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Friday, December 30, 2016

HAPPY NEW YEAR FROM 1913 TO 2017



This antique postcard was sent to Effie's mother to wish her a Happy New Year. It is dated Jan. 1, 1913 by Effie, but it was postmarked on Jan. 9th,  Effie states that she guessed it would not be mailed this week. (See how lucky we are these days!) She also claims that they are all fine and hope she is too. She thanked her mother for the Christmas cards. It's a bit like a Facebook message, but just took a lot longer to get there. 

This postcard is especially dear to me because 1913 was the year both my parents were born plus it is postmarked Montana, and that is the state where they met and married. I will always keep it 

There are all sorts of reasons to collect old postcards. Sentiment, like my reason for this one. History and historical places. Holidays. Artistic cards, especially signed ones. Even the type of paper they were printed on. Country of origin, especially cards made in Germany are popular. 

Vintage postcards can be found in most Antique stores and vintage malls. I think the reason there are so many is because people used them as an easy and quick way to communicate with family and friends. Now we have Facebook, and texting. 

Here is a link to a site that has lots of interesting vintage postcards facts. Perhaps you would like to date or ID a postcard you own. 
http://postcardvalues.com/index.html


And, now, a Good Luck greeting from an Etsy vintage shop called Old Fashioned Finds. Find it here
https://www.etsy.com/shop/OldFangledFinds?ref=l2-shopheader-name


Good Luck & Happy New Year Vintage Postcard Gold Horseshoe

Wishing you all Luck and Happiness in 2017. 

Thursday, December 15, 2016

CHRISTMAS TRADITIONS


Merry Christmas 2016

This gorgeous maple tree and the burning bush shrub in front are, of course, leafless now. This scene is our front yard looking out to the road and was taken in October. Now the same scene is green without the red, but I think this photo looks like a Christmas card, so here it is, from our farmhouse to yours,
Merry Christmas! 

Christmas traditions come and go as our lives change, or we move, or the children grow up and leave home. Scenery changes, attitudes change, lifestyles change, yet life goes on. One sure thing though? Christmas comes every single year. 

It's nice to have a few traditions to look forward to each year  to make the season special. Getting out my Christmas tree ornaments are a treat for me. Many of them hold long ago memories. I used to search out and buy ornaments that reminded me of my kids at that time.  So, now, after they are all grown up, those little ornaments make me smile while I decorate our tree and remember that time in his or her life. Our tree is just filled with vintage ornaments collected down through the years of our life.

This year I am going to miss those sweet little ornaments. They are still boxed up in the basement where they will remain for at least another year. We decided to scale down with a very very small tree with tiny little LED lights and tiny little red glass balls I found at an estate sale. It's cute, but there is not one single memory for me on that tree. Another lifestyle change.

I must end this very first blog. Hopefully I will get better at this.

MERRY CHRISTMAS TO ONE AND ALL.