I wish I knew more about composting….I have two outside compost containers and I don’t know how well its working until spring. This past spring I found a layer of dry looking tomatoes but not much as far as fertilized dirt. I fill the containers , water a bit’ and leave the lids unlocked and open when its too hot. And was quite faithful about putting scraps in the bin. I see worms but nothing like your mini compost . I prefer to feed my worms the scraps and sometime I get a bountiful supply of worms and spread them around to other sections of my garden. I prefer to not add anything foreign to my garden.because when I have, I found I would get other forms of pestilence.
Every change you make to your soil affects it….its what I have learned over my lifetime of gardening-farming. When I brought some mulch in, I brought new pest and new weeds that have caused he nothing but troubles….good luck on your mini compost!

What an interesting article! We used to raise fish worms in the 1960’s but they finally died out, or got eaten by fish. I don’t fish, but I’ve always loved worms, just to watch what they do with what we don’t want. They are the ultimate recyclers.
A dear friend, the late photographer Al Clayton, and his wife, Mary Ann, a food designer, produced a book called Dreadful Delicacies; you can guess the subject matter. I can still see him leaning against our kitchen counter saying in his very strong southern accent, “Now, you can eat a grubworm, but don’t you EVAH eat a red wriiiaahglah! That taste just haaayngs on your tongue for weeks!” I’ll just be happy to watch them. Thanks for the informative blog.

I so enjoyed reading your blog about “worm farming.” That’s what my second grade class and I call it. I’ve sponsored a worm farm in my classroom for the last 5 years. Every year we explore our worms, feed them healthy snack leftovers, tear up newspapers and then harvest their “black gold” for our school garden in the spring. The children take care of their squirmy pets and love it!!!

I am still in the learning phase of earth worming and keep finding worms in the ‘worm wee’ catcher part of my bins. Really not sure why. Is there not enough food, is it not warm enough, is it too warm, is there too much or too little light? Please help, can’t figure it out.

Sounds so delicious! Glad you guys had a great family treat!

Hi Nicole,

I love home-made ice-cream. I grew up with a milk cow and my Mom made ice-cream every single Sunday afternoon with cream that she had saved all week. Talk about rich ice cream! My favorite was strawberry. And speaking of which…. we have loads of fresh strawberries right now, maybe I’ll be making some home made ice-cream today! 🙂

I totally love that your vintage ice-cream maker works. The new ones are horrible (I have one, so I know) and I think it is so amazing that you’ve got that. What a great find. My grandmother had the hand crank kind that she used and we grandkids took turns turning the crank. It takes FOREVER to make it that way!

I love it soft serve too. We never can wait for it to “harden”!

Happy summer… so happy you’ve finally got summer weather!

– Dori, the Ranch Farmgirl –

P.S. Your pictures of the three of you are precious! I think the picture of you and the one of your daughter could be interchangeable!

A vintage ice cream maker will be on my list for sure. It is 85 to 95 year round here in Panamà, perfect for home-made ice cream…Yummy and awesome. Thanks!
Bob
Peace Corps/Panamá
Home is Oregon

Home-made ice cream is the best. We make it for new year’s using lake ice. My favorite is peach. Thanks for the pictures, many of today’s young farmgirl’s haven’t had the pleasure of tasting it yet. Your wooden bucket kind is the best. Enjoy!

I love ice cream but am allergic to cow milk. My daughter bought me a small modern maker years ago. Now that I can’t have regular ice cream I regularly make my own goat ice cream since the stores are no longer carrying La Loo’s . (Goat). With my maker I just freeze the inside canister which is filled with a liquid around the edges; pour the mixed ingredients in, insert the stirring blade and flip the on switch. The old fashion makers are definitely fun as a group activity for the experiece. I always fondly remember making ice cream with my youth group out at a farm using a crank maker.

Nicole, I remember the wooden ice cream makers. Everyone always made vanilla or peach, and I yearned for chocolate! Your blueberry ice cream looks so good in the pictures. Like the pictures of you, Kim and Audrey. Look like you are having fun.
Love,
Mother

My parents made ice cream with a hand-crank model they bought when they were married in the 60s. Always peach, I think. My brother and I hated to crank it when it got hard to turn and my daddy would get tired of waiting on us and do it himself.

