Dear Sacred Book, Oh Let Me Treasure Thee...Maranda Mowry's 1852 Pocket Bible with Handwritten Inscription tonka 1957 It's funny what sets our

It's funny what sets our various hearts racing--this one completely did it for me

Lots of tintype portraits out there

Found separately but the same day as the little carved cat I just listed

This lovely sculptural small vase is by the late master pottery John C

And also the fact that the waiter looks to me very much like Vladimir Putin

Dear Sacred Book, Oh Let Me Treasure Thee...Maranda Mowry's 1852 Pocket Bible with Handwritten Inscription tonka 1957 It's funny what sets ourMuch of the beauty of searching for things in the physical world (in contrast to buying online) is coming across things I'd never look for though of course it's the danger too, as there are so many different sorts of empathetic objects! This was propped in a glass case, spine concealed, but a little handwriting visible, so of course I had to ask to see it, to discover it is a (hefty!) pocket Bible, published by Sanborn and Carter, Portland ME, 1852 a