was so over-used among the military in the Great War that if a soldier wanted to express emotion he wouldn't swear. 'Thus, if a sergeant said, "Get your --ing rifles!" it was understood as a matter of routine. But if he said "Get your rifles!" there was an immediate implication of urgency and danger.' ~ Bee Wilson
Thursday, February 8, 2018
Grrrsday
This has been all over the Internet - to me, the best part is listening to his wife trying not to laugh as she films it.
Tuesday, February 6, 2018
Monday, February 5, 2018
Vintage Advertising - Argo Cornstarch
And...another one I didn't record the magazine title/date. I'm guessing Woman's Home Companion, one of the issues that has been digitized and can be found on Google Books.
Pretty desserts.
Pretty desserts.
Saturday, February 3, 2018
Friday, February 2, 2018
Quote Of The Day
image from Pinterest
You may perhaps be brought to acknowledge that it is very well worthwhile to be tormented for two or three years of one's life, for the sake of being able to read all the rest of it. ~ Jane Austen