2012 and a mid-morning in April, the rain starting up as the crocus push up their purple heads at the house on Riverton Sands.

Oh to be here.

Halfway up Lake Champlain. The best place on earth to be, down by the water and its singing muskrats, their feet stuck in clay.

my new short fiction piece over on my Substack if you’d like to read the rest.

https://sarahbguestperry.substack.com/p/2012-and-a-mid-morning-in-march-the

“Alice Ronchetti with students: A photograph of Alice Rochetti with 11 school children of various ages standing around a table. The table holds projects presumably made by the students: a paper man figure, a model of the Massachusetts Pike, a crocheted pot holder, an elephant out of cardboard, and more.” Cambridge, Massachusetts. 1973. American. Ed Pacheco, Cambridge, Massachusetts, photographer. © the photographer. Alice M. Ronchetti Papers (1935-1973, Cambridge Public Library Archives and Special Collections. Via Digital Commonwealth https://www.digitalcommonwealth.org/search/commonwealth:6395zt16q

Exploring the globe with a Victorian eye. Imagery from George French Angas’s 1849 work “The Kafirs illustrated in a series of drawings taken among the Amazulu, Amaponda, and Amakosa tribes: also, portraits of the … other races inhabiting southern Africa.” He also did illustrated books along the same lines for New Zealand and Australia which are the subjects of earlier posts here.

*Cape Town from the Camps Bay Road. Cape Colony (South Africa).* George French Argas, artist (and author). Page 6, Image 36 of *The Kafirs illustrated in a series of drawings taken among the Amazulu, Amaponda, and Amakosa tribes : also, portraits of the … other races inhabiting southern Africa*. Published in 1847 by J. Hogarth, Haymarket, London. Collections of the National History Museum Library, London. In the public domain due to age. via https://archive.org/details/kafirsillustrat00anga/page/6/mode/1up

*Karel, a Malay priest, at prayer: his wife Nazea. George French Argas, artist (and author).*Plate 2, Image 25 of *The Kafirs illustrated in a series of drawings taken among the Amazulu, Amaponda, and Amakosa tribes : also, portraits of the … other races inhabiting southern Africa*. Published in 1847 by J. Hogarth, Haymarket, London. Collections of the National History Museum Library, London. In the public domain due to age. via https://archive.org/details/kafirsillustrat00anga/page/n24/mode/1up

*Bavian’s Kloof (The Glen of Baboons, Genadendal. George French Argas, artist (and author).*Image 48 of *The Kafirs illustrated in a series of drawings taken among the Amazulu, Amaponda, and Amakosa tribes : also, portraits of the … other races inhabiting southern Africa*. Published in 1847 by J. Hogarth, Haymarket, London. Collections of the National History Museum Library, London. In the public domain due to age. via https://archive.org/details/kafirsillustrat00anga/page/n48/mode/1up

Umpanda, the King of the Amazulu. *George French Argas, artist (and author).*Image 59 of *The Kafirs illustrated in a series of drawings taken among the Amazulu, Amaponda, and Amakosa tribes : also, portraits of the … other races inhabiting southern Africa*. Published in 1847 by J. Hogarth, Haymarket, London. Collections of the National History Museum Library, London. In the public domain due to age. via https://archive.org/details/kafirsillustrat00anga/page/n59/mode/1up

*Panda Reviewing his Soldiers at Nonduengu.* *George French Argas, artist (and author).*Image 63 of *The Kafirs illustrated in a series of drawings taken among the Amazulu, Amaponda, and Amakosa tribes : also, portraits of the … other races inhabiting southern Africa*. Published in 1847 by J. Hogarth, Haymarket, London. Collections of the National History Museum Library, London. In the public domain due to age. via https://archive.org/details/kafirsillustrat00anga/page/n63/mode/1up

*Zulu Kraal on the Umgani, with Cattle and Sheep. George French Argas, artist (and author).*Image 77 of *The Kafirs illustrated in a series of drawings taken among the Amazulu, Amaponda, and Amakosa tribes : also, portraits of the … other races inhabiting southern Africa*. Published in 1847 by J. Hogarth, Haymarket, London. Collections of the National History Museum Library, London. In the public domain due to age. via https://archive.org/details/kafirsillustrat00anga/page/16/mode/1up

