Alton Bay, NH Wildflowers, Super Sweet and Lovely Antique Handmade Mini Herbarium metal egg shipping crate and in the ensuing 100

and in the ensuing 100 years has lost a fair amount of its top layer veneer of sorts

The beautiful old treen dice cup--19th century I believe--really makes me want to take up Craps

and vehicle of the Hindu god Shiva--and I am quite taken with him

and how both modern and handmade it feels

but I deeply love this thing

Alton Bay, NH Wildflowers, Super Sweet and Lovely Antique Handmade Mini Herbarium metal egg shipping crate and in the ensuing 100The sweetest thing. I love an herbarium, but this little one, entirely handmade, makes me especially happy with the title on the cover telling us that the twelve pressed flowers inside were all gathered around Alton Bay, New Hampshire a 4 mile long cove of Lake Winnipesaukee, at the southernmost point on the lake. The small scale is part of what makes it great, with perfectly selected, singular little specimens that fit the pages just right, and then