lost & found vintage toys

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 ~



self incorporated & inside/out were more serious fare & would try to bring up social issues like how do you feel when your parents fight or are you being bullied ~



i have the original episodes on dvd but they are kinda hard to find ~



the thing is, after the show the teacher was supposed to open a discussion about it but i don't remember this ever happening in my class, so toxic was always left to ponder what just got stirred up in her own head, & so we always remembered those shows.. (afterall toxic didn't get her nickname without coming from a dysfunctional family.. lol)

see also educational archives ~



later at home you might watch the after school specials which would deal with more relevant social subject matter such as alcoholism or the death of a family member ~



trapper keeper style dvds ~



ghost & toxic

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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 our yardsales, i really wish i hadn't ~



i like medical anatomy stuff like this now classic anatomy coloring book ~

i especially like skeletons, at halloween or really any time of year ~

this guy is a contemporary model ~

he comes with a book about bones ~

you get to put him together ~

& protect him with a plastic dome (so he doesn't get out & terrorize the other toys..) ~

this book is vintage whitman ~

your body ~

from 1962 ~

skellybones ~

the circulatory system ~

the heart ~

the brain ~

i have my mom's vintage highschool biology notebook from 1951 which has her cool old drawings including a skeleton ~

(there are a bunch more of these i posted over at my old blog if you're interested..) ~

hey! here's toxic in her cool vintage skeleton halloween costume (with pigtails?!!) ~

halloween is coming!!

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fall library sale

yesterday i hit the fall friends of the library sale downtown here in portland ~

it's book nerd heaven ~

& it's like my xmas ~

wonderful old fashioned & vintage books ~

i always scoop up the dover coloring books ~

kittens & butterflies ~

vintage wonder, elf & little golden books ~

this dr seuss story was/is still my son's favorite ~

when i saw it was glow-in-the-dark i had to bring it home ~

thanks mr dad, for manning the book cart ;) ~

pop-up oz & kids' vinyl too ~

i found these pokemon guides for raven, as well as a world champion pokemon card in the free bookmarks box too ~

i'll be posting these books up individually soon ~

p.s. you still have time to get to the sale today, but it's also the pdx marathon today so.. just sayin' ;)

bren