Mom & Me at Cape Hatteras - Early 1960s

Tree Ripened Peaches! - 2012

The Wednesday Dance

O'Neill's Card and Candle

Obviously this little plastic calendar card came from O'Neill's Card and Candle shop at Cloverleaf Mall in 1975.  That small shopping mall was so popular in the 1970s but sadly was abandoned over the ensuing decades for larger malls in the surrounding area.  I wonder if anyone else still has their 1975 wallet calendar? 

Buckingham Branch - Keysville, Virginia

Betty Bunny

Betty Bunny was sent to me in the early 1960s by my grandfather and step-grandmother Mildred and the card is still as embossed and glossy as it was at that time.  The verse inside the card reads:

"Betty Bunny's all dressed up and what she comes to do is bring this happy birthday wish Granddaughter, just for you!"

She's a cutie!!

Napping in a sunbeam - July 2012

Rhubarb Custard Pie

Mom & me - early 1960s

Early morning in cow pasture - June 2012

Happy Birthday, Mom!

Happy birthday wishes to my beautiful mother who turns 80 years old on July 17th! 

What's your Italian name? Mine is Annunziata Rizzo !

Your Italian Name Is: Annunziata Rizzo

Ciao!

What's Your Italian Name?

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Happy Birthday, Young Lady

This adorable fold out birthday card was sent to me in the 1960s by the Kilpatricks who lived one street over from us.  They were an older couple and I loved visiting them.  Her name was Minnie and her husband was called "The Colonel" and was in fact a retired military colonel.  The card is signed "Minnie & The Col. & me too".  The "me too" part referred to their little chihuahua Mike.  Needless to say, I was crazy about him and I like to think he enjoyed my visits too ... after all, he did send birthday greetings!  The duck's bow on the front of the card is ribbon and still firmly attached to the card.  This American Greetings card has a great whimsical design and was a good bargain for 25 cents!

Happy July 4th!

Happy Fourth of July!!