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Saturday, March 10, 2012
Friday, March 9, 2012
Raccoons
Raccoons in your world? They're everywhere....and they see you before you see them.
Raccoon shirt...with Woodgrain!
etsy seller binarywinter
Binary Winter Press
even the Beatles had to sing of a fella named Raccoon.
Just sayin'
Raccoons are always dressed in gray and black with white and brown. And a mask. Always with the mask.
gray, black, white and brown at the etsy shop.
It's a Barbie World
on this day, March 9, 1959 !
It started with one sexy bathing suit in her wardrobe. On the first day of Barbie's life, she was clothed in nothing but a sexy black-and-white striped bathing suit and spike heels!
And she was marketed as a doll for girls about the age of 10 ! When Barbie made her debut at the American Toy Fair in New York City, she changed the history of toy dolls for girls.
Before Barbie, dolls were made to look like children and babies. Round tummies, big eyes, and helplessness. Since all girls were destined to be mommies, teachers, nurses or prostitutes, this made perfect sense.
...funny thing is....Barbie was a modeled after a "modern woman". She was copied from a German doll named Bild Lili. But Barbie has always been a virgin and will always remain an "official virgin", even though she's been dating Ken since 1961.
source
From wikipedia, "Reinhard Beuthien was ordered to make a "filler" to conceal a blank space in the Bild-Zeitung of June 24, 1952. He drew a cute baby, but his boss didn't like it. So he kept the face, added a ponytail and a curvy woman's body and called his creation "Lilli". She sat in a fortune-teller's tent asking: "Can't you tell me the name and address of this rich and handsome man?" The cartoon was an immediate success so Beuthien had to draw new ones each day.
Lilli was post-war, sassy and ambitious and had no reservations talking about sex."
original Bild Lilli....
source
"....their whole Barbie success was based on this German original, Mattel's legal department made sure that using the name Bild Lilli as a book title or product name would infringe copyright laws. Mattel had discreetly bought up all and any patents and copyrights to Bild Lilli, while Marx Toys held some of them after the demise of this (German) toy competitor." "Louis Marx and Company acquired the rights to the Lilli doll from O&M Hausser and released it in America as the Miss Seventeen (doll) in 1961. Marx unsuccessfully attempted to sue Mattel for patent infringement."
Today, you can find many dolls made with the Bild Lilly molds....they're usually labeled "made in Hong Kong", and they are cheaply made with thin plastic. They are, however, quite delightful, once you know the history!
Real Mattel Barbie...
source
"The full name of the first doll was Barbie Millicent Roberts, from Willows, Wisconsin. Barbie's job was that of teenage fashion model. However, the doll has been made in versions connected to over 125 different careers. " More about Barbie's history.
let's all sing along !
Of course we all know about Barbie and the accessories.....including her many motorhomes and camper vans!
Barbie and her vacuous lifestyle are now an ICON! a Worldwide Phenom!
She is a tabula rasa, and she is pictured, posed and chopped to make art.
etsy seller gjarvisjewelryetc
and here's what happens....when Mom is forced to buy and buy and buy buy buy buy....Barbie again and again... When I was little, I used that bitch as a hammer and built myself a tree house.
etsy seller wildeshops
It started with one sexy bathing suit in her wardrobe. On the first day of Barbie's life, she was clothed in nothing but a sexy black-and-white striped bathing suit and spike heels!
And she was marketed as a doll for girls about the age of 10 ! When Barbie made her debut at the American Toy Fair in New York City, she changed the history of toy dolls for girls.
Before Barbie, dolls were made to look like children and babies. Round tummies, big eyes, and helplessness. Since all girls were destined to be mommies, teachers, nurses or prostitutes, this made perfect sense.
...funny thing is....Barbie was a modeled after a "modern woman". She was copied from a German doll named Bild Lili. But Barbie has always been a virgin and will always remain an "official virgin", even though she's been dating Ken since 1961.