Hi Nicole,

Sooo glad that it is spring time for you now! I love that tick twister – I’m going to have to look for that here. It looks like a nifty tool.

I’ve only ever been to Niagara Falls in New York and I know that doesn’t really count – I’d love to see some of that state. As well as all of the New England states. Someday. I bet staying at your friends lake house was so enjoyable. What a gorgeous area.

– Dori, the Ranch Farmgirl –

What a fun trip!! thanks for sharing. We aren’t quite that Spring’y along – only 38 here at about 9:00 a.m. and a cloudy day too. We don’t do a whole lot until after Mother’s Day – just not safe for most outside things but fun to see yours. God bless.

Like you, I love spring, and the first thing I noticed some baby daffodils. I saw my columbines put some shoots out and some leaves, as well as my red raspberry buds on the vibe. Thought I would snip the tops off, maybe tomorrow. But today I modes the law. And I actually did that in one hour a d 30 minutes, but my time was less by 30 minutes. Then I cleaned around my hibiscus bed. Can’t wait til summer gets here to see them in bloom. I need to get some mulch tomorrow to cover the bed where the hibiscus lie. Then I will work on another bed. I did see one Hollyhock pant that/came back, but only one. I was kind a disappointed that more did not produce more. I am just ticketed out after being outside this afternoon…..but it did feel good to be outside today. Hopefully .longer tomorrow.
Loved your pictures especially if the lake.,,,we have quite a few in the stare if New York I wish I could share photos…..

Good morning Nicole. Your post made me feel really mad at myself because ever since we finished building our house and moved in, I haven’t purchased a clock. I use my phone or the clock on the stove. I looked and looked for a clock that I loved and never found one. And now I realize that I have gotten used to using my phone (shame on me) and I need to get back on the search. I LOVE yours. They are gorgeous. I too miss a lot of things that have gone by the way-side with technology. And definitely receiving letters is one of the things I miss. I still make home-made cards and try to send a few every month because I think it is such a lost art. I’ve been teaching my grand-daughters to write letters as I think this generation has really lost that. Thanks for the reminder on the clock… gonna get on that search right away!

– Dori –

P.S. Are you thawing out yet? 🙂

Oh indeed! I am a watch wearer and clock lover. I used to have a grandmother clock that chimed the Westminster cycle on the quarter hour and a wall clock which my brother bought from me that chimed “Ave Maria” on the hour. It’s made of three different kinds of wood and the entire front of the clock opens to wind it. I have a Timex for daily wear and a Seiko for dress wear. When I’m working out at the gym, however, I use the wall clock or the digital timers on the machines to measure my fitness regimen. My wrist perspires too much to wear anything other than a diving watch. Hmm. Maybe that will be the next watch I put in my gym bag.

I work at a major university in Colorado. One of my student workers, a geek in the computer science program, actually wears a watch. I haven’t seen a young person with a watch in years. I asked him why he wears one, and he said it’s more convenient than digging his phone out of his pocket. This is a guy with technology on the brain, and he wears a regular, clock-faced watch (not digital). We have clocks all over our house, but only my husband wears a watch. We are in our 50’s.

But, digital clocks are good for some things. My 21 year old daughter has a learning disability, and try as she might, she could never figure out how to read a faced clock. She tried, oh, she tried. Her teachers and we tried EVERYTHING. Now as an adult, she can stare at a faced clock for a long time, and finally get the time, but she can always read a digital clockface. So for her, having access to a digital clock is important. My younger daughter, just turned 13, can read a faced clock just fine.

Nicole, this is very interesting. Beautiful clocks! I still wear my turquoise and sterling silver watch made by the Zuni Indians which I bought while still living in Texas at a store in Grapevine, TX.
Also, my friend, Jackie, bought the Black Forest cuckoo clock as a gift for me when she lived in Germany.
I do not like the idea of a phone watch. And you are right about cursive writing. I never could print well!
Love you,
Mother

Thanks for your post, Nicole! Very thought provoking and I love all the pics. We do still have regular clocks in our house! I have a chiming, clock that belonged to my parents that you have to wind every day. I don’t keep it wound anymore because it doesn’t keep good time, but it hangs on the wall and I love to look at it.

