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:)
following up on my recent vintage videolog posts ~ digging into the old videolog also revealed these gems ~ various little notes & drawings made by my son daniel/raven ;) ~ including his own characters & homemade paper pogs <3 ~ happiness is being a mom ~ we are weird...
more videolog today ~ so let's get into the pages ~ on one side i had categories like cartoons & animation (all kinds of fun vintage here, just click on these pix for the larger image) ~ classics <3 ~ comedies (lots of good oldies here too!) ~ original gumby...
so summer's here & it has been too hot ~ this is the season for vampires like us to close up the curtains & turn on the a/c & bingewatch old movies, right? ~ a good time to share my old videolog ~ which is of course covered in stickers...
it's cd sunday ~ with some dvds too ~ i've enjoyed windham hill since the old vhs days when i rented & bought their peaceful videos to help calm my anxious brain ~ i even listened to windham hill on cassette in preparation for labor when i was pregnant with...
flashback friday fun from the lost cause memory theater today ~ so this is our video vault, yeah i was obsessed with taping shows back in the old vhs 80s days ~ i kept this videolog of all my tapes ~ i taped all the old night gallery, twilight zone...
i've been thinking how much i would love a new radiohead album just about now, so this flashback friday favorite post is all radiohead, from mother's day 2016.. ok, so today the new & possibly last radiohead album is supposed to drop & i can't think of anything that would...
this large vintage gumby for president button was a promotional item in conjunction with the release of fhe's gumby for president vhs videotape ~ from 1987 ~ & i'm also fortunate enough to have this vintage gumby for president t-shirt from 1983 ~ i'm fortunate because this cool item was...
i have been enjoying thom yorke's latest cd, anima, which i just received for my birthday, so today's flashback friday post is everything radiohead, from a mother's day of the past ~ ok, so today the new & possibly last radiohead album is supposed to drop & i can't think...
my favorite books to read to my son when he was little were arnold lobel's frog & toad stories ~ i even painted them for his room (now they're on the toy room wall..) ~ i also found this cute journal which i just started writing in this spring ~...
it's flashback friday time again ~ one last vintage vhs kids lot as we say goodbye to summer ~ classic disney movies, the rescuers & the jungle book ~ or some scooby doo ~ movie version ~ before you know it, it'll be the holidays ~ classic xmas fare, peanuts...
it's flashback friday ~ looking through our dvd shelves for more vintage to bingewatch in the ac this weekend as we wait out the summer heatwave ~ a good deal of our dvds are homemade, like these classic family film festival treasures ~ because i was a compulsive videotaper back...
it's vintage vhs flashback friday ~ we dare you to look into dr blood's coffin ~ oldies from our vault ~ the screaming skull scared mr dad as a child ~ another favorite of mr dad's, fireball xl5 ~ marionettes scare me ~ here's my favorite ~ cool vintage toy...
i've posted frog & toad here at the lost & found before ~ a particular favorite at our house especially when my son was small ~ with adorable stories & illustrations by arnold lobel ~ i'm with toad ~ i'm oldschool & love actual book in hand bedtime stories for...
it's vintage vinyl friday again ~ rock 45s ~ radar love ~ classic bowie, wouldn't he be pleased with the recent spacex event? ~ toxic saw foreigner at the forum in la ~ alice cooper is a favorite ~ toxic saw the stones in la too, at the coliseum in...
here's another fun vintage clue game from parker brothers ~ for your vcr.. lols ~ in vhs format, because at the time we still had beta videocassette tapes ~ you still play detective to solve the murder mystery like in the classic game i posted days ago ~ the characters...
for vinyl friday it's more radiohead 'cause that's just how i roll ~ starting with this single from thom, harrowdown hill ~ from his album, the eraser ~ & some singles from hail to the thief ~ go to sleep & there there ~ with more cool stanley donwood &...
for flashback friday i thought i'd start posting some vintage vhs days ~ starting with this cool old halloween happy meal promo ~ from 1998 ~ each happy meal came with a vhs tape ~ like scared silly, one of the wacky adventures of ronald mcdonald ~ seen here on...
the original mighty morphin power rangers movie on vhs ~ from 1995 ~ later there came power rangers turbo the movie ~ from 1997 ~ power rangers triple force from 2000 ~ in 3d ~ glasses ~ of course nowadays you can see power rangers on dvd ~ the best...
this large vintage gumby for president button was a promotional item in conjunction with the release of fhe's gumby for president vhs videotape ~ from 1987 ~ i'm also fortunate to have this vintage gumby for president t-shirt from 1983 ~ i'm fortunate because this cool item was generously donated...
i once posted about gumby videos ~ here are some more vintage vhs tapes starting with gumby & the moon boggles from family home entertainment ~ also from fhe is gumby rides again ~ this one contains the episode the ferris wheel mystery, which i also have in a 16...
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
i miss my smiling cheshirecat ;) ~
some alice notebooks ~
tenniel's signature reminds me of tolkien's ~
from flame tree publishing ~
as we end the merry merry month of may ~
for all your notes, dreams & observations ~
...
one more cat book for kitty season ~
devoted to black cats ~
at age 14 toxic brought home a black kitten that needed a home ~
& our brother adopted her tortoise shell sister ;) ~
i named her delilah & he named his kitty dee...
a tiny bit of xmas here at the end of april ~
awake in a cat bed & oh come all ye furful <3 ~
catmas carols by laurie loughlin ~
oh hold me right :D ~
from chronicle books ~
illustrated by mary ross ~
oh little town o...
a cool old cat book today ~
old possum's book of practical cats ~
by ts eliot ~
with illustrations by edward gorey ~
a classic ~
the musical cats had several of these kitty characters ~
like the rum tum tugger ~
ca...
i've posted about our kitty alice here before at the lost & found ~
well this is the diary of another kitty named alice ~
her memoirs of her life with the uprights ~
& her friend thomasina ~
neighbors & strays ~
fun & ga...
have you seen today's google doodle? ~
another susan herbert cat book today ~
catropolitan opera cats ~
kitties can sing ~
our alice is an oriental mix ~
who only very rarely meows ~
instead she 'sings' all the time ~...
back to cat books ~
medieval cats ~
by susan herbert ~
i've posted susan herbert cats here before ~
i'll always remember my son's 10th birthday at medieval times dinner & tournament ~
& also the renaissance faire ~
yo...
so we're a gaming family here ~
as part of fallout week, this special flashback friday post is about my gaming album ~
so toxic remembers playing handheld electronic football & atari, asteroids, pacman & centipede, galaga, defend...
back to the wonderland shelf ~
alice in wonderland sticky notes ~
in tiny book form ~
presents of mind again from the unemployed philosopher's guild ~
classic images for while you're out ~
in post-it form ~
dum & dee ...
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 ~
...
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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