That should say 'blocks' but the 'K' is missing in my little shoe box of treasures I bought a wee while back.
So 'why' I hear you ask are you posting about these if you bought them a while back Mrs T?
Welllll I love them 'yes' I do.
I love the colours, I love the pictures and I love, love, love the way you squeeze them and the relevant letter pops up, like a jack in the box - well more like a letter in a box, but that's just splitting hairs really!
And..........as today is a grey and cold rainy kind of day I thought I would bring a little colour injection into my post.
So it makes perfect sense, right?
The blocks are one of my most treasured finds and I found them buried on the back of a very dusty charity shop shelf last year in the very same shoe box they are in now for a pound.
They are by Mattel and dated 1972......a little worn in a well played with kind of way and as my children adore them now I can imagine they have been well loved.
Daft, I know. Though isn't it sometimes the more simpler of things that can put a smile on your face?
Anyhoo, I spied the littlest boo playing with them in her bedroom this morning.
Well I spotted the vibrant colours first and wondered where the glow was coming from. Then I snuck my head around her door to see what she was playing with - like a fly on the wall.
Don't you just love doing that? Having a little peek into some of the jumbled thoughts and imagination going on in their heads.
So I borrowed them, just for a moment to have a little play of my own - my own little imagination process swirling around for a couple of minutes.
Well best go, no more playing for me today I still have lots to do.
I'm off to the scary bright lights of Canterbury tomorrow 'whoo hooo' - it's all go, go, go with me!
Only joking - a train ride, some cake and a good old chin wag with the loveliest of friends, what more could a girl need? Apart from some new shoes that is and..............a bag, coat, manicure, landscape gardener.........just some simple things really.
Have a fabulous day and I hope the rain (or snow) isn't getting you down too much.
xXx
13 comments:
Oh what a find. They are lovely and cheerful.
Looks like you had fun 'posing' your blocks for pictures -- and I agree they are very cute -- I would have bought them myself if I had seen them first.
A wonderful keepsafe! So pretty and not so delicate you still can't play with them! :) xxx
They are fabulous Nina. I'd defintately play with them when the kids didn't need them.
Enjoy tomorrow.
Lisa x
What fun! Color is always welcome. And what a great find. Have a lovely time with the girls!
oh those are cute! have fun tomorrow, if you find any spare landscape gardeners can I have a nice tanned one, with big (not toooo big) muscles and a tight t-shirt please xoxox
Love the styling with the yarn - very clever. This post reminds me of a piano we had when I was a little girl - the "G" hammer had broken off so it made playing a bit of a challenge, a bit like your alphabet I suppose. Enjoy your day out, I hope it doesn't rain!
love ate (geddit, geddit?!) xx
Fabulous find! A real treasure. Love that little owl, he's super sweet.
they really are fab love the yarn one:)
They are gorgeous Nina. I love wooden blocks too, especially teh ones that form a different picture on each face. Pretty wool xx
They don't make 'em like that anymore, do they? I'm sure there's a couple of those blocks in the toybox at the doctors surgery - I'll check next time - see if they've got a K for you!
i LOVE the colors! and canterbury? have fun!
nicola
http://whichname.blogspot.com
Hey, they're LOVELY. I have just started to collect vintage toys... it's a happy making thing to do :-)
Charlotte
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