I'd never heard of French candy floss. Is it the same as English? Seen in Winchester Christmas Market.
I've already said thanks for all your kind birthday wishes and comments on my birthday selfie for 19th December (I've always liked that date!) - have just seen this morning that I made it to the PP. That's really great - thanks again!
A nostalgic p.s. - the neighbours apparently were surprised that my mother put me out in my pram in the January 1947 snow of that cold, cold winter. But I survived. (I guess I was well wrapped up in home knitted!)
Lovely capture for the word and great with the pops of red. Hazel I was a January winter snowbaby too ( born in Dec.46) yes we were tough and still are.
We call it cotton candy. I would live this picture but the red coated girl in the film Schindler's List haunts my memory too clearly. Then your words create a scary image of a baby abandoned out in a blizzard and seem to echo the sadness of the film
Oh dear, Dixie - I don't know the film Schindler's List (I probably would not have coped going to see it). Don't thnk of me as an abandoned baby - I certainly was not as my mother was, if anything, always over-solicitous of my health!
Brilliant sc. I have no idea what French candy floss is either. Hope she manages to sell it all, she has gone a bit overboard with the preparation of it.
Nothing wrong with being outside in your pram in winter. As long as you are well wrapped up, the fresh air is really good for you. Gives you strong lungs. That's why people with TB used to be outside in winter apparently.
In France candy floss is called Barbe a Papa. ! Or Daddy's beard!
Never eaten any but my best guess would be it has a lot of vanilla in it!
Fun photo :-)
Very festive! Did you try any? My sister was born in January 1963 which was also freezing - I don't know if my mum put her outside (she was their first so maybe not!) but apparently there was quite a bit of ice on the inside!
I didn't think of trying any. My mum didn't let us have candyfloss as she thought it was unhygienic! (I was the first child too but no qualms about cold fresh air!!)
@quietpurplehaze Sounds like a wonderful place to grow up, Hazel. I just looked it up. I grew up in San Francisco and a City next to it called Daly City where my Mom still lives. I loved being near the Pacific Coast and enjoying the beach as much as I did. How different things were then, though.
I used to be in touch with a lady from San Remo (think that's right). Like me, she has bipolar disorder and she put some of my self-help charts I had made on her web page and also a short account of my childhood I wrote, in a paper magazine. Maybe I'll post it on here if I can find a suitable shot to accompany it.
My eldest son was born in the March of that cold winter of 1963 & they told us at the baby clinic that babies could go,out in the pram well wrapped up in any weather except fog! Harry came home from work & was horrified that the baby was outside in the porch. They don't even dare put babies out in their prams these days ....such a shame....nothing better than a kicking babies legs waving in the air under the apple tree! Fabulous colour red....such a bright & punchy photo!
Nice capture of the child and dad... I see that others have chimed in about the "cotton candy" term in the US. The sc is fun for this shot, because of the young lady's red coat. Glad you got a "PP" birthday present. :)
That looks like cotton candy in the U.S.! My kids love it - pure sugar! Love how you've captured their expressions here, and the selective color is fantastic!
@quietpurplehaze I did not know you have bipolar disorder. My husbands 1/2 brother is bipolar and tried so many things to have a good life. Diet, medications, meditation and kept busy working till he retired and still keeps busy but at his own pace. He has sure struggled. It would be interesting to see a post like that from you.
If you like to briefly put your email address here, Darlene, I'll send you my self help charts. (The childhood autobiography is not relevant to bipolar). Then I'll delete your address.
December 23rd, 2014
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Oh dear, Dixie - I don't know the film Schindler's List (I probably would not have coped going to see it). Don't thnk of me as an abandoned baby - I certainly was not as my mother was, if anything, always over-solicitous of my health!
Nothing wrong with being outside in your pram in winter. As long as you are well wrapped up, the fresh air is really good for you. Gives you strong lungs. That's why people with TB used to be outside in winter apparently.
Never eaten any but my best guess would be it has a lot of vanilla in it!
Fun photo :-)
Oh thank you, another bit of French vocab is always welcome!
I think it was just what folk did in rural Suffolk in 1946!!
It's in the east of England - rural county with a lovely coastline - mostly unspoilt and where I was born and lived until my twenties.
I didn't think of trying any. My mum didn't let us have candyfloss as she thought it was unhygienic! (I was the first child too but no qualms about cold fresh air!!)
I used to be in touch with a lady from San Remo (think that's right). Like me, she has bipolar disorder and she put some of my self-help charts I had made on her web page and also a short account of my childhood I wrote, in a paper magazine. Maybe I'll post it on here if I can find a suitable shot to accompany it.
Thank you, Cheri! Enjoy your time offline!
If you like to briefly put your email address here, Darlene, I'll send you my self help charts. (The childhood autobiography is not relevant to bipolar). Then I'll delete your address.