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The Workbasket – September 1950
I don’t know if anyone else is enjoying these nearly as much as I am… but for your viewing pleasure I present the September 1950 issue of The Workbasket! Such a pretty crocheted tablecloth. It was patterns like this one that initially caught my eye in this stack of magazines. This pattern, on the other hand, looks just a little…
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“I Remember Laura” June Blog-A-Thon
For the month of June I will be participating in a once-a-week blog-a-thon celebrating Laura Ingalls Wilder hosted by Miss Sandy at Quill Cottage. I have enjoyed the Little House books since I was very young. Before I could read my mother read them to us as bedtime stories, one chapter a night. I couldn’t stand having to wait until…
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The Workbasket – October 1950
This week’s Workbasket magazine is from October 1950. The cover features a “Hairpin Lace Vanity Set.” Interestingly enough, I have recently learned to make hairpin lace. A friend of mine gave me a hairpin loom and showed me how to do it, after I admired an afghan she had made. I won’t be able to make the vanity set, though,…
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High School Science
Did you ever wonder how high school homeschool students got their labs done? If you’re a homeschooler, you probably already know! In the kitchen, of course! We started Biology in January, and invited a couple other families to join us once a week for the experiments. The first chapter in the book called for collecting pond water and cultivating who-knows-what…
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The Workbasket – July 1950
This past weekend, while out garage-saling, I “scored” a stack of 25 vintage Workbasket magazines from the early 1950s for $2! At the time I was thinking there might be some vintage crochet patterns I would enjoy making… but there is, oh, so much more! Just so many “precious” things, I have to share. Here is the cover of the…
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Heritage
I’ve been reading recently in the book of Joshua, and this past week the story of Rahab caught my attention. It’s a familiar story… of how the harlot Rahab protected the Israelite spies and then was spared when the city of Jericho was destroyed. She went on to become a respected member of Israelite society, marrying a man named Salmon.…
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When I Grow Up…
Since Mother’s Day is this weekend, for my Show & Tell I wanted to show you something I “inherited” from my mother… As Mother was unpacking her luggage when she and Dad were here in March, she handed me this 40-some-year-old stationery box.“Oh, Mother!” I said somewhat reverently as she placed it in my hands. “You found it! Do I…
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Vintage Thingy Thursday
For today’s Vintage Thingy Thursday I decided to show you some of the string art my husband made when he was a teen. Although, I dunno. Is late 1970s/early 1980s considered “vintage”? Or is that just “retro”? Or do they mean the same thing? When we moved into this house with the knotty-pine walls in the downstairs family room, I…
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First camping trip of the year…
There is still snow on the mountains but the lower elevations are finally turning green! This early in the season we practically had the campground to ourselves except for this mare and her foal. They were very curious… …and very friendly! The girls were thrilled! “Can I help you with that, mister?” Saturday was a lovely day for a hike.…
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David the Bear
Remember the story of David’s missing pajamas a few weeks ago? I knew they were packed away somewhere, but I had no idea where. Well, I came across them last week while I was unpacking yet another box from the garage and I knew you would want to see them! I decided to put them on David and in the…
