Thinking about my summer garden

Thinking about my summer garden

This flower arrangement from Aunt Isabella's scrapbook

makes me want to start planting.

True Friends and Diamonds

True Friends and Diamonds

An entry from Isabella Honadel's scrapbook.

Thoughts from 1880.

Tiny Die Cut

Tiny Die Cut

From my great aunt's scrapbook/autograph book,

this die cut was so tiny I had to scan it with a huge dpi.

It is smaller than half my pinky nail.

Oh so pretty.

[1886]

Webers Candy Box

Webers Candy Box

Just a little vision from the past.

Here's a box from Webers when it was in downtown Milwaukee.

A look inside the store from Wisconsin Avenue.

Western States

Western States

Once Upon a time the Western United Stateswas progressive.

Beaux Arts Classicism

Beaux Arts Classicism

Kletting's design for the Salt Palace was exactly that.

He must have loved to bring some of the skill he learned while working in Paris

to Salt Lake City.

Photos from USHS

Time of Anxiety

Time of Anxiety

For a year now I have found it imperative to daily readjust my attitude.

My wish is to continue my life in a positive light.

Forces outside myself fight me for the wish.

I sometimes find solace in the writing of others to help my path.

This, from Maya Angelou is my mantra for the day.

When someone else is having a bad day or feeling down, connect to the light within you and share your prismatic colorful personality with them. Do your best to brighten their day, and for heaven’s sake at the very least, do not make their day worse.