Linda Marie

Linda Marie is a therapist, shop owner and anthropologist who delights in preserving artifacts and antiques of Americana! Visit us!

Lovingly Boxed for Preserving Beauty

We lovingly box our items for sale and when shipping. We are offering tiny bits of history and we delight in their preservation in route to you. Here is HasBro in his colorful and secure box.

Sweet Hound

Sweet Hound

Patterns and Routines Rule Much of Every Day Life!

Patterns and Routines, sorry to admit, rule much of my time.  Today I will try for Present-Moment Living, rather than my routine of awakening and pattering on to brush teeth and….later find myself with a cup of coffee in my hand while I do not even remember seeing my kitchen.  For today I will greet whoever I encounter with a lilting voice and a “Howdy.”  Yea, right….but this is my goal: my GOAL even for that sales phone caller, text messages, and persons passing by. Stop by tomorrow and hear the end of the story.

Present-Moment Daily

Present-Moment Daily

Cannot Let Strangers

Can not let strangers tell you how to treat people. Ask God for blessings for other people who come into your life.  Check and see how things unfold.  You may be blessed with a new friend today.

A New Friend

A New Friend

Under Glass: Display Small Collectibles For Dramitic & Maintenance Free Effect

Under Glass:Collectibles

Under Glass:Collectibles

Under Glass: Display Small Collectibles For Dramitic & Maintenance Free Effect.   Here you can see Mid Century Mexican Folk Art Musician Band in a Mirrored-backed glass case creating a distinctive and stable display of tiny figures. Perfect for desk-top or shelf. Also in a deep frame are pictured vintage baseball miniature figures -Red Frame.  Last are miniature vintage dolls including an American Revolutionary War Soldier, a damsel, and a toddler in a tiny wicker pram. Just some ideas for you all who collect this and that – ways to keep small treasures close to you.

CS Lewis – on loving persons.

Sparkling encouragements

Sparkling encourage

CS Lewis poses that we not worry about how to love people.  Just do loving things and we will come to love that person.

Encouraging persons

It takes no more time to encourage someone than it does to thoughtlessly say something.  A trick is to give yourself a “Moment’s-Edge” before launching into your question, comment, request.  You can do a “Moment’s-Edge” by electing a cue phrase as ‘I would so like to mention:’ “I like that design.”  After the person you have encouraged responds…..   It is again your turn.  And you are ready to continue: make your exchange, make your request, smile, or wave as you continue on down the hall.

Pedal an Idea

Pedal an Idea

 

 

Welcome Garden

You can bring teaching into the garden.

You can bring teaching into the garden.

You can bring teaching to the garden with this vintage squirel hand puppet. Check out our shops and products.

Hurricane Candle Glass Origin and Use

….Homestead House had a central hall for air cooling front to back of house.  Open doors for air flow and covered candlesticks with glass chamber chimney. Flame stayed lit and house had light. The chimney does the same today when you light candles in air conditioned home.

 

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