Happy Independence Day Weekend!

Enjoy this recording of the classic Kate Smith singing The Star Spangled Banner.  Of course, the pitcure of Rosie the Riveter is perfect for this video.  What's more American than that? 

Wishing you and your family a beautiful holiday as we celebrate our nation's birth!  Have fun and be safe!

Time for some fireworks and homemade ice cream!

Hull Finds

I've recently acquired a few new pieces of Hull.  A three piece set of birds - Swans? in a green finish, and a pink bird planter that I haven't come across before.  The green set is like new, but the pink piece needs some elbow grease.  It was used for a long time and has some calcium deposits and paint specks on it.  Still, I love the shape!  Anybody else ever come across a Hull piece like the pink one?

Have a great Saturday!

I Want a 1957 Chevy Turboglide!

I love these old car commercials that are constantly being added to YouTube.  The first one is for my favorite car of all time, the 1957 Chevrolet.  This is an ad for the extra-cost TurboGlide transmission.  Ah, what I'd give to have one of those sitting in the driveway of the Shack!

While the convertible would be amazing, I have a feeling that the station wagon (the SUV of yesterday) would much more likely have been what sat in the driveway of the Shack.  Still, I would be happy to have one of those as well.  I've always liked station wagons!





Have a great Friday!  It's the last day of Summer School!  Yay!

Movie Friday: Ben Hur

Wow, five blog posts in one week!  Maybe I'll finally get back into the hang of this (or maybe I'll start writing all of my posts on one night like I did this week - whatever works)!

It's time to get back into the routine of Movie Friday.  I'm getting to the point that I have gone through my classic movie collection, so it is getting a little more difficult to come up with movies!

Today I'm sharing a classic from 1959, Ben Hur, starring Charlton Heston.  This winner of 11 Academy Awards is set in 26 AD and follows a wealthy merchant from Jerusalem.  The film has a great plot, which has too much depth for me to share here.  If you would like to read more about the movie, you can find a detailed account of it on Wikipedia (here).

Have a great Friday and a relaxing weekend!

Tomorrow's the Day!

My company is going to be here tomorrow.  I thought this video was appropriate.  The Ozark Jubilee, which this clip comes from, was filmed about 80 miles from here.  Totally fitting in my opinion!

Have a great Thursday!

Would You Be My Neighbor?

As I mentioned on Monday, my neighbors have put their house up for sale.  This means that there is only one house out of nine on my block that hasn't been for sale in the past 5 years.  It also means that when the one next door sells, only one person will have lived on the loop longer than I have (and she and her late husband have been here as long as their beautiful 1960s brick rancher).

So, here's the place that's for sale next door.  Before you get all excited about it though, when the elderly couple that lives there now bought it 6 years ago, they completely ripped out the original kitchen and bathroom and updated them.  So, it's a nice house, but missing some of the best original features.  After talking with the people that live there now, I found out that it had a pink and black bathroom.  Now it's builder grade white.  Sigh.  The best feature of the place, in my opinion is the nice shop in the back yard.  Otherwise, I think I prefer the Shack.  My house may be 120 square feet smaller and short one bedroom, but my lot has more trees and is 10 feet wider.  I'll take the smaller house to have the larger yard.

Look closely for the yellow house in the background of these photos (to the left in the first photo and to the right in the second photo), and you'll catch a glimpse of the Shack!

Click on any photo to see it larger.  Have a great Wednesday!

Get Your Kicks

On Route 66.

Living just a short drive of about 20 miles from the mother road, I felt this was fitting for my area as well as the era that we all love so much.  I completely forgot that this song mentioned Joplin, MO in the lyrics, and with all they have endured over the past month (and all they are going to have to endure for quite a while to come) it reminded me of better times in Joplin, and in the better times to come.

Hope you all are having a great day!