1 My sorting continues – I think it will last a lifetime! Today I came across my View-Master, a toy I had when I was nine or ten. It is a three dimensional viewer into which you add discs with tiny pictures. You click the handle and a scene comes into view. I’m thinking these had something to do with my love of/interest in Italy, The Pyramids, Japan and lots of other ‘exotic’ places. There is one of Cornwall too but I was living in Cornwall at the time though we didn’t have a car so many of these places were as unknown to me as Italy or Japan!
The View-Master ‘machine’
Some of the discs, some came with information leaflets
2 I made a pair of Sally-boots for a special baby due soon and today I heard that he has arrived safely. I shall post these tomorrow.
Sally-boots for a new baby
3 Words not needed!
Books are my drug of choice!
babyjill7...Marilyn Griffin
May 17, 2015 at 9:26 pm
yes…the infamous “View Master”… quite the “thing” at one time… Wonderful that you still have yours intact…
mybeautfulthings
May 18, 2015 at 6:58 am
Yes, it still works! 🙂
Sharon - creativityandfamily
May 15, 2015 at 3:54 pm
Great memories. Dad had a view master and we loved looking at the slides. When Abi was young I managed to get her one (albeit a barbie one!!!). Dad gave her some of his slides. Hopefully Mum still has the others safe 🙂
mybeautfulthings
May 15, 2015 at 4:49 pm
So glad you enjoyed the slides too. I didn’t know they were still available. I shall have to look in the shops. 🙂
grandfathersky
May 15, 2015 at 2:03 am
Always thought the Kodak disk camera would be a natural for the Viewmaster, but it never happened … I needed a truck to move my books recently. I wish I still had the Squirrel Mittens my mother knitted for me as a child. I used to help her untangle skeins of wool, I swear it’s why I enjoy wiring and cabling data centers !
Alex Autin
May 14, 2015 at 1:32 pm
Oh wow, a view master! I remember ‘traveling’ through my view master to places like Victoria Falls and, yep, the great pyramids, but what I loved most about my view master was the dinosaur and cartoon reels. 😀
mybeautfulthings
May 14, 2015 at 6:09 pm
Such adventures we both had! 🙂
Grannymar
May 13, 2015 at 10:12 pm
I love the baby boots, glad the little fellow arrived safely!
Hilary Bryant
May 13, 2015 at 8:31 pm
Saw one of those on Flog It only this week – hadn’t come across them before. LOve the books poster!
Susan L.
May 13, 2015 at 8:26 pm
I had a View Master! Thanks for bringing up that memory.