It might sound strange to say that a week which begun on a holiday (Victoria Day) feels like its been a long one, yet it has it. You know how the end of the month can be, as various issues that had b...
Though the classic saying we all learned as youngsters states that "April showers bring May flowers", this year Ive been feeling more like it should be "April showers bring May winds!&...
A little over a month ago, in a post called Blue Jean Baby, OK Falls lady, I mentioned the fact that around that time my husband and I had spent a thoroughly enjoyable afternoon in the neighbouring c...
"You miss 100 percent of the shots you never take." ~ Wayne Gretzky {Spring has sprung and this beautifully attired 1950s woman (identified as Sally Garnand Longmore) cou...
Like countless gals the world over (and for decades now), I adore nail polish. As a teenager my collection of bottles nearly hit triple digits and Id usually give myself a manicure every couple of ni...
"You know what you look like?" Tony asked. I shook my head and smiled inquisitively. "Cold!!!" Came his swift reply. And, boy howdy, was he ever right! The bitingly cold temperatu...
As many of you may have noticed (and/or read about in this post from last month), Chronically Vintage recently had a good old-fashioned spruce up, with several elements of the sites design and layout...
{Blue Dress ~ sugarpie honeybunch} {1955 Blue Boy paint by number picture ~ calloohcallay} ] {Wem schoolchildren learning domestic skills and gardening ~ LIGC ~ NLW} {1950s blossom earrings ~ ...
Its a very wet day outside as I sit here and type this post. The sort of slate gray morning that makes it feel as though someone has put a dimmer switch on the sun and turned the knob way, way down. ...
...because I totally ♥ it. Outfit details Red Fabric hair flower: unknown (possibly H&M) Gold...
There are few times of the week more serene or beautiful than Sunday morning, especially come the merry days of spring. After a week that felt rather long at points, Im especially grateful for the se...
My darling little grey tabby cat Stella (who you may remember from such posts as this and this) has many, many nicknames including (but in no way limited to) Meowers, Ms/Miss Kitteh, Stellina, Fuzzba...
Theres something about the newness and renewed sense of vitality that comes with spring that makes its particularly well suited to cleaning, organizing, or simply approaching various aspects of life ...
Outfit details Metal bar barrette: unknown (had since I was a teenager) Vintage Aurora Borealis glass bead necklace: from ...
The town of Penticton, where we live now, is sandwiched rather quaintly - and permanently - between two lakes. On the north end is one of British Columbias best known and most generously sized bodies...
"We shall not cease from exploration, and the end of all our exploring will be to arrive where we started and know the place for the first time." ~ T.S. Eliot {Sunshine a...
The older I get, the more Ive come to see that there is almost no one amongst us who completely loves every last element of their body. Whether justified or not, most people have a laundry list of fa...
When one thinks of the decades many of us adore most - the 1920s through to the 50s - orange is not often a colour that pops out as being especially dominant. No, the multitude of shades that fall un...
Cheerful Sunday morning greetings, sweet dears, I hope that youre each in the midst of a relaxing (hopefully not too rain drenched!) weekend. Following on the heels of last weeks post in I discussed ...
This past Thursday was an especially busy one for me, though I rarely ventured further than the living room sofa. You see, that day - as I discussed in this post on the topic - I decided that as this...
When I first started this site three years ago, blog awards were somewhat more common then they are today. Perhaps there was a fad component to them, and while I know that not everyone was a major fa...
...Or just really cute vintage hats, whichever you prefer. As youll likely have noticed, this site is currently undergoing some revamping. In the wake of Chronically Vintages 3rd birthday yesterday (...
Time flies. It also runs, hops, dances, and parades through the ever expanding volume that is human history. Every second of every day, it marches onward leading to great days and ordinary ones, memo...
Two Fridays ago (April 6th), I wrote a post about a topic that had been surfacing often in my mind lately: what had I (and you) loved for as long back as you could recall? Towards the bottom of the p...
Until very recently, I never thought there was anything too special about my skin. You, sweet dears, however are starting to convince me otherwise. On my wardrobe posts lately, youve left some wonder...
When making people look back, waxing nostalgically about the foods of their youth, many remember of cookies as being the primary sweet treat of their youth. Indeed, for lots of folks such was the cas...
British Columbia is a fascinating and gorgeous place to reside. Few corners are even remotely the same and a great many beg to be explored and admired. One interesting fact about the western most Can...
“Easter spells out beauty, the rare beauty of new life.” ~ S.D. Gordon {Becomingly decked out in some of the most iconic hues of the decade, this 1950s mother and her three children are ...
The recent events surrounding our cross country move have had me reflecting lately on an interesting topic: what are some of the things (not people, that’s an entirely different subject unto itself) ...
With such a hectic whirlwind of activity going on recently due to the move/unpacking/sudden return to having more of a social life, it feels like Easter really snuck up on me this year (or perhaps, m...
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