Crooked House with Leaning Ladies on the Porch, Great Old Snapshot Photo Japanese clown hand-puppet And the rendering of the

And the rendering of the figures on this one

A few last 19th century ink and watercolor butterfly drawings today from a portfolio of half a dozen or so I purchased from a favorite dealer in the Hudson River Valley several weeks ago

The clarity and tonality of the photograph is stunning

I have no idea the story behind how this stencil/spray painted beetle came to live in the VFW Hall in Orrington

Crooked House with Leaning Ladies on the Porch, Great Old Snapshot Photo Japanese clown hand-puppet And the rendering of theThis one has brought universal pleasure to the few people I have shown it to since finding it digging through a pile at Brimfield; such a fun one and feels like a very true thing, too. Not sure whether the taker of the snapshot was aware they framing these women on their porch at an off kilter angle or whether it was a happy accident, but feels like the perfectly right way to portray this little house and the two of them in their hats and dresses, and