quicksand and brooms

*  above images via interweb.

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 bottom five photos are from me or chris.

at the village general store

c ran inside the village general store in clear lake, iowa to see what they had.  and came out with this cool card collection of plant and gardening cards.

  

guardian pigeons

these images have been surfacing in my mind in word form, often:

 all of the above images are sourced on the web.

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below, here are photos that i took this week so far and one old one...

 

above, i found this transfer for san francisco in an old book i have it's from 1974

above, a fast pass for $11

above, a screen shot off google maps of our old garden at the white house, we used a windowbox for succulents i'd pick up round the hood.

above photo:  when we first got to iowa we checked out hobo days in the town of britt, iowa.

above photo:  c bought the kids this chalkboard at ex-op here in town for a dollar.  the kids have finally been using it.

above, crayon box

above, e-man work

 below photos:  eman village as of a few days ago

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above photo:  i got this toy when i was 8 years old on a trip in san francisco, still possesses some magic for me.  though it won't hold water anymore.

jumbled list

make it visible

all above images via an amazing site called original voices and wounded knee musuem and more here

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below we have photos i took of goings on around the house, planted blueberries pictured there on the couch.

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this awesomely talented woman here with her sweet new dress soon to be available!

thank you so very much 'ermie' (j. parry dodge) for being so kind to me!  

groups of three and cup of tea

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*  top three photos via the internet and bottom photo of morning teatime in my kitchen.