Letter from Ailing Grandmother, with House Drawing vintage wooden figurine This sweet little acrobatic clown

This sweet little acrobatic clown

It continues to be produced and distributed regionally (especially popular in New England and Houston

I found her at the estate sale of an architect in Amesbury

enduring design problems--or "patterns" (of which they identify 253)--and ways of approaching/solving them distilled from functionally and experientially rewarding places

and the paint jobs

Letter from Ailing Grandmother, with House Drawing vintage wooden figurine This sweet little acrobatic clownI may be the only one who finds this letter great, but I only know how to buy things that touch me personally, so here this is! In addition to the great drawing of (one assumes her) house on the third page, what I especially love about this 1887 letter is how completely identifiable but also nearly over the top are this Grandmother's repeated pleas for news and visits, and sharing of woes. No doubt she's an very empathetic character, but also a bit of