@lynnie61 Thank you so much. The chair was moved next to the tree, for the photograph. It actually belongs a few feet to the left so that it is in front of my fireplace and opposite a peach couch and next to a coffee table. On the other side of the coffee table, is a bentwood rocking chair, in front of the fireplace.
So you are an aqua girl too! Do you have turquoise, Larimar or blue topaz jewelry? I love it all.
Your boat must have been lovely, all aqua and white. You must have loved your aqua Easy Bake Oven.
I feel bad now, that I did not get my oldest daughter an Easy Bake Oven when she wanted that for Christmas. She will be 62 in January, just a little younger than you are.
At the time, I was concerned that she could get burned or her two younger sisters could get burned with the oven. I remember telling her that if she wanted to bake, I would help her to bake in my kitchen oven.
It's funny, she was never into baking, but she likes to cook, creating recipes. Her two husbands have been her bakers.
One other thing that I didn't get for her was Baby Alive. I had heard about kids feeding the doll and maggots grew from the food stuck inside the doll. Other than that, my five children usually got what they wanted for Christmas.
I would have them make a list of ten things and check the three things that they wanted most. That way, there were several things to choose from and they mostly got the top three.
I remember my second oldest daughter wanted white GoGo boots, but she did not get them. She was born in 1965 and I think that trend was pretty much over, when she asked for them.
What a treasure your vintage German ornaments are. If yours are 100 years old, they are antiques. I was just reading recently about how Germany was a big exporter of their beautiful ornaments, before the war. The Germans really knew how to make beautiful Christmas ornaments, toys and decor.
In the 60's a lot of handpainted ornaments came from Poland. My mother got some of those for me. Then in the 70's she was buying blown glass figural ornaments from Italy for me.
Today, the Christmas markets are really popular and great for tourism in Germany and Austria.
Your pink pinecone ornament must be pretty. I have a couple of vintage pink pinecones. You can still see my pink decorated tree that I previously posted.
If you go to the top of the screen, in the space "Search Forums & Blogs", type in Pink and White Christmas.
You can see a pink pine cone on the front and a smaller one on the upper left.
I have been alternating between pink and aqua ornaments on the white tree. One year, I use both pink and aqua to match the ornament wreath that I made. The wreath is hung above the fireplace. It is also posted in Pink and White Christmas.
Another year, I use aqua and gold ornaments. All my colorful old ornaments from the 60's and 70's have been packed away since I stopped having a green Christmas tree.
I think that maybe next year, I'll get out all those old colorful ornaments and use them on the white tree.
Do you put up a Christmas tree? Is it fresh or artificial?
I always loved the smell of having a real tree, but it made me nervous, being concerned about fires. My father was a firefighter and I heard so many horror stories, many fires this time of year from candles or Christmas trees.
Of course back then the tree lights got hot, not like the cool ones today. But today, trees are cut down before Thanksgiving and are drying and dropping needles before Christmas. Once I got an artificial green tree, I felt safe enough to keep it up until my daughter's birthday on Jan.4th or now,
until Jan.6th.
I will post a picture of Toni in her Jingle Bell skirt.
Have a wonderful Christmas and a Happy New Year.