I DO still have a wristwatch with a regular face and I wear it went out and about and traveling. Not at home or at work however.

We also DO still have two corded phones in our house along with our cordless phones and we are probably the only ones in the neighborhood that still have a house phone when the electricity goes off!

And, the art of handwritten letters and cards being on the verge of extinction is of interest. I also DO still went notes, cards and letters and LOVE, LOVE, LOVE receiving them. So, I for one am trying to help keep some of our past treasures alive and well!
Thanks again!
HUGS and LOVE TO YOU!
CJ

Nicole, Loved your blog today, I too have an anniversary clock, when my husband and I were dating, the first year he gave me a Jewelry catalog and said I could pick out anything I wanted for my birthday, I picked the anniversary clock, I just really liked the old look, still runs and sits on our mantle today 28 yrs later. Also, we have a grandfather clock that his grandfather actually made, and his mom gave to us. as for watches, I love them, and I love to wear a bunch of old ones like bracelets all together. And as for handwritten notes, my youngest son’s girlfriend who I hope one day to be my daughterinlaw, still sends cards, thank you notes, and they are always very sincere. I actually got her a little metal owl sealer and wax sticks to seal her envelopes, and I always get her lots of stamps for little extra holiday gifts. (I love getting my cards) I keep them all. Be Blessed. Neta

Nice Blog!
I love old clocks and watches! I refuse to have all digital displays of time on the newer alarm clocks. I miss my grandfather clock from my former house. After reading your blog, I decided to get another one, maybe an antique, as a welcome addition to my new home.
Rose

I still wear a watch and feel undressed when I go out without it. When my parents visited us when we were in Italy, they purchased a grandfather clock. Now both are no longer with us and I inherited the clock. I think of them every time it chimes. Thanks for sharing your love of clocks.

Good morning Nicole. Your post made me feel really mad at myself because ever since we finished building our house and moved in, I haven’t purchased a clock. I use my phone or the clock on the stove. I looked and looked for a clock that I loved and never found one. And now I realize that I have gotten used to using my phone (shame on me) and I need to get back on the search. I LOVE yours. They are gorgeous. I too miss a lot of things that have gone by the way-side with technology. And definitely receiving letters is one of the things I miss. I still make home-made cards and try to send a few every month because I think it is such a lost art. I’ve been teaching my grand-daughters to write letters as I think this generation has really lost that. Thanks for the reminder on the clock… gonna get on that search right away!

– Dori –

P.S. Are you thawing out yet? 🙂

Oh indeed! I am a watch wearer and clock lover. I used to have a grandmother clock that chimed the Westminster cycle on the quarter hour and a wall clock which my brother bought from me that chimed “Ave Maria” on the hour. It’s made of three different kinds of wood and the entire front of the clock opens to wind it. I have a Timex for daily wear and a Seiko for dress wear. When I’m working out at the gym, however, I use the wall clock or the digital timers on the machines to measure my fitness regimen. My wrist perspires too much to wear anything other than a diving watch. Hmm. Maybe that will be the next watch I put in my gym bag.

I work at a major university in Colorado. One of my student workers, a geek in the computer science program, actually wears a watch. I haven’t seen a young person with a watch in years. I asked him why he wears one, and he said it’s more convenient than digging his phone out of his pocket. This is a guy with technology on the brain, and he wears a regular, clock-faced watch (not digital). We have clocks all over our house, but only my husband wears a watch. We are in our 50’s.

But, digital clocks are good for some things. My 21 year old daughter has a learning disability, and try as she might, she could never figure out how to read a faced clock. She tried, oh, she tried. Her teachers and we tried EVERYTHING. Now as an adult, she can stare at a faced clock for a long time, and finally get the time, but she can always read a digital clockface. So for her, having access to a digital clock is important. My younger daughter, just turned 13, can read a faced clock just fine.

Nicole, this is very interesting. Beautiful clocks! I still wear my turquoise and sterling silver watch made by the Zuni Indians which I bought while still living in Texas at a store in Grapevine, TX.
Also, my friend, Jackie, bought the Black Forest cuckoo clock as a gift for me when she lived in Germany.
I do not like the idea of a phone watch. And you are right about cursive writing. I never could print well!
Love you,
Mother

Thanks for your post, Nicole! Very thought provoking and I love all the pics. We do still have regular clocks in our house! I have a chiming, clock that belonged to my parents that you have to wind every day. I don’t keep it wound anymore because it doesn’t keep good time, but it hangs on the wall and I love to look at it.

