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These are nitro-gas radio controlled planes. I was driving by and saw a bunch of guys gathered and these couple of guys were showing off their skills.
Stopped, showed off some of mine :-), and drove off!
Owned and operated by Pat and Geraldine Davis, Davis Shows NW, Inc., is a family oriented traveling carnival. Pat’s parents, Mannie & Melba Davis opened Davis Amusement Company back in 1950 and passed on the family tradition of providing quality rides and games in a carnival atmosphere to their children. For more info and their schedules checkout their website www.davisshowsnw.com/
The Fun Forest next to the Space Needle at Seattle Center has indoor bumper cars and arcade games. The window was reflecting the ferris wheel and carnival rides outdoors.
Highest position: 242 on Sunday, August 12, 2007
Piano singalong. Taken in a pub, Malt N Hops that used to be a bakery till the owner hung himself from top of the stairs.
BOX DATE: 1996
MANUFACTURER: Mattel
DOLLS IN LINE: Kelly; Chelsie; Marisa
VARIATIONS: Blonde; African American
BODY TYPE: 1994; lever on back
HEAD MOLD: 1994 "Open mouth"
SPECIAL FEATURES: Kicks
PERSONAL FUN FACT: Ah, Pool Fun Kelly! She will always be one of the most iconic Kelly dolls of all time to me and my sister. I still remember when this line was sold in stores. I recall vaguely seeing advertisements for them on television too. But most of all, I always think of our childhood Pool Fun Kelly looking pristine and like new, unlike most of our other dolls. The doll featured second from left of this photo is our childhood cutie! It's hard to believe that she's over twenty years old now, but that she looks exactly the same more or less as she did back in the mid 90s. Colleen purchased her with allowance money, not long after this line debuted. I'm not sure why she went for Kelly and not for say Chelsie (that's the one I would have picked). Anyways, Colleen dubbed her Telly, and that is who we've known her as for the past two decades. Colleen played with Telly on and off, and after giving all her Kelly dolls to me some years later, I also enjoyed her. But Telly was never a favorite, which might be why she was spared the brutality that our more played with dolls suffered from. Unlike Bathtime Fun Kelly who balded or Bedtime Kelly who had her hair cut, or the original Lil' Friends Chelsie doll who balded and became fiercely grubby, Telly was always a fresh faced cutie. And we somehow managed to hold onto all her stuff over the years!
It was close to twenty years later when a second Pool Fun Kelly joined our collection. She is the cutie featured on the far right of this photo, with the flattened hair. It was the beginning of the flea market season in 2015, when Colleen and I stumbled upon a box of 70s Barbies and Dawn dolls. The seller wanted a bit too much for the entire box, so we settled on hand picking out just the Barbies for I think about $10. We got another SuperStar Barbie, Kissing Barbie, our Busy Ken, and some rogue 90s dolls, like our first Splash 'n Color Ken and this second Pool Fun Kelly. They were in pretty horrendous shape--in fact, I think the 70s dolls fared better. Even though I didn't "need" this grubby duplicated Pool Fun Kelly, I just couldn't leave a poor, defenseless toddler by herself. Since her hair was so ratty, I had to boil wash it straight, instead of keeping the cute factory poof intact.
The doll on the left of this photo was a true treasure! It was during the late summer of 2017 when we found her at our local flea market. Colleen and I had been lucky that morning--first we found Share a Smile Christie boxed, and then we scored the "Bratz Blitz lot" seconds later. I saw Kelly sitting in a crumpled, damaged box on top of a container. Colleen immediately flocked to her and inquired how much she cost. I really wanted this Kelly, after all I was so very nostalgic for her, and I knew it would be so much fun opening her up. But I thought that she might cost $5 or $10, which was more than I wanted to pay (especially since Telly was still in great shape). But it turns out she only cost THREE dollars!!! So of course I had my wallet out in a split second. I can easily tell her apart from Telly because her bangs sit differently. She also has her own personality in her face (I've known Telly for close to two decades, so I'm very familiar with her). I am so glad that we rescued this Kelly doll, and I'm fairly certain she's happy to be freed from her cardboard prison after so many years!
My newest gal is the third one in this picture. She was actually a very generous gift..and in almost as nice condition as my childhood/formerly boxed dolls. This Pool Fun Kelly was the oldest doll featured in the "Fangtastic February Lot" of 2024. One Thursday morning, shortly after I came home from work, I saw the mail truck back into the driveway. I was perplexed, since I wasn't expecting any packages in the mail (it's not like I always have things being delivered). I saw the Walmart logo on the side of the box, and wondered if perhaps a neighbor's package had been delivered to the wrong address. But as soon as I saw the handwriting on the shipping slip, I knew it was a gift for me and my sister. I waited ALL day for my sister to return home from work, so we could open the box of dollies together. This Kelly may have been the oldest gal in the lot, but she fared much better than some of her newer comrades. She's a true gem, and one of my fave Kelly dolls ever produced!
We added a parasol, and this one is supposed to show me reaching down to pick it up. How I'm supposed to do it without breaking my spine, I don't know.
beautiful artwork on the bally classic pinball Wizard. Artwork rendered by same artist that did the classic Fireball. Backglass depicts Roger Daltry and Ann Margrett.
It is exactly one month from today that we will be arriving in Disney. I find myself as excited as I was last year, and this year it is even more fun for several reasons. One being, my kid is really excited too since he was there last year and now knows what fun Disney is.
Him and I have already figured out what rides he wants to go on and "The One" he doesn't, which is The Tower Of Terror. He rode that last year and never shed a tear, but you could tell he was scared afterwards. That cost me a Mickey light saber, a Goofy Hat, and a pin. Lol!
The other reason that is at the top of my head is that I will finally get to meet a very special someone while I'm there. You know who you are... ;-)