Charming Small 1840s Cloth Covered Scrapbook/Ledger whittled chain hard not to feel cheerful

hard not to feel cheerful with this nearby

with the softness of the windows

teeming with the vision of some father or grandfather carefully piecing it together for a much loved child

Martin received his MFA from Alfred and BFA from Kansas City Art Institute

with the pedestal base making a trivet underneath it unnecessary

Charming Small 1840s Cloth Covered Scrapbook/Ledger whittled chain hard not to feel cheerfulA very sweet little thing, it appears this notebook was first used for recording expenses, then repurposed (possibly recovered at that point in this charming woven plaid fabric with separate strip covering the spine) as a scrapbook for assorted clippings. I love that it begins with the fable of the tortoise and the hare, and then on the next page these great X's and squares in watercolor framing "A Child's Prayer." The remaining clippings are quite