Thursday, April 23, 2020
When I was four or five my parents gave me a play set for Christmas. It had a plastic mat with roads and railroads on it, and a set of wooden blocks with images printed on them, roofs, chimneys, church spires, trees, cars, trucks, railroad engines, and railroad cars.
I had them stored away in my bedroom but they disappeared in the move in 1996 when the house was emptied out. Occasionally I would think about them, and the other night I typed in "wooden play set" in Ebay and a miracle occurred, there was a duplicate, minus the plastic mat.
Village.
It came in the mail today, the blocks pristine, amazingly complete.
Train.
I showed it to Jody the office manager, she agreed that it was cool.
Civic buildings.
I came home from work and carefully laid out a village on top of my china cabinet. The colors are bright and cheery, I especially like thw whimsical trees.
I had them stored away in my bedroom but they disappeared in the move in 1996 when the house was emptied out. Occasionally I would think about them, and the other night I typed in "wooden play set" in Ebay and a miracle occurred, there was a duplicate, minus the plastic mat.
It came in the mail today, the blocks pristine, amazingly complete.
I showed it to Jody the office manager, she agreed that it was cool.
I came home from work and carefully laid out a village on top of my china cabinet. The colors are bright and cheery, I especially like thw whimsical trees.
Church.
As a child I spent many hours playing with this toy. I liked plastic animals too. I have a few of my other toys- the house trailer, its furniture, some Pee Wee dolls, my GI Joe (I had the black one, I also have my brother's blonde one), and most importantly, my Smokey the Bear. Sometimes when I am sad I still pull him out and he is a comfort.
