An Old Cold Spot
My brother Mike emailed me this photo last night. He said this was a goodbye salute that he snapped today in his garage where this old freezer has been chugging away since 1988. That was the year our mama decided she was tired of bending over and digging through it. Besides, she no longer needed the capacity and hadn't for several years. Mike and my sister-in-law spent the next 25 years "digging" through this old freezer. My sis-in-law was very good at keeping it and the cupboards stocked. The two of them kept promising each other that "It is going to die soon, so we will just keep it until that day." Twenty-five years may seem like a very long life for a freezer. It is MUCH older than that. Sears only sold Coldspot through 1976. I thought that my parent's purchased this freezer in the sixties. My brother said he put the serial number 'on-line' and it matched a 1953 manufacturing date. Here is a close up of the make and model that
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Skinny Sprinkling... :)
I just wanted to thank ya for your sweet comment over at my place.
Blog changed colors???? Did it just take the blue awhile to load? Guess it's just blogger mixin' things up.
Have a beautiful weekend sweetie!
Fond memories.
(By the way, blogger doesn't remember me either. And the word verification--ah! Don't get me started on that.)
so sweet
she is high tailing it away from the cold water (o:
Cute and Cool !
Hey, I know I have your address somewhere, but "somewhere" is the operative word here.
Please e-mail it to me at
swampwitch06@gmail.com
so I can mail your "Pioneer Woman Cooks" cookbook for winning at my place.