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flashback friday favorite ~ jello 123
looking for a fun retro recipe to make for the 4th of july? please enjoy this flashback friday favorite post from summer 2012, my second post here: remember jello 1 2 3? it had a short run & was mysteriously taken off the shelves in the late 60's. i think...
lost & found birthday!
so today is the lost & found toy blog's 8th birthday! ~ in the spirit of things lost & found i'm sharing this kitty toxic drew when she was 6 ~ sent to me by my younger brother who is going through old things at our old family home after...
a gumby day
so i'm having a gumby day today thanks to one of my gumby friends! ~ not long ago i sold one of my gumbyland items, (i usually don't do this but in this very special case i made an exception..) it was this skateboarder gumby keychain. my gumby friend, sally,...
flashback friday favorite ~ fisher price little people house
this is the fisher price house that toxic had in the late 60's ~ it still had a wooden base, ringing doorbell & wooden little people ~ toxic spent a lot of hours playing in this little yellow house ~ & baking stuff in this kitchen ~ fp toys copyright...
where the wild things are
a classic vintage children's book today ~ where the wild things are ~ from maurice sendak ~ max the wild thing ~ finds himself in a secret world ~ where the wild things are ~ this is a toxic favorite ~ see that one wild thing lurking in the back?...
flashback friday ~ raggedy ann
for flashback friday i thought i'd post about one of my favorite lost childhood toys ~ vintage raggedy ann ~ dolls, books or tin toys ~ raggedy ann & her brother andy have always been at home in my toyroom ~ my favorites are the johnny gruelle illustrated versions ~...
when i imagine
i'm someone with a very active inner child ~ once upon a time i nicknamed her toxic after reading several books by john bradshaw (i'm a psychology junkie) ~ ok, so she is mute & kinda feral, but she's mine & i wouldn't have it any other way ~ our...
flashback friday favorite ~ tell me, cat
i'm still thinking about my mom ~ she loved cats just like i do ~ here's a whitman giant tell-a-tale book that toxic had ~ from 1965 by ellen fisher (a good year for vintage ;) ~ with cool stitchery by virginia tiffany ~ lost & found again ~ toxic...
remembering mom
see this old family photo from the early 70s? this is the way i remember my family, my mom & dad & brother & older sisters, i'm the quirky one down there on the left ;) ~ i'm departing from the toy & book routine for today because yesterday i...
brain games
a vintage book of brain games ~ from 1979 by will shortz ~ this book belonged to toxic as a teenager ~ keeping sharp ~ :D ~ nerd. ~ bren
flashback friday favorite ~ valentines
this flashback friday favorite post is from valentine's day week 2013 & we're remembering our sweet little miss pickles.. yesterday we lost our sweet little miss pickles. she was 11 years old & died of a rare disorder. we are all broken hearted here at our house.. this week leading...
flashback friday favorite ~ lost smokey the bear camping set
i was excited to see this vintage ad when it came up on ebay because it shows a lost playset of toxic's that i've been looking for forever ~ one xmas around 1971-1973 toxic got the smokey the bear camping playset shown in the ad & she thoroughly used it...
flashback friday favorite ~ lost toys
long post ~ toys that remain Lost today ~ this was toxic's favorite lunchbox ~ tin aladin early 70's era dr seuss ~ with the grinch, horton the elephant, the sneeches & the cat in the hat ~ i see it on ebay here & there but it's pretty pricey...
flashback friday favorite ~ vintage xmas
a flashback friday favorite post today from an old christmas, this time a sweet little vintage xmas assortment of gift trims just in time for last minute xmas eve presents ~ this gift label assortment by kaycrest originally cost only 10 cents ~ for 50 seals, cards & tags just...
flashback friday favorite ~ lost modrod
leading up to xmas i wanted to devote a few posts to my favorite xmas toys (this is toxic with baby brother way back in 1970..) ~ for xmas 1969 santa came through with this awesome vintage plastic mod rod kiddie pedal car for toxic ~ i loved my modrod...
flashback friday favorite ~ oldschool television
classic oldschool tv from the 70's ~ back in elementary school toxic used to like when the teacher would roll in the tv on it's metal cart & turn off the lights so we could watch electric company or other public television shows like self incorporated & inside/out ~ dvds...
flashback friday favorite ~ upsy downsy land
welcome to upsy downsy land! ~ this book features characters made by mattel toys in the 60's.. childhood in 1969, it was a beautiful fuzzy world ~ toxic had this very psychedelic book ~ in fact for some reason she & her friends used to write all the bad words...
flashback friday favorite ~ skeletons
a flashback friday favorite post from october 2013.. this is all i have left of my ideal visible head model from the 80's, it's the picture from the box.. sadly mine broke apart after being used as a hatstand for many years & i regrettably sold it at one of...
flashback friday favorite ~ i like cats
a flashback friday favorite book post today from the first days here at the lost & found.. from the 1968 bowmar early childhood series, written by marion w. crume, photos by harvey mandlin ~ toxic checked this book out from her elementary school library when she was little, now we...
flashback friday favorite ~ mystery back of the mountain
a short flashback friday post today from one of the first days here at the lost & found, since we are dealing with possible end of life care for the last of our beloved kitty family.. everyone knows snug is my special kitty, my cheshire cat, my unofficial therapy cat...

