a ghost.. a real ghost.. has no need to die.. what is she except a being without access to the universe that she has not yet managed to forget? ~ randall jarrell
ghost pix album ~ rpg videogame screenshots, lol kitties & all kinds of goodies..
toxic was here album ~ vintage socal birthdays & halloweens, etc.. ~ copyright 2008 all rights reserved
ghost stories (blood & butterflies..)
these are excerpts from the book toxic & i wrote about our childhood... it's called 'brenda was here'.. let me know what you think/comments? p.s. stories here are non fiction/true. (privately hosted ~ if you're interested in reading this just ask:)
more dover books ~ mini sticker books ~ all birds ~ common birds ~ for your birdwatching journal perhaps? ~ & audubon birds ~ called seals here ~ vintage style ~ the robins are up early here <3 ~ wrapping up bird week ~ bren
this one is for the birds ;) ~ today's dover coloring book ~ & for the birdwatchers ~ our backyard robin nest is empty now ~ & the young fledglings are all about the back & front yards with their parents ~ all this rain we're having has provided lots...
another dover coloring book ~ backyard nature ~ by dot barlowe just like yesterday's dover book ~ raccoons ~ birds & bunnies ~ mice ~ bats ~ bees & butterfies ~ chipmunks & squirrels ~ we've enjoyed a wealth of backyard nature here in oregon ~ so many birds ~...
more dover books this week ~ with a focus on nature ~ starting with a walk in the woods ~ we have so many birds active all around our house currently ~ & i recently spotted a dear deer in a stand of trees on one of our rockhounding drives...
more vintage ephemera today ~ this book of vintage ephemera has over 580 stickers! ~ with everything from steampunk ~ to ostriches :D ~ letters ~ circus ~ & of course halloween :D ~ bats & skellies ~ sun & moon ~ big bugs ~ birds ~ & much more...
continuing halfoween week ~ with this cool book of vintage halloween ephemera ~ rats, bats & brains ~ jols ~ black cats & witches ~ old fashioned halloween ~ curiousity cabinet labels ~ poe & the raven ~ more like this to come ~ bren
this is a flashback friday favorite post from 2016.. it's mayday which means we are halfway to halloween! ~ oh yeah, & it's also time for the spring friends of the multnomah county library book sale! ~ i came home with a boxfull of books & it's still going today...
i've been to the spring friends of the library sale today ~ i find less & less good kids vintage each time ~ but i always come home with some treasures ~ little golden books, scholastic & wonder books ~ i also venture into some other categories ~ like psychology...
happy caturday ~ from the kitty cottage ~ alice has aNother scratcher house ~ this one has a bluebird of happiness ~ for her to eat ~ it smells tasty ~ but it's hiding from her ~ here's where she got her head stuck inside the kitty cottage & pulled...
more poe today ~ because a household such as ours must have an edgar allen poe coloring book ~ it's wonderful ~ with artwork by odessa begay ~ the black cat, the raven, the cask of amontillado, the oblong box, the pit & the pendulum ~ & many more are...
once i did a post of all the poe books & items i've gathered into my library here ~ i had to add the poe notecard & stickers to my a of e ~ like i've done with alice ~ & mr rogers ~ cool stickers with quotes ~ again...
today's flashback favorite post is our old girl scout handbook from 1951 ~ toxic wanted to be a girl scout, but her mom said no. but when she found this vintage 1951 manual she figured she could read up & be a scout on her own.. haha this fff post...
almost valentine's day ~ neon cats ~ & other cool creatures ~ i'm thinking about this one for mr dad this year ;) ~ heart stickers included ~ & the best part, kitty magnets! each valentine has a slot to tuck one inside <3 ~ now there's one on our...
i thought it was about time i share some recent vintage valentine finds ~ since sunday is already valentine's day ~ this sweet one for grandmother has cute kittens ~ ren & stimpy valentine stickers from 1993 ~ some nice antique valentines ~ a little painter with another kitty ~...
