Flickr is awesome

The Library of Congress has started a Flickr page. How cool is that? Right now they have about 3,000 photos from the 1910s and the 1940s. Here's a few I found that I thought were pretty neat.

This is how I would have helped the war effort, had I needed to do so.

I wish I had contracts to make posters like this!

I love these hand painted windows and signs.

An action shot!

Why are these guys in suits?

Pabst Blue Ribbon! That's one huge sign.

Pause. Drink Coca-Cola.

Engine yard in Chicago.

A gorgeous woman, hard at work. Perfect hair, check. Perfect lipstick, check. Perfectly pressed suit, check. Perfect fingernails, uh...

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Library of Congress Flickr page: here

Holiday Hiatus

I'm finally back from a long holiday trip to the east coast. It's taken me a few days to get back in the swing of things. I could have been blogging since Tuesday, but I just didn't know where to start!

Should I talk about my parents adorable, yet nosy Scottie dog, Robbie?

There's the truly adorable, as her shirt says, Kathryn.

Or, maybe I should talk about the many cups of espresso I had to consume to get us back from New Jersey to Pennsylvania after a fun night with friends?

...because I looked like this:

I could talk about the local, hole-in-the-wall, pizza place where we ate ourselves full for about six bucks.

Or, I could tell the world how much my mom liked her custom Made By Tess Reuse bag.

Or, there's always my new niece, Annabella, a beautiful little reindeer.

Or, the tired, strep throat ailing, Hadley I found organizing photos in an album to hide from the Christmas craziness,

who then suddenly became revitalized when somebody mentioned presents...

Or, I guess I could just post a lot of pictures and post about normal stuff another day!

A little Henry for the afternoon

Colorful sky

We had a fantastic sunset last night. My house faces east so mostly enjoy sunrises, but last night the whole sky was brilliant shades of pink, orange and red.

When I first stepped outside the sky looked like this:

I played with the dogs for a while. They were being so cute bouncing all over the garden.

Everything had an indescribable reddish glow:

Probably because the sky was doing this:

And then I broke the news that it was time to go inside...

Bloggy hiatus

I seem to have taken an unintentional vacation from blogging and all things internet related. I've still be toting my camera around with me so at least the last few days have not gone by undocumented!

All the baking I did was so much fun. Here is the chocolate mousse, apple pie and pumpkin pie. The chocolate mousse was the best I've ever made!

My apple pie experiment went perfectly. I hadn't made an apple pie before Thursday, and I was very pleased with the result!

We had a great time at my cousin's home for Thanksgiving dinner, although we had a little accident in the driveway!

Then on Friday we just did projects around the house. I washed the dogs and took pictures in the yard.

Pink carpet:

Cactus blossom:

Angel's trumpet tree (that I nearly killed prior to planting, now it's blooming!):

Sassy Lola:

Saturday was completely lazy. I stayed in bed for a while and Lola came to join me. Thomas threw the covers over her and she stayed all cuddled up for a long nap.

All in all it was a much-needed, quiet, restful weekend. The morning will bring a busy week of freelance jobs.