Soulful Woman in Lace Bonnet, C. 1850s Cased Sixth Plate Daguerreotype of Folk Art Portrait antique prop camera Good for holding a row

Good for holding a row of small potted plants

but overall he's in fine shape

These are tops in all regards

I do sometimes think I should devote myself entirely to searching for beautiful blocks and related objects of creative play--so many good things rolled up into them

Soulful Woman in Lace Bonnet, C. 1850s Cased Sixth Plate Daguerreotype of Folk Art Portrait antique prop camera Good for holding a rowFound in Maine this week the latest in my ongoing pursuit of early photographs of folk art paintings, created as one means of capturing likenesses gave way to another, and emblematic of the want to carry things, and people, forward. (I think of such things as akin to digitally scanning old 35 mm slides, or digitizing VHS tapes the problem persisted as technology progressed!) And what a soulful looking woman she appears to me, lovely but looking as