As you know from my other blog, I’m a big fan of classic fiberglass VW kit cars, so I was quite thrilled to stumble upon a related gallery of fiberglass boats from the fifties that mimic the styling cues of cars of the time… There are some absolutely beautiful boats on the site (the first in my images here especially), and they capture an era of design that I like a lot — they evoke a period of unbridled optimism for the future. Maybe when Caitlin and I finally move back out East we’ll get a motorboat — I love waterskiing and I’m pretty sure Nefarious would too. Our homestead there is on the Mira River.
In the “oh so sweet” category, we were telling jokes at dinner yesterday — you know, like “why is six afraid of seven — BECAUSE SEVEN ATE NINE!!!” and here is Nefarious’s made-up-on-the-spot joke:
“Why did daddy cross the road?”
“To get to the beautiful girl he loves!”
Nefarious has managed to collect enough change from couch cushions and such that tonight after a forced visit to the park (it’s not her priority today) she’s going to drag me to Walmart and have the thrill of buying her own Littlest Pet Shop stuff. Total obsession!
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Six words: Littlest Pet Shop for Nintendo DS.
The six year old in my life has a similar obsession.
I can’t get over how much the first picture (the pink one) reminds me of Luke Skywalker’s speeder. Awesome find!!
We just bought the LPS seahorse. It’s been a big hit.
The sailboats from that era are much better looking. .The problem is that the automotive styling resulted in some very unstable, unseaworthy designs..
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