There’s an eagle statue standing guard by the parking lot at the East Liberty Post Office parking lot. He looks like he was once on a building. I tried to research his story but came up empty.
15 Already? Wow!
Happy Birthday dear Michael,
I know you’ve grown taller since I saw you the end of June. I wish you a very happy new year, a wonderful first year of high school and in just 6 months you’ll get your permit! Oh my.
Love you, FF Ruthie
Everyone loves to hold Michael
My Mother in a Field With Flowers
My mother is on the right not sure who the woman is on left but my guess is it’s Mabel, their next door neighbor, who grew gladiolas Wordless Wednesday
Aspinwall Riverfront Park
Danish Dough Whisk Put to Use
Early in the Pandemic my friend Debbie shipped scone mix and an unusual kitchen tool. A “brodpisker”in Danish or a Dough Whisk.
Here’s an Epicurious article all about this wonderful tool.
(Of course, you don’t want to overwork you’re scone dough!)
Thanks, Deb.
Pandemic Signage
I could have gotten in early if I’d known.
St. George Island Sunrise Guest Blog
It’s a Silent Sunday with a shout out to Kristin for this gorgeous photo of sunrise on St. George Island Florida, Thanks for sharing this beautiful image to start the new week.
Vintage Cat Postcards
Alfred Mainzer was the postcard publisher not the artist, according to this informative article in the Mousebreath Magazine The artist was Eugen Hartung from Switzerland. I have some unused postcards and I see that they sell on Etsy for up to $15 for a single card. I also have some written on by my father who was a definite fan of these cat cards. I know he used to buy them in the ’50s from a card shop in Montclair New Jersey run by Mr. Bert DeCamp.
The artist signed his initials in the corner in a heart which I never noticed before but I read that on Mousebreath
The Hartung postcards were first published in Switzerland by Max Kunzli of Zurich and then(from the 1940’s onwards) by the Alfred Mainzer Company of Long Island New York. Each card is signed with the artist’s monogram, a little heart in the lower right corner. (Because of cropping, sometimes the heart gets chopped off.)
Some are printed in Turkey and some printed in Spain.
LOOK WHO IS KNITTING A SOCK (using double point needles)
A cat is afraid of a runaway mouse?
Fabric background by Firecracker Fabrics.
Patience
Will there be a tomatoes sandwich in the near future? Thanks for the heirloom tomato plants Joan.
About A Hundred Years Ago
My Uncle Robert on a Tricycle in Durand Illinous
