Happy Birthday to Me! 2013

I'm celebrating in White this year...in honor of the 

Whispering White of Jude's What If? class!

The top photo is Little Nancy, in white (or what is only remembered as white due to black & white photography of days gone by).  Photos are resting on an old napkin, presumably crocheted by a family member, maybe my grandmother.  I have 12 of them - all now naturally dyed, except this one.

As I mentioned around blogland, I wear very little white these days.  But, in my teen years, I loved it!  It helps that I was very tan in those days, so white looked great!  Once I had children and began working with young children, I decided white wasn't my color any more.  I wish I had the white shirt in the middle pic...it was so sheer with embroidered flowers at the top.  It would be great to cut up for stitching projects!  Haha
Wait!  Now that I think about it...I DO have the tank top on the left!

So, if you were here last year, you may remember the 5 Things game I played to celebrate me...and all of my dear readers!  If you were not here, you can find that birthday post, which includes my birth story, right here.

It's been a full year since Mo asked me to share the photo in the Beach Boys pamphlet.  Gee whiz...what does that say about me?!  All year I've meant to post them.  I finally took pictures months ago and now, finally here they are!

Beach Boys circa 1975

Left-hand page, middle picture on the right...the band member's children come on stage to sing.

We, of course, thought this was the coolest thing ever!

Can you guess which gal is me?  Hint: I'm sitting on a young man's shoulders.

Yep!  There I am!  Boy was I ever surprised to see myself!

I think it's quite timely that I was wearing my favorite off-white overalls!  Nancy in White!

So, now for the game...

5 Things I Bet You Never Knew About Me!

1. As a preteen, I wore moccasins almost exclusively, almost daily!  They always ended up with holes, as did my socks, which drove my mom crazy!  I would wear them again in a heartbeat if I had a pair.  But, the authentic kind or as close to authentic as you can get...NOT those new trendy ones sold in the department stores.
2. In high school I wrote horrible poetry that I thought was great...or at least very good!  I knew the truth when I was finally brave enough to share it with a very good friend...an older and wiser friend.  Her 'I don't know what to say' facial response and lack of verbal praise said a lot!!!  Partial sample: "...What would you do if you really weren't you? If you were a figment of somebody's dream..."  Maybe one of my first What If's?!!  I still remember that feeling of thinking what if the world wasn't what we thought it was?  Sort of a Twilight Zone kind of thing!
3. I don't do mornings.  I dearly wish I did.  I am envious of those who greet the dawn.  Now that I am aging, I don't do late nights so well either! (((sigh)))
4. I love the sound of a wood screen door banging shut.  I don't know why, as it is not a sound I grew up with (as you can see above in my first day of Kindergarten picture, we had metal screen doors, or none at all).  To me it rings of children happily running in and out during summertime play...of home.
5. I like almost any kind of music except opera and rap!  I have to be able to hear the words so I can sing along.  I love to sing along in the car...when I'm alone :)

The gang hanging out on the stadium grass.

What great memories of a fun day listening to the music of Pure Prairie League, Jessie Collin Young and The Beach Boys!

Photos by NAE @pomegranatetrail ©2013

Beautiful old birthday card from my mom, that I found a few days ago, while cleaning in March.  Hi Mom!

Celebrate!

In celebration of the one & only me!

5 things I bet you never knew about me:

1. I am in a photograph in a Beach Boys concert booklet.
2. I adore the book "The Egg and I" by Betty MacDonald.
3. As a young dreamy, romantic teen, I bought many heather plants because of the movie version of Wuthering Heights.  They all died a quick death in the SoCal heat.
4. When jumping rope, I never seem to get past 3 jumps.  Ever.
5. I do not like eggs and haven't eaten one since 1980, but I've loved sunflower seeds since I was a kid.

Today is my birthday.  Almost and April's Fool baby!

My mom was great at making me feel important and special everyday, but especially on my birthday.  I was celebrated!  Every year she told me my birth story and I grew to look forward to these moments.  I grew to love, to treasure them.

In a nutshell, I was born in New York city and when she went into the hospital everything was bleak and gray...but low & behold when she came out a week later...everything was blooming and bright...and she had her brand new spring baby girl!

That's a darn good birth story, if you ask me!

So, what makes you your unique self?  What can we celebrate about You?

If you'd like to play along, leave a comment telling of 5 things about you and we'll be sure to celebrate them!  Or share your birth story, if you'd like!


Photos by NAE @pomegranatetrail ©2012