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pdx estates services/sales
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so much cool & funny stuff here..
culture of comics blog
cool blog by jeff whitman of papercutz..
bright & tiny gems blog
vintage & other cool things here..
dinosaur dracula
cool site i just discovered on twitter..
mystic halloween blog
a cool halloween blog i discovered..
jnk davis ~ celebrating creative togetherness
a cool creative site..
view from the birdhouse
fun vintage to be found here..
vintage teen books
a great site full of young adult books..
ravensblight haunted paper toys..
one of my favorite sites..
zombo's closet
a scary cool blog..
the collinsport historical society
for dark shadows fans..
little people meet mr potatohead
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tracy's toys
a cool toy blog..
retroland
everything retro
timewarp toys
buy old toys here ~
vintage valentine museum
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tommy's toys
a cool vintage toy blog..
dis forum
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vintage halloween toys
cool vintage halloween stuff here..
collectible vintage toys
an auction alternative to ebay..
kathy's fastfood toys
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imaginary world
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halloweentown
nightmare before xmas site
doombuggies
haunted mansion site
this old toy
fisher price store
enchanted world of rankin/bass
rick goldschmidt ~ rankin/bass historian
scar stuff
vintage halloween blog
greenleaf miniatures
for dollhouse enthusiasts
little golden books
steve santi's store
sam's toy box
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06/12/2020

flashback friday favorite ~ fisher price little people

our little people, who doesn't love the old-style fisher-price little people? wood or plastic, they were just right, weren't they? in our house they were always called 'guyguys' because my husband grew up calling them that & passed it on to my son, today's fisher price toy is an oldie, the vintage musical ferris wheel made in 1966 ~

made of wood & plastic with musical movement made in japan ~

it plays 'in the good old summertime' ~

fisher price toys copyright '66 fisher price toys, east aurora ny ~

this has been a flashback friday favorite post from summer of 2012..
(note: clowns are not original to this particular toy, i'll be populating my fisher price toys with my own various little people that may or may not have originally come with each toy..)

ghost & toxic

Posted at 08:07 AM in circus, fisher price, music | Permalink | Comments (0)

04/27/2020

morning noises

back to my vintage kids' book library ~

here's a wonder book from 1962 ~

morning noises ~

what's the first sound you hear in the morning? ~

watch out kitty! ~

backyard birds have been waking me up early these days ~

a goose that does math ~

get him, mr lion, have him for breakfast, he's nice & crunchy ~

more wonder books ~

with washable covers ~

bren

Posted at 08:34 AM in birds, books, cats, circus | Permalink | Comments (0)

04/11/2020

spring treats

some fun treats today from our pantry ~

i bought these shopkins fruit snacks because the toys are really cute ~

but i have to say i was disappointed, don't they just look like wadded up amorphous gummy bears? ~

these have been the most popular treat lately at our house ~

more popular than toilet paper, girl scout thin mints disappeared first out of our quarantine backstock ~

raven, my demented son, actually eats these.. circus peanuts. horse glue spun goodness? ~

terrifying when microwaved ~

bren

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