Dreaming in black and white

My photo
Living a 1950's lifestyle today.

Labels

1862 (1) 1920's (2) 1930's (1) 1940's (1) 1940's. (1) 1950's (3) 1960's (1) 1965 (1) Aaron Paul (1) addiction (1) advertising (2) alcoholism (2) alkalized system (1) amc (1) antique cars (1) archbishop (1) attic (1) barber (1) bathhouse (2) beach (2) beauty (1) Bermuda (1) billy goat (1) birds (1) Blacklist (1) blacksmith (1) board games (2) boating (1) Breaking Bad (1) Bryan Cranston (1) candy (1) casino (2) change (1) cherry (1) cherry cloud (1) cherry cola (1) cherry smash (1) children (1) chocolate cat (1) Christina georgina Rossetti (2) Christina Hendricks (2) christmas (2) class photo (1) clothes line (1) collecting (3) colortone (1) Creeple Peeple (1) Creme Rinse (1) cure (1) curlers (1) curls (1) dentist (1) dentures (1) disease (1) display (1) dreams (1) eugene field (1) eyebrows (2) film noir (1) films (1) first day of school (1) fish (1) florida (2) found photography (10) frida kahlo (1) friends (1) gambling (1) Garfield (1) george washington (1) gingerbread dog (1) girls (1) glorified rice (1) gold chloride (1) good books (1) Halo (1) handsome (1) Harry Bernstein (1) heavenly hash (1) history (1) hopes (1) horse teeth (1) hotpoint (1) HUAC (1) impervious (1) Joan (1) John Garfield (1) John Hamm (1) June Valli (1) keeley institute (1) kindergarden (1) Lake Worth (1) Lana Turner (1) lipstick (2) lives (1) lost words (1) lyrics (1) M.O.M. (1) Mad Men (2) make up (1) maraschino (1) mascots (1) Mattel (1) memories (1) mom (1) Myrna Hansen (1) Nicholas Osborn (1) ocean (1) opium (1) painful medicine (1) patients (1) Paul Kinsey (1) peppermint (1) perfect (1) Photographer (1) photography (1) pin curls (1) poem (1) poetry (2) primary school (1) recipe (1) recipes (1) school (1) searching (1) Shampoo (1) sharks (1) shirley temple (1) sister (1) sleep (1) smoking (1) Song (2) SpeedBird (1) square america (1) stencils (2) strange medicine (1) sugar plum tree (1) summer (7) teeth (1) thanksgiving (1) The Dream (1) The Golden Willow (1) The Invisible Wall (1) The Postman Always Rings Twice (1) Thingmaker (1) tint (1) tinting (1) tonic (1) treatment (1) True Story Magazine (1) valentine (1) vernacular photography (1) vintage (15) vintage cherries (1) vintage christmas (1) vintage dentures (1) vintage hairstyles (1) waves (1) Weegee (1) wig (1) Winogrand (1) wool coats (1)

Thursday, December 3, 2009

Favorite Childhood Poems and Shirley Temple!


When I think of Curly tops from days gone by, I can't help but think of the sweet, cherubic face of Shirley Temple. What little girl didn't want those wonderful curls bouncing down around her ears at one time...at least during what I call the 'Princess Years', between the ages of 5 and 6 and a half. A short window to be sure. I have a great pic of myself around that very age getting all dolled up for my very first day of Kindergarden, my hair all set in pin curls. I asked my mother to scan the photo for me so I can post it here.


There was a little girl  
who had a little curl
right in the middle of
her forehead,
and when she was good
she was very, very good
and when she was bad,
she was horrid.


No comments: