congenitaldisease: “ Lycoperdon perlatum, also known as the common puffball, gem-studded puffball, and the devil’s snuff-box, is a species of puffball fungus. ”
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Recognize the prolific and often under appreciated common puffballs Lycoperdon perlatum and Lycoperdon pyreform. Learn how to harvest, process, and prepare these delicious little pops of great mush…
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One of the greatest girls toys from the 1980's was definitely Charmkins. First things first: They smelled good. They were named after flowers and plants (always a good thing to have a theme) and they were tiny. Girls love teeny tiny things. Aside from all of that goodness, they were little charms that were attached to jewelry like rings and barrettes! Let's look at some Charmkins... Johhny Jump up! My sister had this one, Brown Eyed Susan. It was the only Charmkin in my house and I was devastated that it didn't belong to ME. Friend of ours had Charmkins- it seemed every girl we knew had one or two at least. I admired them from afar. Brown eyed susan came with this little clip and ribbon. Cute, huh? And here is another beautiful one, Morning Glory. I would have cut a bitch for this one... Let's look at some more! This is Chrysanthemum... Sunny Bunch and Honey Bunch, the twins! Aren't these cute? None of these pics are mine, FYI, so kudos to these collections... Sweet Bea! Here is the Whippoorwill birdie on a ring...this is really cute Sweet Beth! Willie Winkle! Baby Sunshine Bouncing Bet and Half-an-Inchworm! (buy these from eBay and Etsy-- they are there!) Busy Lizzie (The Beaver!) Twinkle and Sunflower Swan Freckle face Bouncing Bet and Half-an-Inchworm Hyacinthia Johnny Jump up Mollyberry My Pony Pixie--must have been the same company as My Little Pony! Petal Pink Puppy Poison Ivy and Dragonweed Poison Ivy w balcony-- cute Poppy Cat Primrose Fairy Charmkins Pocket Pops with Magic Garden Rosie Racoon Sweet Bea & Honey Bee Violet the Skunk Here is one of the jewelry box/houses, the Whippoorwill Flower Mill, and below is the packaging Another jewelry box/house! Here is the beautiful little ..whatever this is- display ferris wheel flower? One of you lucky girls who owned this can set me straight and let me know. These little pocketpops are really cool- they are kind of like Polly Pockets. This one is called lollipop garden, and the one above it is an apple orchard! And last but not least the cartoon- which I do not remember. But I had to pay tribute to Charmkins! Charmkins cartoon: and some Charmkins packaging:
This is a young pair of Common Puffballs (Lycoperdon perlatum) photographed at the Historic Occoneechee Speedway Trail, Orange Co., NC. The warts tend to fall off as the puffball grows, often leaving a reticulated pattern on the outer surface. At maturity a little spore-disersing hole (= ostiole) forms at the top and the outer covering or peridium becomes papery and waterproof. Many of us have played with puffballs, touching them lightly and watching the spores puff from the ostiole, but in nature the more common puff stimulus is falling raindrops. In 1944 P.H. Gregory used high speed Schlieren cinematography to study the minimum puff-inducing size and velocity of laboratory-made 'raindrops'. He concluded that in an average intensity rain event totaling 0.4 inches, ca. 2,250 raindrops of sufficient energy to cause a puff would hit a 1cm square horizontal surface. He also found that the impact of a single raindrop, depending on its size and velocity, can release from 0.9 to 15 million spores per puff! Here's a link to this interesting paper: www.cybertruffle.org.uk/cyberliber/59351/0032/001/0011.htm
Poochie for Girls! Do you guys remember Poochie? The first exposure I had to Poochie was a commercial for a Poochie Stamp- it was a rathe...
I am so obsessed with The Mods! Why? Well, because my cool, young aunt had them in her playhouse when she was a kid in the sixties, and the playhouse was still there when I played at my grandparents house in the 80's. There were these awesome decals on the wall, just like the two above- but there was also a brunette and many groovy flowers. I loved those decals- they were huge and colorful and mysterious. Thus, they became an obsession of mine in later years: Who were they? What company made them? Who was the artist? I am weird like that, I need to know everything about something I like, it becomes an obsession. There were different versions of The Mods- and of "Big Eye" art in general(namely by the artist Keane,) all of it is usually seen as "kitsch" which really means "I know this is tacky, but I like it in an ironic, hipster way." Not me, I really like like The Mods. The version I am in love with is by the artist "Lee," not sure of the first name, but that is what is signed on the artwork. They were mainly printed on puzzles for Milton Bradley and the exact year was 1967 from what I have found as far as trademarks go. The Mods had these still faces that were looking directly toward you, but their bodies were often grooving out to tunes Here is the puzzle box- you can get these on ebay and etsy Here is another Lee drawing- it it so fantastic! And so groovy! Girl on the phone?! How cute! (I have that phone in pink and I love it) A groovy boy rocking out! A groovy couple rocking out- loving the outfits and accessories Girl on guitar.. Here are the paper dolls they came out with- I would say this was 66 or 67 Inside the box I love that the clothes are shaped to the "dancing" bodies Here are some other little thingies on Etsy Okay, I couldn't get a clearer pic of these, but they were paintings and I am not certain they were by Lee- This is where the confusion comes in with different versions. They look very similar, but something is off- their mouths aren't slightly opened like the Lee ones, which all have the same parted lips. No parted lips...but still cute Some more And some more- these were a little more crude, although still cute. And here is yet another version someone did- I can't see the signature at the bottom, but it is a longer name. Okay, so, THESE were by an artist called Pete Hawley, who moonlighted under the name KWATZ for some reason- he did more puzzle images for Milton Bradley. They are in similar poses, but they don't have that haunting quality, that special grooviness. They were, however, still fun and sharp and colorful, so I do like them. Here they are up close... I knew there was something I liked about this Pete Hawley stuff, and it was the fact that he did the artwork for many of the valentines I received in the 80's, like the one below. If I find more, I will put them up!
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