It's not quite officially summer yet, but we've already hit 100 here in St. Louis, so we might as well call it. And summertime always brings my childhood to mind which involved not going to school (the best), watching game shows on TV, hanging out in our basement (because it was cooler) and reading comic books.
I often pick up random (cheap) comic books at estate and garage sales to supplement our bathroom reading supply. This is one of them. This particular comic dates from 1978.
I'll be honest. This almost made a "Stuff I can Live Without" blog. But something about it called to me. The colors, the late 60's mod design, the lifeless eyes, black eyes, like a doll's eye.
I found these "Instant" cocktail mixes in the basement bar of a recent estate sale. I'm not an alcohol drinker, but I have to imagine these are pretty bad. The fact that the these remained after all these years strongly indicates that.
It's been a while since I've had a vintage postcard find. Here are a few from a recent find.
These WWII-era postcards feature the popular (at the time) comic strip character Snuffy Smith, or "Smif" as he's known back home. They were all sent by Private Louis F. Cimo of Rome, New York.