I DO still have a wristwatch with a regular face and I wear it went out and about and traveling. Not at home or at work however.

We also DO still have two corded phones in our house along with our cordless phones and we are probably the only ones in the neighborhood that still have a house phone when the electricity goes off!

And, the art of handwritten letters and cards being on the verge of extinction is of interest. I also DO still went notes, cards and letters and LOVE, LOVE, LOVE receiving them. So, I for one am trying to help keep some of our past treasures alive and well!
Thanks again!
HUGS and LOVE TO YOU!
CJ

Nicole, Loved your blog today, I too have an anniversary clock, when my husband and I were dating, the first year he gave me a Jewelry catalog and said I could pick out anything I wanted for my birthday, I picked the anniversary clock, I just really liked the old look, still runs and sits on our mantle today 28 yrs later. Also, we have a grandfather clock that his grandfather actually made, and his mom gave to us. as for watches, I love them, and I love to wear a bunch of old ones like bracelets all together. And as for handwritten notes, my youngest son’s girlfriend who I hope one day to be my daughterinlaw, still sends cards, thank you notes, and they are always very sincere. I actually got her a little metal owl sealer and wax sticks to seal her envelopes, and I always get her lots of stamps for little extra holiday gifts. (I love getting my cards) I keep them all. Be Blessed. Neta

Nice Blog!
I love old clocks and watches! I refuse to have all digital displays of time on the newer alarm clocks. I miss my grandfather clock from my former house. After reading your blog, I decided to get another one, maybe an antique, as a welcome addition to my new home.
Rose

I still wear a watch and feel undressed when I go out without it. When my parents visited us when we were in Italy, they purchased a grandfather clock. Now both are no longer with us and I inherited the clock. I think of them every time it chimes. Thanks for sharing your love of clocks.

Thanks for the pie recipe! Going to make this!love the pics ! Cindy”’

I loved seeing the Easter pictures of you and your daughter. I was lucky to have the kind of mom that would encourage us to color eggs! She always did, even up in her eighties…Since I still have the occasional yard visit from my lovely friend the English Angora, I have had rabbits on the brain. I went to a class the other night, and what would be nibbling on the bushes around the building? A nice brown domestic rabbit! Must be a lot of ‘releasing’ of rabbits after Easter…Drat…
Thank you for the great pie recipe. Just what I envisioned for Easter dessert!

Lovely pictures…..kids are cute….I wish I could remember to force bulbs to bloom, but not sure when to start.love the flowers. Used yo do the egg coloring with my kids. Miss those simple days of Easter surprises…..went the bunny route one year and we ended up with…..rabbits galore! Won’t forget that year!we kept one after we got rid of most of them. Had to keep our thumps. Believe me the between into things….cards, drywall and kids toys.yes they have teeth! Did you know rabbits can be frightened and/due from it? Happen to a baby rabbit we had. Its a job to care for rabbits….kids get tired very quickly….I ended up caring for them, cleaning their pellet poops and/when it got too much for me, we found new homes for them. Never again! I think I’d rather raise a dog!
Happy/Easter, susana

Nicole,

Missed visiting you this Easter and spring break! Thanks for the great blog about your Easter and spring activities, I feel that I are keeping in touch with your daily life by reading your blog.

Loved the “blast from the past” Easter photographs! I must find my “vintage” photographs and frame them to keep those holiday memories alive. I never heard of the Bridgewater Chocolate company but will make plans to order some chocolate from this company in the near future!

Thanks for the great photograph of your cute bunny, Patches! She looks happy and
healthy!

Love the butterfly glassware! How exquisite and festive! I especially love the full apron that you are wearing! It looks great on you and I am glad that you can make good use of it!

