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February 15—Susan B. Anthony’s Birthday

Born in 1820, Anthony dedicated her life to winning voting rights for women.

She died in 1906 without realizing her dream.

The day after ....

is this cute or what?

Here is hoping you all had a

good Valentine's day.

I hope that when he or she

smiled, all things chocolate

were forgotten!?

It Happened This Week

Pinocchio made his big-screen debut in 1940.

Monopoly first went on sale in 1935. During World War II,

the German army let humanitarian groups distribute the

popular game to prisoners of war without realizing the

British Secret Service was using the board to conceal

compasses, files and maps that helped thousands of

captured soldiers escape.

The California Associated Raisins Co. trademarked the

Sun-Maid Girl in 1917. The ironic smiling, red-bonneted

beauty (modeled by a real raisin packer named Lorraine

Collett Petersen) proved so popular, the company later changed

its name to Sun-Maid Raisin Grower's Assocation.

NOTE FROM ME: I went searching as this made me

curious and wanted to read more about Collett Petersen.

Here is what I found:

Some people never age. Oh, in real life they do, but in other ways they never do. Like in advertising. In 1915, Lorraine Collett Petersen posed for artist Fanny Scafford in San Francisco. The result was a smiling young Lorraine wearing a brilliant red bonnett and holding a basket of grapes. At the time Petersen was earning $15 a week as a part-time seeder and packer. Chances are good you have seen Loraine's portrait hundreds of times on packages of Sun-Maid Raisins and other Sun-Maid products.

Soon after posing for the artist, Lorraine landed a small movie role in ''Trail of the Lonesome Pine." Later, she ran a Fresno restaurant for two years, then converted a former hospital into nursing home and retired as a nurse. She died in 1983 at age 90. The watercolor portrait of Lorraine was recently modernized, but the current image closely resembles the original.

I don't know when the photo above of her was taken, but you can see it in person and learn more about Lorraine at the Sun-Maid Visitor Center in Selma, California.

At 27 years old, Elizabeth II was crowned the Queen of

England in 1952. This year marks her 60th anniversary on the throne,

making her the second longest reigning British monarch

with three years to go to match the record-holder,

Queen Victoria.

Construction officially began on the Hollywood Walk

of Fame in 1960. One of the first celebs to be honored? Academy

Award winning actress Joanne Woodward. Those who'll get their own

stars this year include Kate Winslet, Scarlett Johansson, Vin Diesel,

Mariska Hargitay, Jennifer Lopez and The Simpsons'

creator Matt Groening.

You've gotta dance like there's nobody watching,
love like you'll never be hurt,
sing like there's nobody listening,
and live like it's heaven on earth.

~ William W. Purkey

The foolish man seeks happiness in the distance;

the wise grows it under his feet.

~ James Oppenheim

Good friends, good books and

a sleepy conscience:

this is the ideal life.

~ Mark Twain

It does not do to dwell on dreams

and forget to live.

~ J.K. Rowling

Finish every day and be done with it.

You have done what you could; some blunders

and absurdities no doubt crept in; forget them

as soon as you can. Tomorrow is a new day; you

shall begin it serenely and with too high a spirit

to be encumbered with your old nonsense.

~ Ralph Waldo Emerson

Just when you think it can't get any worse, it can.

And just when you think it can't get any better, it can.

~ Nicholas Sparks

Sometimes people are beautiful.
Not in looks.
Not in what they say.
Just in what they are.

~ Markus Zusak

More goodies!

A Petal Cake, simply

gorgeous and delicious looking!

I will be sharing more of these.

I try to believe like I believed

when I was five .... when my

heart told me everything

I needed to know.

~ Lucy Liu

Thank you to a friend named Peter for this recipe.

Nice and healthy, not to mention that it just has

to be sooo good and refreshing!

Smoothie

1 kiwi, sliced
1 banana, peeled and chopped
1/2 cup blueberries
1 cup strawberries
1 cup ice cubes
1/2 cup orange juice
1 (8 ounce) container peach yogurt