An envisioning. 1974 and the apartment on Central Park West.

Oh to be here. A new store to visit every time any of the shopping loving cousins come and an apartment big enough and a view grand enough for someone to want to come.

A husband rich enough even for Mother with whole chunks of Wyoming and Montana covered with vile smelling pools filled with something that stinks like the ride in volcano the time Father took everyone to Mexico for Christmas. From the mines they owned, they said. All of it dug out and remade as a dandy house where the land met the sky surrounded by buffalo that danced with their babies while the children kept trying to join in.

All of that gone and legs that ache too much to even think of riding a horse but memories galore .. . . but still . . .. fun yes but before that. .. . the field hockey team at school and doing whatever one wants as long as you are ready for dinner at six. . . .no husband, no children and an afternoon that never runs out. . .

Field hockey players at the University of Kentucky, Lexington, Kentucky. Early 20th c. image. Louis Edward Nollau, photographer. Louis Edward Nollau Nitrate Photographic Print Collection, UK Libraries.via https://exploreuk.uky.edu/catalog/xt7prr1pgv6h_207_4?f%5Bsource_s%5D%5B%5D=Louis+Edward+Nollau+Nitrate+Photographic+Print+Collection%2C&offset=60&per_page=20

Down to the water with a canoe somewhere in New Zealand with painter Kennett Watkins. Living from 1847 to 1933, he was born in India and grew up in England. Migrated to New Zealand in 1873.

“The Phantom Canoe – A Legend of Lake Tarawera.” 1888. English/New Zealander. Oil on canvas. Collections of the Auckland Art Gallery. Artwork in the public domain due to age. via https://wanderingvertexes.blogspot.com/2021/08/mount-tarawera-and-lake-painted-by.html
“Waikato River.” 1881. English/New Zealander. Signed on the lower right. Collections of the Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa, Wellington. In the public domain in the United States because the artist has been dead over 80 years. via https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Kennett_Watkins_-Waikato_River-_Google_Art_Project.jpg
“The Legend of the Voyage to New Zealand.” 1912. English/New Zealander. Oil on canvas. Collections of the Auckland Art Gallery. In the public domain in the United States because the artist has been dead over 80 years. via https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Kennett_Watkins_-The_Legend_of_the_Voyage_to_New_ZealandU-32-_Auckland_Art_Gallery.jpg

Secessionist biscuit barrels/cookie jars from German firm WMF (Wurttembergische Metallwarenfabrik)

Biscuit barrel jar with a silver plated metal rim, bail handle and lid. Clear glass body decorated with Secessionist décor featuring three flashed medallions of dark ruby red with engraved acccents connected by ribbons encircling the jar. ca. 1900-1910. German. Maker’s marks: Stamped on the other edge of the rim with one of WMF’s ostrich marks which includes “WMF’ and “G” for Geislingen an der Steige. The “G” having typically been included on a WMF piece made for the French market. Image © 1stDibs.com, Inc. 2021. Fair use license. via https://www.1stdibs.com/furniture/decorative-objects/boxes/decorative-boxes/antique-wmf-secessionist-biscuit-barrel-cookie-jar/id-f_24549232/
Biscuit barrel with a reticulated frame and lid with Secession elements which are repeated in the hand-cut and etched crystal liner. The source does not say but the metal elements are probably silver plate though they also worked with pewter. ca. 1905. German. Illustrated on page 252 of the WMF workshop’s 1906 catalog. Image © Cherubs Antique Gallery. Fair use license. via https://www.cherubantiquesgallery.com/items/1393580/WMF-Secession-Biscuit-Barrel


Bonbonnière or small biscuit barrel. Copper frame with sold brass soldered ball feet, handles and finial. Etched glass container. 1920-1949. German. Maker’s marks: clear W.M.F. ostrich in diamond stamp. Image © 2021 catawiki.com. Fair use license. via https://www.catawiki.com/en/l/32838827-w-m-f-metalware-bonbonierre-or-small-biscuit-barrel-1