All dressed up and off to be in a pageant at the University of Virginia. 1921. This was the second year women were accepted at the school and there were only 17 female students in 1921 so thinking some of these young ladies are from a local school of the dance or perhaps sisters of male students.

Centennial Pageant, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, Virginia USA. 1921 original negative print. Holsinger’s Studio, Charlottesville, Virginia, photographers with the photographer’s stamp in the lower right hand corner. Under copyright in 1921. Special Collections, University of Virginia Library, Charlottesville, Virginia. https://search.lib.virginia.edu/sources/images/items/uva-lib:2159721?idx=0&page=1

*Centennial Pageant held on the Lawn*. Centennial Pageant, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, Virginia USA. Usually the cross is for the Red Cross as are the flags for the various states. The dark round objects look to be fans but maybe not. The young men in uniform behind them would be members of the University of Virginia Corps of Cadets or ROTC members, this being right around when ROTC started. Anyway a fun picture by the same commercial photographer so some sort of school sanctioned event as they got Holsinger to take a picture of it. 1921 original negative. Holsinger’s Studio, Charlottesville, Virginia, photographers with the photographer’s stamp in the lower right hand corner. Under copyright in 1921. Special Collections, University of Virginia Library, Charlottesville, Virginia. https://dp.la/item/c94e14e685a5a8b1453553cae8765b1e?back_uri=%2Fsearch%3Fq%3Dcentennial%26partner%3D%2522Digital%2BVirginias%2522%26page%3D3&next=%2Fitem%2F9c39b63d9fdea3e57a19b6aaf87cb219

*Centennial Pageant held on the Lawn*, *rotunda*. University of Virginia, Charlottesville, Virginia USA. Aesthetic dancers with their queen seated on her throne in the center and more dancers holding up Ancient Greek ish looking shields on either side of the rotunda steps with other students in costume as the Ancients holding flags and others in international dress over on the left and two in armor over on the right. 1921 original negative. Holsinger’s Studio, Charlottesville, Virginia, photographers with the photographer’s stamp in the lower right hand corner. Under copyright in 1921. Special Collections, University of Virginia Library, Charlottesville, Virginia. https://dp.la/item/dd6c49980c2925fbfa643ce2b2782228?back_uri=%2Fsearch%3Fq%3Dcentennial%26partner%3D%2522Digital%2BVirginias%2522%26page%3D3&prev=%2Fitem%2Fef463ab068d3e5856ea869e4fab653f2&next=%2Fitem%2Feea637b79318efe584deca3aea87ab72

Many thanks to my friend Sue Burkey for helping me figure out the second picture.

Views of the West Indies and Central and South America made by someone on a mid 1930s cruise of the islands. From an album presumably kept by someone who was on the trip. From the website of Wayfarers Bookshop. early mid 1930s, ca. 1934.

Sphinx candlesticks. Some looking ancient, some not. One of the world’s most enduring design ideas. She never really goes out of style.

Sphinx candleholder. ca. 2026. Resin. Image © 2026 ACACUSS. Fair use license. https://acacuss.com/products/resin-figurines-candleholder-retro-ancient-egyptian-goddess-sphinx-anubis-shape-candlestick-crafts-home-decorative-ornaments?srsltid=AfmBOorp9GQDti_-wQ6xaE4h2cv4H4oLLnMoluSVVm8swRdPWxzN5Pr3

Majolica winged sphinx candlestick decorated with golden tresses, lions, mythological birds, dragons, an antlered animal and hieroglyphics. Late 19th c. Austrian/Bohemian. Majolica, ceramic. Gerbing & Stephan, maker. Maker’s marks: the bottom marked with the incised marks *G. & St. Model #2079 II.* Image © 2026 Chairish, Inc. and Susan Silver Antiques. Fair use license. via https://www.chairish.com/product/2448079/antique-french-majolica-winged-sphinx-candlestick

