Sweet Juniper (All)

A birthday present for a four-year-old- No Sewing Machine Necessary!

Mon, 08 Feb 2010 08:13 GMT

Knitting has helped tear me away from my sewing machine, and I love being able to make something without sequestering myself in our dark basement tied to my sewing machine for hours. I bought Kata Golda's Hand-Stitched Felt hoping to find quick, easy projects that I could make completely by hand, and I was not disappointed. Not only is wool felt lovely to touch and work with, but there is

Ice-scraper Detroit

Mon, 08 Feb 2010 08:03 GMT

The poor guys doing that ice house art project struggled all week to use hoses (and eventually a city fire hydrant) to get their house to freeze attractively in a constant battle with the sun. Meanwhile, down at the demolition site of the 1926 Lafayette Building, the guys from Adamo Demolition unintentionally turned the ground floor of the old skyscraper into an "ice house" simply by using

Red Light District Messenger Boys (1913)

Mon, 08 Feb 2010 08:01 GMT

San Antonio, Texas (taken in the red light district). I like the old sign behind them.

Previous Week's Urchin

Nearly all of these urchins were discovered in the photography archives of the Library of Congress (and available without copyright restrictions online). Otherwise, urchin photos will be credited to the appropriate photographer with a link to its source (unless they come from my own collection of photographs from unknown photographers). If there is ever a copyright concern, do not hesitate to contact me.

Befriend a Goat

Fri, 05 Feb 2010 08:15 GMT

Previous FunThis image is Copyrighted. No unauthorized reuse.

She's Five

Thu, 04 Feb 2010 13:46 GMT

I bought her that birthday shirt and skirt from the big sale at Eliza Gran's etsy shop. Her mom knitted her a dress that we hope to share soon on Woodcraft. Previous PhotoThis image is Copyrighted. No unauthorized reuse.

A brief rant about my tone deaf family

Tue, 02 Feb 2010 13:46 GMT

My son has started singing and he's just awful at it. Lately I've been trying to teach him to sing "Happy Birthday" for his sister's annual "one-year-older-but-not-much-taller" jubilee. He learned the words quick enough, but there's something about the way he sings them that makes the simple tune sound like an Estonian funerary dirge performed by an in-bred goatherd into the merciless winds of

Imogene + Willie

Tue, 02 Feb 2010 13:23 GMT

I have watched the following video enough times since it was released that I probably could have driven down to Nashville to buy myself a pair of $300 jeans for the time I've wasted in wonderment at what an incredible retail outlet this is, from its conception to every element of its execution (as experienced virtually). The store and studio were built in an old service station. Imogene + Willie

After half an hour playing with animals out in the barnyard. . .

Tue, 02 Feb 2010 12:14 GMT

Verbatim: "Are you little hands cold, sweetie?" "Yeah." "Here, I'll warm them up." Two frames later she saw me taking pictures, smiled, and stopped. Previous PhotoThis image is Copyrighted. No unauthorized reuse.

crickets

Sat, 30 Jan 2010 10:40 GMT

In lieu of an actual post, a bit of self-interested promotion: there's a big weekend sale at 20x200 where every purchase over $40 gets a 20% discount. So two $20 prints would be $32 total, the $50 prints are now $40 and the $200 prints are only $160. If you were on the fence about picking up one of the limited edition feral house pictures (Number 7 or Number 13) maybe this is all it will take to

Richard & Willie (1911)

Thu, 28 Jan 2010 18:09 GMT

"Richard Green, (with hat), 5-year-old newsie, Richmond, Va. Willie---, who said he was 8. (Compare them.) Many of these little newsboys here." (Photographer's notes)