Stupid Cupid

(An old love note from 1906...)

My Dear Blanche,

How are you?

Why don't you come to C. sometime 

and call on your friends?

Another birthday for you.

Well Blanche, hope you will have 

many more happy birthdays.

With much love, Andy

(Blanche, if you didn't want anything to do with him,

why did you save this old card all those years?)

What was on your mind, Blanche?
(let's ALL pretend we're Blanche...what WAS on her mind?)
"Dear Andy...well,..."
(I'd love to hear your comments on this one!)

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Snow Angel

I leave my angels out all year...

I have a cluster of them in an angel garden,

but for now I've photographed just one.

Just one sweet angel in a dusting of snow dimpled with winter rain...

with one red bloom.

She's bringing the dreary landscape

to life right now

with a splash of color.

A dash of soft red amid textured winter browns...

...just to brighten the view out the window
for one sweet day.

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Winter Rain

 Thank goodness for old roses...

because everyone seems to be cranky.

Kids are cranky because we never got a heavy snowfall and they really love sledding.

Crankiness in the work place seems to be a given in January, too.

Things must get accomplished, but there just isn't enough sunlight to make it a day's work.

It's supposed to be 60 degrees on Tuesday and then back to 15 the next day (!)

Last night our furnace blew out after our new purchase just 11 months ago...(super cranky)...

made to break piece of crap.

And,

 tax season is here.

*sigh*

Some people are already feeling the wallet crunch even though no one's even filed yet.

So, thank goodness for old roses.

They're beautiful even when they're spent.

They're one old constant that always delights.

Makin' the rain a little sweeter today with my pinks...

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An Antique Valentine and My Gibson Gals

I have always loved February...
(get here already, will you??)

For me it means the end of winter is near.

The end of dark days.
And here love blooms like a honeycomb Valentine.
It IS the month of love, of course.

I always envision February as a vibrant red in my mind's eye.
And so are the covers of my two volumes of Gibson's Gals.

Are you familiar with Gibson's Gals?

If not, you will enjoy...

My dad found these in the garbage about ten years ago already.

The volumes are valued at over $100 apiece.

Gibson Gals are traditional ink print artworks

featuring damsels from the 1800s.

Many demonstrate the female power over the weaker sex.

This one is called,
"A Young Lawyer Argues His First Important Case."

This one, "Summer Sports."
(Love how the men are kites).

Many also illustrate regret, as in marrying for money.

The best images demonstrate lovely encounters..
"All Broken Up."

and old love,
"An Interrupted Story."

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