Martha's Attic

I went over this morning to take some pictures, but they were napping. So I went back this evening, they don't like me coming around, they started heading for the pond right away. Trying to take pictures while they were on the move! Back into the pond they went.  They are really growing but I guess they are not ready for flying yet.  They are nice to watch, but they do make a major mess...

I think the reason I love the digital collage is -I don't have to worry about messing something up and not being able to use it again. I can move things around, take them completely off, replicate them, whatever I want and I haven't damaged anything.  I have a bad habit of buying supplies for art, and then not using them, because I am afraid something won't turn out well and things will be wasted.  I realize that is not a good state of mind, but I have come to the conclusion, that is my problem.  So, with digital, I can manipulate to my hearts content. My latest creation, not quite sure about the spine of the book, still working on it. It was really bothering me so I changed the spine.  I used the lasso tool in photoshop elements and "borrowed" the spine off of an old book I had taken a picture of.  I think this one looks much better!

One of my favorite pictures!

I am wondering what life will be like with no children at home.  My oldest is now 27 -he went into the military at 19, drove to Alaska when he was 20. I was not ready for that.  I figured I would have to kick him out  -I was going to give him until he was 25.  My youngest will be 20 in July, he tells me he is not going anywhere, he likes this house and he will just stay here until we keel over and he will take over the house.  I don't know about that, I have plans for his room.  He has the only other TV outlet for satellite so I intend to make his room, my TV room.  If I plan it right, he should move out about the time my hub retires, then I will need my own TV, I can tell. But, I think I have a few years to mull over it. Fair Is Fair -(they grow up fast!)

I printed my digital picture shown below and showed it to my husband -I can't really tell you what the response was -not much of one at all, maybe a couple of grunts.  Now if there was a tractor in the middle of the picture -I would hear about it.  So....then I took it to my son, usually I can show him things and get his opinion -this didn't do much for him.  I think you have to like vintage in order to appreciate it, or maybe it just stinks -that is why I ask you for any opinion you would like to leave  -I will not be offended!

I love the look of digital art, and I am trying to work on my Photoshop Elements skills  So I have been scanning all kinds of paper items into my computer, trying to keep them organized.  Now I am starting to mess around a bit with different images.  I would really like to know  -does this say anything to you, too much, not enough?  What do you honestly think.

I told myself I was not going to do it.  But over the last six months or so,  they are creeping in.  Yes, I have a live rabbit, and suddenly I find myself bringing home various rabbits.  Not every rabbit I see comes home with me, it has to have a certain appeal, what -I don't know. I found this sweet fella at an estate sale, his coat is a little dirty but I think that made him more like Peter Rabbit, I just love his chubby legs. He has a porcelain head, paws and feet, he's made by the Frederick Warne Co.  ( I made the other rabbit years ago using clay on a mold). I just found this one last week end at a tag sale, he's made in Italy.  I'm trying to find more info., no luck yet, he stands just over 12 inches tall. I found him in the basement of an antique shop, he started it all. I found this beautiful rabbit at the flea market.  It is made by a Native American Potter -Caroline Lucario.  I just love the color and design! ...

We share our house with a rabbit, Clover - suppose to be my sons, and a tortoiseshell cat, Milly.  In the beginning when I let Clover out for exercise, I didn't worry about Milly being in the room.  She would usually find a place to perch and just watch Clover.  After awhile Milly started getting this look in her eye that worried me, and they started chasing each other.  So I now shut Milly in another room when Clover is loose.  Occasionally strange things happen.  The other morning, I had let Clover out, she was running around and she disappeared under the hassock -is has flaps that reach the floor so it is a great hiding place.  Then, right after the rabbit went in -presto - a cat came out.  It was so funny, I laughed and laughed. O.K., so maybe you had to be here.  I do love to be entertained by my pets, sometimes they are the highlight of my day. Didn't I hear the dinner bell? Catnip high!

I love collecting old letters and written pieces.  Reading the contents of the letters and looking into the lives of people so long ago.  We don't realize how communication was so many years ago, many did not have telephones in their home, so writing a letter was the only way to communicate over long distances -and now we carry our phones around with us.  Travel was not easy, so many letters speak of wishes of visits and how much they miss their loved ones. A letter from West Virginia, 1946  -at the end, "drove thru the mining section today, never saw as many dirty children before". These are letters from relatives to a little boy, they came from his baby album, even though he is too young to read, they are writing to him as if he can. 1910, My Dear Brother, hope these few lines will find you well, how I would like to see you, and she goes on to answer questions he has asked. I found this wonderful old autograph album this weekend, notes from the 30...