Fall Leaves and Sunlight, Pictures for today From Victorian Children's Books

The days slip by... October was a very posting kinda month and November not so much. There seems to be other projects that come up and off I go into sorting buttons, reading, sewing and a little gardening.   Keeping in touch with my sisters and mom is always a treat. We talk till my phone's battery gives out. The phone is dead but I am enriched and feel connected with my family.

     This afternoon is a beautiful and sunny one. The leaves on the walnut trees are turning a rich yellow green. The Japanese Maple in front is a burgundy red. Like crisp apples. Next to the evergreens it all looks so very fall. Laying in the sunlight with my kitties watching the sun go down. It is very pretty through the colorful leaves. I feel at peace.

Today there is no set theme. Just a few pictures that felt good to me. Enjoy, Louise

Catching up with 18th and 19th Century Portraits of Children

Oh my it has been many days since my last post!  I missed Christmas Monday and Thanksgiving Thursday! I have been cleaning out the garage and back patio.  All the stuff/junk has been tossed out or put away. It feels so good to go out there now. In the garage I found more old college textbooks to recycle. College was years ago and I can not imagine why I still had them. Next gardening. Now this finally did me in. Removing 30 year old ivy plants was so rewarding but hard work. And then yesterday was the most wonderful rainy day. Two cups of hot cocoa and lots of warm tea it was so cozy. Both my kitties wanted to sit on my lap all day long(at the same time)

 Now it is Sunday and time to get blogging.  Today is a day for beautiful old portraits. A real variety of children's clothing from different eras.

Thank you for visiting. Stay warm and dry, Louise

Very Victorian

Love this one. How sweet she looks.

Not sure of the date but it looks French 1770ish. Wonder what they really wore to play in.



More Enchanting Christmas postcards from 1800s - early 1900's

Welcome to another Christmas Monday

I just love the postcards today!  Lots of Santa's and happy children.Typical romantic images of the time. Beautiful late Victorian and Edwardian holiday pictures for your Christmas scrap booking, collage, greeting cards and tags. Free for use in your personal projects.

So if I stay somewhat organized the schedule is;

Mondays - Christmas,

Wednesday's until the end of October -Halloween,

Thursday - Thanksgiving and fall.

Early December for parties and New Years.

Have fun creating and celebrating the holidays!

Love Louise

Early 1900's Pretty little girls from Antique tinted photographs.Bird cages, grapes, bunches of flowers and a parasol are featured

Welcome back and so glad you found me to new visitors.

Setting days aside for a particular theme seems to be going well. Especially the holiday schedule. You can find;

Christmas on Mondays

Halloween on Wednesday until the end of October

Thanksgiving on Thursdays during November

 New years and party beginning in December. These are harder to find but I will do my best.

In this post there are sweet little girls on antique photographic postcards. Some are tinted all very cute. Circa early 1900's. The first is fitting as Napa and Sonoma Counties are in the middle of harvesting grapes for the years new wines. "Crush" as it is called has a unique aroma. The grape pulp is put back into the fields around the vines which is one reason for the distinctive smell.

Your comments are so fun to read. Thank you for taking the time to let me know I am finding what you like.

All my images are free for your personal use. Bumble button is an advertisement free blog. As you no doubt have discovered this blog is about the pictures and not my writing and grammar!!

So have fun using the images in your many projects.

Much love to you all, Louise

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Antique postcards of Charming Children in Red Christmas Coats Free Clip arts

Hi everyone and welcome to all my followers and visitors.

 It is Monday so it is Christmas picture day! While looking over my files the pictures with children in their bright red coats jumped out at me. Thought they would be a darling posting. All are from antique postcards. Enjoy and make lots of pretty holiday things with them! Louise

Little girls and their dolls 19th century paintings Victorian and Edwardian postcards

During my second childhood I revisited my love for dolls. It was amazing to learn about antique and art dolls and that adults collected them. It is the no.2 hobby in America. My search for images has turned up the beautiful pictures in today's post,They are from paintings and photographs from the  1800 and 1900's. Fine art and simple postcards are the source for these darling pictures. A few are repeats.Hope you enjoy them.