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| My MIL visited and brought lovely roses |
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| Towards the end of their beauty, I made paper and added the petals |
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| This is milkweed paper harvested by hand from my yard |
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| Whew! It is quite beautiful, but a lot of work! |
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| Visitors from up north staying several weeks in the bayou |
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| Natawny welcoming them personally |
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| Jack Daniels Spring |
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| Don't kick the safe! |
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| Sugar Maples natural dying on the sidewalk |
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| Franklin store window, Books! |
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| Typewriters! |
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| Civil War Soldier in the square |
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| Christmas lights at the Opryland Hotel |
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| Ooohh! |
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| Ahhh!!! |
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| Wiseman traveling to the manger |
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| Contry Music Hall of Fame |
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| Hatch show and Print (highlight of the trip) |
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| Ooohhh! |
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| Original Grand Ole Opry |
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| Started life as a church |
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| Second deck added for confederate soldiers |
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| Athena at the Parthenon |
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| Full scale replica from 1890's World Fair |
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| Wonderful!! |
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| All done, bye! |
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| First step take it apart (5" of book pages) |
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| Covers and spine |
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| Corners are ratty and someone used scotch tape that pulled off strips of the cover paper. |
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| I used leathery scrapbook paper to cover missing areas. This paper is strong and stretches to be forgiving. It glues well too. |
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| Edge covered and stabilized. |
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| Corners stabilized with book cloth. |
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| Reassembly starts |
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| Treasure found! |
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| Drawing from life |
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| Max silhouette (He is on a diet!) |
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| Home printing drying |
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| My workbench helper |
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| Score at the thrift shop! |
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| Found 1950's New Century Dictionary at the thrift shop, $3 |
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| Bought it to practice book repair on. |
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| Concertina fold with sleeve, gives little pockets for tags |
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| another similar with map ATC's tucked in both sides |
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| Another with wider pockets for books |
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| Quick little book |
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| Pages from paper bags |
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| and nature prints |
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| This one has a window and tip in |
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| Latest letterpress bookmark with vintage telaflora mark |