so as a sticker addict i of course bought this full hardback book of over 1000 antiquarian stickers ~ yeah it's a lifelong weakness ~ in a past life i was a victorian lady of leisure ~ starting out poor like toxic ~ but ending up living in a fine...
some new enamel pins today ~ i've posted numerous pins & buttons here at the lost & found over the years ~ vintage & new ~ i got these for my hat ~ i'd still like to find the gumby vampire pin :) ~ anatomical hearts ~ always a favorite...
so it's that time of year when i get to choose which new journal i will start writing in ~ i have a bunch of blank ones to choose from ~ because i've been a rather hypergraphic journaler for the last 30 years or so ~ hmm, vintage christmas? ~...
more kids meal toys from burger king today ~ some vintage from toonsylvania ~ & viva rock vegas ~ wild thornberries ~ gulliver's travels ~ never saw that one myself ~ hop ~ from 2011 ~ chick & bunny ~ open season ~ strawberry shortcake ~ more like this here...
it's almost halloween! ~ this year i ordered some cool goth fabrics through spoonflower ~ so i've often said, i am no great seamstress ~ but my great grandma taught me a thing or two ~ she use to sew her own dolls ~ & sewed clothes for toxic's dolls...
ghost gamelinks..
ghost's top eleven rpg's:
#1 ~ down the rabbit hole...
"here's a riddle.. when is a croquet mallet like a billy club? ..i'll tell you... whenever you want it to be..."
cheshire cat to alice
(american mcgee's alice: the original)
this game is my favorite above all others...
!!!!!!!!!!!!!!UPDATE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
thank you thank you mr mcgee for alice madness returns!!! (with the original i still rate these the best!)
#2 is primal, especially the wraith world where i felt right at home.. what a relief to play a strong female for a change, and with scree the gargoyle at my side... loved this game and want more!!!
#3 is fable/fable:lost chapters/fable 2.. get lost in this incredible world and determine your own fate... good or evil.. or somewhere in between...
fable 3 is out!!!
#4 city of lost children.. based on the french movie of the same name.. you are miette, an orphan, use your thieving and sneaking skills to free the childrens' souls from the evil inventor who is stealing their dreams...
tied at #4 the kingdom hearts games (2).. disney meets final fantasy! play in disney worlds alongside jack skellington in halloweentown, jack sparrow in the caribbean or alice at the mad tea party..
#5 is van helsing.. if you liked the movie, play this gothic masterpiece and face werewolves, the frankenstein monster, mr hyde and count dracula himself...
#6 are all of the lord of the rings games, which are all worth mastering, including the hobbit game.. (watch out for the spiders!) & the old classic snes lord of the rings.. (another good old favorite.. i spent forever lost in the barrow downs...)
#7 are all the ultima games.. my favorites were 'quest of the avatar' and 'the false prophet'.. but if you like the classics try out 'black gate' and 'exodus' and the other oldies..
#8 is the original nes game shadowgate.. the one that turned me into an rpg junkie in the first place all those years ago.. hunched over my controller in the dark in my camper in the middle of the night.. still a classic...
#9 is final fantasy, but i'm an old time gamer, so i mean the original final fantasy games on nes/snes like 1, 2, 3 + mystic quest.. still the best even without the graphics of the newer games...
#10 is lemony snickett's series of unfortunate events.. ok, so this game is not terribly hard.. (i was able to complete it even while fairly intoxicated..) it is still creative and fun if you enjoyed the movie, which i did...
i needed a #11 on my list for all the honorable mentions.. unforgettable games like wizardry, king arthur's world, tombs & treasures, deja vu, faxanadu, the immortal, breath of fire and the dragon warrior games.. also baldur's gate, the ren & stimpy games that wrecked my nerves, zombies ate my neighbors, fester's quest, maniac mansion!!! ...gasp... too many to remember... aargghh! all those years spent in the dark deep in some labyrinth scribbling cryptic notes and maps.. is that what is was that made me mad? or did they save me from madness...? the world may never know..
