another vintage

My childhood deer. Some day my daughter's beanies will be vintage. They don't stand up as good as my old deer.
--Ann--

Books

I treated myself to a couple books both by Fannie Flagg. Her books are all so uplifting. The first  The Redbird Christmas was about a guy from Chicago who moves to Alabama for his health the busy bodies of a very small town are a new experience for him but he also learns that people in a small town really do care, the twists and turns of the story are all part of the fun. Then I read  The All-Girl Filling Station's Last Reunion I couldn't put it down it had short chapters so of course there was time to read just one more then one more until I was done. Its about a proper southern lady and her proper but crazy mother and the daughters of a Polish family from Wisconsin who were stunt pilots then flew during WW II.  Fannie Flagg brought a chunk of neglected history to life in a delightful story.  I saw a quote that said Take a break from Reality, Read. --Ann--

smiles everyone

Squeeze together, everyone look at the camera............smiles.............needlepoint Santas I have stitched beginning in 1989.

"tell Klaus to take off his hat" "Arnold, put the book down"  "I'm checking the list"  "Sven, the goose"  "watch the candle"..............and the hand carved that I have been collecting since........equally as long.

And to all a good night..........--Ann--

On the needles

The slippers are felted and more stockings are started. Its always nice to have a couple little to go projects that get done row by row. --Ann-- Linking to Judy's On the Needles with hugs and prayers.

More Vintage

 Crepe paper Santa I remember him taped to a door in the house and surprisingly it has green label tape in a couple spots. He is 18 inches tall.

 The cut outs are from the late 1950's or early 1960's. The book is early 1900's.

 The pages are in pretty good shape but the cover is falling apart. So sad.

Isn't that beautiful handwriting!!?!
--Ann--

The Cat on the Doverfell

A wonderful comment from a wonderful reader inspired this post. I miss reading picture books to my kids they grew up. Sometimes I read children's  books when no one is looking. The Cat on the Doverfell by Tomie dePaola is a favorite and sadly out of print. Who's That Knocking on Christmas Eve by Jan Brett is the same folk tale with beautiful illustrations but without the humor that Tomie dePaola puts in his illustrations.
The story is about a man from Finnmark taking a white bear to the King of Denmark and stops at a cottage for the night.  Halvor, the cottage owner and family are ready to leave for the night because the trolls are coming, the man with the bear stays anyway. The trolls come eat, drink and make a merry mess then a troll sees the "kitty" under the stove and pokes it with a sausage, "kitty" roars and the trolls flee. The next year Halvor is out chopping wood for Yuletide when a troll hollers at him and asks if he still has the same "kitty" Halvor says he does and she has seven kittens bigger and fiercer than she is. And the Trolls never bother Halvor again. Savoring Christmas memories....--Ann--

Vintage and not so new

Just sharing some favorite decorations.......................--Ann--