- Friday, December 26, 2003

The Red Baron

treasured: photofriday

Simon is plane crazy.
He reads about planes. He flies raido controlled planes. He has 2 flight simulators and dreams of having his own biplane ( one day we will have to have a huge backyard!)

I was out shopping and hadn't really found the perfect xmas gift for him at all. I had the plane fridge magnets. The books on aviation eras. But nothing perfect. Then I found this. Its a pedal car. With Wings. And a propellar. It has leather upholstery and rubber tyres on a tin wheel.

Its a pedal plane complete with Red Baron markings. It must have been treasured for a long time by, if not one, many boys in the 50 years of its life. I could almost picture them hurtling down hills with their tin wings oustretched, the wind ruffling their hair!

I know Simon will treasure it as much as they did. We both love old things. Old weird things. And especially old toys. It now takes pride of place in our lounge till we too have a child small enough to take the controls.

posted by jen @ 11:27 AM