I hoped to have updated photos of the Lake Cottage but I was waylaid by the task of chopping up ice on the parking area and driveway. Don and I happened to be out there during the sunniest time of the day. By the time I came back in and turned on the heating pad, I was tired. It was only later that I realized I’d never taken the photos.
Hopefully, today.
The latest finished puzzle. This one was all about vintage paper dolls. I really love it. It brought back memories of all the paper dolls I played with as a kid. Don really loves it, too. That’s why you see the foam board behind the puzzle. He thinks we should frame it and hang it on the wall in the upstairs bathroom. The walls in that room are a brightish green and this would look great there. Don has a good eye. So I’ll get to that in the new year.
I put the foam core there so I can safely remove it from the table without taking it apart. A new puzzle arrived yesterday and I want to get cracking.
What else? We’ve vowed to take it easy today. I’m in the middle of a book about Dorothy Kilgallen: The Reporter Who Knew Too Much. She died at a young age and there has always been a suspicion that she was murdered. At the time of her death, she was in the middle of an investigation concerning the assassination of JFK. She disagreed with the Warren Commission report and felt there was a coverup. She covered the trial of Jack Ruby. She was a crack reporter who made a lot of enemies because she wouldn’t give up her investigation. When her body was discovered in her townhouse at the age of 52, a combination of alcohol and barbiturates was said to be the cause. However, many of her friends felt she was in danger. She felt she was in danger. Her phones were tapped. Their phones were tapped. J. Edgar Hoover had voluminous files on her. There were several factions that had an interest in quashing her investigation.
Frankly, I’ve never fully agreed with the results of the Warren Commission. I’m not one who leans toward conspiracy theories as a rule, but in this case…
Anyway, I find it fascinating, especially since we watch old episodes of What’s My Line every day. Who knows if it’s true? I’m more than halfway through the book. After that, I’ve got the most recent Herron waiting in the wings.
Okay.
Back to the book, back to my second cup of coffee.
Stay safe.
Happy Sunday.
I love, love, love this puzzle. You have so many that make me smile when I see them. Have you ever looked at “the last homely house” on you tube? She has a puzzle of some of the things in her house that you might enjoy. I think that you may just enjoy her in general. She is so positive and does all kinds of crafts: spinning, knitting, quilting, sewing, gardening. She lives on a farm with her cats, chickens, and goose. She’s located in the UK.
No, I haven’t see that. But I’ll be sure to check it out, Christine.
Stay safe, Christine.
Love the puzzle! I spent hours playing with paper dolls as a kid. I even had all of my mom’s to play with, too, all safely stowed away between the pages of an ancient magazine! Wish I could see them again, but they are long in the past and who knows where they ended up?
Very intriguing tales of Dorothy Kilgallen. I also watched What’s My Line, but never heard of the circumstances surrounding her death.
Well, I’ve just burned up an hour googling (and finding!) some of my mom’s paper dolls—Hedy Lamar, Rita Hayworth, Sonja Henie, Deanna Durbin, Cyd Charise, Baby Sandy. Thanks for the memories!
xo Sorry you don’t still have those!
The circumstances are suspicious, to say the least.
Stay safe, Shanna.
Just borrowed it from the library. Thanks. It saves me a slog through a book I should like, but just can’t seem to get into it.
xo
that puzzle looks hard! also a reminder of sweet times playing with paper dolls like betsy mccall (from the back of my beloved mother’s magazines). thanks for that reminder.
hope your back feels better and that you and don enjoy an easy day. staying upright and walking on all that ice and then breaking it up is hard work.
happy sunday. stay safe, everyone!
kathy
Yes, I did the Betsy McCall dolls as well!
Thanks, Kathy.
I do love that jigsaw puzzle of the retro paper dolls. I absolutely loved playing with paper dolls. They were a favourite Christmas present. My best friend and I used to cut dresses from the Simpson’s and Eaton’s catalogues for our dolls. I’m going to put “The Reporter Who Knew Too Much” on hold at the library. Hope you and Don enjoy a peaceful Sunday. Hugs, Elaine
I cut dresses and even models with dresses on from the catalogues, as well.
