Sunday, June 10, 2012

Tom Kontak


Adam and Clara Matynka were overjoyed to have Tom.  They brought him home to his two older sisters; a dozen years later they were both still chortling to me about how delighted they were to do so.

Here are CHM and Tom.  What's the year?  1948?  1949?

Adam, Clara CHM, mystery guy,seated, and holding mystery object, Tom the Center of Attention, mystery lady;  mystery little girl and Clara CAM(Z).

Mystery girl and Tom.  Cute or what?


What's he on about?  Late nap? No bells on his shoes? The Coke and Ritz crackers are all right, but the food hygienist in me is getting upset about the milk in the clear glass bottle sitting in the sun.



Check out that train set around the tree!  And the toy auto repair shop!  And the toy phone!  Not to mention the tatting of the sofa doilies.  And this super generous terrific Dad has a mustache just like Clark Gable's.


Christmas is sure a lot of work for parents.  So is Christmas cheer.

Adam partied with the best of them, but was never loud.  I never heard him raise his voice.  He was always chuckling and talking, or smoking his cigar and thinking.

2 comments:

pehrlich said...

"milk jug of the future". So unnecessary:

http://techcrunch.com/2012/06/06/quirky-unveils-the-app-enabled-milk-jug-of-the-future-the-milkmaid/

Julie Zdrojewski said...

Hi Peter, Yeah, it's unnecessary if it's about milk, since a guy can down a quart in about three gulps. So what's with saving a quart or less of milk? So it must be about the gadgetry and coolness.

I can forsee problems with users not cleaning it correctly, thereby converting the "vessel" into an microbe incubator.

Milk jugs are supposed to be thick crockery, so your milk stays cool while it sits on the table during the meal. Plus, they're supposed to have pictures of cows on them. But it takes all kinds.