We were delightfully surprised and blessed to have a very special visitor show up at our home this evening! My daughter, Christine, and her husband, Ian, brought my grandson, Austin, for a short visit as he was able to leave the hospital on a four-hour pass! In this picture with Austin is his big sister,…
Free Valentine Image ~ You Suit Me To A Tea
Here is an adorable vintage Valentine with a cute teapot, teacup and the message: I’M ALL “STEAMED” UP OVER YOU MY VALENTINE – YOU SUIT ME TO A “TEA”! Click on image to enlarge.
Free Vintage Image ~ A Rose From You Sheet Music
This vintage page includes music and words for the song A Rose From You and some very pretty ornamental details. It’s from the February 1912 issue of Pictorial Review. Click on image to enlarge.
Extrait Concentre Aux Fleurs French Label
Here is a lovely vintage French label for Extrait Concentre Aux Fleurs by Albert & Bermon. Click on image to enlarge.
Austin, An Update
My eight year old grandson, Austin, continues to recover exceptionally well from heart transplant surgery he underwent on December 29th! The doctors continue to say that the donor heart is a perfect match for him. Austin was extubated on the morning of December 30th. The catheter was removed that day as well. On January 1st, two of three chest tubes…
Barney & Berry Skates Magazine Ad
This vintage magazine advertisement for Barney & Berry skates is from the December 1898 issue of Harper’s New Monthly Magazine. Click on image to enlarge.
Free Vintage Clip Art New Year Door
Wishing you and your loved ones health, happiness and prosperity in 2013! I look forward to sharing many more vintage treasures from my personal collection with you this year. This vintage Tuck’s postcard features a child in a white outfit posed to enter a door that is labelled January 1. My original of this postcard was…
Free Vintage Image ~ Tuck’s Postcard Back 1909
This is the back of a vintage Tuck’s New Years postcard that was postally used in 1909. Here is a version without the address. Click on images to enlarge.The front of this vintage New Years postcard is available on my blog as a free download here.
Elephant Mouse and Fairy
The adorable illustrations of an elephant, a mouse and a fairy that I’ve used to create this digital collage sheet are from the story, An Island Fable, from the December 1898 issue of St. Nicholas magazine. Here is a version with the wording removed. The full three-page story is available as a free download on my blog, here.
Free Vintage Images ~ An Island Fable
This three-page story, An Island Fable, with adorable illustrations of an elephant, a mouse and a fairy is from the December 1898 issue of St. Nicholas magazine. I think the moral of the story is wonderful: “Let each be himself, not somebody else,Nor covet what others may hold.Each one has his place,That he can best fill:Contentment is…
Austin’s Surgery is Over!
Austin’s new heart is in and working well! When the surgeons went in to operate, they discovered that there hadn’t actually been enough room in Austin’s chest for the LVAD and the device had fused to Austin’s left lung. They had some difficulty stopping the bleeding when they removed it and kept Austin in the OR some extra time until the bleeding was under…
Austin Going to the OR
My daughter took this picture of Austin and his dad, Ian, in the elevator on the way to the operating room about an hour ago. Ian is gowned up because he was allowed to stay with Austin until he was asleep. Austin was in good spirits this morning. He is looking forward to being able to bathe and swim,…
