Inspired by My Late Mother's Collections. Photo by Jane Stotesbery.
Friday, June 2, 2023
The China Cabinet
Monday, May 29, 2023
My late mother's collections
Stamps, mint and postmarked, including a shoebox full of stamps still glued to bits of envelopes;
Postcards, carefully pasted into scrapbooks in the early days, later in giant bundles;
Love letters she received, only one set is from my father;
Her school report cards;
Dolls sporting national costumes;
Shoes (all uncomfortable);
T-shirts, all oversized and hand embroidered by her;
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Part of the lace trim collection. |
Souvenir beer mugs;
Lace trim and scraps of material;
Christmas decorations and ornaments;
House plants;
Decorative plates;
Bird houses;
Costume jewelry;
Miniature porcelain tea sets;
Perfume bottles;
Fridge magnets;
Beads;
Bottle caps;
Dress-up clothes;
Colouring books and markers;
Dust and memories.
Inspired by all the stamp collecting stories. Photo by Nancy.
Thursday, May 25, 2023
Perforations

Yeah, that’s right, Mr. Spock got his in 2016—with, at best, a tenuous connection to his Canadian co-stars—and yet they still haven’t honoured Keanu Reeves . . . which is why I had to fake one up.
Inspired by Time Stamp. Terry Fox’s stamp by Friedrich Peter, Spock’s by Kosta Tsetsekas.
Sunday, May 21, 2023
Time Stamp
Inspired by I’ll Get to It Eventually. Image courtesy of Laurie’s fridge.
Monday, May 15, 2023
I’ll Get to It Eventually

Thursday, May 11, 2023
Stamp Collecting

Inspired by the image for Six Degrees of Peameal Bacon. Photo by Nancy Kay Clark.
Saturday, May 6, 2023
Six Degrees of Peameal Bacon

