October 29, 2014

• Painted Faces

  

  

  This was not for Halloween. The girls were at a Fall Festival/Craft Show with their mom. She crochets hats and other items, and sells them at Farmers' Markets and craft shows.

  Here they are with their undecorated faces.

  

  They love this marble-run toy.  They built it themselves.  It was taller than the older girl so they were quite proud of it. I would have loved a toy like this when I was their age. I also would have loved Legos, but there weren't any then. The only problem with marbles and Legos is when you step on them in your bare feet. Ouch!

  See our piano in the background? It is 100 years old. It needs new hammers and felts, but that's an expensive fix so it will have to wait. The old record player works, but we hardly ever use it.  The piece of furniture in the middle is an old radio cabinet.  It doesn't work.  The picture above the radio is a puzzle of Avalon, Catalina Island from the 1950's.  I found the puzzle at an old second-hand store.  I worked it several times, then decided to glue it before I lost pieces.  I don't usually glue the puzzles I do, but I especially like this one.

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