Dark Roasted Blend

Posted: 20 Oct 2011 10:34 PM PDT

"FEEL-GOOD SHOT" #4
Link - by Avi Abrams

Some joyful and/or interesting stuff to brighten up your day

Welcome to the new issue of Dark Roasted Blend's "Feel-Good" series: mostly bright and sweet collection of images designed to propel you along your day with a smile on your face and a spring in your gait.

This is a kind of Tumbler-substitute for the caffeinated, busy crowd with deeply-felt and sophisticated sensibilities, somewhat nostalgic about more glamorous times (you know who you are), or just looking for that extra bit of sunshine.

(The Leduc 0.22-01, fitted with a Turbomeca Atar D.3 turbojet, 1956 - by Rene Leduc, more info)

(vintage box cover for "American Flyer Trains" model)

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FEEL-GOOD CARS

Pontiac, 1956 - complete with a hanging fish:

A huge Imperial, 1973:

Details of various Imperial models from the 1950s:

Some epic trucks: here's an awesome Alaska road train:

(image via)

1939 International D-300 delivery truck, and more:

(images via)

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FEEL-GOOD GIRLS

English actress Jenny Agutter in "Logan's Run", 1976:

Swedish actress Britt Ekland:

Hayley Mills in "Truth About Spring":

American "welcome home, sweetheart!" - meanwhile in Soviet Russia a family gathered around one of the first TV sets to enjoy a quality time:

... still better than trying to peer into this "magnifying lense" (Leningrad T-2 model from 1948):

(original unknown)

Great photography from Russia:

(originals unknown)

High fashion (literally "high", as in "hanging up high"):

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HAPPY KIDS

Beautiful portrait of a Russian girl; will make a great Pippi Longstocking! -

(image credit: Tzetzka)

Creepy communist propaganda: "The Whole World will be Ours!" -

Perhaps not-so-happy Russian kid:

(or maybe it's an Ewok, like somebody suggested in our Facebook stream...)

Great idea for a Halloween costume "on the cheap":

(original unknown)

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FUN ANIMAL KINGDOM

"On the shoulders of giants":

(original unknown)

Hey there! I'm talking to you! -

(original unknown)

Baby sloth, found and happy:

(image credit: Caroline Castendijk)

Not-so-happy dog:

(image via)

This is how owls actually sleep.. who knew? -

(image via)

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FEEL-GOOD ART

Landscape art by John Lowrie Morrison, depicting Loch Fyne area in Scotland:

Great innocent-looking manga girls, by Meago / Magda from Poland:

(images credit: Meago)

Illusory life-like drawing:

(image via)

Beautiful religious Sikh art from India, with a symbol saying "Ik Onkar", "Unity of God" - more info:

Fantastic sunset photography:

(original unknown)

Spitz, Switzerland - and an Alphonse Mucha's Art Nouveau piece:

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GREAT VINTAGE RADIOS

High style from France and Russia (including SNR Excelsior from France, Zvezda from Russia, Spidola from Latvia):

(images via)

Happy Robots! Art from Talbotics:

(image credit: Talbotics)

Cool modern-day Japanese toys (Baikanfu and Bandai):

(images credit: CollectionDX, Akum6n)

That's "Blobpus Cyclopus" in the right image above - see a lot more here.

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FEEL-GOOD DRINKS

Coca-Cola: Ode to the end of Summer -