Mouth of the Umvoti River, on the Indian Ocean, Natal. *George French Argas, artist (and author).* Image 81 of *The Kafirs illustrated in a series of drawings taken among the Amazulu, Amaponda, and Amakosa tribes : also, portraits of the … other races inhabiting southern Africa*. Published in 1847 by J. Hogarth, Haymarket, London. Collections of the National History Museum Library, London. In the public domain due to age. via https://archive.org/details/kafirsillustrat00anga/page/n81/mode/1up

Soldiers of King Panda’s Army. *George French Argas, artist (and author).* Image 88 of *The Kafirs illustrated in a series of drawings taken among the Amazulu, Amaponda, and Amakosa tribes : also, portraits of the … other races inhabiting southern Africa*. Published in 1847 by J. Hogarth, Haymarket, London. Collections of the National History Museum Library, London. In the public domain due to age. via https://archive.org/details/kafirsillustrat00anga/page/n88/mode/1up

Scene in a Zulu Kraal, with Huts and Screens. *George French Argas, artist (and author).* Image 91 of *The Kafirs illustrated in a series of drawings taken among the Amazulu, Amaponda, and Amakosa tribes : also, portraits of the … other races inhabiting southern Africa*. Published in 1847 by J. Hogarth, Haymarket, London. Collections of the National History Museum Library, London. In the public domain due to age. via https://archive.org/details/kafirsillustrat00anga/page/n91/mode/1up

Evening Scene on the Umnonoti River. *George French Argas, artist (and author).* Image 94 of *The Kafirs illustrated in a series of drawings taken among the Amazulu, Amaponda, and Amakosa tribes : also, portraits of the … other races inhabiting southern Africa*. Published in 1847 by J. Hogarth, Haymarket, London. Collections of the National History Museum Library, London. In the public domain due to age. via https://archive.org/details/kafirsillustrat00anga/page/n94/mode/1up

*The New Antelope from Saint Lucia Bay.* *George French Argas, artist (and author).* Image 117 of *The Kafirs illustrated in a series of drawings taken among the Amazulu, Amaponda, and Amakosa tribes : also, portraits of the … other races inhabiting southern Africa*. Published in 1847 by J. Hogarth, Haymarket, London. Collections of the National History Museum Library, London. In the public domain due to age. via https://archive.org/details/kafirsillustrat00anga/page/n117/mode/1up

*New and Remarkable Species of Lepidoptera, from Natal and the Zulu Country.George French Argas, artist (and author).* Image 120 of *The Kafirs illustrated in a series of drawings taken among the Amazulu, Amaponda, and Amakosa tribes : also, portraits of the … other races inhabiting southern Africa*. Published in 1847 by J. Hogarth, Haymarket, London. Collections of the National History Museum Library, London. In the public domain due to age. via https://archive.org/details/kafirsillustrat00anga/page/n120/mode/1up

George French Argas was an English explorer, naturalist, painter and poet. In 1846 he went to what is now South Africa, where he spent two years in Natal and the Cape. I don’t think he was one of those artists who accompanied explorers because the book these are taken is dedicated to Major-General Sir Harry Smith, Bart. G.C.B. who was Her Majesty’s High Commissioner for the Cape of Good Hope.

Also, this is more faded out than many of these and I can’t make out the names of the lithographers for the various plates. Often the lithographer (s) is listed on the title page but not here.

Traveling back to real Art Deco time. Store fronts with some very Art Deco looking customers hanging around out front. Imagery from a commercial catalogue published in Paris France in 1932 by Chapelon et Gervais. This is Part II. Part I was a post last month with the light fixtures and other home goods and furniture from the same catalogue.

