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Carl Jung's Letter to a Depressed Friend.
"I would raise animals and plants and find joy in their thriving. I would surround myself with beauty - no matter how primitive and artless - objects, colours, sounds. I would eat and drink well ( Read more... ) -
Vintage Laundry & Kitchen
I love vintage, but love modern conveniences.
It was such a different world for woman in the past.
Notice both women are doing housework in dresses.
Photos from Shorpy Images- 1920 is the year on the kitchen...
...not sure about the year on the laundry photo.
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Old Mystery Woman
I went up to the bank machine at 5th & S. Craig in a rush as usual. (How can my so called easy life always be in a rush?)
There at the corner was Karen "the flower lady", who sells pathetic American bouquets of flowers- so unlike Amsterdam's Bloemenmarkt http://en.wikipedia.org/ ( Read more... ) -
Utopia
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Snails from eBay Arrived!
About two days ago my red-pink ramshorn snails arrived in the mail from eBay!
They all survived the cold winter journey from Sardinia,Ohio to Pittsburgh, PA.
That is one of my cats, little Quinti sitting next to the snail jars.
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Brass Magnifying Glass on Stand
This is a $375. English Victorian style brass magnifying glass on a stand. Beautiful and expensive.
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Little Asia
This autumn I made a small outdoor terrarium, with moss I found growing outside around the neighborhood that I knew would survive the winter.
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Crushed Velvet
I like surrounding myself with strange little found objects, vintage items, antiques, books, and art.
And I'll always have a clutter filled house.
But I realize I have a lot of unwanted clutter too.
Yesterday I dumped out a bunch of old trinkets and jewelry from a little velvet lined box that had been sitting up in my unfinished 3rd floor ( Read more... )
