60 Birthday Wishes...

Wishing a special Happy Birthday to my lovely Mum, aka Marg [a very keen PL & Verandah  supporter], today... A Big Milestone Birthday - certainly one to be toasted, applauded and cheered! We hope you had a wonderful time today Mum, we love you so very much - here's to the next exciting decade in your life, make each choice you make really count to something great & fulfilling. Like the big 'O' says aim to 'Live Your Best Life' - NOW! Love you lots. Always,

1951 in Australia

Monarch: George VI

Governor-General: William McKell

Prime Minister: Robert Menzies

Australian Population: 8,421,775

Elections: Federal

1951 World Events - US source

Peace Treaty between Japan and Allies

King Abdulah assassinated

First Electronic Computer

22nd Amendment Limits Presidency to Two Terms

Color TV Introduced

US Airforce Orders B- 52 Bomber

H- Bomb

Mao Tse-Tung

Popular Culture

Top Movies

1. David and Bathsheba

2. Showboat

3. An American in Paris

4. The Great Caruso

5. A Streetcar Named Desire

6. Born Yesterday

7. That's My Boy

8. A Place in the Sun

9. At War with the Army

10. Father's Little Dividend

Academy Awards

Best Picture: "An American in Paris"

Best Director:George Stevens..."A Place in the Sun"

Best Actor:Humphery Bogart..."The African Queen"

Best Actress: Vivien Leigh..."A Streetcar Named Desire"

Most Popular Books

Fiction1."From Here to Eternity" ...James Jones. Scribner

2."The Caine Mutiny"...Herman Wouk. Doubleday

3."Moses"... Sholem Asch. Putnam

4."The Cardinal"...Henry Morton Robinson. Simon & Schuster

5."A Woman Called Fancy"...Frank Yerby. Dial Press

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Nonfiction

1."Look Younger, Live Longer"...Gayelord Hauser. Farrar, Straus & Young

2."Betty Crocker's Picture Cook Book"... McGraw-Hill

3."Washington Confidential"... Jack Lait and Lee Mortimer. Crown

4."Better Homes and Gardens Garden Book"... Meredith

5."Better Homes and Gardens Handyman's Book "...Meredith

Most Popular Television Shows

1. Arthur Godfrey's Talent Scouts (CBS)

2. Texaco Star Theater (NBC)

3. I Love Lucy (CBS)

4. The Red Skelton Show (NBC)

5. The Colgate Comedy Hour (NBC)

images via tumblr, pretty stuff

Black & White - Graphic Love...

Today I love ... these rooms (created by Nate Berkus - also of Oprah [Winfrey] fame) are bathed in the harmonious contrasts of Black & White each plays with positive & negative space in their placements of colour & shade; the light & dark and a fabulous graphic element which is achieved through linking artwork - one of a painterly style in the framed canvas above the bed instead of a head board drawing the eye up (as seen in the bedroom - top) and the photographic piece as ships mast and upper deck area - framed and mounted in white allowing it to float and sail between the white lamps (as seen in the hall console/ study area). Through considered placement and linking colour through artwork (as a joining vehicle - like that of a print in a fashion story) contrasts and limited colour can flow. The fresh clean, contemporary air, adding texture and the personal touches with photos of family /friends carefully placed and the art work really does appeal to me.

Images from NB - Nate Berkus & Associates