You will hear me say this often, I love the thought of touching something made by hand, crafted over time, and wonder about the person who made it. I feel when I touch that item I am actually touching that person’s hand. And how amazing that the object is still around after many years, or […]
Monthly Archives: February 2016
Valentine’s Day Test of Time
The Greatest Generation had patient love. They had to! To let a loved one know how you feel on Valentine’s Day, you could pick up your cell phone with its unlimited minutes and call him or her. At the same time you could send a text message with a picture […]
Atwood’s Artful Artifacts: Duck Decoys
Atwood’s Artful Assembled Artifacts #1 : That’s Just Ducky! Handmade Decoys were historically used to attract ducks into a hunter’s firing range. They have been around forever. Some older decoys were covered with bird skin and feathers. The Smithsonian Museum in Washington D.C. has decoys that date to 400 BC-AD 100 that were found in […]