The Long Shadows of Late Summer

Here's a late summer pic of my old pops reading in the back garden. No idea what though. 

I think the object on the floor next to the chair is a tall glass.

I reckon the toy tractor had been mine but kept on for younger nephews and nieces. 

My guess is it was taken in the early 1970's.

Do you have any of your old toy photos readers?

Quick, Zip it Up!

A right blast from the past here tonight on the MoonBase. Camping in the garden! It's a terrific new experience for the Grandkids, we hope!

I think it's the early 1970's since I last camped in a garden, back at my parent's house where I grew up in Preston.

Have you camped in the garden readers?

IN KEV'S GARDEN

 Kevin's garden beauties!

GLIDING TO SUMMER

 Funny what Google throws up randomly from my archive.

Here's a nice shot of my Tarheel green Space Glider last summer, idling on a table beneath the bush.

Roll on UK sunshine! It's currently rain and hail all the time!

JUNIOR'S MOSS GARDEN

Our Grandson Moonbase Junior made this lovely little moss garden on Easter Sunday.

Have you ever made a moss garden readers?

IT'S EASTERTIDE! ENJOY!

 

Bill Bulloch

HEY IT'S EASTER SATURDAY!

What are you up to readers?

Bloomin Marvellous!

 Summer's splashed right in and people and wildlife are soaking up the rays.

Like Missus Frog in our sink pond.

Like the Fisher Price fireman checking the tiny strawbs.

Like this beautiful green spider.

Are you enjoying the sunshine? Have you wildlife enjoying it too?

Water Bike

The Yellow Flag is out again in the garden pond. Junior's red motorbike sets it off really well I think. What's blooming at yours?

Operation Zip-line!

One of the things Junior and me tried this weekend was a zip-line. It was an experiment inspired by the old Airfix flight deck I had as a kid, where a jet zoomed down a cord.

So with a fair wind of nostalgia we set about creating our line. String was strung at an angle and a suitable aircraft chosen and hooked up to it, a Playmobil bell helicopter.

We waited with baited breath ... 

And nothing happened. Nowt!

The string was far too course. Nylon was required but alas Moonbase is nylonless.

The copter now hangs in the greenhouse still waiting for its inaugural big flight.

Does this ring a bell with you?

Dolly Hospital

The Grandkids are over.

The trucks are lined up.

The dolls in the infirmary.

The home-made garden drink has been bottled and labeled!

Phew! I need a coffee!

New Jersey Monster Garden

Hi Woodsy.Spring has Sprung here in New Jersey and I'm doing my part to make things bright and cheerful.

I noticed the decorations in the back yard flower bed were looking pretty haggard,and I was thinking of throwing them away.

Then,I thought of all the great restoration projects I see on Moonbase Central and decided to rescue this eclectic lot of Frogs and Crayfish.After all,I had all the materials I needed,so I dove right in!

I used clay to form any missing limbs,and coated them with Epoxy to make them tough and weatherproof.

A coating of paint for all,and here they are,in all their glory!-

BrianF NJ USA

MEMORY MOWING

Hi Woodsy, The toy lawn mower you remembered last month may be a Webb toy lawnmower from the 60's. It was metal and an exact replica of the full size version, only about half to three quarters of the size. It worked so well you could cut grass with it. Mine is currently in the local museum, so this is the only picture I have of it at the moment. Will O.

A Plastic Lawn Mower?

I've just mown the lawn for the first time this year.

I seem to remember having a a plastic lawnmower when I was a kid in the 60s.

Maybe it was one of those heavy mowers with a large roller at the rear. This was the sort of mower my parents had before getting a petrol machine. 

This memory could be completely fabricated but I do have have a very vague feeling that I had one. Does this this ring any bells with you?

HALF TERM GLIMPSES

 A few snapshots of this half term break.

Buzz's nemesis in a Richmond charity shop. £8. I resisted.

Moonbase Junior Miss's plastic pizza. One slice already taken!

Miss's shop and checkout with working microphone!

Junior's Play Plax.

Play Plax made up.

Drac inspecting a dummy.

Monster and the radomes.

Apples and grapes for Junior's garden wine.

Junior's garden wine making station - apples, chives, sage, pears, rain water, muck and grit. Not for drinking!

Snowdrops and the garden queen.

If you're off then hope you have a nice week.

Hope you do whatever your doing readers.

COME OUT OR WE'LL SHOOT!

My favourite Giant Monster photo, Snailosaurus! 

Photo taken by Wotan.

VINTAGE BASEBALL CRICKET BALL THROWING TOY MACHINE

This was a blast from the past.

I found it at a boot sale last summer.

A baseball throwing machine.

I had one as a kid.

Mine had a small tennis recket.

This one comes with a plastic cricket bat.

Neat eh!

IN THE FLIGHT GARDEN

Lockdown means I get to go in the garden a lot.

Here are a few snaps I took with some old toys.

Have you taken any toy pics recently?