Where no one had gone before..
Celebrating the moonlanding – stamps, Star Trek and music, too!
Pastimes for rainy days
It’s Sunday, and it’s raining… and the neighbours want their peace and quiet. So what did you give your child …
Worth a look ..or visit
A small selection of Fairs and Exhibitions of interest
Modes (and joys) of Travel – part 3
No fairy-tale connections this time… though I can’t help thinking that flying (today’s main mode) is a ‘wonder’. For (much!) …
Heissa Walpurgisnacht
Tonight’s the night…. when witches assemble and revel on the Brocken (the highest of the Harz Mountains in north central …
Happy Easter!
Wishing all my readers a very happy and sunshiny Easter 2019! And I leave you with the ‘most famous’ hare …
Feelgood music
Cherry Wainer on Hammond organ
An Easter Find
I hope you enjoy this recent ‘find’ as much as I do: it’s a tiny (4x6cm) handmade booklet featuring a …
under de/construction..
I guess it has become obvious that I like miniatures of various kinds. Here is a selection of ‘model-sheets’ and …
The little duck rules
Today I present images of a card game that is now 80 years old – and my copy certainly looks …
Mickey Mouse 1978 View-Master Gift Set
The latest addition to TVTA’s View-Master collection is this lovely 1978 Mickey Mouse 50th anniversary gift set. The three stories…
There’s always Paris
Having written about ‘Love’ in the last 2 posts, Paris came to mind – or rather, my romantic notion of …
Feel the love 2
I hope you’ll all be ‘in luck‘ not just on this year’s Valentine’s Day! Without further ado, here are some …
Feel the love 1
A confession: I never received a Valentine card before I moved to England. Valentine’s Day has only become popular (read: …
Winterreise 2
Teddy Edward was one of the most travelled teddy bears in the world. There were 19 books and even a …
Winterreise 1
It’s cold outside… so a sleighride seems a fitting tribute to today. Enjoy! I love this spinning top – not …
Happy New Year!
Hope you had a good start to 2019 – and that all your hopes and wishes get fulfilled!
Have a good one
My very best wishes to all of my readers – have a wonderful time whatever you do! If it gets …
What were they thinking?
A few curios from my collection – I wonder who came up with these ideas and who said : ‘yes, …
Advent
Oh, the joy of happy anticipation of Christmas! Something of a luxury these days… The time before Christmas seems to …
