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I just got back from spending the weekend at my mom’s. As part of my mother’s continuing saga of cleaning out the attic, she found her collection of records which includes some amazing children’s records. Now that there is the pitterpatter of grandchildren’s feet around the house, they’ve been getting a second playing on the record player in the upstairs bedroom. Everyone loves them and listening to them this weekend was a trip down memory lane for me. One of our favorites was "Rusty In Orchestraville"
and hoping to take this classic story home to share with my girls, too, I looked for it online in CD form.
My searches led me to an amazing find. A project called kiddie records weekly.
The project celebrates "the golden age of children’s records" from the mid-forties to early fifties. And in an effort to avoid their extinction and have them enjoyed once again by online listeners, they have brought them back in the form of downloadable mp3s. Each week in 2005, and continuing in 2006 they offer a new children’s record for download. You can download and burn the complete record as well as download all cover and dust jacket images.
It really is an amazing gift. I’ve already been downloading like crazy and the girls enjoyed Rusty in Orchestraville and some Uncle Remus on the ride home.
My mother made the comment that these stories are enveloped in rich, beautiful classical music. And the endearing storytelling is unmatched in our day. I know so many of you will love these.
Enjoy and have fun.
2005 library here
2006 library here (including previews of what else will be revealed the rest of this year.)
I just got back from spending the weekend at my mom’s. As part of my mother’s continuing saga of cleaning out the attic, she found her collection of records which includes some amazing children’s records. Now that there is the pitterpatter of grandchildren’s feet around the house, they’ve been getting a second playing on the record player in the upstairs bedroom. Everyone loves them and listening to them this weekend was a trip down memory lane for me. One of our favorites was "Rusty In Orchestraville"
and hoping to take this classic story home to share with my girls, too, I looked for it online in CD form.
My searches led me to an amazing find. A project called kiddie records weekly.
The project celebrates "the golden age of children’s records" from the mid-forties to early fifties. And in an effort to avoid their extinction and have them enjoyed once again by online listeners, they have brought them back in the form of downloadable mp3s. Each week in 2005, and continuing in 2006 they offer a new children’s record for download. You can download and burn the complete record as well as download all cover and dust jacket images.
It really is an amazing gift. I’ve already been downloading like crazy and the girls enjoyed Rusty in Orchestraville and some Uncle Remus on the ride home.
My mother made the comment that these stories are enveloped in rich, beautiful classical music. And the endearing storytelling is unmatched in our day. I know so many of you will love these.
Enjoy and have fun.
2005 library here
2006 library here (including previews of what else will be revealed the rest of this year.)
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To my birthday sister: don’t read this post.
This would probably be more appropriately called my "work in piles"–no progress on this one, yet. I’m leaving tomorrow to go to my sister’s to celebrate her birthday with our families. We both talk about one day making ourselves a knitting needle case so I thought for her birthday I’d beat her to it and whip one up for her. (at least I’m hoping I whip it up. It has to be done today!) I’m using some wonderful linen that I received from Tracy and some of JoAnn’s vintage line fabric. I’m hoping to figure out a way to incorporate one of my buttons as the closure.
And when I mentioned a forgotten friend in my title I was referring to a mysterious box that arrived today in the mail. Enclosed was a slew of buttons from my pottery classes in Wisconsin.
We pretty much left town in a hurry and I wasn’t able to finish the class. I had to leave behind some glazed but unfired buttons. So today I got this wonderful package from my instructor that was full of all the buttons and small pendants I left behind. Ah, its good to see them again. I’m going to pick out what I want for myself, and then I’ll put the rest up for sale. It is fun to see these old buttons as I can tell I’m already changing some of my techniques on the buttons I’ve been making in the last few days.
I’ll post here when I put them in my etsy shop and if you sent me an email for my mailing list, I’ll give you the heads up first.
Happy weekend everyone. Hit the farmer’s market, buy yourself some blueberries or raspberries and make yourself a buckle cake. I made one last night and it was delicious!!
To my birthday sister: don’t read this post.
This would probably be more appropriately called my "work in piles"–no progress on this one, yet. I’m leaving tomorrow to go to my sister’s to celebrate her birthday with our families. We both talk about one day making ourselves a knitting needle case so I thought for her birthday I’d beat her to it and whip one up for her. (at least I’m hoping I whip it up. It has to be done today!) I’m using some wonderful linen that I received from Tracy and some of JoAnn’s vintage line fabric. I’m hoping to figure out a way to incorporate one of my buttons as the closure.
And when I mentioned a forgotten friend in my title I was referring to a mysterious box that arrived today in the mail. Enclosed was a slew of buttons from my pottery classes in Wisconsin.