From wikipedia, "Reinhard Beuthien was ordered to make a "filler" to conceal a blank space in the Bild-Zeitung of June 24, 1952. He drew a cute baby, but his boss didn't like it. So he kept the face, added a ponytail and a curvy woman's body and called his creation "Lilli". She sat in a fortune-teller's tent asking: "Can't you tell me the name and address of this rich and handsome man?" The cartoon was an immediate success so Beuthien had to draw new ones each day.
Lilli was post-war, sassy and ambitious and had no reservations talking about sex."
original Bild Lilli....
source
"....their whole Barbie success was based on this German original, Mattel's legal department made sure that using the name Bild Lilli as a book title or product name would infringe copyright laws. Mattel had discreetly bought up all and any patents and copyrights to Bild Lilli, while Marx Toys held some of them after the demise of this (German) toy competitor." "Louis Marx and Company acquired the rights to the Lilli doll from O&M Hausser and released it in America as the Miss Seventeen (doll) in 1961. Marx unsuccessfully attempted to sue Mattel for patent infringement."
Today, you can find many dolls made with the Bild Lilly molds....they're usually labeled "made in Hong Kong", and they are cheaply made with thin plastic. They are, however, quite delightful, once you know the history!
Real Mattel Barbie...
source
"The full name of the first doll was Barbie Millicent Roberts, from Willows, Wisconsin. Barbie's job was that of teenage fashion model. However, the doll has been made in versions connected to over 125 different careers. " More about Barbie's history.
let's all sing along !
Of course we all know about Barbie and the accessories.....including her many motorhomes and camper vans!
Barbie and her vacuous lifestyle are now an ICON! a Worldwide Phenom!
She is a tabula rasa, and she is pictured, posed and chopped to make art.
etsy seller gjarvisjewelryetc
and here's what happens....when Mom is forced to buy and buy and buy buy buy buy....Barbie again and again... When I was little, I used that bitch as a hammer and built myself a tree house.
Wednesday, March 7, 2012
Seeing the trees in spite of the forest
I'm sifting through decades of stuff. Family stuff. Kid stuff. Old records...the tax kind and the vinyl kind...
Old books. Old shoes. Old furniture.
Old ways.
Old memories.
etsy seller Elizabeth Urquhart
I think of Robert Frost....very often...his poems, his words....saunter across my mind.
His poem, Miles to Go (actually called Stopping by Woods on a Snowy Evening), is a favorite because it gives me energy, hope and keeps me going when I really want to say "Oh forget it all...it doesn't matter!"
Art, and nature, always revive my spirits.
When Robert Frost was a farmer he would load a wagon and hitch a horse and clop to town to sell his produce. One time, he needed to sell to afford presents for Christmas (who can't relate to that?).
He sold nothing on a cold snowy day and had to return home.
So sad, so overwhelmed with helplessness, he stopped his wagon near a snowy field of birch trees and cried and cried. His horse shook his neck and tinkled his horse bells, and Mr. Frost gathered his wits and carried on.
Oh, lordy, how many times have I despaired ....the light at the end of the proverbial tunnel seems, too often, to have been vanquished.
Stopping by Woods on a Snowy Evening
**************************************************
Born Robert Lee Frost on March 26, 1874 in San Francisco, his family moved to Lawrence Mass. in spring 1885. His grandfather offered to take in the Frost family after Robert's father died. After graduation from Lawrence High, Frost attended Harvard for 2 years.
His grandfather bought a farm in Derry, New Hampshire, where Robert farmed for nine years, writing his poems whenever he could spare some time. The farm didn't prosper so he worked as an English teacher in New Hampshire.
In 1915 Frost bought another farm in New Hampshire and kept writing, and teaching, and lecturing. Today, this home is preserved as a museum.
He taught at Amherst College in Massachusetts and his poems became famous and profitable.
stamp picture from wikimedia.org
In 1924, he won the first of his many Pulitzer Prizes and became one of America's most beloved poets. Later in life, in 1940, Frost purchased a home in Florida...yes, the Winter Home!
He died in 1963 , and is buried in Bennington, Vermont. The epitaph on his gravestone is from one of his poems- "I had a lover's quarrel with the world."
Yes, Mr. Frost. Me too.
Old books. Old shoes. Old furniture.
Old ways.
