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A Polar Bears Tale
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Granny squares - my childhood...

From:McCalls Crochet Treasury 1977linkA granny square vest from the 1970slinklinkAfghans, 1978linkfromBetter homes and gardens crocheting & knitting, 1977link

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Have a great day!

An Eduard Prüssen illustration, 1966-67link

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Laurids Lønborg oven mitts

Danish reto design -it reminds me of my youth ;O)

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Retro lions...

From The Complete Book of Handicrafts,Jill Blake and Joan Fisher (ed.), Octopus, 1973link1960s lion and cubs greeting cardlinkDetail of Lion Love by DoNotDestroySleep well! Made by my poppetVintage w...

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Sweet Etsy lions...

Little Sunshine Plush Lion soft toyWassupbrothersRosemary Taylor pottery lion sculptureIndependence Vintage Wool lion needle felted soft sculptureMr Bear FamilyCrochet pattern for Lion House Slippers...

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The writing on...the blackboard

Jacob Riis: ca. 1886, Lower East Side, Manhattan, US.A View of a Lower East Side schoolroom. A teacher demonstrateson the blackboard, as students watch attentively from crowdedpews. Note the open gas...

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Martin Schmandt - Chalk and Lazure

The Bo Tree - chalk on blackboardAs a Waldorf teacher between 2002 and 2010, Martin Schmandtdrew hundreds of blackboard drawings - and they are so stunning;Take a look here. Martin Schmandt has also ...

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Martin Schmandt - Chalk and Lazure

The Bo Tree - chalk on blackboardAs a Waldorf teacher between 2002 and 2010, Martin Schmandtdrew hundreds of blackboard drawings - and they are so stunning;Take a look here. Martin Schmandt has also ...

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Scholars...

Physician Mary N. Crawford worked at the Serum Exchangeof the Childrens Hospital of Philadelphia, where, in 1962, shediscovered that she was one of a few people in the world withthe rare blood type L...

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An anonymous schoolgirl, early 1900s

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We need schultüte in Denmark!

A small German girl with a schultütelinkWhen I was a child I saw schultüte in Germany -and I simply could not understand why Danish childrendid not get one on their first school day. A schultüte - or...

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Personalized bookplate...

This is from a very old childrens book namedHenners Lydia, 1935 by Marguerite De Angeli.From The Library Of will personlize the cutestbookplates for you...and this bookplate can read:From the library...

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The one-room school house

Interior of a one-room school house in Octa,Fayette County, Ohio, ca. 1909-1910linkWilliam Ladd Taylor (1854-1926):One-Room Schoolhouse linkOne-room School House, Sedgwick County,Kansas, between 1870...

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One-room schoolhouse pendant

A small hand made, one of a kind schoolhouseglazed clay pendant. Wear it s necklace by stringingleather through it or add to your jewellery projectKnme, Etsy

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Anton Christoffel (1871-1953)

Mount Esan, 1935link

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The tale of Watzmann - a Bavarian myth

linkAccording to an ancient legend in the Berchtesgadener Landthere was a fierce king called Watzmann. He was a hard kingthat made the peasants slave for him. He was punished for hismischief: he was ...

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Sunrise in the Mountains wool tapestry

This needle felted wool tapestry creates amazing feelingof space, light, warmth and being very grounded at thesame time. It is relatively big and can make a great inputinto the atmosphere of the room...

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Asheville mountains pottery yarn bowl

This stoneware yarn bowl is glazed in the coloursmidnight blue, quarry, and aqua. The bottom of thisceramic yarn bowl has a little extra weight so that itwill not be pulled over when in useFlying Pig...

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Emil Nolde - The Mountain Postcards

Jungfrau, Mönch und EigerThe Virgin, The Monk and the Ork.From Die Bergpostkarten - The Mountain Postcards.by Emil Nolde (1867-1956). The postcards are signed E. Hansen(original name of Emil Nolde). ...

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Pentecost/Whitsun was picnic time

Picnic at Saint-Alban du Rhônephotographed by Gabriel Veyre, 1900linkby Edith Gutzeit (1900-95)link...and people got up early to see the Whitsun sundance In the 19th century people from Copenhagen we...

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Windows - the soul of the house...

Franz Xaver Hoch (1869-1916): Fensterbild, 1903linkConstant Moyaux (1835-1911):View of Rome from the Artist’s Roomat the Villa Medici, 1863linkChristoffer Wilhelm Eckersberg (1783–1853):The Artists T...

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Susan Mary (Lily) Yeats (1866-1948)

Rose and olive cushion cover, designed byWilliam Morris and executed by Lily Yeats, ca. 1902linkLily Yeats painted by her father,John Butler Yeats (1839–1922)linkwas an embroiderer associated with th...

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After midnight...

An Irish Arts and Crafts carpet. Manufactured bythe Dun Emer Guild, 1920s. Probably designedby Katherine MacCormacklinkEugène Assézat de Bouteyre (1864-1942):The Sleeping Flower Girl, 1892linkEugène ...

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Julia Margaret Cameron (1815–1879)

Fervent in Prayer 1864-65linkKept in the Heart, 1864linkAlice Keown, the daughter of Thomas Keownof the Isle of Wight, and Mary Ann Hiller, Julia MargaretCamerons servant, were frequent models of Cam...

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Quentin Massys (1465-1530)

The Virgin at Prayerlink

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Ceramics by Sonja Bikić, Deep Silence

Ceramic relief of Virgin Mary and Jesuswith floral frame. Coloured with bordeauxglaze in stoneware technique.Deep Silence, EtsyLike a flower from a fairy gardenA ceramic candle holder

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Were going to...Mardi Gras!

New Orleans Carnival Rex Ball Invitation, 1892,Symbolism of Colour, in the form of a hexagonal Lotus flower,designed by Bror Anders Wikstrom (1884-1909)Purchase it hereNew Orleans Carnival Rex Ball I...

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Rose quartz drop sterling earrings

Simple chubby rose quartz onion shaped dropshang from sterling silver ear wiresSurf and Sand, Etsy

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A bit of Biedermeier joy...

Nachkirchweih(e) by L. Chimani, 1835linkDas frühstück an der QuelleBreakfast by the WellPurchase it hereL. Chimani: Der Prater, 1835Purchase it here

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A beautiful blouse...

Spencer Rose Biedermeier blouse, SwabiaPhoto: Bezirk Schwabenlink

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