In Your Easter Bonnet...

Except for the finger curls, that was me, too.

My grandmother made sure of it -- she had a saying that if you didn't get a new hat for Easter the birds would **** on you. (Hmmm ... she probably didn't use the word '****' ...)

We must all be of an age. I got "rag curls" -- ringlets. Man I hated sleeping on those things but you didn't say "no" to Grandma.

Happy Easter Ladies!

Happy Easter happycat and Tico! In honour of the day I may just wear a hat (but no ringlets!) (The hat is no hardship -- it's supposed to continue snowing -- will probably be a tuque )

I'm surprised that there hasn't been a wave of replies, here. Could it be that we are the only ones?

I'm sure I had different style hats through the years, but the one in my memory was a wide-rimmed straw boater with a white gosgrain ribbon around the crown that had long tails that tickled my neck, and silk daisies around the crown as well. I tried to find a picture, but couldn't ....

Happy Easter, both of you.

.... something like this, but the ribbon was much more modest (and white), and definitely with the elastic strap cutting off my windpipe as happycat says.

Easter Bonnets were great.

Bring them back NOW!

We used to have competitions at school and take it all very seriously.

I was just thinking about this yesterday.

Every Easter after I was about 5 (or so I remember it) my aunt would take me shopping for a new Easter hat and short white gloves.

We (the hamburgers, aunt, uncle and weeBeth) would go for an Easter walk each year all decked out in our finery.

I'm sure hamburger has Easter photos in the albums back home.


this seems to be the only one I have (finery, but no hats), I think it's Easter 1959



hamburger, mrs. hamburger, weeBeth, aunt, uncle

Cutie pie.

No finery for me. It's closely linked to going to church, no?

Last year, about a month after Easter, I got some Easter finery for sozlet at Gymboree. Heavily discounted -- ~90% off -- good quality, figured why not. Bought it in the next size up at the time, fits her now. No idea what we'll do with it. :-? Dress her up and take some pics, I guess.

Nasty little boys used to pluck and twang the elastic on hats.

The grown-ups thought it was cute. Not only did they not interfere, they adimred the plucking and twanging as early courtship rituals.

It hurt.

An Easter bonnet (c. 1947) started my interest in feminism.

Little boys spoil everything when your a little girl, and they smell.