Hostess

1959. Found at a Lakewood, Colorado estate sale.

Oh pretty girls, you're too good for this
How you break my heart in this cold waiting room
Oh pretty girls, you're too good for this
Don't let them tell you you're nothing
Don't let them break your hearts too

--Neko Case

Blindfold and ballet slippers

Photo found at an estate sale in Lakewood, Colorado.  Back of photo reads, "Nearly 6."

Well I think it's fine, building jumbo planes
Or taking a ride on a cosmic train
Switch on summer from a slot machine
Yes, get what you want to if you want, 'cause you can get anything

I know we've come a long way
We're changing day to day
But tell me, where do the children play?

--Cat Stevens

Swimming pool

Vintage postcard. Date unknown.  Lido Beach, Sarasota, Florida.

This summer I swam in the ocean,
And I swam in a swimming pool,
Salt my wounds, chlorine my eyes,
I'm a self-destructive fool, a self-destructive fool.
            --Loudon Wainwright