Alton Bay, NH Wildflowers, Super Sweet and Lovely Antique Handmade Mini Herbarium metal egg shipping crate The burlap is shedding a

The burlap is shedding a bit and the red thread on one arm has come a bit unravelled

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

like this one I think

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

and how both modern and handmade it feels

Alton Bay, NH Wildflowers, Super Sweet and Lovely Antique Handmade Mini Herbarium metal egg shipping crate The burlap is shedding aThe 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