Showing posts with label Hippie. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Hippie. Show all posts

Monday, February 20, 2012

Far Out! - Happy Hippy Part Two


We were famished after our performances at Woodstock so the sponsors of the concert provided us with lunch. We pigged out on flower power sandwiches (shaped like flowers), Groovy Granola Parfaits, and tie dyed cupcakes.



                                                                That was trippin'!!!

After lunch we tried our hand at some 60's crafts

You spin me right around baby, right around!

Spin Art masters


Everyone knows well dressed hippies wear tie-dyed threads.
An expert on the craft gave us careful instructions.

Our t-shirt designs were "Out of sight!!!"



After designing our t-shirts we tried out a tie-dye experiment. For this experiment you need a wide, shallow bowl or baking pan. Place about 1 cup of whole milk in it. Drop a few drops of neon colored food coloring in it. Then drop in 1-2 drops of Palmolive Dish Detergent in the middle of the pan. When you drop in the dish soap the dye shoots out through the milk causing a tie-dye effect. We did this over and over!


In the immortal words of that great philosopher, Edwin Star:

War, huh, yeah
What is it good for
Absolutely nuthin'!
Say it again y'all
War, huh, yeah
What is it good for
Absolutely nuthin'!!!



While some went to War, others stayed at home and...

Protested!!!



This was our favorite protest sign. Rex said, "Heck no, we won't go!
I am not going, I am good!
Seconds later he gave in to the temptation of a good water gun fight and
 left the peaceful demonstrators and joined the fight!


I'm a lover...

...not a fighter!



Come on people now, smile on your brother
Everybody get together
Try to love one another
Right now, right now, right now!!!

We're promoting peace by staging a dance-in.

Every "buddy" had to dance on a newspaper to 60's protest songs.

Each time someone stepped off their paper they were out and the
other teams had to fold their paper in half and continue dancing.

This was a great way to really Get Together!

Psychedelic Supper

We dined under a fluorescent glow cast by black lights, lava lamps and disco balls.

Dinner included pizza, fruit, Special brownies, and glow in the dark jello flowers.
 (Make the jello using tonic water instead of water and cut out in flower shapes.)

White daisies and tonic water in clear vases cast a cool glow under blacklights.

The last activity of the evening was a glow in the dark fountain. Remove the label from a room temperature bottle of tonic water. Outside, place a blacklight at least 4 feet from the tonic water. Roll up a paper tube and place it around an unwrapped package of Mento's. Place a index card over the open top of the tonic water, place the roll of Mento's on top, pull out the card and when the Mento's drop into the bottle,
 cool glowing mento fountain!




Our littlest protesters stage one last sit-in!


Ode to the 60's
After eating our brownies we "tripped" off to bed
while visions of mushrooms twirled in our heads
We dreamt of a concert where everyone played
and Uncle Ryan danced around in a weird "Purple Haze"!

Peace, love
Gramma Luvlee
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Saturday, February 18, 2012

Happy Hippy 60's



Our buddies are "Out of sight!"!




Our time travelers arrived from all around the world to visit the headquarters of  It's About Time Inc.

There, they were greeted by the world famous inventor of "The Time Machine", The Professor. The poor old guy was a bit frazzled, having misplaced his calculations for the final formulation on the time machine.


After much searching and head scratching,the Professor invited them to proceed
to the "Time Machine" and to "just hope for the best"!



Trying to cover all liability angles the Professor asked our daring and naive
travelers to sign waivers of release,  just in case!


Sign the waivers, kiss your loved ones goodbye and it's off to places and times unknown! When the Professor seated us and the door clanked shut the time machine was bathed in inky darkness.

Then the Professor cranked up the machine, motors turned, lights flashed and the machine SHOOK!


When we finally stopped and the door fell open, low and behold we were in ....

...The Groovy 60's!!!


Far out man, that was some trip!
We were met in the 60's by our groovy guide Crimson Haze, who was literally in some kind of haze!

She helped to "Hippify" us by teaching us the lingo...

...and by changing our square names to something more enlightened!

The travelers each drew two slips of paper and formed their new hippie name with them.
 Words included hippie words, nature items, colors and patriotic words.

Pace - Summer Fire        Shea - Ziggy Tide
Lauren - Yellow Hope      Kamryn - Rainy Liberty
Tuff - Eternal Sand                Jett - Jewel Stone
Danii - Serenity Life         Merrill - Crimson Frost
Rex - Tranquil Karma       Korbi - Rainbow Snow
Asher - Comfort Rain       Katie - Moon Willow
Jordin - Peacful Melody    Elizabeth - Summer Love
Mandy - Journey Joy    Gramma - Luvlee Flower
Trevor - Deer Feather      Ryan - River Rose

Then we crashed at Crimson's love shack...

...where we took a chill pill and traded in our square clothes for some groovy threads.






And quicker than you can say "FAR OUT"...

We were GROOVY gals and guys!




Welcome to Woodstock - 3 Days of Peace & Music



Lucky for us the thousands of concert goers rushed the gates and
we were able to save our ticket as a souvenir.


The anticipation was high as the announcer presented the first act of Woodstock...



...the one and only JIMI HENDRIX!!!

Jimi was followed by some equally well known acts.

The Tokens lead singer, Trevor, lets his sweet falsetto drift out
 over the audience.  Listen as he sings those thought provoking lyrics...


...wimeohwe, wimeohwe, wimeohwe, wimeohwe,
hush my darling don't fear my darling...
(Tuff, was just a little fearful!)

Thanks to some inspiration from Uncle Jimmy, The Beatles break out in some
 awe inspiring dance moves as they sing that old standard...

We all live in a Yellow Submarine


Lets welcome Manfred Mann as he sings,
"There she was just a walkin' down the street...

...singin' Do Wah Diddy Diddy Dum Diddy Do!


Put your hands together for that high stepping, Nancy Sinatra!!!


Are ya ready boots? Start walkin'!!!

And closing out our Woodstock Extravaganza the incomparable,
SONNY & CHER!!!


Babe,
I've got you babe
I've got you BABE!!!

Sonny, you better watch out. Your Babe is flirting with some other guy!


Don't worry, the 60's haven't ended yet. There is just too much of this groovy
kind of love for just one post. There will be more far out fun tomorrow.


Gramma Luvlee
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