(p.s. i never made it without biting..)
!X! a bonus: i absolutely approve of the gamecube's eternal darkness: sanity's requiem.. lovecraftian & hallucinogenic.. i dare you!
the post-apocalyptic fallout games, F3, new vegas & F4 coming soon!
i highly approve of the other from software games besides bloodborne, demon's souls & dark souls 1, 2 & 3.. not for the faint of heart, gotta get good for these!
deliciously classic or wonderfully gross, these vintage recipes for kids from the golden magazine for boys & girls or jack & jill magazine are fun even if they don't make it to your table..
~ copyright 2012 all rights reserved
so yesterday i finally got around to getting all the last achievements on american mcgee's alice madness returns ~
i've played it several times over through the years but was recently inspired to play back through on nightmare diffi...
even more alice today ~
alice illustrated ~
everyone from tenniel to barry moser ~
these are the classics i remember ~
i've posted original vintage editions here at the lost & found before ~
arthur rackham's versions ~
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i'm someone who has been playing american mcgee's alice games since the first pc version back in 2000 ~
as a patreon patron i am an enthusiastic supporter & toxic is one of a legion of insane children, aren't you? ~
one of the re...
i'm still grieving the loss of my own sweet cheshire cat, snug, who i lost just weeks ago ~
always by my side for my american mcgee's alice & madness returns playthroughs ~
but at least i just received my new asylum plush kitty y...
this is the box i want to see being delivered to my frontdoor :) ~
besides the cheshire cat i posted over the weekend, it included this alice in wonderland game ~
it's a funkoverse strategy game ~
based on disney's alice in wo...
obviously alice & the cheshire cat & mad hatter are favorites of mine ~
just click on alice in the categories list for a glut of alice items ~
so i'm often sporting an alice t-shirt like these cool cheshire cat ones ~
i'm amon...
i was one of those american mcgee fans hoping & pleading for a sequel & a console version of the original alice game.. 11 years later in 2011 i got everything i could ask for ~
alice: madness returns includes the original game too, ...
so today the new tim burton alice movie is out & here are a bunch of the toys :D! ~
here first is the basic alice doll ~
alice is played by mia wasikowska ~
she comes with a winkie style chronosphere & is also available in an ...
obviously alice & the cheshire cat & mad hatter are favorites of mine ~
just click on alice in the categories list for a glut of alice items ~
so i'm often sporting an alice t-shirt like these cool cheshire cat ones ~
i'm amon...
a little alice today ~
disney's alice through the looking glass ~
with illustrations based on the movie ~
i actually liked this second tim burton alice movie as much or more than the first ~
i just so happened to have poste...
the lost album - click to visit my current photo album (sound up)
visit gumby's childhood home.. Note: if the audio doesn't play for you on these albums please go directly to my gumbyland & gallery website, where the audio plays perfectly on laptops & pcs :)
our mini houses (sound up)
our nature trails (sound up)
baker's tour painting by bren..
gumby trapped on the moon..
gumby rain spirits by bren..
the snowman by bren..
blue star drive-in (toxic toys)
blackbird's outpost dollscape..
halloween dolly freakshow
floorsleeper/blue house dollscape..
girls kick ass
lilac house..
raven's rest house..
charlotte house..
sunset house
innsmouth house
caution! zombarbies!
box of bees installation..
patchwork playhouse..
xyz dollscape
annie's saturday house..
hiding places installation..
autumn butterfly installation..
doll medicine dollscape (warning graphic content)
monkey lab installation
toxic dollies dollscape
never open your eyes dollscape (warning graphic content)
collidescope dollscape (warning graphic content)
migraine dolls sickroom dollscape
the haunted forest installation
pandora installation
lost hollow digital art album (warning graphic content)
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