I Made it! Monday: The Summer Top

This was taken in 1975 or 1976, right before or right after I graduated high school.  I can tell it's a summer afternoon by the clues.  Not by the fact that I was wearing shorts, as we lived on the desert, and shorts were year-round apparel. 
Nope, it's summer because it's daylight, and the curtains are drawn.  Like I said, I grew up on the desert, and a fact of life was that summers were hot.  Beastly hot.  110- to 120-degree days were normal.  So, my mom would always keep the curtains closed to help keep the house cool.  In my mind, summer is never bright and sunny; it's always dark and enclosed. 
And, it's afternoon, because I'm eating ice cream.  That was my regular afternoon snack.  We must
have gone through a lot of ice cream...
The top I'm wearing is one that I made out of a light-weight cotton, with little flowers.  It has a square yoke with gathers front and back and gathered short sleeves.  It was easy to make and very forgiving of all the ice cream I was eating in those days!  If I remember correctly, I made several of these.  I've seen a few new patterns that look very much like this lately!