We pretty much left town in a hurry and I wasn’t able to finish the class. I had to leave behind some glazed but unfired buttons. So today I got this wonderful package from my instructor that was full of all the buttons and small pendants I left behind. Ah, its good to see them again. I’m going to pick out what I want for myself, and then I’ll put the rest up for sale. It is fun to see these old buttons as I can tell I’m already changing some of my techniques on the buttons I’ve been making in the last few days.
I’ll post here when I put them in my etsy shop and if you sent me an email for my mailing list, I’ll give you the heads up first.
Happy weekend everyone. Hit the farmer’s market, buy yourself some blueberries or raspberries and make yourself a buckle cake. I made one last night and it was delicious!!
brown paper packages
I wish you could see what I see right now. In fact, I’ve taken pictures of it, but they’re not the type you share on a public website–definitely family only pictures.
I’m sitting under the picnic table umbrella in Pa’s back yard, enjoying his wireless connection, while my two naked babes enjoy some time in the wading pool. By now however, they’ve migrated from the pool to the chinese elm and those naked bums are climbing and crawling all over the twisted tree limbs. This is their ‘house’ where they’ve returned for swimming supplies, most importantly towels. They are having a very serious conversation about what they’ll need for the pool and Mary is calling Emma, "Sammy". I have no idea on that one.
Anyway, back to the title of this post. Can you say, "holy MO-ley!!"? I’m sure saying that after the goodness that spilled from my mailbox yesterday. I admired some wonderful fabric that she scored at a garage sale–the white with red children’s
silhouettes at the bottom. Isn’t it lovely? She offered to share some with me. Um…yes!! thank you! and look what else she sent along. You truly spoiled me Mo. Really
spoiled me.
She listed where each piece of fabric was from…
The yellow fabric is actually a lovely linen, and the pillowcase is soon to become a summery dress…
and I’m gasping over this horse fabric. reminds me of the horses from the misty of chincoteague books.
and finally a bag filled with lovely gifts tags and cards. i love them.
She also sent a CD of summery songs, that I can’t wait to listen to, but ‘pooh!’ won’t play on my mac. So I’m sending it over to my Dad to hopefully convert for me? (can you do that daddy?) Thank you, Mo. You are too sweet and too generous. One of these days, I’m sure, a little thank you will arrive at your door.
This big stack of stuff went to the post office today. It was quite a production. Thank goodness it is a small local post office because by the end one of my children had cleared the shelf of priority mail envelopes, and the other was laying on the floor, no shoes, dress up, diaper showing singing "shrinkle, shrinkle little star" at the top of her lungs.
Praise the Lord for my patient postal clerk and an empty post office at 11:00 am!
I wish you could see what I see right now. In fact, I’ve taken pictures of it, but they’re not the type you share on a public website–definitely family only pictures.
I’m sitting under the picnic table umbrella in Pa’s back yard, enjoying his wireless connection, while my two naked babes enjoy some time in the wading pool. By now however, they’ve migrated from the pool to the chinese elm and those naked bums are climbing and crawling all over the twisted tree limbs. This is their ‘house’ where they’ve returned for swimming supplies, most importantly towels. They are having a very serious conversation about what they’ll need for the pool and Mary is calling Emma, "Sammy". I have no idea on that one.
Anyway, back to the title of this post. Can you say, "holy MO-ley!!"? I’m sure saying that after the goodness that spilled from my mailbox yesterday. I admired some wonderful fabric that she scored at a garage sale–the white with red children’s
silhouettes at the bottom. Isn’t it lovely? She offered to share some with me. Um…yes!! thank you! and look what else she sent along. You truly spoiled me Mo. Really
spoiled me.
She listed where each piece of fabric was from…
The yellow fabric is actually a lovely linen, and the pillowcase is soon to become a summery dress…
and I’m gasping over this horse fabric. reminds me of the horses from the misty of chincoteague books.
and finally a bag filled with lovely gifts tags and cards. i love them.
She also sent a CD of summery songs, that I can’t wait to listen to, but ‘pooh!’ won’t play on my mac. So I’m sending it over to my Dad to hopefully convert for me? (can you do that daddy?) Thank you, Mo. You are too sweet and too generous. One of these days, I’m sure, a little thank you will arrive at your door.
This big stack of stuff went to the post office today. It was quite a production. Thank goodness it is a small local post office because by the end one of my children had cleared the shelf of priority mail envelopes, and the other was laying on the floor, no shoes, dress up, diaper showing singing "shrinkle, shrinkle little star" at the top of her lungs.
Praise the Lord for my patient postal clerk and an empty post office at 11:00 am!
