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Really procrastinating here——I just sorted through a bin that was tucked away in my basement. Yikes, I just unveiled a mini-timecapsule filled with rather unnecessary (but kinda fun things) that I saved from the eighties. Lot's of old playthings (I really like these castiron broken toys), odds and ends from highschool and incriminating snapshots (although, these sister photos are kind of sweet).

I'm getting rid of about half of the stuff, so this is goooood! Now to work.

July snippits

July flew by––I find I need photos to jog my memory.
jen's house anticipating the arrival of Claude/the 4th of July/H's firsttime in a church (she was a flowergirl)/loooong overdue ironing/growing ponytails/a little beachtime and upstairs in my studio.

keep these cards handy

These small cards may contain a few handy and amusing tips for the upcoming school year. If not helpful, they sure are pretty.

5 postcards

Crops are very good in our locality. The small print reads (clockwise from topleft): The Modern Farmer / Our Watermelons Grow Big / A Load of Extra Good Apples / Peach Canning Time on the Farm.

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The Gull, Who Whistled?, a handlettered card and The Sheep (from Nat'l Monument, Arizona)

a lesson in dutch, scotch and weaving

Hello Claude

My sister——queen of endurance and master of magical feats——delivered a healthy babe this Tuesday night at 11:39pm. I was lucky enough to be in attendance to meet the little 7lb9oz fella. Whoah, A M A Z I N G and C R A Z Y!

Welcome baby Claude
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Congratulations Jen and Jay!

Pictures to come…

Dear Dorothy

These fine graduates were all adorned in great brooches and fancy necklines. The packet of photos were addressed to Dorothy in 1927.

The pictures were included in this box.

northern mn

A few more quiet photos from my trip.
During the drive I revisited some cds that I hadn't listened to since college to accompany the kookoo thoughts that creep in when you're alone.

I'd really like to take classes from here, shelters, sauna, boats, brickovens, baskets...

bill bloedow box

This is an overdue post!
I received one of dreamiest, personalized packages about a month ago from the great Bill Bloedow, former President of the Friends of the Goldstein Museum of Design. The box contained an eclectic range of printed matter and he passed it on to me. I found it quite touching. I'll post some of the highlights in days to come.

Thanks so much Bill.

swimming

These beachy photos make me nutty and being in the midwest makes me long for seaside salty days.

cascade river walk

Last week I took a quick solo getaway to the North Shore. Stayed in a sweet cabin on the icy clear Superior, practiced my embroidery, saunaed in a great woodfired sauna and ate smoked fish. Here are some photos from a walk I took along the Cascade River—— X marks the waterfall, many shades of lush green, woodland faces, a floating caterpillar.

icecream

everything is an ice cream cone!

jot it

Genuine Robinson Reminders! the interiors are perfed into four sections. super handy!