Pound of Tea Island, Casco Bay, Maine, Real Photo Postcard with Secret Code Writing antique dyed splint basket Best of all is its

Best of all is its warm patina

maybe holding down some papers and very satisfying to pick up and rattle around while thinking

I can just picture a Christmas window display at the old B Altman's on Fifth Avenue (c

When I spotted this set of four hand-painted porcelain demitasse cups

certainly referring to the crucifixion of Jesus

Pound of Tea Island, Casco Bay, Maine, Real Photo Postcard with Secret Code Writing antique dyed splint basket Best of all is itsI just looked up Pound of Tea Island one quarter an acre, now with one house on it, and described by the realtor who sold it in 2018 as one of the most iconic and coveted private islands along the Southern Maine coast. I love how the writer of this early 20th c postcard describes it: "how do you like it.. some rocks, what." Of much greater interest is news of the next dance, and then a coded message relating to what will happen "when it comes off."