a perfectly timed note

I've been madly preparing for a presentation—which I gave tonight. Done, what a huge relief!! Amongst the flurry of paper and chaos; I found this hilarious note. It totally cracked me up and made me miss my friend—Satchel. The note was well worth saving for fifteen years.

wallpaper

A few fruitful patterns made during my summer vacation.

Handcut orgami paper and security envelopes.

A to Z: a few of my favorite things

---- C, D and E ----


---- H, I and J ----


---- T, U and V ----


---- the A — Z compilation ----

C: Cats + Cheetahs
D:Dogs + Daisies
E: Eagles + Echidea + Egret + Elephants
H: the oak, Hercules of the forest + Hailey's comet + Hedgehogs of the vegetable world
I: Ivy + Illusions
J: Justification + (queer looking tenants of the) Jungle + a Jumping gibbon
T: Tortoise + Table + Tableware
U: Unwholesome American Fungi
V: Vanishing race + Virtue

Reorganized using my 1941 Books of Knowledge.

die-cuts

Look at these friends. This batch is also quite quaint.

snakes and balloons

perfect description of my week.

nyc 1930s > 1980s > 2009

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"The evolution of New York has been illustrated in photographs in countless ways. Two of the biggest collections belong to the city. Between 1938 and 1943, 700,000 stark black-and-white pictures, known as tax photos, were taken to make property assessments and as a jobs program for the federal Works Progress Administration. In the 1980s, a second set of 800,000 photos was taken, also for tax purposes. In both sets, the property's block and lot number is listed on the photos. The photos are available for sale by the city. A New York Times photographer returned to 12 of the sites this year"

— SAM ROBERTS

images sourced from: Evolution, as Traced by the Lens

ravenous!

a n i m a l s

if you're in the minneapolis area today

Empty Bowls @ Powderhorn Park.
11:00 a.m. - 7:00 p.m.
Powderhorn Park Building

The gist:
Pick out a handmade bowl, make a free-will donation, enjoy homemade soup and leave with your bowl — now empty — a reminder that there are bowls that need filling in our neighborhood… and that you’ve done something to help fill them!

The proceeds will benefit the food shelf at the Division of Indian Work, Sisters Camelot, and the Powderhorn Park kitchen upgrade.

I made the flier and I'm back!