Pair of patinated bronze and gilt sphinx lustre candlesticks. The sphinxes on rectangular bases, supporting foliate urns with ten arched branches suspending tapered lustres, below a drum sconce with detachable drip pan. 19th c. No further information available. Image © 2026 Martel Maides Auctions Ltd. All Rights Reserved. Fair use license. https://www.martelmaidesauctions.com/auction-lot/a-pair-of-19th-century-patinated-bronze-and-gilt_6E540A78AC

Black Basalt Wedgwood Sphinx-form candlestick. The sphinx with a scalloped-edge candle nozzle mounted atop the back of the seated figure set on a rectangular base. Loving the way her tail wraps around. Early 19th c. English. Ceramic. Wedgwood, maker. Impressed mark. Inage © 2026 Hieronymus Objects. Fair use license. https://www.hieronymusobjects.com/black-basalt-sphinx-candlestick-wedgwood

Pair of Wedgwood majolica sphinx candlesticks, polychrome decorated and modeled with a candle nozzle atop the head. ca. 1869. English. Wedgwood, maker. Maker’s marks: impressed mark. Image © Bonhams 2001-2026. Fair use license. https://www.bonhams.com/auction/32313/lot/302/pair-of-wedgwood-majolica-sphinx-candlesticks-england-c-1869/

Visions of fairyland from 1922. Imagery from “Croatian tales of long ago,” Ivana Brlic-Mazuranic, author (1874-1938). Fanny S. Copeland, translator. Vladimir Kirin, illustrator.

Front cover of *Croatian Tales of Long Ago.* Ivana Brlic-Mazuranic, author (1874-1938). Vladimir Kirin, illustrator. 1922 edition in English, translated by Fanny S. Copeland. Printed in Great Britain. Published by Frederick A. Stokes Company, New York. Collections of the Boston Public Library. In the public domain due to age. via https://archive.org/details/croatiantalesofl00brli/mode/1up

Title page of *Croatian Tales of Long Ago.* Ivana Brlic-Mazuranic, author (1874-1938). Vladimir Kirin, illustrator. Translated into English by Fanny S. Copeland. Image 6 of the 1922 English edition. Printed in Great Britain. Published by Frederick A. Stokes Company, New York. Collections of the Boston Public Library. In the public domain due to age. via https://archive.org/details/croatiantalesofl00brli/page/n6/mode/1up

First illustration for Chapter I, *How Quest Sought the Truth.* Page 20 of the 1922 English edition of *Croatian Tales of Long Ago.* Ivana Brlic-Mazuranic, author (1874-1938). Vladimir Kirin, illustrator. Translated into English by Fanny S. Copeland. Printed in Great Britain. Published by Frederick A. Stokes Company, New York. Collections of the Boston Public Library. In the public domain due to age. via https://archive.org/details/croatiantalesofl00brli/page/n20/mode/1up

Second illustration for Chapter I, *How Quest Sought the Truth.* Page 38 of the 1922 English edition of *Croatian Tales of Long Ago.* Ivana Brlic-Mazuranic, author (1874-1938). Vladimir Kirin, illustrator. Translated into English by Fanny S. Copeland. Printed in Great Britain. Published by Frederick A. Stokes Company, New York. Collections of the Boston Public Library. In the public domain due to age. via https://archive.org/details/croatiantalesofl00brli/page/n38/mode/1up

Third illustration for Chapter I, *How Quest Sought the Truth.* Page 38 of the 1922 English edition of *Croatian talCroatian Tales of Long Ago.* Ivana Brlic-Mazuranic, author (1874-1938). Vladimir Kirin, illustrator. Translated into English by Fanny S. Copeland. Printed in Great Britain. Published by Frederick A. Stokes Company, New York. Collections of the Boston Public Library. In the public domain due to age. via https://archive.org/details/croatiantalesofl00brli/page/n56/mode/1up

First illustration for Chapter II, *Fisherman Plunk and His Wife*. Page 74 of the 1922 English edition of *Croatian Tales of Long Ago.* Ivana Brlic-Mazuranic, author (1874-1938). Vladimir Kirin, illustrator. Translated into English by Fanny S. Copeland. Printed in Great Britain. Published by Frederick A. Stokes Company, New York. Collections of the Boston Public Library. In the public domain due to age. via https://archive.org/details/croatiantalesofl00brli/page/n74/mode/1up

