From The Past: September 19, 2007
If they haven’t already, very soon calendars for 2008 will start arriving at your local mall, Joseph Beth Booksellers, Barnes & Noble, and many other stores. I have a calendar hanging in my bathroom. If any event is coming up such as a birthday party, school trip, doctors appointment, or even the beginning of TV shows which have been off all summer – it is written on this calendar. I keep in my own bathroom and not the “company” bathroom.
I can spend an hour looking through the calendars at bookstores, but I always end up choosing the same ones.
Our decor is not country, however these calendars are wonderful. I have bought other calendars such as Norman Rockwell or Anne Geddes. Rockwell painted fantastic paintings and Geddes has a wonderful eye for photography, but I enjoy looking at lots of details. There are only so many details one can get from a photo of a single object; pretty or not, there it is and you’re not catching a glimpse of anything new for thirty days.
These Lang Folk Art calendars have so much detail, the photo never gets old. You see something new each and every time you look. Of course, the holiday photos are especially beautiful and full of detail. I’m sure you could guess my favorite month. October! Here are some of the October photos:
Yes, I do keep these calendars. For one thing, as I have said, the photos are beautiful, but also that information I spoke of earlier can come in handy. For instance, one time I needed to know the date Ashley had tubes put in her ears. Well, I couldn’t remember exactly when it was and those medical bills had been shredded long ago, so I went to my calendar and voila! There it was! So you see, it is a good idea, at least it is for me, to save them.
As you saw above, normally the calendars are titled Lang Folk Art, but last year, I found a Linda Nelson Stocks Folk Art calendar. I favor her work over the others I have seen, so I bought her calendar and have not regretted it for one minute!
I am thankful to my mom for introducing me to these calendars many, many years ago.
Do you have a favorite calendar?