*7025. Devanture, métal poli, 1 porte ouvrante, 2 vitrines*. Image 65 of a 1932 catalogue titled *Ateliers le fer ouvré*, published by the firm of Chapelon et Gervais, 14 avenue des Sycomores, Paris 16e, France. Jean Acker et Cie, Paris, printers. Collections of the Bibliothèque Forney, Paris. Artwork itself in the public domain due to age. via https://bibliotheques-specialisees.paris.fr/ark:/73873/pf0002007673/v0065.simple.highlight=ferronnerie.selectedTab=thumbnail

*Salon de Coiffure Dames – Messieurs. Devanture, fer forgé noirci ou peint, 1 porte ouvrante.* Image 66 of a 1932 catalogue titled *Ateliers le fer ouvré*, published by the firm of Chapelon et Gervais, 14 avenue des Sycomores, Paris 16e, France. Jean Acker et Cie, Paris, printers. Collections of the Bibliothèque Forney, Paris. Artwork itself in the public domain due to age. via https://bibliotheques-specialisees.paris.fr/ark:/73873/pf0002007673/v0066.simple.highlight=ferronnerie.selectedTab=thumbnail

*Paris – Automobiles. Devanture, métal inoxydable, 1 porte ouvrante à 2 vantaux et imposte fixe.* Image 67 of a 1932 catalogue titled *Ateliers le fer ouvré*, published by the firm of Chapelon et Gervais, 14 avenue des Sycomores, Paris 16e, France. Jean Acker et Cie, Paris, printers. Collections of the Bibliothèque Forney, Paris. Artwork itself in the public domain due to age. via https://bibliotheques-specialisees.paris.fr/ark:/73873/pf0002007673/v0066.simple.highlight=ferronnerie.selectedTab=thumbnail

*au Palais du Meuble. Devanture fer forgé, noirci ou peint, 2 portes ouvrantes.* Image 68 of a 1932 catalogue titled *Ateliers le fer ouvré*, published by the firm of Chapelon et Gervais, 14 avenue des Sycomores, Paris 16e, France. Jean Acker et Cie, Paris, printers. Collections of the Bibliothèque Forney, Paris. Artwork itself in the public domain due to age. via https://bibliotheques-specialisees.paris.fr/ark:/73873/pf0002007673/v0066.simple.highlight=ferronnerie.selectedTab=thumbnail

I would assume they were selling the store fronts (shop fronts) which could then be installed at your place of business. This is their only catalogue that is turning up online. They were listed as a firm working with masonry with the French government back in the mid 1960s but that’s all that turns up at least as of today.

Trying to live the way the Duke of Windsor might have as a youngish fellow. Very chic for the mid 1930s, including the staircases with no walls on either side so nothing to grab onto if you slip. Imagery from “Encyclopédie de l’architecture: constructions modernes. Tome VII.” 1935. Albert Marcel Morancé, editor. From a scanned copy at the Internet Archive.

*Villa, Glyfada, Greece. Stama Papadaki, architect: Petites Maisons, Villas*, *Bungalows.* Page 18 of *Encyclopédie de l’architecture: constructions modernes. Tome VII*. Albert Marcel Morancé, editor. Published in 1935 by Éditions Albert Morancé. Cc0 License 1.0. In the public domain. via https://archive.org/details/frapn02-encyclopedie-de-l-architecture-constructions-modernes-tome-7-1935/page/n2/mode/1up

*Jardin a Paris: Jardins. J. Charles Moreux, Architecte a Paris.* Page 37 of *Encyclopédie de l’architecture: constructions modernes. Tome VII*. Albert Marcel Morancé, editor. Published in 1935 by Éditions Albert Morancé. Cc0 License 1.0. In the public domain. via https://archive.org/details/frapn02-encyclopedie-de-l-architecture-constructions-modernes-tome-7-1935/page/n36/mode/1up

*Restaurant, Hambourg Aéroport. Germany (ground floor plan detail): Aéroports. Dyrssen et Averhoff, Architectes, Hambourg.* Page 50 of *Encyclopédie de l’architecture: constructions modernes. Tome VII*. Albert Marcel Morancé, editor. Published in 1935 by Éditions Albert Morancé. Cc0 License 1.0. In the public domain. via https://archive.org/details/frapn02-encyclopedie-de-l-architecture-constructions-modernes-tome-7-1935/page/n49/mode/1up

