lost & found vintage toys

the stars: a new way to see them ~ by h.a. rey

oooh! ~

hey, there's a new book on the coffee table ~

my good friend, fellow misfit & part-time santa's elf just sent me this cool book ~

the stars: a new way to see them ~

it's by h.a. rey, who'll you recognize as the guy who brought us curious george :) ~

our star chart ~

this book has an easily readable approach that comfortably introduces us to the stars without overwhelming our brains with too many technicalities ~

it has every kind of star chart imaginable to show you the way through the night sky ~

for years mr dad & i have photo'd eclipses & supermoons ~

year-round celestial clock ~

originally published in the 50s, this vintage book still has pluto reassuringly included among the planets, out there at the edge of our solar system ~

toxic lived on the moon for awhile, not unlike gumby ~

it's starting to feel like xmas now :) ~

bren

 

portland little libraries

so i've been posting about cool places around portland we visited on our recent funrun ~

most people have heard about little free libraries where you can take a book & leave a book? well portland takes it one step further & has little toy libraries too! ~

so in honor of gumby's 70th anniversary i wanted to leave some gumby & pokey toys around town ;) ~

in hopes that some child will discover gumby for the first time? :) ~

here's a pokey keychain i left in exchange for a tiny shopkins toy :D ~

i've posted shopkins kitty cars here at the lost & found before ~

check out these fun youtube shorts i took ~

there are a bunch more of these little libraries all around portland ~

there was even a sticker swap where i left some artsy animal stickers ~

this was really cool ~

yeah, i'll never grow up ;) ~

keep your eyes open while driving around portland, you never know where they'll pop up ~

appollo space capsule ~

the batteries were out but once replaced it will light up inside ~

part of the nasa space adventures series of toys that are all interactive ~

bigfoot tried to get inside, but he too big, especially feets! ~

& hey, now mr dad has a cool new toy for his spaceroom shelves! ~

a note: if you click on the top pic in this post you'll notice what might be an emu & wombat alongside the trinket trade? that's mike bennett's art! he paints fun stuff all over portland & is currently painting the surrounding backgrounds for the new portland aquarium coming soon! he's great :D

bren

ghostcloset antifashion spring update 2025 - fallout

more ghostcloset antifashion updates for spring ~

trying out my new vault tec hoodie & bag ~

i miss fallout right now & would love to play a remake, say of fallout 3? ~

at least if real life turns all apocalyptic i have the appropriate journal ~

which i've prepped with fallout stickers ahead of time ~

wish i really did have my beloved vault 11! ~

vault bag ~

some new pins including nuka cola & goosebumps ;) ~

more ghostcloset tomorrow ~

bren

flashback friday - fallout

for this flashback a favorite oldie from years ago.. hey, it's fallout friday! ~

yeah i just made that up but i wanted to post all about fallout games today ~

i've spent the summer fully immersed in fallout 4, the latest in the fallout videogame series ~

i first tried fallout 3 on xbox 360 ~ fallout 3

got hooked & went on to fallout: new vegas ~ fallout: new vegas

then fallout 4 on ps4 ~ fallout 4

in a few days the latest dlc nuka world is coming out :D !!! ~ nuka world trailer

the guides & s.p.e.c.i.a.l. perks ~

where else can i live in an old drive-in, convert it into a kitty sanctuary & set up my own toy shop, but in the fallout wasteland ~

here i am, bren, or the professor as some have called me ~

recently i've been working on opening my own little toy & soda shop in the wastes ~

for all your post-apoc toy needs ~

have a nuka cola & peruse the selection ~

we carry vault tec lunchboxes & plastic pumpkins, it's already time to start thinking of halloween! ~

popular favorites like jangles the moon monkey ~

giddyup buttercup & blast radius board games ~

be sure to check the comic book rack for grognak the barbarian, astoundingly awesome tales & the unstoppables ~

& it's time to start thinking about xmas toys too ~

our treat center carries nuka cola, nuka cherry, nuka quantum & vim ~

or if you're hungry we have candy, fancy lad snack cakes, sugar bombs, blamo mac'n'cheese, instamash, salisbury steak, dandy boy apples & more ~

check the display cases for robot models, cool science items or the latest holotape games to play on your pip-boy like grognak, atomic command & red menace ~

lost & found toys at university point in the old pharmacy building ~

note: if you've reached this you're likely a gamer & might appreciate my ghost pix album with videogame soundtrack, full of screenshots of my favorite games & gratuitous lol kitties sprinkled throughout ~ ghost pix album 
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bren

p.s.

visit our videogame gallery playlist on youtube where my son & i play snippets of videogames from nes to xbox 360.. & please subscribe!

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this has been a flashback friday favorite post from summer of 2016, also i might add that i was disappointed fallout 76 was not single player & never did have an interest in playing pvp style there, come on, bethesda.. 

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holiday cereal

so who else is enjoying their holiday cereal this morning? ~

we have rudolph's hot cocoa cereal from general mills this year ~

with fun stuff on the box ~

raven likes reese's puffs ~

so we collected several of these dragonball z promo boxes too ~

goku & frieze ~ 

cell ~

& majin buu ~

still more to find ~

bren