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'TIS CHRISTMAS & THERE BE DECORATIONS

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  The woman sitting at the table may be sending out Christmas cards (?), but she’s not the focus of my post.  The decorations behind her on shelves and in cases are. The house I grew up in had a cheery fireplace, so for my first Christmas in my apartment (and Christmases thereafter) I determined to have a fireplace.  It was only cardboard, but it fit the bill and stored easily till the next Christmas.   My two favorite angel trios.  The ones on the right are from 1963. The little tree is from the same period.  It sat on my desk at work.  I acquired the ‘mod’ angels on the left about 25 years ago.   I won the golden reindeer at a silent auction.  You'll see them again in another picture. I bought this very special quartet of angels in 1960.  Their halos have come off – I’ve glued them back.  Sometimes their heads disassociate from their bodies.  I re-associate them.  They will always be part of my holiday decorations! J These angels are newer, and I have a moderate collection of nut
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ROUND A TABLE INDOORS

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  What sorts of things do we do round a table indoors? We celebrate a 21 st birthday. My Mom sets a birthday cake in front of her eldest. Turnabout’s fair play. We celebrate my Mom’s 95 th birthday.  She’s first on the left. We celebrate a 6 th birthday.  My son’s, sitting at the near end of the table. We have brunch with the Red Hat Society.  My daughter & I are on the far right end. We celebrate the last potluck of summer vacation with family. We celebrate Saint Patrick’s Day with friends & neighbors. We drive to Wisconsin and have lunch with family we haven’t seen in a while.  On the near ends are my Mom and her brother, Jim.  Back three, L-R, are Mom’s Mom (my Grandma Louise), her Aunt Maria, and her sister-in-law Shirley. We have breakfast in a cabin in the snow – my youngest sister, brother, and middle sis, with Dad relaxing alongside (with a cigarette – Ugh). We have early morning coffee round the little table in the kitchen where I grew up.  My middle Sis (drinking j
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INDOORS & CAUGHT ON CAMERA

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  Grampa reading to a granddaughter.   My husband and one of our three beautiful granddaughters in 2003. I caught my youngest sister playing the piano down in the laundry room in 1959 – a terrible place for a piano but it was the only place we had for it.  It was old and painted mustard yellow.  I think I’ve mentioned before my Mom wanted to paint it pink with daisy decals in the indentations to match her laundry colors, but it never got done. Too bad. It would’ve been cute. I caught the same sis a few years later in 1966 sewing on my machine. Dad caught me reading the evening paper - The Oakland Tribune -  in 1963 . I caught him unawares in 1967! I also caught him napping later the same year. And making sandwiches in 1968. In 1961 Mom caught him nibbling on the Christmas turkey carcass. But Mom also got caught earlier that same day preparing that same turkey for roasting.  You can just see the end of it sitting on the table behind her.  Looks like she's cutting up celery for the s
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