And as found today in my cupboard:
I also have a recipe somewhere for using this mix for stuffing Cornish game hens. You add dried cranberries, and I think you pour orange juice over the hens before roasting. I've used it twice, and of course I guess it's more of a fall or winter dish - but they were really good!
The fabulous Eydie Gorme is 77.
Sharing their birthdays are Robert Culp, Julie Newmar, Lesley Ann Warren, Madonna, Steve Carell, Frank and Kathie Lee Gifford ; lots of people I like! So, I'm not too late - it's still their day - Happy Birthday, everybody, and thank you for many years of great entertainment!
Here is the rack in a magazine advertisement from the 1950's:
And now, for the "piece de resistance" :
A yellow Ransburg towel rack!! And it is "Practically Perfect In Every Way"! I have seen these come and go on eBay out of my price range, so I could not believe my luck when I found this at a yard sale for $4. Then again - luck? Phooey! It was meant to be mine all the time!
How cute is she here in her Taylor-Tot at six months old?
Hope you have a wonderful day!! Love, Heidi
A Snow White book (I will always buy these if they are inexpensive, even if I already have it!), a cute little wicker "suitcase" - I HAD to get that because it is exactly like the one I've had for over 35 years - and who can't use something else to store stuff in? And the assortment of trims and rick rack were all bagged together at a different thrift store:
I liked the artwork on the cover of this old Hawaiian album:
And this lovely scarf is 21X74 inches. With it's velvet peacocks and sewn-on beads and tasseled and beaded fringe at each end, it was simply too pretty to pass up.
I'm saving a couple of other finds for another post.
And 47 years later - a new version of a corset, a Poirette "corselette":
And how about doing the same thing - but in two pieces this time, for better comfort? From Vassarette:
And a different version by Silf Skin:
And an original Silf Skin package with insert:
A cute ad for Cameo Shapemaker Stockings from 1959:
And a Belle-Sharmeer stocking box from the 1930's, just because it's silver and black and I like the look of it:
And a couple of cute little accessories that could come in handy!
I've had this little Bantam paperback for many years. Why didn't I read it?
I even bought this lovely hardbound copy from 1945 with it's beautiful color illustrations inside:
When my sister was visiting in June, we sat and watched both the PBS version of "Emma" and the Gwyneth Paltrow version in the same evening! And then, most recently, I watched the "Sense and Sensibility" from PBS Masterpiece that I had recorded. And I just got this one the other day:
I'll be watching it as soon as I can. And I want to see every other adaptation that I haven't yet seen. And I will be reading the books, too. I promise. 
And a single sunflower:
Simple, but I think they look nice.
The recipe booklet above has lots of great-looking recipes and even color pictures of some of the chocolate goodness found within.
And here is a magazine advertisement from 1956:
And this is inside the front cover of a recipe book dated 1958:
The front of the same recipe book:
And as it looks today -straight from my baking cupboard!
I probably use it most often for brownies or chocolate frosting. I'm making myself hungry.
And, after all, many of the vintage Heidi books in my collection do show Heidi with dark hair. Like this one:
But lots of others are blonde, just like me and my friend Other Heidi. When we worked together, we were Good Heidi and Bad Heidi. Guess which one I was?
And the lyrics:
I mean, come on - total cuteness!
I also remember seeing "The Miracle of the White Stallions" years ago. I'm not sure that I saw it during it's theatrical release - perhaps it was later shown on The Wonderful World of Color or elsewhere on TV. I do remember feeling that it was a very good movie (not to mention the fact that it has Robert Taylor in it!), and I'd like to watch it again sometime. At a church sale recently, I purchased this 50 year old National Geographic Magazine specifically because it has a 20 page article about the Lippizaner stallions. 
The article is accompanied by some great photographs, such as the one below.
The World Famous Lippizaner Stallions are currently on tour in California, headed to Oregon, and onward from there. They were actually in our area last week, but I'm sorry to say we didn't go. I imagine that would be a great show to see!
It has a sweet little sentiment:
This is a 1959 magazine advertisement for the new "Eldorado Sportable" portable TV from RCA Victor. If you guessed John Davidson, you're right! This must have been one of his very first jobs. I have always really liked him. I remember him from the Kraft Summer Music Hall. For some reason, the song I most associate with him from that time is "More". Love it. I don't have the sheet music, so here's a different one:
And here with Lesley Ann Warren in Disney's The Happiest Millionaire. I absolutely LOVE this scene in which they dance and sing "Are We Dancing", written by the fabulous Sherman Brothers!
He has done many things over the years - remember "The Girl With Something Extra" with Sally Field? And I really enjoyed him as the host on Hollywood Squares, too. Best of all, we actually got to see him perform in person at the Music Circus in Sacramento as Professor Harold Hill in The Music Man! He was GREAT!
A lovely little goldfinch:
A bold and bright red cardinal:
And I'm actually not sure about this last one. Some kind of a thrush or a flicker? Anybody?
I love birds, and I was happy to find this quartet of winged beauties at a great price.