Second illustration for Chapter II, *Fisherman Plunk and His Wife*. Page 84 of the 1922 English edition of *Croatian Tales of Long Ago.* Ivana Brlic-Mazuranic, author (1874-1938). Vladimir Kirin, illustrator. Translated into English by Fanny S. Copeland. Printed in Great Britain. Published by Frederick A. Stokes Company, New York. Collections of the Boston Public Library. In the public domain due to age. via https://archive.org/details/croatiantalesofl00brli/page/n84/mode/1up

First illustration for Chapter III, *Reygoch*. Page 110 of the 1922 English edition of *Croatian Tales of Long Ago.* Ivana Brlic-Mazuranic, author (1874-1938). Vladimir Kirin, illustrator. Translated into English by Fanny S. Copeland. Printed in Great Britain. Published by Frederick A. Stokes Company, New York. Collections of the Boston Public Library. In the public domain due to age. via https://archive.org/details/croatiantalesofl00brli/page/n110/mode/1up

First illustration for Chapter V, *Stribor’s Forest*. Page 196 of the 1922 English edition of *Croatian Tales of Long Ago.* Ivana Brlic-Mazuranic, author (1874-1938). Vladimir Kirin, illustrator. Translated into English by Fanny S. Copeland. Printed in Great Britain. Published by Frederick A. Stokes Company, New York. Collections of the Boston Public Library. In the public domain due to age. via https://archive.org/details/croatiantalesofl00brli/page/n196/mode/1up

First illustration for Chapter V, *Little Brother Primrose*. Page 254 of the 1922 English edition of *Croatian Tales of Long Ago.* Ivana Brlic-Mazuranic, author (1874-1938). Vladimir Kirin, illustrator. Translated into English by Fanny S. Copeland. Printed in Great Britain. Published by Frederick A. Stokes Company, New York. Collections of the Boston Public Library. In the public domain due to age. via https://archive.org/details/croatiantalesofl00brli/page/n254/mode/1up

Hand-fans from Fan d’Eventails Paris for July. Perfect for making your own breeze until you can get to the pool and jump in.

Hand-fan with blue rooster feathers and tortoiseshell or imitation tortoiseshell sticks and guards. 1920s-1930s ish, Art Deco. Maker not known. Image © 2026 Fan d’Eventails Paris. Fair use license. Maker not known. https://www.fandeventails.fr/en/feather-fans/4708-blue-rooster-atr-deco-fan.html

Black and green Wedgwood style horn fan, painted with small medallions reminiscent of Wedgwood faience designs. Gilded brass guards. ca. 1830. Maker not known. Image © 2026 Fan d’Eventails Paris. Fair use license. https://www.fandeventails.fr/en/19th-century-fans/4718-black-and-green-wedgwood-style-fan-circa-1830.html

Hand-fan, orange ostrich feathers applied with black egret and tortoiseshell or imitation tortoiseshell sticks and guards. 1920s-1930s ish, Art Deco. Maker not known. Image © 2026 Fan d’Eventails Paris. Fair use license. https://www.fandeventails.fr/en/feather-fans/4709-blue-rooster-atr-deco-fan.html

Pink and gold hand-fan, pink ostrich feather applied with gold paint and wooden sticks and guards applied with fabric. 1920s-1930s ish, Art Deco. Maker not known. Image © 2026 Fan d’Eventails Paris. Fair use license. https://www.fandeventails.fr/en/feather-fans/4710-blue-rooster-atr-deco-fan.html

Pair of black and silver openwork fans, both with brushed aluminum sticks and guards piercing through the fabric. The Damascus silk brocade leaves feature silver motifs – one on a black background and the other on a cream background. 2025. Work by fan artist Sylvain Le Guen (unsigned). Image © 2026 Fan d’Eventails Paris. Fair use license. https://www.fandeventails.fr/en/modern-fans/4716-sylvain-le-guen-s-black-and-silver-openwork-fans-a-pair-2025.html