Rose

Hi Nicole, Thanks for sharing those gorgeous pics with us. That’s going to be a lovely sweater. You’ll be ‘pretty in pink!’
Yesterday we had 60’s and sun all day and we were outside cleaning out the shed and really enjoying it….becaaaause….
by Friday winter is suppose to return to N.E. Ohio. weee….lol…here we go again.
I knew winter wasn’t through with us and that the sun and warm temp was just a tease and a glimpse of things to come, but I really don’t want to see any more snow. hahaha Wishful thinking! Today is high 30’s. BUT the sun has been blazing away. Surely can’t complain about that!
Happy St Patty’s day and just know that your snow will all be gone soon!
Good for you taking classes on something you love! Enjoy and…You Go Girl!

I can’t wait until spring gets here too. But I expect the best time fir me will be April 13….according to the muskrats, who came out of their holes March 13. As they don’t come up out of their holes to mate unless its going go be nice in 30 days, approximately.I love smelling the musk in the fresh Dean are, fir me that’s the first real sign ,that I will be in my garden soon.
As for testing the soil, I’m sure my soil has plenty of iron, as the previous owner used to bury old nails in it…found plenty of them while digging. But I always add magnesium, for green vegetables love it and grow profusely when I remember to put some, scattered about. And always add a but if fertilizer, want it or not. And I figure if I see a lot of worms, there’s enough goodness in the soil. And full of life. (Not/sure if I want to see my soil under a microscope.) And I always rotate my plants, be year a seed producing plot will become a flower plot the following year.or a strawberry plot.rotating is good because some plants will take the nutrients of e element whereas another pant will leave it behind. For my tomatoes plot of soil I always burn some newspaper, as tomatoes love a little ash in their space. But I sure wish I knew what those slimy snails
hated, as I would put more in the soil to discourage them from hanging around, and those green tomatoes bugs with the horn, saw one east year. Haven’t seen them n ears so I wonder hat I’m doing wrong that they came back after many years.
Yes, I’m ready for my garden. Anxious as anyone else whose tired of winter. Love to enjoy my space…every year I too learn something new.there’s always lessons go be learned from a garden. To get kids interested, I always gave them a jacket of seeds. Got a neighbor kid interested. Such I could get my whose tin interested in growing beautiful gardens. Makes you want to live outside all the time! I love it when I can touch the soil with my bare hands…..did you know people ho do, are healthier than those who don’t garden? I knew this woman whose mother lived to be 103, and the daughter felt it was due to her interesting in gardening. As she didnt like it, but she did grow these beautiful flowers. The daughter only lived to be 98! So working a garden has its blessings….hard work keeps you young! Go garden! Happy gardening!

We didn’t get nearly the snow but our COLD happened and we have to be concerned into late April early May for night freezes – it has been known to freeze late May – so all our new gardening has to be put undercover and the perennials sometimes get nipped – we do feel your pain of not being able to get out there and ‘do dirt’. Congratulations on becoming a Master Gardener – real talent in those people. God bless.

Hi Nicole.
I like to read your blog , and I always looking forward to see what you have written this time, and see your pictures.

I really enjoyed reading the information about the soil we plant our vegetables and flowers in. Never knew any of this! Your pictures are all so pretty. Love the tulips and last summer when I was there in July, I saw and tasted your garden vegetables and herbs. Beautiful and delicious. You fed me well! I am so proud of you becoming a Master Gardener soon, and your pink sweater is lovely and well made. Glad you are using the talents God blessed you with.
Love you,
Mother

Hi Nicole, Thanks for sharing those gorgeous pics with us. That’s going to be a lovely sweater. You’ll be ‘pretty in pink!’
Yesterday we had 60’s and sun all day and we were outside cleaning out the shed and really enjoying it….becaaaause….
by Friday winter is suppose to return to N.E. Ohio. weee….lol…here we go again.
I knew winter wasn’t through with us and that the sun and warm temp was just a tease and a glimpse of things to come, but I really don’t want to see any more snow. hahaha Wishful thinking! Today is high 30’s. BUT the sun has been blazing away. Surely can’t complain about that!
Happy St Patty’s day and just know that your snow will all be gone soon!
Good for you taking classes on something you love! Enjoy and…You Go Girl!

