What's Penny Wearing? #67 Pretty Pendleton Plaid

I seem to always find fall and winter-type clothing either in the middle of summer or just when the weather is starting to warm up. No matter - I will look forward to wearing this gorgeous vintage Pendleton plaid jacket when the weather cools off again later (much later) this year:

It was only four dollars, and it fits me perfectly!
The same day, I found this soft and pretty "O-My-Cashmere" scarf that you can see better in the top photo. They look nice together.

I don't often find vintage Pendleton , in good condition - and in my size - let alone at that unbelievable price.
Just lucky, I guess.

A Few Of My Recent Finds

I couldn't resist this colorful woven rug - it could also be used atop a table as a runner - so pretty!

I found this cool and funky gal (a candle holder) a while back but forgot to photograph her to show you. She's over a foot tall:

Two sets of pretty little trays, a pretty little pink mini-muffin Teflon-lined pan, and a Regal aluminum Teflon-lined Tube Cake Pan with the original label still inside:

I love these small vintage hampers; this one is such a nice rosy color. It sits atop a vintage card table that has been covered with pink and black speckled heavy-duty vinyl. Both of these will be quite useful:

More vintage books!

I found some summery-looking canvas platform sandals - I kind of like them with this cool handmade crocheted bag:

And last, but not least - a rather pretty vintage teapot with blue and green flowers:

That's it for today.

Confessions Of A Chocoholic

I LOVE chocolate - I think you know that already. I found two great vintage booklets last week at an antiques shop in Jamestown:

I didn't have either one of these - I collect them - and the price was right.

Well, I didn't make Hershey's Cocoa Fudge:

And I didn't make Baker's Devil's Food Cake:

But I had seen this ad in my recent magazines:

Sure looked good to me. So - what's a chocoholic to do? Well, since I couldn't get chocolate off my mind, and I happened to have some Nestle's Dark Chocolate Morsels on hand (I wrote about them last September), I decided that I "needed" to make those brownies:

Oh, my gosh, they're good:

I suppose it probably was not really the best choice, now that I think about it, to choose to bake them on the day before my weekly weigh-in at Weight Watchers.
However - I did lose 1.6 pounds this week, so that's a good thing. If you can relate at all to the Chocoholic Syndrome, you may be able to understand why my weight loss is a slow process!
But, I'll get there.
Eventually.

And Even More Kelsey Poppies...

Good morning. Tina here again. I hope you are not getting tired of our poppies. They have been so magnificent this year, lasting so very long, that we just can't get enough of them.

These photos today start with some taken by another of our neighbors, Ben. He grew up here in our neck of the woods and now he has a young son enjoying the same wonderful views. Every few years Ben hikes out and takes some great shots of the poppies.
I love the shot above, because of the shadows of the clouds. The poppies do not open when it is cloudy, but you notice the shadows haven't hit them yet.

This very rocky site above the South Fork of the American, at the spot rafters call the African Queen, has very little soil for the poppies to root in. I guess they don't care, they are carpeting it this season.

I love Ben's eye for framing a picture.

Steep, steep, steep...

Here is a shot taken by a kayaker below on the river looking up at the same poppies Ben showed in his shots. These shots were taken last Sunday. I saw the kayakers stopped up the river a bit just below the poppy field. It was the first kayak I had noticed this season since our torential rainstorms.
What a lovely way to spend an early spring Sunday.
Thank you to Mother Nature from a Gold Country Girl.

Booze

I found another one of these fabulous little books that I have written about in the past.
I love the illustrations by John Astrop and Eric Hill:



Not only does it have fab illustrations, but also tons of recipes. It was written by June Dutton and Edith Vanocur:


Published and copyrighted by Determined Productions, Inc., San Francisco in 1967:

(Man, do I ever love this stuff!)
I found one more volume in this small and colorful series of books, too - and I will write a post about that one very soon.

Barbie Dress-Up Day #18 Bride's Dream

Barbie and Ken today, shown here wearing all that I have of the "Barbie's Dream" wedding ensemble and Ken's "Tuxedo":
Below, you see a good example of why you should make sure that you know what is in the background when you are shooting a photo. No, Barbie did not have a crown of leaves on her head (as you can see in the slightly different first shot). But then again, for perhaps an autumn wedding, that might not be such a bad idea, right?

And here is a photo of the same outfit, from one of my Barbie books:

So pretty.

The Latest Lady

Oh, hello!
I am Heidi's newest "Lady", acquired only recently:
I was more than happy to join the others in her (growing) collection.

Welcome to my world.

Models From The 70's - Betsy Cameron

I wrote a post about Betsy Cameron back in 2009, but that was well before I started my "Models From The 70's" series, so I felt she was certainly deserving of another.

She is, of course, yet another of the number of lovely models I admired so much back when I was reading these Seventeen magazines.


As you already know, I wanted their clothes!

Here she is in an advertisement for "Charlie's Girls":

And here's an ad for Most Precious perfume:

The one below was a Singer ad:

She has such a beautiful face, and I just love her cute curly blonde hair.
I hope you enjoyed seeing all of these lovely pages wherein she was featured.
(All are from the pages of my vintage Seventeen magazines.)

National Scrabble Day

Today, April 13th, is National Scrabble Day.


Scrabble is fun - and educational:

Why not celebrate by playing a game today with someone you love.....

...or even somebody you've just met!
Scrabble on!