Rosy cheeks...

I need a little pink today...

Betty Grable...

Carole Landis in her boudoir...

Ziegfeld Follies! "Here's to the beautiful ladies... Here's to those wonderful girls..."
It doesn't get any pink'er than the opening scene in this movie!!!

The panther tamer -again....

The ultimate Pink Lady -Barbara Cartland!

Marilyn... Diamonds...

Cyd Charisse.. I wish I could dance like her...

Carole Lombard

Marilyn in her pink nightie..

I'm looking for this little pink lamb from Sun Rubber. I only have the white version....
Has anyone seen her?

Marie Antoinette

Red hot!

This one is for Gingeyginge....

I'm considering dying my hair! I need a change...
I am a natural honeyblonde. I've been platinum, ash, golden, california... every blonde in the book (I'll dedicate my next post to the blondes...)

-But I've also gone red.. from strawberry blonde to dark ruby, for a couple of years or three...

I did it because of this foxy lady...

Tex Avery's Red Hot Riding Hood

My favorite cartoon red-head... (Not forgetting Jessica Rabbit...)


Here are some more of my favorite red-hot-ladies;)

Lucille Ball


Technicolor galore!!!

..as the panther-tamer in Ziegfeld Follies.. You must see this movie! The opening scene is to die for!


Rita Hayworth

All my red-headed dolls were named Rita... (the brunettes were named Jane (after Russell...) the blondes obviously Betty...)






Tempest Storm
..and Bettie.. I've posted this picture before (I love this image and the wonderful little movie tease it's from...)

Va-va-voom...

Just The Type

I finally found it! The first pin up girl I ever saw...


My grandfather, Kurt had this and showed it to me once when I was about 4 or 5, it's been stuck in my mind ever since.. The colours, the wink, her legs.... I only saw it that one time and later when I asked about it my grandmother had thrown it away -she thought it was 'silly'!
Later I found out that Gil Elvgren made it but I had a hard time finding an original litho print of it. Untill now! It's in the mail.... can't wait to receive!!!

Cigarette Girls

I found my old cigarette case the other day. I don't really smoke cigarettes anymore except once in a blue moon at a party.... but I do love the old glamour of smoking -and the smoking cigarette girls!

Vargas January girl calendar page (I gave this to my husband since his birthday is in January..)


Marlene Dietrich

Cigarette girl from 'The Ziegfeld Follies'


Handing out toys...



I actually have the Al Moore calendar in the background...




Enoch Bolles


Crisis in the nightclub...

Drama, drama...

...more drama...

Kinda the same...


In the spotlight


"Everybody's doing it!"



Maybe I should try one before I do the dishes next time...


Inhale, exhale...

Animal test..

My daughter gave me a test the other day. She asked me to name three of my favorite animals starting with the one I loved the most and explain why...
I said...

Number one: Cat...
Because it's gracious, clean and has a will of it's own..



Number two: Fawn.. or Bambi...
It's big eyed, skinny legged, fragile and sooo quiet...




Number three: Barn Swallow...
It's beautiful, fast and travels many, many miles to go away for the winter but always returns home again in my favorite month of May...




She then told me that the first animal's qualities represent what I want others to think of me...

-the other is how people see me...

-and the third is how I really am...

I though it was a cute test and it gave me a little food for thought..

Especially since the overall plan my husband and I are working on is to travel out and live in a warmer climate every year during the winter... like the swallow...

I grew up in the countryside and we had swallows in the horsestables, they came back in May almost at the same date every year! -and when Denmark chose their national bird (sometime in the 80's) I was sure it was gonna be the swallow and I was very dissapointed when the swan was chosen...


The first tattoo I got was a swallow..

The second was Disney's Bambi..

-and I'm getting a kitten in a week!

Here kitty, kitty....

These paintings make me want to paint again... and get a kitten -and wear silk dresses -and powder my hair and face....








They are all by the amazing Ray Caesar. You can find more here....