Old memories.
etsy seller Elizabeth Urquhart
I think of Robert Frost....very often...his poems, his words....saunter across my mind.
His poem, Miles to Go (actually called Stopping by Woods on a Snowy Evening), is a favorite because it gives me energy, hope and keeps me going when I really want to say "Oh forget it all...it doesn't matter!"
Art, and nature, always revive my spirits.
When Robert Frost was a farmer he would load a wagon and hitch a horse and clop to town to sell his produce. One time, he needed to sell to afford presents for Christmas (who can't relate to that?).
He sold nothing on a cold snowy day and had to return home.
So sad, so overwhelmed with helplessness, he stopped his wagon near a snowy field of birch trees and cried and cried. His horse shook his neck and tinkled his horse bells, and Mr. Frost gathered his wits and carried on.
Oh, lordy, how many times have I despaired ....the light at the end of the proverbial tunnel seems, too often, to have been vanquished.
Stopping by Woods on a Snowy Evening
Whose woods these are I think I know.
His house is in the village though;
He will not see me stopping here
To watch his woods fill up with snow.
My little horse must think it queer
To stop without a farmhouse near
Between the woods and frozen lake
The darkest evening of the year.
He gives his harness bells a shake
To ask if there is some mistake.
The only other sound’s the sweep
Of easy wind and downy flake.
The woods are lovely, dark and deep.
But I have promises to keep,
And miles to go before I sleep,
And miles to go before I sleep.
**************************************************
Born Robert Lee Frost on March 26, 1874 in San Francisco, his family moved to Lawrence Mass. in spring 1885. His grandfather offered to take in the Frost family after Robert's father died. After graduation from Lawrence High, Frost attended Harvard for 2 years.
His grandfather bought a farm in Derry, New Hampshire, where Robert farmed for nine years, writing his poems whenever he could spare some time. The farm didn't prosper so he worked as an English teacher in New Hampshire.
In 1915 Frost bought another farm in New Hampshire and kept writing, and teaching, and lecturing. Today, this home is preserved as a museum.
He taught at Amherst College in Massachusetts and his poems became famous and profitable.
In 1924, he won the first of his many Pulitzer Prizes and became one of America's most beloved poets. Later in life, in 1940, Frost purchased a home in Florida...yes, the Winter Home!
He died in 1963 , and is buried in Bennington, Vermont. The epitaph on his gravestone is from one of his poems- "I had a lover's quarrel with the world."
Yes, Mr. Frost. Me too.
Tuesday, March 6, 2012
It could be easy being Green....
There's lots of things around your pad aka Crib, right now you can use to clean stuff...and it is Spring. Right? Right?
It's easy to be green. And fun. And lovely.
Cashmere sweater, micropleat olive green skirt, loden green wool skirt.....
a green-eyed cat in a green chair
vintage military field pants and a letterman jacket
Green things...handmade. that yountville girl
The Green undies.
There are commercially made cleaning products like Mrs Meyers, Seventh Generation, Bright Green, and Method
------------ Green Cleaning tips and lots of linkies ------------
A handy List.
Did you know plain ol' baking soda has cleaning and deodorizing properties? It does. Here's a list of 27 ways to use it.
Good ol' soap.
Soap comes many forms....liquid, and in bar form. It's biodegradable! Back in the Olde Days, we used to wash cloth baby diapers and baby clothes in Ivory Flakes. It was soap. yes, us olde moms used to do laundry with a special soap just for baby. Sadly, Ivory Flakes no longer exists.
Don't use any formulas with petroleum distillates. This is a big issue, and more so, if your Home is a motorhome since the petroleum ingredients will ruin a lot of the plumbing and seals.
(Petroleum distillates include mineral spirits, kerosene, white spirits, naphtha, and Stoddard solvent. All household products that contain 10 percent or more of petroleum distillates, or benzene, toluene, xylene, or turpentine, are required to have hazard warnings by regulations under the Federal Hazardous Substances Act.)
