Easter Memories

Happy Easter!

I created this collage today.

It's a fun thing to do with old photographs.

I confess I don't remember this Easter. It was shortly before Leona was born in May that year.

I loved the dress my Mom bought for me. It was pale blue, with hand embroidered birds.

I assume I was crying in the picture above because I wanted to eat the chocolate bunny.

The professional photo, now faded, was taken in January 1962. I believe the dress was purchased at Helen's Dress Shop on Hastings in Burnaby BC.

It was a beautiful dress. I still have it.

Although I can't remember this Easter, I do have happy memories of other Easter times. It's my favourite season in the whole year.

Enjoy your old photos, and have fun with them!

By Loretta (Williams) Houben

Childhood Memories

I finally scanned in the old black and white photos in my parent's small brown photo album.

I've been meaning to do this for a while. 

I tweaked the photos and added photo corners and a description.

These were taken 50 years ago, at our home at 3382 Monmouth Avenue in Vancouver BC.

I loved playing in the living room with our toys. My Mom didn't mind as long as we cleaned the room up by supper time. Sometimes that didn't happen, and if company knocked on the door, we would rush to throw all our toys behind the couch!

My aunt Frieda, Mom's older sister, made my dress and I believe she also made Leona's too. She was an excellent seamstress. I loved all the things she made me. My dress had a red yoke, and purple and red plaid and was very comfortable. Leona's dress is a very stylish 1960's type Mondrian (designed originally by Yves St. Laurent which were inspired by the paintings of Mondrian).

I believe the dolls were given to us by aunt Frieda but I'm not positive. We received them as gifts when we were in Oregon in the summer. An online friend suggested that the dolls look like Madame Alexander "Little Shaver" dolls. I haven't located mine yet (in storage) to see if there's a mark on the back or not. Leona and I loved these dolls. I named mine Flossie and she named hers Nan, after the famous Bobbsey Twin characters.

This is a photo by Eric Koch from Wikipedia, showing an original Mondrian painting, and dresses by Yves St. Laurent. For some reason, I just love this style. To me it embodies the glorious 1960 decade.

By Loretta (Williams) Houben