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Objects and Artifacts

Hidden Treasure

February 1, 2010

himmlische2-full

Now this was a lot of fun to discover. I purchased an old leather sewing kit. It was in excellent shape and apparently had nothing inside it except a rusty threaded needle and brown paper padding at the bottom. However, there was something quite interesting and well hidden wrapped in that plain brown paper. The mysterious ...

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Tree Bark

January 30, 2010

Found Firewood Art

Mixed media art by Mother Nature in fungus on tree bark. Found in our wood pile and almost tossed into the fire.

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Plate XL

"We now come to a beautiful and loquacious race of animals, that embellish our forests, amuse our walks, and exclude solitude from our most shady retirements. From there man has nothing to fear, their pleasures, their desires, and even their animosities, only serve to enliven the general picture of Nature, and give harmony to meditation." Yet ...

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Little Dutch Boy

January 17, 2010

Little Dutch Boy

I first ran into this weird little doll about four years ago, close to when we moved here from Boston. He lived in a glass case in one of the local antique markets. I'm not really a doll person per se. I don't collect them and I didn't often play with them when I was ...

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