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Pele Paul
Tiki Socialite
Joined: Aug 26, 2008
Posts: 703
From: San Dimas, ca
|  Posted: 2013-06-06 09:18 am Permalink
Hey all, just had a chance to start pulling out all my "supplies" for the yard after spending a week cleaning up and trimming trees and pulling weeds. although its a small condo patio, it seems like it takes forever to clean and stage for summer!
of course this is only after one day and one night of lugging stuff out of storage, more to come......
this of course is inside,
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Pele Paul
Tiki Socialite
Joined: Aug 26, 2008
Posts: 703
From: San Dimas, ca
| Posted: 2013-06-06 09:25 am Permalink
here's the first photos, spent alot of time just cleaning the items yesterday, started painting boxes in French, but sadly the paint didnt want to cooperate! German pith helmet and British flag come in and don't stay out over night lol
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Pele Paul
Tiki Socialite
Joined: Aug 26, 2008
Posts: 703
From: San Dimas, ca
| Posted: 2013-06-06 09:32 am Permalink
spent all winter looking for cool things to put in the yard, just unpacking some now, totally forgot about half of them, its like Christmas!!!
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Pele Paul
Tiki Socialite
Joined: Aug 26, 2008
Posts: 703
From: San Dimas, ca
| Posted: 2013-06-06 09:39 am Permalink
old foot lockers work great for storage of cleaning supplies and tools as well as non tiki items, who wants to see pine sol and bottles of tiki fuel just laying around?? lol
the small wooden British ammo box works great as a mini cooler, it has a metal liner and can hold ice and several bottles of water or beer
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Pele Paul
Tiki Socialite
Joined: Aug 26, 2008
Posts: 703
From: San Dimas, ca
| Posted: 2013-06-06 09:57 am Permalink
I've got another 10+ tikis I still need to put out there, as well as more old trunks
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Longboard
Tiki Socialite
Joined: Sep 25, 2012
Posts: 165
From: Twain Harte, CA
| Posted: 2013-06-06 2:37 pm Permalink
GREAT Job so far.
I can see it only getting better.
The Jungle Theme is one of my favorites!!
-Longboard
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Pele Paul
Tiki Socialite
Joined: Aug 26, 2008
Posts: 703
From: San Dimas, ca
| Posted: 2013-06-06 3:20 pm Permalink
thanks Longboard !!
Ive got a few painted signs, as well as boots, footlockers, and more Im still digging out, just gotta keep The Big Kahuna (my male boxer) from peeing on all my stuff!!
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Pele Paul
Tiki Socialite
Joined: Aug 26, 2008
Posts: 703
From: San Dimas, ca
| Posted: 2013-06-06 3:26 pm Permalink
heres some from last season.....
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VampiressRN
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Joined: Nov 23, 2006
Posts: 6141
From: Sun City Lincoln Hills (NorCal)
| Posted: 2013-06-08 7:23 pm Permalink
Oh my...love it love it love it. True that it can only get better, especially with more Tikis. You do a great job of displaying everything.
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Holler Waller
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Joined: Mar 13, 2011
Posts: 251
From: NW TN
| Posted: 2013-06-08 8:01 pm Permalink
What a cool/fun looking place - love the hidden tiki behind the large leaves
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Pele Paul
Tiki Socialite
Joined: Aug 26, 2008
Posts: 703
From: San Dimas, ca
| Posted: 2013-06-09 7:44 pm Permalink
thanks guys! yea Ive got more stuff that needs to go out like some of these tikis!!!
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Pele Paul
Tiki Socialite
Joined: Aug 26, 2008
Posts: 703
From: San Dimas, ca
| Posted: 2013-06-10 09:16 am Permalink
had a chance to dress up my full size G.I. Joe last night and placed him for a display. of course, he doesnt stay outside all the time, he freaks out the dogs and when people come over, "who's in your backyard??"not to mention hes wearing a Pre WWII tropical Africa khaki uniform, Richard Simons shorty shorts, boots and helmet which doesnt react well to sun and rain lol
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Bruddah Bear
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Joined: Apr 07, 2011
Posts: 629
From: Los Angeles Basin, Westside
| Posted: 2013-06-10 3:26 pm Permalink
Where in the name of the tiki gods did you obtain a khaki British Foreign Service Helmet with a brown puggaree? Awesome.
Great job on the yard.
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Trader Gino
Tiki Centralite
Joined: Aug 10, 2012
Posts: 71
From: Charlotte, NC (SoCal native)
| Posted: 2013-06-10 4:03 pm Permalink
Looks great! Would love to see how it looks at night too. Some "jungley" Les Baxter in the background with some dim lights in the right spots would be awesome!
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Pele Paul
Tiki Socialite
Joined: Aug 26, 2008
Posts: 703
From: San Dimas, ca
| Posted: 2013-06-10 4:23 pm Permalink
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On 2013-06-10 15:26, Bruddah Bear wrote:
Where in the name of the tiki gods did you obtain a khaki British Foreign Service Helmet with a brown puggaree? Awesome.
Great job on the yard.
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LOL i prayed to the tiki god of "ïnexpensive reproductions" i found it by accident at a local surplus store near my house, it was white with a green liner, I found what seemed to be the correct shade of Khaki and painted the helmet then I used coffee grounds to darken the puggaree. the helmet was made in aof all places Vietnam, who knew? lol
yea if I had an original Id keep it in an air tight safe! every one Ive ever found was crushed or turning to dust!
The khaki Richard Simons shorts are actually British marked and the coat is a Kriegsmarine Tropical jacket, which I never let out in the sun 
thanks again!!
paul
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