*Interior staircase. Hambourg Aéroport. Germany: Aéroports. Dyrssen et Averhoff, Architectes, Hambourg.* Page 54 of *Encyclopédie de l’architecture: constructions modernes. Tome VII*. Albert Marcel Morancé, editor. Published in 1935 by Éditions Albert Morancé. Cc0 License 1.0. In the public domain. via https://archive.org/details/frapn02-encyclopedie-de-l-architecture-constructions-modernes-tome-7-1935/page/n54/mode/1up

*An Interior of the House of Teshigahara, Tokyo, Japan. Satow-Takeo, Architect: Petites Maisons; Villas, Bungalows.* Page 69 (lower image) of *Encyclopédie de l’architecture: constructions modernes. Tome VII*. Albert Marcel Morancé, editor. Published in 1935 by Éditions Albert Morancé. Cc0 License 1.0. In the public domain. via https://archive.org/details/frapn02-encyclopedie-de-l-architecture-constructions-modernes-tome-7-1935/page/n68/mode/1up

*An Interior of the House of Teshigahara, Tokyo, Japan. Satow-Takeo, Architect: Petites Maisons; Villas, Bungalows.* Page 71 (upper image) of *Encyclopédie de l’architecture: constructions modernes. Tome VII*. Albert Marcel Morancé, editor. Published in 1935 by Éditions Albert Morancé. Cc0 License 1.0. In the public domain. via https://archive.org/details/frapn02-encyclopedie-de-l-architecture-constructions-modernes-tome-7-1935/page/n70/mode/1up

*Hallway looking towards the dining room. Immeuble de Rapport. Hamayon, Architecte: Immeuble de Rapport.* Page 115 (upper right image) of *Encyclopédie de l’architecture: constructions modernes. Tome VII*. Albert Marcel Morancé, editor. Published in 1935 by Éditions Albert Morancé. Cc0 License 1.0. In the public domain. via https://archive.org/details/frapn02-encyclopedie-de-l-architecture-constructions-modernes-tome-7-1935/page/n114/mode/1up

*Bungalow pour le Week End. Pres de Vienne. Erich Boltenstern, architecte: Petites Maisons, Villas, Bungalows.* Page 103 of *Encyclopédie de l’architecture: constructions modernes. Tome VII*. Albert Marcel Morancé, editor. Published in 1935 by Éditions Albert Morancé. Cc0 License 1.0. In the public domain. via https://archive.org/details/frapn02-encyclopedie-de-l-architecture-constructions-modernes-tome-7-1935/page/n103/mode/1up

*Immeuble de Rapport a Paris. Le Corbusier et P. Jeanneret, architectes: Immeuble de Rapport.* Page 124 of *Encyclopédie de l’architecture: constructions modernes. Tome VII*. Albert Marcel Morancé, editor. Published in 1935 by Éditions Albert Morancé. Cc0 License 1.0. In the public domain. via https://archive.org/details/frapn02-encyclopedie-de-l-architecture-constructions-modernes-tome-7-1935/page/n124/mode/1up

*Furnished apartment, London, England. Sir John Burnet, Tait et Lorne. mmeuble de Rapport.* Page 155 of *Encyclopédie de l’architecture: constructions modernes. Tome VII*. Albert Marcel Morancé, editor. Published in 1935 by Éditions Albert Morancé. Cc0 License 1.0. In the public domain. via https://archive.org/details/frapn02-encyclopedie-de-l-architecture-constructions-modernes-tome-7-1935/page/n154/mode/1up

Chromolithographs of birds of Central Europe. Imagery from a 1905 re-edited version of “Volume XI – Pelicans, Frigatebirds, Goblins, River Coromants, Tropical Birds, Movens,” of Johann Andreas Naumann’s “Naturgeschichte der vogel Mitteleuropas.” Naumann died in 1826. The title page has a long list of the naturalists/professors who did the re-editing but the lead editor was Doctor Carl R. Hennicke. Written in German and Latin.

