Guess how old I is

Birthdayface had a party last week:

Here are some of the collages we made at the party (there are some that were too big to scan, I will try to post them later). You can also see collages from the 26 yr birthday party in 2011 here.

Oh boy oh boy! What nice friends have I.

My friend Lauqua kindly lent me some of her beautiful calligraphy to display here as I was so taken by it:

She was inspired by the calligraphy that she found in this beautiful little gem of a book - a French children's book about deep-sea diving written and illustrated in the '60s, when Cousteau-mania was in full swing. 

Some from the Vaults

Some drawings from a 2011 sketchbook:

Yesterday I discovered and joined Retronaut, the web-site of my dreams, chock-a-block with bizarre photos from the past, going way back to the invention of photography until the 1990s. 

My personal favorites are the "Banner Ladies", who - from what I can gather - where the some of first "sandwich board" advertisers - you get the feeling from the photograph that this was a totally new kind of job for women. I love everything about these photographs but the way the clothes are ornamented especially blows my mind. Hanging dolls off a dress is definitely one way to get peoples' attention: