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Yesterday was a bright and sunny autumn day ~ a blustery wind, colorful leaves, and squirrels everywhere gathering nuts and tantalizing my t...

{image from Rapunzel's Delight } In the last couple of weeks I have started to develop an obsession with Victorian hairwork ~ the flower...

Finally, the third installment of this spring's Antiques on the Common ~ this one features the two items I purchased ~ a gorgeous old l...

Tonight when I pulled up in front of my house and got out of my car I was greeted by a pair of mallard ducks! Since I live in a residential...

Since I've been thinking about books lately, I thought I would share a few of the old books I have gotten in the last several months ~ I...

This is one of my favorite children's books that I discovered as an adult ~ actually, I had Chris Van Allsburg as an illustration teach...

I bought this children's book several years ago on ebay since I love scotties and my very first scottie's name was Buttons. This bo...

Below are a few images from an old book I picked up at the flea market ~ this one is a children's book dated 1901. The book appears to b...

This is the weekend we are adopting Angus ~ a wheaten scottish terrier puppy! To celebrate such an event I thought I would share with you...

{All gussied up and nowhere to go} {good & evil} These squirrels remind me of one of my favorite childhood books, Miss Suzy {great paper...