Aunt Judy

The perfect dress for peeling potatoes. Diana, this one's for you. See more at http://heidimerrick.com/collection/collection.html

Inspiration.

Justin enlightened me about the pictorial treasures waiting to be seen at the Library of Congress' website. If you go to http://www.loc.gov, and click on "American Memory" you'll find dozens of collections housing digital images from history. So far my favorite section is "Culture and Folklife", where pictures like this one are just waiting to be found:



Yes, those are shelves of homemade preserves.