new space soooon!

Finally after six years of slow slow work, the unfinished part of my upstairs is going to have insulation and heat and walls and electricity! Thanks DAD and Big Jay and Tim for all your help! Over winterbreak i'll paint and settle in. I'd like to have wallpaper in the stairwell and these are my picks for today: this one, and this one, and this one. And while we're at it: this for my kitchen, and this one just makes me crazzzzy!

inside scarry—

I just reclaimed my old beloved Richard Scarry's Best Counting Book Ever. Sandwiched between the 70 Seventy spread was a translucent Radio Shack bag with some funny contents: a stack of dried pansies and this drawing of Lowly the Worm—my favorite Richard Scarry character. Mister Scarry kept my imagination busy for a huge chunk of my childhood. Come to find out his wife had the same name as my mother—Patricia Murphy.

locals excursions

in order: the Arboretum, the Guthrie (that mighty spider is 5 stories up and on the outside), a walk with my parents' dog, the garage at night, Minnesota Zooooo, and the great and icy Powderhorn.

great claims

Hear the great explorer, Peary here! and view his party.

and some details...

from the poster. It was quite fun to make.

kindra's sampler

A sampler from me! The poster was made for Reference Library's Exhibit at the fine Kiosk! Thanks Andy!

Give thanks!

hope you're all spending time with your best pals.

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_All rhymes from the 'Oxford Boook of Nursery Rhymes' typed on my fine Torpedo Typewriter.
_One of the amazing dioramas from Totem Villiage: Indian Village in St. Ignace (a very odd place to say the least)
_A card from Our Wonderful World of People packs
_Food sign from U.P. Michigan.

a test pattern

Working on a project ——quite last minute. For now, here's a preliminary sketch. I'm referencing knitting patterns that I found in Estonia; lot's of ideas and fun and toooo little time.

St. Cloud leisure store

cycles

lucky

garters

Also a stitch, a snake, an armband, and a band band…

Marion and his glads, a prairie and a note

Marion Rich, my great grandfather, bred gladiolus for a living, grew up in Marion, New York and lived on Marion Avenue. I just found this account in the Marion Enterprise/1956.

My parents prairie.

A found note from the Hexagon.

H is for Heraldry

Scanned plates from a 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.

If you scroll down on this site you get the complete terminology of Heraldry which is pretty dern facinating.

BIG-O!

photos taken in anchorage and jersey shore.

happy halloween

My favorite postcard--there's a squeaker sandwiched between the card! meow!
Peterson's pumpkin patch---we hand picked our pumpkins off the vine!
+ sweet german falltime cutouts.

WW

Various incarnations of wonderwoman. The first time was the best--

Jenni Daczka is Batman circa 87.
Rachel Li is Fall fairy circa 00.