In the days before TSA security, before airports were built as fly-malls replete with Brooks Brothers and Cinnabon stores, there were airpor...
Markydoodle
Book of Days
The Missouri Ozarks are steeped with history and rich with character. With each visit I find a tug to stay. I can’t tell if it’...
Camping 1950’s with the Milligan’s
On one of our many family road trips with the Mues (pronounced Moose) family, Wayne decided to take his boat to Yellowstone. Â Dad wanted a ...
Detroit Icon
This was parked at the Gainey Ranch in Scottsdale last year when I had to go there to work. Iconic....
Mother’s Day Envy
I just can’t wait for Father’s Day.  Hallmark, you suck....
Road Trip!
University of California-Irvine Student Union a few weeks ago. Â I didn’t even think Antarctica had people, let alone cars. Â But appa...
Smart Cooker
Not sure this was part of Jobs’ vision for a brand, but one never knows…...
Big Fish, Little Me
Thank God they got the hook out of my mouth before they took the picture. Â About 1958....
Just Put Away Grandma’s Hummels…
Every year we would go to Grandma’s house after we’d open presents at Christmas, and some of them couldn’t go for safety r...
I was an Erector Set Failure
I tried, but could never get past the aesthetics....
The Timeless Mercury Breezeway Smoker’s Design
Of course my title is tongue-in-cheek. Â My guess is, the ad agency sat and stared at that rear window and said “WTF is that?” Â...
The Perfect Gift for Your Car
I don’t make it a habit of gift giving when it comes to inanimate objects, but in 1952, ad men apparently thought people would buy tha...
When I had midgets in my house halloween witch.
I guess I’m a little non-traditional, because when I miss my grown-up kids isn’t the traditional Christmas season, it’s ha...
1960 Cadillac Woody
Or, Cad Wood. Â Sounds like a fictitious celebrity name. Â But the car isn’t fictitious. Â Not factory made, but customized after leav...
Residing on the corner of High. And High.
This is where my oldest son resides. Â Not in a metaphorical sense, it’s his actual front yard. Â High St., and High Circle....
Blacula El Dorado
I just can’t get over those headlights. Â Apparently the car was recently for sale in a used car lot that specializes in older Cadilla...
Chia Chev
Today in Austin I just had time to quickly take this shot of a Chevy HHR that has been coated in astro turf. Â It’s the vehicle of a t...
Deluxe Playmobile Dashboard 1961
I had one, this isn’t it. It’s 1961, I’m 6 years old. Â It’s a day or so after Christmas, and I tell my Mom it was t...