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golden book of science for boys & girls

from another xmas past~ my giant golden book of science ~

wonderful vintage science ~

toxic's choice ~

trees & animals ~

anatomy ~

dineys ~

planets ~

weather ~

light & shadow ~

toys ~

ghost & toxic

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exploring earth ~ dinosaurs

golden magazine ~ may 1966

definitely dinosaurs

amazon holiday toys

another toy catalogue for the holidays ~

this time from amazon, including wishlist :) ~

with fun puzzles & characters ~

what's on your wishlist this year? ~

fun & games & stocking stuffers ~

national geographic :D ~

art supplies <3 ~

it even include stickers! ~

disney ~

dolls including american girls ;) ~

monster high! ~

plush toys ~

more like this to come ~

bren

flashback friday ~ altar of eclectica

so i was commenting at my other blog about our 'altar of eclectica' ~

this wall unit that mr dad & i bought for $200 way back in the early 80s has come a long way with us ~

& over the years has become known fondly as the altar of eclectica :) ~

in its early days it held books & home taped vhs tapes, our old zody's stereo & the original evil jolly chimp (who i've posted about here) ~

it has always been there in the background through the different places we lived over the last several decades ~

& it has changed & evolved & had many different incarnations ~

all gumby mode for my appearance at collector's corner ;) ~

here's an old family get together down in socal with the a of e included ~

our kitties were always so good & left my collectibles alone <3 ~

i've always loved having it right over my shoulder to look at because every tiny treasure has an associated memory with it :) ~

i tend to stand in front of it whenever i'm getting photo'd ~

so the altar of eclectica basically is a bookshelf, there are art, poetry, horror & classic literature books in the back ~

with tiny treasures of all sorts in front ~

top shelf toys include american mcgee's alice, tolkien & tophats ~

one halloween of old ~

behind raven & sabrina are dedicated nightmare before christmas collectibles including a vampire shelf ~

there's a psych shelf, kids stuff shelf & one for collector card notebooks ~

the latest incarnation includes a wonderland shelf, a halloweeniana shelf & one for kitties & mystical items, as well as a stephen king & zombies shelf ~

i've used the a of e as a backdrop for many of my 'dollscapes' over the years, like 'gumby in christmas crisis' (link in the sidebar) ~

my ghost toy catalogue includes a shelf by shelf close-up breakdown ~

visit my entire ghost toy catalogue here (sound up)..

this has been flashback friday favorite post from 2022.. happy friday the 13th for those who celebrate!

bren

flashback friday favorite ~ all who wander are not lost

a very special post today in honor of our favorite author jrr tolkien, as old friends of mr dad's are visiting oxford & graciously placed my painted tolkienstone on his grave in remembrance of his life's works that we have all loved so much.. yeah, for all of us nerds <3 ~

so i have an entire category devoted to tolkien here at the lost & found toy blog ~

as i discovered his books as a child long ago & read them all ~

& of course never missed the animated films that came on every year ~

& naturally passed it on to our son who became a huge fan too ~

there's not a film we've not collected & seen in full commentary form ~

not a game we haven't played to the end ~

all those collector cards ~

we'll never forget all the times going to the theater for the movies over & over ~

i once posted a month of tolkien time posts here at the lost & found ~

featuring all the books, games & collectibles we've collected over a lifetime ~

cool figures ~

& as a taphophile who loves to photo old cemeteries & epitaphs i added the photo to the very end of my extensive cemeteria album too ~

kinda makes me want to venture back into middle earth again ;) ~

& visit with old friends ~

you can check out all the tolkien videogames as well up at our game gallery playlist on youtube here ~

cool old vinyl for your vintage inner kid ~

& be sure to click on tolkien in the category list in the sidebar for much more ~

& thanks so much to robert & jeb :) ~

update: :D ~

so not only did robert & jeb leave our tolkienstone on his grave ~

they brought these 2 stones back from the grave for us! ~

so i painted one with tolkien's sig & we'll varnish it & keep it on the tolkienshelf in a place of honor! ~

& the other one.. who knows, maybe one day daniel/raven will have to take it back to england himself & return it to the grave? <3

UPDATE: this has been a flashback friday favorite post from last summer as jeb's research in edinburgh has taken some very interesting turns ;) & tolkien fans should check back all weekend here for new cool stuff!

bren

moon madness

more moon madness today ~

this huge blue moon decal looks great in mr dad's spaceroom ;) ~

along with his moon nitelite ~

& other space & scifi themed items ~

we love things that glow in the dark! ~

this tiny moon viewer actually works great :D ~

it has teeny tiny viewmaster-like slides ~

showing the earth & the moon ~

nice & crisp & clear ~

as large as you want :) ~

we'll be up early to photo the full moon as usual ;) ~

click the links in this post for many moons & other space fun..

bren