Stay safe, Elaine.
Great puzzle…and so colorful. Thanks for the retrieved memories of playing with paper dolls. Sounds like we all share those memories.
We were traveling between two rural cities yesterday, moving my son and his fiancé. With our recent snows, it was like driving in a Hallmark or Lifetime movie. County highways, trees heavy with snow, yet, so serene. So quiet. Absolutely stunning.
I hope you have a relaxing day. We’re planning one, too…getting a little too old for moving people. Little stiff and sore this morning! ;)
Moving would be very hard for us now. Sometimes we think of moving and the thought of the work – packing, bending over, and lifting – it would take overwhelms us. Rest up today, Donnamae.
Stay safe.
Oh how nostalgic your post is today. I am five years older than you but I loved paper dolls. I kept mine in an old cigar box given to me by my grandfather. I could not bear to toss them when I married decades later but sadly my parents tossed them . To compensate I cut out the paper dolls in Mary Engelbiets magazine . I was teased terribly by my family / However a bit of whimsy is good for the spirit . I miss that magazine and her artwork.
On a more serious note the JFK and the mob connection has been tossed about for years. Perhaps we should never know if the CIA had a hand in the murders …some things are best left to the imagination in this case. Murder and intrigue are part of the dark side of humanity . Surely we would rather think the best but …. One thing I would advise you about your back issuess Be careful continually bending to assemble your puzzles Consider purchasing a puzzle table that allows you to put them together on a slightly vertical plain. Bits and pieces sold them a few decades ago . Have a Healthy and Healing Christmas season and tell the impsih girls that Santa is on his way
JFK and the mob. JFK and Cuba. JFK and Russia. Even JFK and Lyndon Johnson. All of those connections are valid roads of inquiry. I’m very careful with puzzles. In fact, I just stopped working on one for the day because my back is still tender from shoveling yesterday. We just don’t have room to store one of those tables. I’ve investigated them in the past.
Thanks so much, Patricia.
Stay safe.
Dorothy Kilgallen had a long term affair with the singer, Johnny Ray. It has been rumored that her son was fathered by Johnny Ray. Her husband Richard denied paternity. Johnny Ray played the Flame Show Bar in Detroit, Michigan and got his big record break here. My older radio friends were very close to him. Dorothy was one of the finest investigative reporters in the 1950s. Her feud with Frank Sinatra was very well known. The circumstances surrounding her death are not trivial. Now that a lot of the Kennedy Assassination files are going to be released, I wonder if Dorothy’s death will be given some coverage..
Yes, she was with him for years and she was 14 years older than him. It’s been said in more than one publication that eventually she told her husband that Kerry, her youngest son, was Ray’s child. But the Ray family denied that he was J’s son. He did look like he could be his child. Her husband was an alcoholic and eventually kicked Kerry out of the house and into foster care in his teens. Terrible. I’m learning a lot in this book about Kilgallen’s fears that Richard wouldn’t take care of Kerry if something happened to her. She was about to change her will to make sure Kerry was taken care of. Whether that ever happened I don’t know. Also Richard eventually committed suicide. Very sad all around.
Stay safe.
Would love to hear your take on the Warren commission. I have read a couple of books on the subject and have my own slant on the subject.
Maybe someday, Jan.
Thanks!
Stay safe.
Love the puzzles. I played paper dolls that came in folders. Stood them
On the bed to make rooms. Loved them
Mother got rid of them after I married I imagine. Fun times for years. My daughter played paper dolls also. The grands did too. Alas. Fun times
Thanks, Brenda.
Stay safe.
I still have my aunt’s paper dolls, including some Shirley Temple ones. They are treasures.
I had lunch once with a stage hand and we were swapping stories and it turned out Dorothy was his aunt! He had interesting and slightly terrifying stories to tell, especially about her death. I’ve never forgotten that conversation.
I have some newish Shirley Temple paper dolls – reprints, I think. Lucky you to have your aunt’s!
Oh my goodness! Can you share any of that conversation?
Stay safe, Martha.