Latitia Heston's Thrice Handed Down Miniature Ink and Watercolor Map of Europe with Handwritten Provenence Envelope pliers whimy In the course of discovering

In the course of discovering his great nimbleness as I was photographing him

depicting what I first took for mermaids but believe may rather represent Lamia—a mythological child-eating monster and

and the two pots are easily removed

and even better one's you don't have to look through a scope to see

making it feel especially akin to a page from a large herbarium

Latitia Heston's Thrice Handed Down Miniature Ink and Watercolor Map of Europe with Handwritten Provenence Envelope pliers whimy In the course of discoveringThis is the sort of thing that breaks my heart and makes me glad to be human. Just over 2 inches in diameter, it is a tiny ink and watercolor map of Europe on paper, done with extreme care (can you imagine?) by a Latitia Heston, mid 19th century or so, who signed her name to the reverse, following a verse, that indicates it was made as a token of friendship: In all the varying scene Which fate or fortune send When distance intervene Remind thee of a