These dolls are beautifully made with extra details that make each one very special. These dolls were given to me over a period of years by my brother Bugs, my daughter Pamela and my daughter Meredythe.
This beautiful eighteen inch Alexander doll was a Christmas present from my brother Bugs and his wife Mary. It is called the coca cola doll and is dressed like Scarlet O’Hare as she appeared in the movie GONE WITH THE WIND. So……..I call her Scarlet!!!!!!!!!!!!!
I was associated with CENTURY 21 FIRST REALTY OF VENICE, with Ron Morrison as broker owner, for the most part of my 18 years selling real estate in Florida. Note my Century 21 gold coat. Each Real Estate agent had an 8×10 photo, such as this one of me, on the wall of the front office where I worked.
Each Friday morning was realtor open-house held at the Venice Area Board of Realtors building which was headed by Marlene. We realtors who were holding an open house following the meeting, would stand up and pitch the house we were holding open and as I stood up, gave the address and details of the newly listed house I was holding open, I would say I was serving refreshments.
Before going to the 9:00 am meeting I would bake a Duncan Hines butter cake, no icing, to serve at my realtors open house. I called that a breakfast cake. There was a man, who I didn’t know, came to my open house each time, didn’t talk to anyone or do anything but go right for the cake, eat 3 or 4 pieces of that cake and leave. I concidered that a really nice compliment.
Every Wednesday morning we had an office meeting and then went to preview all the new listings from our office. I often took a cake to have with coffee during this meeting.
After eating the German chocolate cake with Coconut caramel icing I had taken, a realtor in my office said ” Flo, that cake is so good, I want your recipe.”
I turned to her and said “OK, get out your paper and pencil to copy it down”. And I waited until she was all set to write and said, ” Walk down the few doors to Winn Dixie and buy a Duncan Hines German chocolate cake mix and a can of German chocolate cake icing.”
I just couldn’t resist the temptation to be mischievous ……then I told her the secret is getting the cake out of the oven a few seconds before it is done so you don’t lose moisture and has more flavor. Cake, cookies, rolls etcetera bake a few second longer after they are removed from the oven.
Since I have had a request for my orange cake recipe……..here it is.
It’s Christmas 1960. My first daughter Susie (Carole Suzanne) had finished school in Omaha Nebraska and is working at Western Union in downtown Chicago.
Photo of the front of our 100 year old farm house taken in the year of 1960.
Our farm home is decorated for Christmas when she comes home on a train bringing presents for everyone and the biggest box is for her little eight years old sister Pamela, much to little Pam’s delight. It is hard to wait for Christmas morning to open that big tied up package to see what treasure it will reveal.
That big black bear is walking right up to where my mother and father are standing (outside of their car) in the beautiful YELLOW STONE PARK in northern Wyoming.
As it approaches my mother, it stands on its hind legs and places its paws on my mother’s shoulders, looking her in the face.
Standing a few feet from them, very softly my father said to my mother “Stand very still and don’t look him in the eye.” And believe-you-me, that is precisely what my frightened mother did. After a couple minutes this big black bear appeared satisfied with what he saw, got down and slowly ambled away. Whew!!!!!!!
NOW…..my mother and father started breathing again!!! Well….at least my mother started to breath again, as nothing ever seemed to bother my father except those cactus thistles in the desert in bloom when he reached to pick a flower and pulled back a handful if stickers. OUCH!!!!!!!!
