Life Waves Blog

I had planned on continuing my Life Waves post in January well it is still January so I am kind of on target.

The beach stories of the 60’s were as complete as I was willing to share,ha.

Life Waves now becomes my  daily ‘Life Waves’ of Life  that I started back in high school along with a few past stories thrown in the mix.

But I start today with the Pleasure, Joy, Disappointment and Horror I created within five different people.

I am working, now let me rephrase that, I am cleaning out my office finally.  My office is upstairs in our smallest bedroom. I love it and share it with Mojo our  two-year old English Bulldog. It is filled with books, posters, beads, publications, wrapping paper, articles, bills, paperwork, my iMac which I love , sea glass, my Gram’s old wardrobe which I refuse to chop up for firewood, my Davy Crockett suitcase ~~~need I go on.

Now since this was a small bedroom it has a fun walk in closet that I turned into a bead room years ago.  I have mood swings with the beads but that is another story. For now I can say I have a zillion beads,vintage, glass, lucite, crystals for a lifetime so this room is also a major part of my  reorganizing.

I had planned this event for early January after the holidays and it all started off great, well the first 15 minutes anyway until I started to come across old Stone Pony Stuff, then Asbury Park Stuff, then old photos from childhood, then STUFF, Thumbelina and Tammy  Dolls, CD’s, VHS’s, every Coastal Living Magazine every published…now do I dream or what!!!! LP’s,  signed posters, signed promo shots from rock n rollers.

But now on to the story.

Back during the holidays somehow everyone on FB was posting a favorite childhood character.  I chose Rosie from the Jetsons thanks to Melody and Blaine  for helping me upload or download her!

I have warned you all in the past I am no writer as I digress which you can see.

Well, in one box yesterday I unearthed a signed  Promo Photo of Buffalo Bob with Howdy Doody which I could not remember how I got it yet  you will read that a bit later. I  decided to share  what I found with a FB friend Blaine. I am not sure if he had a Howdy Doody or whatever  the show promoted  as a kid but somehow I remembered him using him as this character post.  So I posted  it to my FB wall.

Little did I know that Blaine, I think, enjoyed seeing it. Then to my surprise my childhood friend, Bobby, who I have known since forever told me he and his brother were at one of the NYC shows then another friend chimes in that her daughter had a Howdy Doody(whether she still has it or not  I am not sure) and then there were two left.  Linda Lichtman and Myself.

Not knowing Ms. Lichtman’s story you must read her blog which, if I can figure out, I will attached.

I awake this morning and after doing whatever it is I do I logged onto FB and I admit I love to check Linda’s page and what to my surprise is a new blog making reference to Buffalo Bob and Howdy Doody. Oh no~did I do something bad or good.  Again read Linda’s blog and you will see.  So as fast as my fingers would type I am clicking to read Linda’s blog (which I love along with her) but  I admit I had no idea the direction of her blog about  Buffalo and Howdy yet  in the end I was LOL and crying for her.

As for me Howdy Doody was frightening. He lived in the closet only to peek out at night from the attic door. He hung on a hook.  I hated him and although as a child I seldom watched TV this show was thrust upon me as a kid by my parents and grandparents why I still do not know.  I had a large collection of dolls but this puppet freaked the hell out me.

If I disliked him as a kid why have a promo photo well the photo was obtained by my loving husband, Bums, who collects photographs/autographs.

Since I had a Nursery School, at the time, I guess he thought he would get this signed for me to hang at school not knowing my fear and dislike for BB and HD. My motto from school was: “every day is a learning experience” and that day Bums learned of my dislike for BB and HD and today I learned what Buffalo Bob and Howdy Doody meant to some of my friends.

What is the saying~~’a picture paints a thousand words’

well this picture created many different emotions.

I am glad some of you enjoyed the photo, some remembered a childhood adventure, one remembered a daughters toy, one remembered a childhood disappointment and one still had nightmares.