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it's halloween eve, let's make some noise! ~ with this vintage tin halloween horn ~ featuring a pumpkinhead, an owl, witch & black cat ~ made by the us metal toy mfg company ~ as are these twist type tin toys featuring another black cat & rather vicious jol ~...
vintage halloween
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our halloween album
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culture of comics blog
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bright & tiny gems blog
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cool site i just discovered on twitter..
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jnk davis ~ celebrating creative togetherness
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ravensblight haunted paper toys..
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the collinsport historical society
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little people meet mr potatohead
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tracy's toys
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retroland
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timewarp toys
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scar stuff
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scholastic

12/02/2019

the littles

the littles & their friends ~

to all tiny people ~

a vintage scholastic book from 1981 ~

i like the ginger cat ~

would it be fun to live under the floorboards? ~

like the borrowers ~

i'd like to live in a tree ~

or under the snow ;) ~

bren

Posted at 08:25 AM in books, cats, scholastic | Permalink | Comments (0)

09/20/2019

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 & the best kitty in the entire world, but she's very sick & in her last days now, 18 & 1/2 years old, she's had 9 lives to be sure & is stronger than i'll ever be, i don't know what i'll be once we're actually kittyless.. please include her in your prayers & pawcircles, that she not be in any more pain or distress..

toxic read tons of mysteries,
(including all the nancy drew & hardy boys..)
she especially liked this vintage 1967 scholastic book..

i distinctly remember she wanted to be just like the tall, skinny "strange girl" in the story..

i think we definitely achieved tall, skinny & strange.. lol

ghost & toxic

p.s. i found another scholastic mystery by this same author ~ the ghost rock mystery

snug as a baby, with her mama, sister & auntie brina ~

bren

Posted at 09:30 AM in books, cats, lost & found, scholastic | Permalink | Comments (0)

09/03/2019

feelings

another scholastic book as book month continues ~

how do you feel? ~

this one belonged to my son ~

from 1991 ~

we all have feelings ~

i think it's good to talk about them ~

& educate our kids about them ~

by aliki ~

the birthday ~

more good old books all through september ~

bren

Posted at 08:03 AM in books, scholastic | Permalink | Comments (0)