Polar Vortex

In case you missed it, it was effing FREEZING (no joke) in Michigan this week. We’ve also had two giant snowstorms since the first of the year (note–it’s only the 8th!), so Erin and I haven’t had tons of time to get out and about. When we have had the opportunity to go to some sales, the selection is so bad that it’s not worth driving around in temps below zero.

So in the meantime, enjoy a few different treasure-related posts by others that crossed my path this week on the Internet. The first, and my personal fave, was posted by our friend Becky today. It’s a bunch of pictures by Harry Whittier Frees, that are for some reason posted on an Australian news site. Here are a few of my faves.

And here’s me, carting Erin around.

This picture reminds me of one of my favorite children’s books, The Lonely Doll.

I had never seen these, and I got so excited about them that I spontaneously purchased a $60 book of his photographs. Hope it’s good!

The other link that was sent my way was this link (which you may have already seen) from Adam, about a 100 year time capsule unearthed in a church basement in Oklahoma. I think my two most favorite things discovered in this treasure chest were the awesome quilt of city builder signatures…

And then these letters from the blind in 1913 to the blind in 2013. SO AWESOME.

Hope you enjoy these two posts as much as I did! Stay tuned for a Friday wrap-up. I discovered a sale that starts tomorrow that was listed as having Herend porcelain. Erin is PUMPED.

-Sarah