I got four of these coloring books, one each for the 60s, 70s, 80s, and 90s. I decided to start by choosing something from the 60s. I like the books with one caveat. The paper is thin, which means the descriptive text on the backs of a coloring page (which usually relates to the next coloring page in the book) bleeds through. Drawings bleed through to the descriptions, too.
You can see what I mean in this description of the page I’m sharing today.
Still, she’s lovely, even with reversed words showing across her throat, and I hope I did her justice. The colors are a little more vivid than they appear in this artifical light.
My mother loved this song, and I don’t have access to my 45s at the moment, but I feel like I still have our copy from when it was released. I swear there’s a girl in this user-created video who’s a character in the Neverending Saga. Though none of the books are set in San Francisco, the city is mentioned often and it casts a long shadow over some of the characters’ lives.
ETA: Today is my father’s birthdate, and I miss him so much. He’d be 109 if he were alive, and he’d probably tell me to get the heck out of Texas. Not sure Alabama would be any friendlier to an old hippie wannabe like me. These are not my times…not because I’m living in the past. But I’m out of sync with so much of the culture and the politics.