Large *brisé* fan made with yellow-tinted mother-of-pearl with the tops of the sticks carved with the coats of arms of the Count and the Marquise it was made for. The guards are inlaid with gray mother-of-pearl. Late 19th c. Image © 2026 Fan d’Eventails Paris. Fair use license. https://www.fandeventails.fr/en/19th-century-fans/4720-yellow-countess-and-marquise-late-19th-century-fan.html

Wanting a whole new something but needing to start somewhere before the salesman arrives. Imagery from a 1950 catalogue titled “Collection of ideas: Pella Casement Windows,” put out by the Rolscreen Company of Des Moines, Iowa which was founded in 1929. Rolscreen having been the company’s original name.

*Home of Harold Spitznagel Architect, Sioux Falls, South Dakota.* American. Title page, Image 4 of the 1950 trade catalogue *Collection of ideas: Pella Casement Windows* put out by the Rolscreen Company. Probably in the public domain. Collections of Columbia University via https://archive.org/details/collectionofidea00rols/page/1/mode/1up

Perhaps the most popular modern style window is the ‘picture window.’ While shown here in a ranch style home, it is equally adaptable to most all other architectural styles. The large center section is stationary while the Pella casement units on both sides open to full 90°. All can be equipped with Thermopane, Twindow or Dual Glazing for maximum insulating effect. Side casements are equipped with Pella Rolscreens . . . the original inside screens that roll up and down like window shades. Actually these generous size picture windows with Pella features are easier to maintain than conventional windows one-fourth their size! Image 7 of the 1950 trade catalogue *Collection of ideas: Pella Casement Windows* put out by the Rolscreen Company. Probably in the public domain. Collections of Columbia University via https://archive.org/details/collectionofidea00rols/page/4/mode/1up

If you are tired of those little ‘‘2 x 4’’ windows that characterize so many
dingy bedrooms, consider one like this with walls of sunshine! Composed of stock-size Pella Casement Units, they can be specified for any length and are easily installed. About two out of each three casement units are made to open. The others are stationary. Cleaning is facilitated by omitting vertical glass dividers. Pella Dual Glazing may be left in place all year to protect against summer heat as well as winter cold. All Pella windows are 100% assembled and pre-fitted at the factory. No cutting or fitting is necessary when they are being installed. This saves construction time and extra costs. Image 8 of the 1950 trade catalogue *Collection of ideas: Pella Casement Windows* put out by the Rolscreen Company. Probably in the public domain. Collections of Columbia University via https://archive.org/details/collectionofidea00rols/page/5/mode/1up

Someone once said that, ‘‘windows are the eyes of a house’’. At least the right windows can lend character to a house. And, when they become ‘walls of sunshine’ like these, they reflect all the cheery warmth within. Don’t worry about the practicability of large window areas in northern states. That has been proved. First, the correct roof overhang shades window against the sun when it is high in summer. In winter when the sun is low, it floods in to help warm the house. Pella Dual Glazing and compression-type weatherstripping seal against drafts and warm air leaks. Then when good old springtime arrives, windows can be popped open and Rolscreens pulled down in a matter of seconds. Lacking thick frames like ordinary screens, Rolscreens admit more light to make rooms brighter all day long. Image 17 of the 1950 trade catalogue *Collection of ideas: Pella Casement Windows* put out by the Rolscreen Company. Probably in the public domain. Collections of Columbia University via https://archive.org/details/collectionofidea00rols/page/14/mode/1up

Pella is still around and still making windows. Visit them here https://www.pella.com/about/history/

An envisioning. July 1971. Suppertime over, and the evening about to begin at the summer house on Lake Tuscarora.

Oh to be here.

The children’s sparklers greeting the costumed up reenactor men paddling over as Revolutionary War someones. Funny. The family having summered on Lake Tuscarora one way or the other for all of eternity. Grandmama having sat by the canoe rack telling the same stories, but with ancestors in the canoes with real muskets, terrified the British would get them and they’d never get to go home.

my new short fiction piece with the rest at the link if you’d like to read the rest. The image is from lastminute. com.

https://sarahbguestperry.substack.com/p/an-envisioning-july-1971-suppertime