I can’t wait until spring gets here too. But I expect the best time fir me will be April 13….according to the muskrats, who came out of their holes March 13. As they don’t come up out of their holes to mate unless its going go be nice in 30 days, approximately.I love smelling the musk in the fresh Dean are, fir me that’s the first real sign ,that I will be in my garden soon.
As for testing the soil, I’m sure my soil has plenty of iron, as the previous owner used to bury old nails in it…found plenty of them while digging. But I always add magnesium, for green vegetables love it and grow profusely when I remember to put some, scattered about. And always add a but if fertilizer, want it or not. And I figure if I see a lot of worms, there’s enough goodness in the soil. And full of life. (Not/sure if I want to see my soil under a microscope.) And I always rotate my plants, be year a seed producing plot will become a flower plot the following year.or a strawberry plot.rotating is good because some plants will take the nutrients of e element whereas another pant will leave it behind. For my tomatoes plot of soil I always burn some newspaper, as tomatoes love a little ash in their space. But I sure wish I knew what those slimy snails
hated, as I would put more in the soil to discourage them from hanging around, and those green tomatoes bugs with the horn, saw one east year. Haven’t seen them n ears so I wonder hat I’m doing wrong that they came back after many years.
Yes, I’m ready for my garden. Anxious as anyone else whose tired of winter. Love to enjoy my space…every year I too learn something new.there’s always lessons go be learned from a garden. To get kids interested, I always gave them a jacket of seeds. Got a neighbor kid interested. Such I could get my whose tin interested in growing beautiful gardens. Makes you want to live outside all the time! I love it when I can touch the soil with my bare hands…..did you know people ho do, are healthier than those who don’t garden? I knew this woman whose mother lived to be 103, and the daughter felt it was due to her interesting in gardening. As she didnt like it, but she did grow these beautiful flowers. The daughter only lived to be 98! So working a garden has its blessings….hard work keeps you young! Go garden! Happy gardening!

We didn’t get nearly the snow but our COLD happened and we have to be concerned into late April early May for night freezes – it has been known to freeze late May – so all our new gardening has to be put undercover and the perennials sometimes get nipped – we do feel your pain of not being able to get out there and ‘do dirt’. Congratulations on becoming a Master Gardener – real talent in those people. God bless.

Hi Nicole.
I like to read your blog , and I always looking forward to see what you have written this time, and see your pictures.

I really enjoyed reading the information about the soil we plant our vegetables and flowers in. Never knew any of this! Your pictures are all so pretty. Love the tulips and last summer when I was there in July, I saw and tasted your garden vegetables and herbs. Beautiful and delicious. You fed me well! I am so proud of you becoming a Master Gardener soon, and your pink sweater is lovely and well made. Glad you are using the talents God blessed you with.
Love you,
Mother

Nicole, First off I LOVE those vintage suitcases (you’re not surprised are you?!)! I have several that I use in my craft room to hold fabric! I love how they look stacked up. Using the train case for your knitting supplies is fabulous. I love that idea.

As for the Stewardesses. I just finished a book written by my mother’s childhood friend and later college room-mate, Argie Hoskins. She was an American Airlines Stewardess in 1957 until she married in 1960. (Back in those days when you couldn’t be married and be a Stewardess.) Anyway, her book is fabulous – it is all about her experiences as a Stewardess. She was on the Inaugural flight of the first 707 commercial jet flight and it is so interesting to read about. The name of the book is: More Than A Ticket, by Argie Ella Hoskins. I have read it twice I loved it so much.

So… once again, here we are on the same wave length, Nicole – Farmgirl minds think alike?! 🙂

Hugs – Dori, the Ranch Farmgirl –

Very interesting blog, Nicole. Nice story about Andrea’s mom and life in the early days of being a stewardess. It was more fun to fly or ride a train to my grandmother’s farm in the forties. I remember dressing in a suit and high heels to fly in the 60’s and even 80’s!
When I was younger I had a train case too but I do not remember what I did with it. Also a Neiman Marcus makeup travel bag with their white and beige designs on it.
Enjoyed reading this very much. Love you
Mother

