Picspam of random happiness

[beelikej]

While practising taking photos with my phone I collected quite a few happy moments, varying from playtime with my nephew to enjoying the view from my couch. I had meant to post some of these a while ago, but only just now found time to sort them. May they bring you a bit of joy as well:)

May 15, The Hague
I already did a picspam of this day with photos made on my camera; I spent the day with my mom, who babysits my nephew every Friday. We walked through The Hague's city centre and when we got back to my nephew's home we built a racetrack from papertape...

... which we then turned into a paperpuppet:

and my nephew painted his and my fingernails with marker in between colouring a crocodile:)


Enjoying time at home
Sitting on my couch with my phone, reading fanfic while the room turns dark around me and the awesome sunset creates mysterious silhouettes.

I love my apartment. (No, that's not actually an actual guy in my livingroom)

When I was thoroughly cleaning my stove I discovered something colourful had happened to one of my Jeff-cutouts on the fridge.

I must try to recreate this effect in a future arts & crafts session because I think it looks really cool!

Weather is so weird, here is a pair of photo's taken within second from each other:

one from the back of my apartment, one from the front balcony where a storm is coming in.


Look what I got
Some time ago I came across a really cool Tumblr post with fascinating key-chain games, that I absolutely needed to HAVE. Of course there was no source mentioned, so it took me a bit of researching to find out where I could buy them (and to actually find a supplier that would ship to The Netherlands, thank you AliExpress) but I am now the proud owner of this Japanese decompression toys set:


From left to right:
1. Mugen Puchi Puchi / Puti Puti = a bubble wrap simulator on which you never have to stop popping \o/
2. Peri Peri = "Tear tear", it creates the tearing feeling and sound of those perforated strips on cardboard envelopes (with batteries for extra reward sounds)
3. Edamame = a soybean pod you can squeeze to get the seeds out over and over again. (no batteries required)


Nostalgia
Quite some time ago I made a windmill post which also included a photo of little me in 1974, posing in front of a pair of wooden shoes on our garden wall. When I shared that I wasn't sure whether I had actually worn that particular pair, but my mom told me I most likely did, because she wouldn't have had those things on the wall if they didn't have some sentimental value *grins*. Anyway, I was surprised I hadn't been able to find photos of me actually wearing wooden shoes since I know I most certainly did. Turns out my brother was hogging some vacation photo albums from the seventies and eighties for scanning and my mom only just retreived them (guess how many photos have been scanned, haha). There were loads of photos of me on the campsite in France in 1980 wearing those typical Dutch wooden shoes. Here's a selection of four!

1980, France, me and my brothers (Haha, that loaf of bread is almost as tall as my little brother:) - On the swing to show you can do anything with clogs on.

Coming back from the latrines toilet/shower building in my nightgown - and with ponytails, again in the apparently very comfy red tracksuit :o)


Aaand that's a wrap :-)

Comments

[jimbobjoe.livejournal.com]

I can totally see why you wanted those key chains. THEY SOUND SO FUN!!

Also, lovely photos! I didn't know people really do wear wooden shoes.

[beelikej.livejournal.com]

Those tiny games are awesome:) Oh yes, people still wear those wooden shoes, mostly farmers though, because they are really great for walking through soggy fields and you can easily take them off before going back in your house. Easier than rubber boots!

[jimbobjoe.livejournal.com]

Cool!

[sillie]

Ooh, really cool photo's. Also, those keychain games sound so awesome. :D :D

[beelikej.livejournal.com]

Thanks:) I was thrilled to find those games for real; the bubble wrap thing seemed to good to be true, but it really works \o/

[tripperfunster.livejournal.com]

Great pics! Sooo many of my childhood photos are actually on slides. :( WTF mom and dad? I guess they thought they were being cutting edge.

I had regular 'clogs' (heavy wooden bottoms with leather? tops, but I would have KILLED for some wooden shoes like that!

[beelikej.livejournal.com]

Haha, we have loads of slides as well, the quality is better preserved than the old photos for sure, but they are harder to scan.

I don't know how well you can see it in the photo, but I painted on those wooden shoes myself! Another reason to love them:)