*Pelecanus onocrotalus I. – Gemainer Pelikan – Altes Männchen im Prachtkleide. 1/8 naturl. Grösse.* Page 1, Image 21 of a 1905 re-edited version of *Volume XI – Pelicans, Frigatebirds, Goblins, River Coromants, Tropical Birds, Movens*, of *Naturgeschichte der vogel Mitteleuropas*. Johann Andreas Naumann author. Doctor Carl R. Hennicke, lead re-editor. Bruno Geisler, artist. F. Eugen Köhler, Gera-Untermhaus, publisher/chromolithographer. Collections of the Missouri Botanical Garden. In the public domain due to age. via https://archive.org/details/mobot31753003759369/page/1/mode/1up

*Phaëton aethereus L, Tropikvogel. 1. Männchen. – Fregata aquila (L.) – Fregattvogel, 2. Alter Vogel, 3 Weibchen.* *1/8 naturl. Grösse.* Page 3, Image 45 of a 1905 re-edited version of *Volume XI – Pelicans, Frigatebirds, Goblins, River Coromants, Tropical Birds, Movens*, of *Naturgeschichte der vogel Mitteleuropas*. Johann Andreas Naumann author. Doctor Carl R. Hennicke, lead re-editor. Bruno Geisler, artist. F. Eugen Köhler, Gera-Untermhaus, publisher/chromolithographer. Collections of the Missouri Botanical Garden. In the public domain due to age. via https://archive.org/details/mobot31753003759369/page/3/mode/1up

*Sula bassana (L.) Basstölpel. – 1. alten Männchen, 2 winges Weibchen, 3. Nestkleid.* Page 4, Image 55 of a 1905 re-edited version of *Volume XI – Pelicans, Frigatebirds, Goblins, River Coromants, Tropical Birds, Movens*, of *Naturgeschichte der vogel Mitteleuropas*. Johann Andreas Naumann author. Doctor Carl R. Hennicke, lead re-editor. Bruno Geisler, artist. F. Eugen Köhler, Gera-Untermhaus, publisher/chromolithographer. Collections of the Missouri Botanical Garden. In the public domain due to age. via https://archive.org/details/mobot31753003759369/page/4/mode/1up

Phalacrocorax carbo (L.) Kormoranscharbe. 1. Jugendkleid. – Phalacrocorax graculus (L.), Krahenscharbe. 2. Jugendkleid.- Phalacrocorax pygmacus (Pall.) – Zwerscharbe . 3 erstes Jugendkleid, 4 zweites Jugendkleid. Page 7, Image 101 of a 1905 re-edited version of *Volume XI – Pelicans, Frigatebirds, Goblins, River Coromants, Tropical Birds, Movens*, of *Naturgeschichte der vogel Mitteleuropas*. Johann Andreas Naumann author. Doctor Carl R. Hennicke, lead re-editor. Bruno Geisler, artist. F. Eugen Köhler, Gera-Untermhaus, publisher/chromolithographer. Collections of the Missouri Botanical Garden. In the public domain due to age. via https://archive.org/details/mobot31753003759369/page/7/mode/1up

Hydrochelidon fissipes (Pall.), Weissflügelige Seeschwalbe. 1. Sommerkleid – Hydrochelidon hybrida (Pall.), Weissbärtige Seeschwalbe, 2. Sommerkleid – Hydrochelidon nigra (L.). Schwarze Seeschwalbe. 3. Weibchen im Sommerkleide, 4. Mannchen im Sommerkleide, Page 8, Image 123 of a 1905 re-edited version of *Volume XI – Pelicans, Frigatebirds, Goblins, River Coromants, Tropical Birds, Movens*, of *Naturgeschichte der vogel Mitteleuropas*. Johann Andreas Naumann author. Doctor Carl R. Hennicke, lead re-editor. Bruno Geisler, artist. F. Eugen Köhler, Gera-Untermhaus, publisher/chromolithographer. Collections of the Missouri Botanical Garden. In the public domain due to age. via https://archive.org/details/mobot31753003759369/page/8/mode/1up

1992, and an afternoon in spring with the robins chirping along as the earthworms slither in the back yard at the bungalow on Flying Fish Row.

