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for winnie winnie bo winnie, danny danny bo banny, banana fana fo fanny, fe fi fo manny, W-I-N-N-I-E
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  1. Winnie Nielsen says:

    Hahahahaha! What a DELIGHTFUL good morning greeting! I love this. Such a beautiful tulip center. Tulips had the original use of deep pink and purple to wow would be bees to come inside. And that lingo from the early 1960s… my sister and I used to play badminton in the backyard singing that jingle and putting in all the names of everyone we knew while laughing hysterically! Thank-you Mary Jane for such a wonderful surprise when I clicked on my computer this morning with coffee in hand! Whoop!!

  2. connie says:

    Winnie, I enjoyed your Tulip today, it was my Good Morning Birthday flower!

  3. Karlyne says:

    I wanted to join in on the song, but I was laughing too hard. Happy Birthday, Winnie, or Unbirthday as the case may be!

  4. Oh yes I remember that name game song ! They had just integrated our schools in Virginia, and my first Afro-American school friend could sing this the best and pretty much make fun of all those who were cruel to her. It was a very difficult time and she had the courage to made it all light and happy.

  5. Winnie Nielsen says:

    Karlyne, it was Connie’s Birthday. Mine is in July but thanks for the early greeting!

    Lisa, where in Virginia did you live? I was in second grade when the schools closed for a semester due to segregation. We offered our basement for a classroom for second graders and I remember what fun it was to go downstairs into this classroom. I was made to attend school up the street in another basement which turned out perfect because I met a little red headed girl with braids that became my best friend for many years!! Schools opened in January for the second semester so we were all sad to leave our basement classrooms. However, we loved being back where there were lots of swings and stuff on the playground!

    • The time of the song I was living in Falls church VA- 7th grade. I lived all over. Daddy worked for the Government. In Norfolk, in 5th-6th grade, I am not happy to say, I lived for a year with my not very open minded aunt. I attended a “White Academy”. Those were schools set up to avoid integration. Even I at that young age was horrified. I was brought up by my unprejudiced parents better than that, but had I no choice that year. People these days, especially those not from the south, have no idea how awful the whole system was.

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  1. Winnie Nielsen says:

    Tulips just make me feel happy! This particular color is stunning.

    • Wow Winnie, still love tulips after your tulipmania trip? I love them too.

      • Winnie Nielsen says:

        I have always loved tulips because they remind me of our yard growing up in Virginia. Our tulips were usually blooming around Easter and my mom successfully hid an egg or two in them for the annual Easer Sunday Family egg hunt in the yard. I will never tire of tulips!

  2. connie says:

    Beautiful! and Winnie, you have seen their King and Queen!! LOL!!

  3. Karlyne says:

    Those are seriously delicate- I thought they were wildflowers at first!

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  1. And I thought I hated ironing our way, with electric irons. How about putting in the ruffles and pleats with a sad iron? yes picturesque but no ,certainly don’t want to go back in time to that!

  2. Karlyne says:

    Clever, but out of my league!

  3. Rachael Bott says:

    Oh My Gosh! I want that!!!!! That would be interesting for sewing projects!

  4. Joyce says:

    Now we can appreciate more deeply how our ancestors used their creativity.
    The simple pleat was an engineering masterpiece. Dedication to their craft was
    in every simple thing created. Beauty was simplicity in their day.
    We have the world at our fingertips asking us to create .
    Remember the gifts of the past given, weave them into the future.
    We are the futures new ancestors. Leave a legacy of beauty and stories that are worthy of the images remembered by the next generation .

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