Let The Sunshine In…

(Crayon drawing, age 7- Martha B.)

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A Break

Nibs Readers,

This is just to let you know I’ll be taking a break from blogging to work on some other projects. Posting will resume March 11.

Warm regards,

qUiRkY sTuFf

I came across this quirky project while organizing the basement. Can you guess what it is?

It’s an Eskimo sled. I imagined myself as the first kid from grade school to reach the north pole. So I made a model (size- 7 1/4″ x 2 1/4″) out of wood & popsicle sticks. On top are a washcloth sleeping bag along with a craft paper covered matchstick box to hold my gear.

(Photo- Martha B.)

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A Holiday Break

Nibs Readers,

Here’s wishing you a lovely Christmas and a happy New Year! Posting will resume January 7, 2013.

Warm regards,

(Vintage postcard from my collection dated 1909)

First Snow

(Fourth grade drawing- Martha B.)

Oh Christmas Tree

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Christmas Alphabet- A

Baby, It’s Cold Outside

(Drawing of hat, scarf and mittens, age 16- Martha B.)

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Oh Christmas Tree

(First grade drawing- Martha B.)

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Thanksgiving 2012

Nibs readers,

Have a wonderful Thanksgiving holiday! Posting will resume November 26.

Warm regards,

(Vintage postcard from my collection)

Hurricane Sandy

Nibs readers,

We had a long, terrible Monday night with hurricane ‘Sandy.’ The howling wind was the worst I’ve ever heard. It went on for hours. All we could do was stay in our house and cringe at the sound of snapping trees. Sirens screamed all night long. By Tuesday morning our town looked like a war zone- lots of downed trees, thousands without electricity and major flooding. As we join our neighbors in the clean up, posting here will be sporadic at best.

Warm regards,

(Photo of ‘Sandy’- NOAA-NASA GOES Project)

Updated 11/1/2012- Thanks for all your emails of concern. We’re doing fine. Despite two trees that fell on our property neither one hit the house or the garage. Like many others, we are without power. A neighbor, who still has electricity, let us run an extension cord down to his shed so we could hook up our refrigerator.

Jack-O-Lantern

(Kindergarten cut paper artwork- Martha B.)

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