Hi Nicole,
One of my favorite memories is receiving American Tourister luggage set for my High school graduation. Mine were blue also. I loved that set. I found out it was made in Seattle Washington which I had a Grandmother and two Aunts that lived there. I have lived in Oregon most of my life. We went to Seattle in the summer most of my growing up years. When I found out they were made there I called them and told them how much I loved them. They sent me some special tags that only there workers got. Through the years they got lost and so when my husband asked me what I wanted for our first anniversary, I told him some American Tourister luggage. Well, he bought me a beautiful maroon colored set. I still have the small plane case and the “make up case” that you have. We used to put our makeup and all the other products that would spill in it. Along with our hair things. We were aloud to carry that one with us and put it on the floor. When I was out of school I wrote to United to become a Stewardess. I was 5′ 8″ tall and weighed 120 lbs. I never heard from them until one night a phone was for me and it was one of the ladies from United. They wanted me to go with her, take the schooling ( which was 3 months) and become one of there attendance’s. It would cost $300.00, which at the time was a lot of money and no one in my family had it so I had to decline. I have never forgotten it. I would have loved it.
Hugs Farm/Ranch girl style
Kay

I just bought a red hard cover American Tourister at the Flea Market :). I worked for TWA before they closed, and we would hear great stories. Our oldest international stewardess who flew into Frankfurt was 88!!! 😉 Great piece, love the pictures!

What a lot of great info you have provided with your post. I love your train case. I also have one I have re-purposed to carry hand stitching with me. Although mine is not as nice and the insides had to be re-done. The outside is more of a fake alligator paper look. I may one day recover with mod podge.

I thoroughly enjoyed reading the information regarding flight attendants. I never aspired to become one but I did know of some girls in high school who had attaining that profession as their goal. Many of my high school friends had applied to the telephone company to be telephone operators. Good job, Good pay. I was a little girl in the Fifties and when I see something from that time period in a thrift store or in images online, it takes me back to those little girl days. That period was the last of what I consider the “elegant years” where besides dressing up to fly, you dressed up to go shopping in the big department stores in downtown Philadelphia and elsewhere. Men were well-mannered gentlemen and held doors for ladies who were respectful and considerate as well. The age we live in today is far too casual, I think. I hate to admit it but I remember my parents buying some of that “vintage” luggage in brand new condition when I was preparing for my first flight to Jamaica with my friend, Denise — the year? 1971.

Nicole,
Oh I love your vintage suitcases! Not long ago, I was lucky enough to find 4 matching ecru ones. The insides are a beautiful satin fabric, with gathered pockets along the sides and a separate compartment for hanging clothes. I use 2 of them for matching night tables in my bedroom – i just stood them on their ends. They are the perfect height! The other two have been holding out of season clothes and shoes in my closet, but now you have given me some other ideas for them!! Thanks so much!

Nicole, Thanks for your interest in that which is near to my heart. My vintage suitcases are at the moment holding my Christmas decoration and will continue to do so until I make my journey to the real Christmas. Nicole, you will see one of my suitcase in my Inaugural Flight picture. Are we friends on facebook? I will look for you. Thanks, again, Argie

These pictures really helped to warm me up. Jut got in from feeding the horses and other animals and it is below zero out there. It has been a relatively mild winter here also but old man winter saved the best for last. Snow and bitter cold. I have been doing a lot of quilting in between feeding times and have a bad case of “cabin fever”. Thank you so much for the pictures and I am going to add this destination to my bucket list….

Well, Nicole, we here in California would happily take most of your snow and use it to help relieve our drought conditions. A recent ski competition was cancelled because of the lack of snow. However, you do have Mystic Seaport to enjoy and we had a great time hosting your chantey singers at our monthly sea chantey singing event in San Francisco at the Maritime Historical Park. It’s part of the Golden Gate National Recreation Area, the most visited national park last year. Remember to think like the ants do: think winter all summer while you prepare; think summer all winter while you reap the harvest of your preparation. I hope your daughter feels much better very soon!

Just read your blog on Mystic. Every time I go out on my patio I see this hideous bird statue and it reminds me of our trip there. As you recall we went to multiple shops there in an attempt to find a statue like the one you had in your living room. All we found was this super ugly bird statue which we found repulsive. Later I called a Mystic shop and they said they had the statue we were looking for. Upon arrival in the mail, I received that totally ugly statue we had rejected. It always reminds me of our frantic shopping trip to Mystic.

Hurra Nicole!
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