Taking A Walk Down Memory Lane

I was scrolling through my Facebook home page when I came across a few posts that brought back memories for me.  I love Reminisce Magazine and they will post often wonderful things from days gone by.  Retro Milwaukee Share The Memories is another great Facebook page filled with nostalgic images.

I remember a time when prizes in the cereal boxes and Cracker Jacks were really something to get excited about.  They were mostly plastic, which many adults at that time would complain about but they were still better than the lame paper cards and things the companies use as premiums now.  Although, when my kids were growing up they had the Beanie Babies in many of the Big G cereals and they were very cute.

These wonderful vintage box records (from my generation) were found in Etsy Shop FolkLura at http://ow.ly/csdCH

These great Cracker Jack premiums were found in Etsy Shop NeyNeysTreasures at http://ow.ly/csenV

I also remember a time when beer and cigarette commercials had cartoon characters.  I never thought much about it growing up until they were gone.  While they may have not been appropriate, I thought they were great at the time because it was one of the only cartoon available.  We didn't have cable or even that many channels to choose from, just ABC, CBS, and NBC; maybe PBS if we could suck it into our giant counsel TV with some rabbit ears.
When I was growing up our kids shows were so much more entertaining.  I think that it was because we had to wait for them making the shows a treat not an every day thing; I loved the Jetsons, New Zoo Revue, and Captain Kangaroo.


It is fun to reminisce about a time when things were a little more simple; that is not to say I would want to ever go backwards, but it is always good to check the review mirror every once in a while.

Who doesn't love the California Raisins?  Found these in Etsy Shop, Aquarius247 at http://ow.ly/cse0d

'When I was 5, even the Hamms Comercial made for a good cartoon' by ButterflyInTheAttic

Miss that bear's dance

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Hamm's Beer Beer Can Ope... BmoreUnique $11.00	VNTG Hamm's Beer Bottle ILiveModern $135.00	1960s Hamm's Beer Dancin... Littleboxesvin... $2.50	Pair of Pub pins BlackLuckVinta... $4.00
Hamm's 1973 Beer Stein, ... independencevi... $12.00	Vintage Hamm's bottle ca... LongfellowCo $3.00	1950's Hamm's Beer B... Streetreasure $300.00	Vintage Hamm's Beer Coas... nellsvintageho... $10.00
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Treasury tool supported by the dog house

Happy Birthday David Bowie

David Bowie turns 65 years old today.   Really, good Lord where does the time go?  Granted he is older than I am but I grew up with his music and it just seems like yesterday.


Growing up in the 70's and 80's was a really strange time but maybe it feels the same for all generations and I just noticed mine.   As I was growing up there was such a wide range of changes in things like technology and pop culture it wasn't the same country in 1980 as it was in 1970.  There are so many things that the kids couldn't live without today that were first introduced to the public during my teens.  Things like . . .Satellite dish, heck when I was young many of us still had black and white TVs . . . Cell phones, the phones in our home still had to be connected to the wall and it was a novelty to have a one in any other color than black or ivory . . . Computers, I felt so lucky that our family had a type writer (first one wasn't even electric.)  When these technologies changed so did our pop culture along with how and where we would listen to our music.

I the 70's, aside from a live concert, the radio, record player,  and boom box was where you would listen to your music.  But in the 80's along came satellite TV and MTV!   I was a typical teenage girl so I was obsessed with my music.  I liked rock and blues most and my favorites where David Bowie, The Rolling Stones, Hendrix, Blues Brothers, and Alice Cooper but basically I loved all music from that genera. As a boy crazy teenage girl, MTV fed both of my obsessions by not only blasting the music but the images of what it was to be a big haired rock star.  Every boy and girl in my school dressed to look like either a member of Van Halen or The Bangles.

During the 80's, the band's or singer's hair was almost equally as important as whether or not they could sing.  If you didn't have the hair you might as well hang it up.  David Bowie had the hair, the talent, and the rebellious style that we all craved at the time.  Was it really so long ago that I was jammin' to Fame and trying to "rock the house down?"  Yikes! time flies...


Happy Birthday David Bowie and thanks for fulfilling the music needs of a rebellious teenage girl.  I hope you have a great one it was a lot of fun.

The Muppets Are Back In Town! ~All is well

Growing up in the 70's and 80's was an amazing time.  I was smack dab in the middle of many significant changes in history and culture.  I was around to see a boom time, one that many of us would look back on with nostalgia and longing.  The collapse of the Berlin wall, the end of the cold war, the country's financial stability and more important the world was introduced to the Muppets. 

While many of us long for the security we felt when the country was thriving financially and politically we can't go back in time or resurrect the past.  But what we can do is watch reruns and make sequels.  Maybe that is why I am so gravitated to these cute little puppets.  Not only do they bring cute antics and fun entertainment but they carry with them a memory of better times, comforting me and letting me know that yes they are still here.  Kermit hasn't forgotten me and look he brought Miss Piggy...

This amazing handfelted art was created and found in ETSY shop Woolington Lane at http://www.etsy.com/shop/WoolingtonLane?ref=seller_info

...OR maybe it is 2:30 am and I really need to look at getting more sleep at night.  I am not sure which it is but what I do know is that Muppets were great and it is nice to see an old familiar face.