Hand-drawn Pen and Ink 'I so hope you feel better' 1906 Postcard one of a kind puppet I found this piece at

I found this piece at a fantastic antique shop in Hew Hampshire filled with extraordinary things

though still plenty bright and cheerful

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

or are all different

quintessential example of Penobscot basketry

Hand-drawn Pen and Ink 'I so hope you feel better' 1906 Postcard one of a kind puppet I found this piece atI really like the ambiguity of the one and ink drawing at the top of this antique postcard Are these two girls or is the top figure a boy? Are they young friends or young lovers? I'd guess based on the text of the postcard that the girl in bed is infirm, a stand in for the recipient of the card, but perhaps also the Bobbie and Mim Miss S referred to in the last sentence? I suppose we'll never know, but I really love speculating about it, and find the