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Pot Roast Dinner

By Lorraine

Most Sundays after church we would stop home to change, pick up our BIG, shaggy dog, and drive to my husbands parents for pot roast dinner. His brother and family would do the same.

Do you remember these sweet little hope chests? The high schools in our area gave one to each senior girl upon graduation. I received a Lane hope chest as did my older girls ~ Abbey graduates this year and we’ll see if the tradition continues.

Boyhood Treasures

By Lorraine

My husband has a small collection of boyhood treasure that somehow survived from his childhood.

Seeing each treasure helps me know a little about the boy who grew to be the man who has shared my life and walked beside me all these years.

Boardwalk Sketch by Louis Levine

By Lorraine

Warm evening sea breezes filled shop on the Atlantic City Boardwalk where an artist named Louis Levine sketched.Childhood Boardwalk Sketch by Louis Levine

Boardwalk Sketch by Louis Levine

What is one of your most vivid childhood memories? How young were you on this occasion? I have a memory and I also a special keepsake of the experience. It was during one of our summer vacations when my family spent a week down the shore with my aunt and her kids. I was sitting as still as I could as the warm evening sea breezes filled the open shop on the Atlantic City Boardwalk where an artist named Louis Levine drew sketches.

Little Kiddles

By Lorraine

What were your favorite toys as a child? Chances are if you are a girl, dolls hold a special place in your memory. Liddle Kiddle dolls were some of my very favorite toys from childhood. So tiny with the cutest little faces. I still find them endearing.Continue Reading

Show and Tell Friday ~ Vintage Toys

By Lorraine

Vintage Toys

Here are a couple of plush toys I had as a baby…
a soft yellow lovey…

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