Dr. Bronners. always a good choice.
buy cake soap like Ivory. Don't buy soaps (detergents) and other products with triclosan. Triclosan is that ANTIBACTERIAL crap that is in every damn product now!! It is real bad stuff. More info about triclosan and other nasties
Lemon juice one of the best little remedies for dirt and yuk, It has natural acids, so it does battle against most household bacteria. mmmm Lemon juice !
Borax ...as in 20 Mule Team Borax. Works great as an insecticide, a deodorizer, mold and mildew killer, general cleaner. It is strong and needs to be handled with care, and kept from pets and kids. Just click this and spend a lazy 1/2 hour reading.
Washing soda like Arm & Hammer Super Washing Soda at most grocery stores. It's great for grease-cutting, removing greasy spots, wax and lipstick, and zaps stinky odors like baking soda does. It's harmful to fiberglass, aluminum and waxed floors, because it strips wax and is really strong stuff. Read all about it here.
What is it?
White Vinegar will de-grease, zap mildew, odors, and attack some stains and that pesky yellow waxy build-up. Leave out the detergent in these recipes.
Alcohol-The drinking kind. Got some wine or vodka just laying around? going bad? We use it to clean the countertops. It disinfects.
It's easy to be green. And fun. And lovely.
Cashmere sweater, micropleat olive green skirt, loden green wool skirt.....
a green-eyed cat in a green chair
vintage military field pants and a letterman jacket
Green things...handmade. that yountville girl
The Green undies.
There are commercially made cleaning products like Mrs Meyers, Seventh Generation, Bright Green, and Method
------------ Green Cleaning tips and lots of linkies ------------
A handy List.
Did you know plain ol' baking soda has cleaning and deodorizing properties? It does. Here's a list of 27 ways to use it.
Good ol' soap.
Soap comes many forms....liquid, and in bar form. It's biodegradable! Back in the Olde Days, we used to wash cloth baby diapers and baby clothes in Ivory Flakes. It was soap. yes, us olde moms used to do laundry with a special soap just for baby. Sadly, Ivory Flakes no longer exists.
Don't use any formulas with petroleum distillates. This is a big issue, and more so, if your Home is a motorhome since the petroleum ingredients will ruin a lot of the plumbing and seals.
(Petroleum distillates include mineral spirits, kerosene, white spirits, naphtha, and Stoddard solvent. All household products that contain 10 percent or more of petroleum distillates, or benzene, toluene, xylene, or turpentine, are required to have hazard warnings by regulations under the Federal Hazardous Substances Act.)
Dr. Bronners. always a good choice.
buy cake soap like Ivory. Don't buy soaps (detergents) and other products with triclosan. Triclosan is that ANTIBACTERIAL crap that is in every damn product now!! It is real bad stuff. More info about triclosan and other nasties
Lemon juice one of the best little remedies for dirt and yuk, It has natural acids, so it does battle against most household bacteria. mmmm Lemon juice !
Borax ...as in 20 Mule Team Borax. Works great as an insecticide, a deodorizer, mold and mildew killer, general cleaner. It is strong and needs to be handled with care, and kept from pets and kids. Just click this and spend a lazy 1/2 hour reading.
Washing soda like Arm & Hammer Super Washing Soda at most grocery stores. It's great for grease-cutting, removing greasy spots, wax and lipstick, and zaps stinky odors like baking soda does. It's harmful to fiberglass, aluminum and waxed floors, because it strips wax and is really strong stuff. Read all about it here.
What is it?
White Vinegar will de-grease, zap mildew, odors, and attack some stains and that pesky yellow waxy build-up. Leave out the detergent in these recipes.
Alcohol-The drinking kind. Got some wine or vodka just laying around? going bad? We use it to clean the countertops. It disinfects.
Monday, March 5, 2012
To be or Not to be a Mom.
Choice. I like choices. I may or may not like the choice I make...only time will tell, right? but...my life is about freedom. The Freedom to Choose. Margaret Sanger: "No woman can call herself free who does not own and control her body. No woman can call herself free until she can choose consciously whether she will or will not be a mother."
In 1916, Sanger was arrested for handing out information on contraception. She hated abortions, and she had terrible ideas about racism and eugenics, but she is the woman to thank for the modern birth control movement.
