BRENDA STARR FROM OCTOBER 26, 1941

Til next time........                                      

                                 ALOHA

BRENDA STARR FROM DECEMBER 27TH 1942

12 27 1942

  

MORE FROM SANTA STICKER AND CUT OUT BOOK

Another page from the Santa Sticker and Cut out Book.

The stickers that go with the above page.

Another card from the book.

castle

I've started The Raider. Even from the first few pages, it's shaping up to be a good read. Lady Rosalin Clifford first meets Robert "the Raider" Boyd (who really existed) when he was imprisoned by her brother Sir Robert Clifford (another real historical figure though he didn't actually have a sister according to the authors note at the back of the book). She finds herself attracted to the big Scotsman and sets out to make his and his fellow captives life a little easier by providing them with extra rations, that is until the extra food is discovered and they are punished for "stealing". Sir Robert refused to believe that they were innocent and relegated Robert Boyd to the pit prison of the old keep at  Kildrummy Castle. She takes pity on him and frees him.  She will end up regretting her impulsive urge. 


Seven years will pass before the two meet up again. The Bruce is making headway at exercising the English from Scotland and The Raider is in charge of seeing that they English scourge is removed from the marches. He has a long standing hatred for Sir Robert Clifford, who was responsible for the death of his father, mother, brother and sister. As luck would have it, Rosalin has taken her young niece to a faire being held at Norham and to teach her how to sit a horse

Norham Castle

since her brother would not allow her to learn with his son Roger. While at the faire The Raider swoops down on the village in order to obtain supplies for the Bruces army in the process kidnapping young Roger and Rosalin to boot as she was trying to protect the young heir and get him away from the "barbarian" that had caught him. With little time to waste and the English troops swarming out of Norham castle (Meg and run to the stronghold to alert the garrison there), the Raider promptly puts a seed bag over her head, scoops her up and gallops hell for leather into the Lammermuir Hills. I'm at the part where Rosalin has taken the opportunity to attempt an escape with her nephew and The Raider, non to happy that the captives were not closely watched (Rosalin feigned a swoon in order to give them an opportunity to make a run for it while their guard went and got her the water she request from the nearby burn) gives chase. 

Today's paper doll is a Brenda Starr from 1941. 

12 14 1941

 I've converted Brenda to black and white and am working on turning the costumes into images you can color as well. 

Til next time...                                              ALOHA!!!

BRENDA STARR PAPER DOLL: DAPHNE DIMPLES

Not much to say at the moment. Had a lovely breakfast this morning with a couple of friends over at Ronnie's (http://www.yelp.com/biz/ronnies-cafe-glendale). I had the Ribeye steak and eggs. I prefer Village Inn (http://www.villageinn.com/)to Ronnie's but one of my friends prefer Ronnie's and likes the food so when we get together with her we have lunch there. I LOVE Village Inn's pies and try to buy one any time I go there with my other friend for breakfast. 
I'm still reading The Recruit. I'm at the part where Kenneth Sutherland has just found out that the woman he'd "swivved" the night before is actually the woman The Bruce wants him to marry.  Needless to say he's not very happy about her omission of who she is. Countess Mary Atholl doesn't want another husband since the one who was executed by Edward I didn't pay much attention to her any way and like Sutherland liked the accolades he receives from "fans" of his prois at the Highland Games. Lady Mary might consider remarriage if the man she marries isn't full of himself and more likely to find other bed partners than come home to her, something her former husband had done. But in the time period that the book takes place ladies of quality didn't have much of a choice as to remaining single or being married. Either they married who the monarch wanted or ended up in a convent. Widows and women in general have it so much better in modern times and truly, I think, women take our freedom to do as we wish for granted. 

Al Moore

The paper doll on offer today matches the date it was published back in 1941: November 9th. Imagine, a month later on December 7, almost exactly a month later, the attack on Pearl Harbor would take place.  The costumes should fit properly. Again, this was from a CD bought by a seller on Ebay and is a photo of the the paper doll. Not a bad one to be sure. I would like to redraw it, re color it so that it comes out much sharper. Or at least do my own version of it. Brenda Starr paper dolls are very hard to come by; the price always going up to astronomical amounts when they are offered on Ebay. I don't have any actual Brenda's from the newspapers in my collection. I do have some paper doll books that have paper dolls that had been published in the Sunday papers and reprinted in black and white in the paper doll book. 

'Til next time.....                                         ALOHA

Still having problems

Still can't post through Google Chrome. I did write Google to let them know the problem but haven't heard from them. Wish they would advise me as to what to do. Until I can post again through Chrome I'll have to use another browser. One that I'd been thinking of getting rid of since I don't use it as much.

On a personal note, the water is back on. Thank goodness!!  I don't mind being without water if I am camping and roughing it but living in the modern world with flushing toilets and running water, you get used to such luxeries and it sucks when you don't have them for a few days.

I didn't post a paper doll yesterday so I hope todays will make up for it because I don't have very many of her in my collection. It's Brenda Starr from September 14th, 1941. She's a little "off" and I had to adjust her somewhat because it is a photo rather than a scan. Like some of the Tillie's I bought her from a seller who'd had the forethought to put the paper dolls she was selling on a disk. I've seen plenty of these on Ebay but usually can't afford them so have to be satisfied with what I can get and hope they are clear enough to be used as reference material if nothing else.



September 14, 1941



My favorite of  Brenda's clothes has to be the wedding dress. Very Arabian Nightish. I have always loved the tales from 101 Arabian Nights and have had a love for anything and everything middle eastern since I was a small girl. Dispite the problems we have had with the countries in that part of the world, that doesn't stop me from not only loving the culture but wanting to someday visit the region. One of my favorite musicals is Kismet with Howard Keel and Anne Blyth. I love the songs and have the soundtrack to the movie on CD.

(Source for movie poster: http://movieart.net/wp-content/uploads/2011/05/full.kismet-1sh-16456.jpg )

Finally before I close for today the Pin-up for September. Another one by Al Moore and since it is football season it's definitely appropriate. :)



Perfectionist Esquire Magazine September 1949

Until next time I leave you with a flower coloring page and much....

 

 

                                                   ALOHA!

 



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