One of the things about getting to your sixth decade is being able to look back and see how things have changed along the way. Everything from cars, to the way we cook, to clothing and hairstyles have changed so dramatically in the six decades I have been around.
When I was in high school in the late 60’s, my friends and I wore our hair long and straight. If your hair was not naturally straight you had to iron it to get that perfect degree of straightness. True, I never ironed my own hair, but I did help some of my friends with ironing theirs. What a smell if you got the iron too hot! These days, girls can get the best hair straighteners that won’t burn their hair and make a stink in their rooms.
As I got older, I wore my hair shorter and shorter, and in the late 80’s started wearing it above my ears.
That generally short hairstyle lasted until 2008, when I became a seasonal park ranger. The first year as a ranger, when I took my hat off at the end of the day, I had the worst hat hair!
I decided to let my hair grow out over the winter of 2008-2009, so I wouldn’t have the problem anymore.
. Now, my hair is as long as it was back in 1971, but gray. I probably won’t cut it again until I “retire” from being a ranger.
Happy Birthday, Fab Grandma!! 60 is a great age…enjoy the year and beyond! Did you ever figure out that Crema thing for Fab Grandpa?
I love your hair long.
I remember my mom telling me about ironing her hair to get it straight. She had hair down to her bum in the 70’s . I think your hair now is lovely! Happy 6th decade!!!
I love looking at photos that track the passage of time. Love your hair long.
Happy Birthday! Your Wickenburg friends are close to me 🙂
Happy Birthday. You look great.
HAPPY Birthday to you and wow your younger photos are so wonderful to look at. Thanks for the walk through time.
P.S. You look great in whatever style of hair!
Love this look back! Great photos!
I love your hair long and I love that you leave it naturally gray, it’s such a pretty color! Happy Happy Birthday 🙂
I just love you! happy Birthday!!!
so tell me… is there a cloth diaper under that blanket 🙂 hehe
You look gorgeous no matter WHAT length your hair is! That’s so funny about the hair iron though- my Mom & I both have super curly hair {¬ the cute kind of curly} & she always tells me how lucky I am to have a flat iron because she had to use an iron too!
Oh & Happy 60th!!! <3
Only sixty? You are a young chick, it is all in the heart! I like the hair long!
I love the long hair too and your gray is gorgeous!
My mom told me about ironing seems strange since we have such cool hair tools now. I like your hair long as well! Fun photo flash backs!
I loved visiting your hair over the years. I think you are so beautiful with the length you have now. It really suits you!