Frosty Winter Day

This is kind of how I feel at this stage of winter...It's cold, there is crap on the ground, I'm wearing way too many clothes and I've got some stupid lump of snow with a couple of sticks poking out of it in my yard.  Is this Frosty on a bad day? Is this me on a bad day? Where the hell is his face, hat, etc...this little girl seems somewhat confused.  Me too.  Maybe this is an alien and he wants to phone home. Help me out here folks, my brain is frozen.  I found this photo in a pile of junk at an estate sale, maybe this is your long lost self, I sure don't know who it is or how everything turned out after the snow melted... 

Saturday Night Fever at the Scientific Supply Store

Ok, ok,ok...now I know it looks as if this dapper guy is ready to go bust some moves with John Travolta at the disco, but what the hey is he doing at the store with all the microscopes??  Maybe preparing some slides to examine after going to the club? Slides of what you might ask? Use your imagination on that!

 Good god almighty, I'm glad folks don't dress like this intentionally any more.  What were we all thinking back then?? Probably about the same thing we think now when we buy a snuggie or other weird crapadelicious thing.  But hey, Merry, merry xmas and such to all and Happy New Year!

Happy Birthday White Bread Beer Boy!

Oh lordy, lord.  What the hell kind of party food is this?  I see cake, white bread, beer and ketchup...oh yum!  Looks like an endless childhood nightmare of mine.  My Grandpa Bob used to make me pickle sandwiches..and the best of the best, butter and yellow mustard on white bread.  What were these adults thinking?  It's a damn wonder I didn't end up in a trailer park with about 3 dirty babies hanging off of me!

Don't Look!

Ok, here's a great shot!  I think she was finally sick of all the picture taking....At least that's what it looks like to me. Or maybe she just doesn't like the way she looks?  I've been away from the blog for a while.  Moved and I'm still getting adjusted.  Will try and post on a more regular basis.

Party Time Paradise!

What can I say about this image?  What will Scott say?  What will the numerous asian character comments be? (damn, I wish I could read those...anyone, anyone?)  One guy, two women, beer bottles and a straw hat...sounds like a party to me!  Let 'er rip folks...give me all the comments you can, I've been living up on a mountain top in the woods and the internet is hard to get up there, so I'll post when I can, yee haw!

Dancing Girl

I'm a dancin', dancin', dancin' fool!  Here is my odd photo for today.  No idea of who she is or what or why she is doing...I'm sitting in a coffee house in the middle of nowhere soaking up the ac and jesus music.  Wow, got to love that!

WW2 Soldier Photo

Interesting posed WW2 soldier...Love the backdrop,maybe in the Pacific, but hey, then again, maybe in New Jersey.  And no disrespect meant, I would swear this is really a woman in soldier boy drag.  Hey, it's possible...comments please?

I Got a White Tee Shirt!

I don't know why, but the full on, white tee shirt boy, staring straight into the camera, and the starkness of this shot really speaks to me.  Does that even make sense? (I know, maybe too many comma's or a run on and on sentence...)  Don't care, I just think it's such a great shot, I may have to do a piece of art based on this.  It's all about the boy and his shirt!  Maybe it's just that all of my shirts have coffee and food stains down the front of them now that I am older, and I'm jealous of his 'whitey whites'...

Ride 'Em Cowgirl!

...and run away little doggie!  This is so incredibly strange I hardly know what to say.  The dog is frightened, the horse looks freaked and I don't know what else...I hope she doesn't have a gun in that hand.  Yee haw, ride em cowgirl!

Good Golly, What a coat!

Good lord, what a coat this guy has on.  His wife looks so demure and washed out in her bland white dress.  He is one fine dandy in his bowtie, hat and oh my god, that coat.  I kind of wish I had one of those myself!  I wonder where he got that?  It looks like it is around the 1920's and in the middle of no freaking where!

Happy Girl-Happy Wallpaper!

Isn't this just the happiest little girl ever?  Standing in front of the most bizarre 'happy' wallpaper!  I really don't know what more to say. Don't know who she is or where this photo was taken.  I hope the rest of her life turned out as happy as she was on this day.  This photo is from the 50's I think, so she may be around my age.  I know I'm pretty darned happy today looking at this photo!!

2 Women with Dog

I don't even know what to say about this strange photo...what in the world is going on here?  I'm quite sure this is way before LBJ and his famous' lifting of the beagle by the ears' event.  Maybe they, in fact are related to him, or even taught him about lifting the dog's ears??  God only knows who these gals are and why they are wearing those clothes and lifting that poor dogs ears.. I just dug this out of a bin of old photos at an estate sale, so I know nothing about it. Ok, Scott...comments??

Brother and Sister

Such a great image!  I believe this is a brother and sister taken in the 1940's.  Not much to say about them.  I bought a big box of photos from the best estate sale ever.  They were in it, along with many other captured moments in their family.  I wonder what happened to all of them that their earthly belongings ended up in a big metal warehouse with the likes of me digging through them?

Little Boy with Turkeys

OMG this is such an strange image. Love the helmet and goggles!  I bet the turkeys wonder what is up with the football.  Hell, I wonder what is up with the turkeys, football and the parents setting this shot up?!  Are the turkeys on this guy's team or what?? And who or what is the other team?

These two cowboys look like they are out of central casting...I'm pretty sure this photo is from around the turn of the last century.  These guys are the real deal, I wish I knew who they were and where this photo was taken.  Just another snapshot from my collection.  Please note:  Who ever keeps leaving the comments in asian characters....I can't read it, so I delete it. Sorry, I invite and love comments, but they need to be  english or english translation folks!

On Prom Night

I have to say, I am so glad I did not go to a single Prom night during my high school years, ever.  I know some folks might say I missed out on a true ritual or rite of passage.  That's ok.  After looking at this photo of unknown teens with their ruffles and balloons, I am sure I missed nothing!  Yet, I do love this photo.  It captures a classic time and place.  I'm guessing this is 1970's or 80's.

Two Snowballs

It's that time of year.... falling snow and weather 'events'.  This is a great 1920's-30's photo of a cowboy and his gal holding some big ol' snowballs.  Even looks like she might be taking a bite out of hers!  I love that they are not all bundled up....almost like they don't have a clue about how to dress for winter. I want to travel for Xmas and yet the weather in the midwest/plains is blizzard like. Guess I'll wait.  Merry, Merry!

Dec. 67

I love this random snapshot of Nanny and FuFu.  Well, really, I don't know who this is.  But I love the fact that the dog is looking right at the camera while the woman has her eyes closed!  The display on the TV is classic, I guess, if you consider a fishbowl classic Christmas.  The painting hanging on the right is pretty awsome.  Pretty cool 60's feel to all of it.

Little Girl with a Tipi

Here is a great vintage image of a young girl decked out in her finest native american clothes (I'm assuming this...no writing on the back of the photo, so I'm just making this up folks!) standing in front of a sweet Tipi. (or Tee Pee..as I spelled it when saving this photo) I was sorting and organizing some of my ephemera collection today and this popped up as needing to be posted. So there it is, enjoy!

Taming the Lions

This is a great German postcard from the early 1900's. The gal in the center of all of the lions is Tilli Bebe who was a German actress in about 4 films. At least that's all I have learned from doing a google search. (not even a Wikipedia page on her) I'm not sure which film this is from, or if it even is from a film. But really, what would it be? Who in their right mind chooses to pose in a cage with a bunch of lions? I love this photo, because they all look very relaxed, like 'hey, no big deal'. And honestly, she looks as though she could handle this very well, thank you very much. I love strong, capable women!