Oh to be here.

Another hour of weed pulling. Fun it is, but not as much fun in a pastel pink linen skirt and camisole set as uprooting dandelions in denim shorts and an old t-shirt. Not like back home with all that red clay that turns everything and everyone from little girls to puppy dogs nearly as orange as the sign over an Orange Julius stand. Pale colors in accordance with Pantone, and whoever the buyer is at the boutique by the beach. Nothing darkish brown enough to hide the smallest streak of mud.

my new short fiction piece published over on my Substack if you’d like to read the rest. The image is from Digital Library of Georgia.

https://sarahbguestperry.substack.com/p/1992-and-an-afternoon-in-spring-with

Off to the Finger Lakes and coming back later. I’ll send a wire so you can meet me at Grand Central with a bunch of daisies. Imagery from an 1891 promotional pamphlet urging tourists to visit Lake Keuka that was probably paid for by the Bath and Hammondsport Railroad and Lake Keuka Steamers as their timetables are prominently listed. Where my mother went to college and I went to camp, too.

Front cover, Page 7, Image 6, of *Lake Keuka* which was copyrighted by the Library of Congress on August 11, 1891. The Matthews-Northrup Company, Buffalo, New York, printers and engravers. In the public domain due to age. via https://archive.org/details/lakekeuka00buff/page/n6/mode/1up

*Bath and Hammondsport Rail Road Docks; Among the Wooded Points – Major Gardner’s Cottage.* Page 8 Image 16 of *Lake Keuka* which was copyrighted by the Library of Congress on August 11, 1891. The Matthews-Northrup Company, Buffalo, New York, printers and engravers. In the public domain due to age. via https://archive.org/details/lakekeuka00buff/page/8/mode/1up

*Urbana Wine Company.* Page 10 Image 18 of *Lake Keuka* which was copyrighted by the Library of Congress on August 11, 1891. The Matthews-Northrup Company, Buffalo, New York, printers and engravers. In the public domain due to age. https://archive.org/details/lakekeuka00buff/page/10/mode/1up

*Urbana – to and from the Vineyards.* Love the sailboat and the canoe, and the tourists posing with the canoe paddle. Page 12 Image 20 of *Lake Keuka* which was copyrighted by the Library of Congress on August 11, 1891. The Matthews-Northrup Company, Buffalo, New York, printers and engravers. In the public domain due to age. https://archive.org/details/lakekeuka00buff/page/12/mode/1up

*The Land of Vineyards.* Page 16 Image 24 of *Lake Keuka* which was copyrighted by the Library of Congress on August 11, 1891. The Matthews-Northrup Company, Buffalo, New York, printers and engravers. In the public domain due to age. https://archive.org/details/lakekeuka00buff/page/16/mode/1up

Bluff Point (upper image and lower left) and the Keuka Hotel: The Fisherman’s Favorite Waters. Page 18 Image 26 of *Lake Keuka* which was copyrighted by the Library of Congress on August 11, 1891. The Matthews-Northrup Company, Buffalo, New York, printers and engravers. In the public domain due to age. https://archive.org/details/lakekeuka00buff/page/18/mode/1up

*Among the Villas (and a nice boathouse too).* Page 19 Image 27 of *Lake Keuka* which was copyrighted by the Library of Congress on August 11, 1891. The Matthews-Northrup Company, Buffalo, New York, printers and engravers. In the public domain due to age. https://archive.org/details/lakekeuka00buff/page/19/mode/1up

Camping. Page 27 Image 35 of *Lake Keuka* which was copyrighted by the Library of Congress on August 11, 1891. The Matthews-Northrup Company, Buffalo, New York, printers and engravers. In the public domain due to age. https://archive.org/details/lakekeuka00buff/page/27/mode/1up

