Monday, June 8, 2009

Birds at Christmas, 1951


These vibrant red and yellow birds are flocked with velvet (red). They must be singing a heavenly song!

It looks like "Aunt Mary, Uncle Gwillim and Aunt Babe?"


Note the stamp cancellation "Fight TB Support Your TB Association".

4 comments:

  1. How beautiful! Birds are just about my favorite subject.

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  2. Oh, Sissy! How exquisite! SO lovely! I remember once I saw a bright red bird in the underbrush near Stafford one time. Except for those we saw on the East Coast, I've never seen another.

    Thank you for sharing this!

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  3. The TB stamp is quite a statement...I remember reading about places where people would have to go to recover from TB. Remember Annette's Mom? Didn't she only have one lung, because of a bout with TB? Wow--surely times have changed.

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  4. How cute! These little red birds sharing a song story... As for the TB post, my Mom was a nursing student and had to do one of her rotations in the Adirondack Mountains, Saranac Lake, NY at a TB sanitarium. She said the fresh air was good for people and she enjoyed the mountains so very much. I'm also partial to the post date as it's my B-Day. A slightly different year but the same day none the less!:-) I keep saying it, but I'm so glad you are sharing these old beauties!! Keep them coming they bring smiles and joy!. Love and Light, Nina

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