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More On Marie!

Can't get enough of MARIE ANTOINETTE? I just discovered that PBS has a very informative sight devoted to her and well worth a visit!

Carousel in Your Backyard?

Wouldn't you love to have your own Antique Carousel in your backyard??? Just look at this one, available from Ebay. A mere $104,000.000 (plus $6,500.00 in shipping) and you will be the most popular neighbor around!

Birthday Weekend!

Sometimes when you reach a certain age (for me its over 40) it seems that Birthdays just come and go without too much thought. As I slowly approach 50 (Yikes!) I decided to take matters in my own hands this year, and make my Birthday a celebration! If I could have invited all my BLOG friends I would have!!! Instead I stayed close to home, and invited 4 of my best friends to breakfast! This is a special group of gals! We all live within 3 blocks of each other, we are all artists, and we all adore antiques!!! First we had a feast of a meal in 'The Tea Room Cafe', a delightful art-filled spot in Petaluma. Boy did we gorge... Then, needing to walk off all those calories we wondered around for a couple of hours feasting our eyes on a sumptious selection of antiques that only Petaluma can offer. (I took photos of some of our favorite finds!) Although we all could have spent our mortgages tri-fold, none of us splurged... instead just enjoying one anothers company and good-will! THANK YOU GIRLS!
(Wouldn't you know that the nice ol' guy who took our photo shakes even more than I do!)

A Wee Bun Powder Puff

I thought this was most unusual, its a powder puff holder from Germany that was sold on Ebay. All I could think of was that because its in a shape of a stork, it must have been used to powder 'wee little buns'... (no, I didn't buy it, way out of my price range...)

September 11, 2006

(antique silver font with rose that bloomed today)

MUSTARD AND CRESS

Last week I found this wonderful antique children's book, called 'Mustard and Cress - and the Downfall of Burdock', that I wanted to share with you. The inscriptions inside are dated 1879, and 1915 - perhaps handed down from one child to another...

The story is about two little elves, Mustard and Cress, one prickly old elf, Burdock, and a beautiful fairy princess. The illustrations are truly wonderful, and full of nostalgic charm! I wish one could find children's books with as much imagination and whimsy today as this one created over a century ago...

Sacred Heart...

Also from Historia.

Images of Heaven

I adore old Santos and lust for them whenever I see them. Alas they are always way out of my price range. Some day I am going to sculpt my own!!! Santos found at Historia.

Girl With Violin

Painting by Edith Mitchill Prellwitz around the 1910s.

WANTING INNER PEACE

How does one focus on inner peace when the world spins so? I close my eyes and try to imagine a beautiful garden, soft voices singing, a trickling brook, loving hands clasped lightly... The future is so large and full of unknowns right now - its difficult for me to focus. We have been blessed with a huge circle of support the last few days from near and far - I am so grateful! Thank you.

Painting by Rossetti.