Birth control pills and other mechanisms are health concerns for women. And men too.....but only women get pregnant. Therefore it has no place in politics. This issue is a health care issue. Condoms should be free! Everyone should have access to birth control.
Abortion is a woman's choice because only she will be pregnant and raise the child....with help from others.
It. is. that. simple.
it is hypocritical for some people to scream about "My Rights!!" "Too Much Government Control", and then turn around and support the government to outlaw birth control and abortion.
When I had to make a decision....To have the Baby or not have the Baby.... I was given The Choice. My choice was to keep the baby. And to keep the 2nd baby. And to keep the 3rd baby.
It Was My Choice To Keep The Baby.
Women have sex. Women get raped.
I could have had an abortion in a San Francisco hospital, because in 1969, abortion was illegal. But minors could qualify....it was a health care issue!
Round and round we go.
Today, it's Women's Rights, we are fighting this issue again, and I think we Americans will always be fighting stupid men and women who believe they can and should tell women when or whether to have a baby. News Flash!! Men and women have sex. Lots of it. That's a fact. While kids should be discouraged from having sex too young, they are gonna. And then....as adults, people will have sex. And some women may get pregnant. It is a hypocritical stance to want to outlaw birth control and abortion. ...and then rail against unwed mothers!
Rebecca West......
In 1916, Sanger was arrested for handing out information on contraception. She hated abortions, and she had terrible ideas about racism and eugenics, but she is the woman to thank for the modern birth control movement.
Birth control pills and other mechanisms are health concerns for women. And men too.....but only women get pregnant. Therefore it has no place in politics. This issue is a health care issue. Condoms should be free! Everyone should have access to birth control.
Abortion is a woman's choice because only she will be pregnant and raise the child....with help from others.
It. is. that. simple.
it is hypocritical for some people to scream about "My Rights!!" "Too Much Government Control", and then turn around and support the government to outlaw birth control and abortion.
When I had to make a decision....To have the Baby or not have the Baby.... I was given The Choice. My choice was to keep the baby. And to keep the 2nd baby. And to keep the 3rd baby.
It Was My Choice To Keep The Baby.
Women have sex. Women get raped.
I could have had an abortion in a San Francisco hospital, because in 1969, abortion was illegal. But minors could qualify....it was a health care issue!
Round and round we go.
Today, it's Women's Rights, we are fighting this issue again, and I think we Americans will always be fighting stupid men and women who believe they can and should tell women when or whether to have a baby. News Flash!! Men and women have sex. Lots of it. That's a fact. While kids should be discouraged from having sex too young, they are gonna. And then....as adults, people will have sex. And some women may get pregnant. It is a hypocritical stance to want to outlaw birth control and abortion. ...and then rail against unwed mothers!
Rebecca West......
Saturday, March 3, 2012
This with that....
from winter to spring....it's from the dark to the light....
The Modern Dark.
Pointy shiny 50s high heels, very full skirt 50s Party dress and long leather gloves........
Hourglass shape with a fitted waist and bodice, and dramatic gathered detail at the bust with a delightful sundress sleeveless style.
60s vintage pink suit...
Pink roses.
vintage black fabric 60s high heels with pretty pink roses. A 50s lovely white sheer voile party dress with pink rosebuds. Wide black belt with silver detail and chunky hooks and eyes.
70s vintage wool Cape cloak
The Gothic Secretary in Paris.
Corset tied black vintage oxfords. 50s vintage black velvet slim dress. 60s white straw French fleur de lis purse.
The Modern Dark.
Pointy shiny 50s high heels, very full skirt 50s Party dress and long leather gloves........
Hourglass shape with a fitted waist and bodice, and dramatic gathered detail at the bust with a delightful sundress sleeveless style.
60s vintage pink suit...
Pink roses.
vintage black fabric 60s high heels with pretty pink roses. A 50s lovely white sheer voile party dress with pink rosebuds. Wide black belt with silver detail and chunky hooks and eyes.
70s vintage wool Cape cloak
The Gothic Secretary in Paris.
Corset tied black vintage oxfords. 50s vintage black velvet slim dress. 60s white straw French fleur de lis purse.
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