Vintage Knitting - Slippers and a Hat from 1960

 

From the 1960 edition of McCall's Golden Do-it Book, here are some beginner, straight-line knitting projects and quick to make. This marvelous book is available for one-hour loan only at the Internet Archive.

Vintage Advertising - Eagle Brand Condensed Milk

 

From the Pictorial Review, February 1929.  The recipes look delicious; left-click to enlarge.

Caturday!

 

Quote Of The Day

 

Any act of love, however - no matter how small - lessens anxiety's grip, gives us a taste of tomorrow, and eases the yoke of our fears.  Love, unlike virtue, is not its own reward.  The reward of love is peace of mind, and peace of mind is the end of man's desiring. ~ Harper Lee

Waxing Lyrical

 

We are now in France

Where the young men wear tight pants.

On The Road, Again

 

Blogging will be intermittent for the next week or so.

Caturday!

 

Three Days And A Wake-Up

 

Quote of the Day

 

"Some Public Health Service officers deployed in detention centers suffer 'moral distress'..."

I will do no harm or injustice to them...Into whatsoever houses I enter, I will enter to help the sick, and I will abstain from all intentional wrong-doing and harm, especially from abusing the bodies of man or woman, bond or free. 

Now if I carry out this oath, and break it not, may I gain for ever reputation among all for my life and for my art; but if I break it and forswear myself, may the opposite befall me. ~ Hippocrates

You Might Not Get This One

If you don't live in the U.S. and weren't brought up in a church. 

Happy Year of the Horse

 

The year of the horse represents bravery, energy and independence (all of which we are going to need in the coming 11 months).  Instructions and the pattern to download from the Canon Creative Park. 

Vintage Magazines - Western Story Magazine, October 1925

 

I hate to think what's going to happen when that cowpoke comes down.  Western Story Magazine (a weekly) from 10/31/25.

Quote of the Day

 

photo from Atlantic magazine

The secret fear of the morally depraved is that virtue is actually common, and that they're the ones who are alone. ~ Adam Serwer

Dulce et Decorum Est

 

Caturday!

 

Quote of the Day

 

image from Minnesota 50501

Those who genuinely follow their conscience are of my religion - as for me, I belong to the faith of everyone who is brave and true. ~ Henri of Navarre

Grrrsday

 

Vintage Jewelry - Brooches and Pins from 1949

 

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From the UK magazine Hobbies Weekly, designs for jewelry to be fashioned out of wood or sheet plastic.  Complete instructions and a downloadable issue from December 21, 1949 can be found at the Internet Archive.

"All That Marching Never Accomplishes Anything"

 

Vintage Advertising - Camels' Cigarettes, 1927