*Penn Yan: The Piers and Fall Brook Rail Road.* Page 30 Image 38 of *Lake Keuka* which was copyrighted by the Library of Congress on August 11, 1891. The Matthews-Northrup Company, Buffalo, New York, printers and engravers. In the public domain due to age. https://archive.org/details/lakekeuka00buff/page/30/mode/1up

Trout caught in the Deep Pools. Page 40 Image 48 of *Lake Keuka* which was copyrighted by the Library of Congress on August 11, 1891. The Matthews-Northrup Company, Buffalo, New York, printers and engravers. In the public domain due to age. https://archive.org/details/lakekeuka00buff/page/n39/mode/1up

Flower pictures from 1867 looking if anything prettier than what’s coming with the robins next month. Imagery from “Floral belles from the green-house and garden,” painted from nature by Mrs. C. M. Badger who was also the author of “Wild Flowers.”

*Azalea, Geranium, Roses, Jasmine, Bretia.* Frontispiece. Page 8 of Mrs. C. M. Badger’s *Floral belles from the green-house and garden.* Published in 1867 by Charles Scribner and Company, New York. John F. Trow and Company, printers. Collections of the Smithsonian Libraries. In the public domain due to age. via https://archive.org/details/floralbellesfro00badg/page/n8/mode/1up

*Camellia and Bignonia.* Page 19 of Mrs. C. M. Badger’s *Floral belles from the green-house and garden.* Published in 1867 by Charles Scribner and Company, New York. John F. Trow and Company, printers. Collections of the Smithsonian Libraries. In the public domain due to age. via https://archive.org/details/floralbellesfro00badg/page/n18/mode/1up

*Fuchias.* Page 27 of Mrs. C. M. Badger’s *Floral belles from the green-house and garden.* Published in 1867 by Charles Scribner and Company, New York. John F. Trow and Company, printers. Collections of the Smithsonian Libraries. In the public domain due to age. via https://archive.org/details/floralbellesfro00badg/page/n26/mode/1up

*Cactus.* Page 30 of Mrs. C. M. Badger’s *Floral belles from the green-house and garden.* Published in 1867 by Charles Scribner and Company, New York. John F. Trow and Company, printers. Collections of the Smithsonian Libraries. In the public domain due to age. via https://archive.org/details/floralbellesfro00badg/page/n30/mode/1up

*Pansies.* Page 54 of Mrs. C. M. Badger’s *Floral belles from the green-house and garden.* Published in 1867 by Charles Scribner and Company, New York. John F. Trow and Company, printers. Collections of the Smithsonian Libraries. In the public domain due to age. via https://archive.org/details/floralbellesfro00badg/page/n54/mode/1up

*Tulips.* Page 63 of Mrs. C. M. Badger’s *Floral belles from the green-house and garden.* Published in 1867 by Charles Scribner and Company, New York. John F. Trow and Company, printers. Collections of the Smithsonian Libraries. In the public domain due to age. via https://archive.org/details/floralbellesfro00badg/page/n62/mode/1up

*Asters*. Page 75 of Mrs. C. M. Badger’s *Floral belles from the green-house and garden.* Published in 1867 by Charles Scribner and Company, New York. John F. Trow and Company, printers. Collections of the Smithsonian Libraries. In the public domain due to age. via https://archive.org/details/floralbellesfro00badg/page/n74/mode/1up

1949, and a mid-morning in March with a few more dust bunnies to sweep out from under the radiator at the house on Snowdoun Lane.

Oh to be here.

Eagle Lake. Having to clean before the cleaning lady arrives tedious. The children leaving everything in their toy box out in an eternal Noah’s Ark display, like the holiday windows at the big jeweler in Portland, but in plastic and painted wood instead of gold and platinum with diamonded-up hooves. A need to make up for it somewhere, so the lady doesn’t quit like the last three did, announcing that there were tidier families to clean for, even if you have to bring your own broom.

my new short fiction piece published to my Substack at the link if you’d like to read the rest. The image is from Facebook.

https://sarahbguestperry.substack.com/p/1949-and-a-mid-morning-in-march-with

Fans to waft the spring breezes in a bit sooner if only in your mind. The latest fans from Fan d’Eventails, Paris.