Magic Screen Duet

Magic Screen Duet

The Ohio Art Etch A Sketch with the “magic screen”.   First sold in the 1960s, I believe, it was (and still should be) in just about every kid’s toy box.  It was hours of fun, turning the knobs left and right, tongue stuck out in extreme concentration, trying so hard to create a masterpiece.… Continue reading Magic Screen Duet

Open for Refreshments

Open for Refreshments

We picked up our Christmas tree for the house today.  It wasn’t quite a Charlie Brown tree, but it was probably one of the smallest they had.  We went to a place in Riverwest off of Humboldt Boulevard in Milwaukee called Kellners Greenhouses.  It doesn’t look like much from the street but you don’t see… Continue reading Open for Refreshments

X Blocks

X Blocks

These are my son’s old alphabet stacking blocks.  And he loves playing with them.  Well, I have to admit, that I love playing with them too.  Spelling out words,  seeing how high I can stack them, building pyramids – all the things a middle aged man is supposed to do, right?  No, you say?