As you recall I got a good score last week.
Pictures were part of that score. One was a stereoscope card. The picture is of a group of people frightened by a ghost.
The “ghost” was done with a double exposure.
I also got a carte de visite of a mom with two young children. Someone asked if thought it was a post mortem picture (child on the right) but I don’t think so.
The photo was taken in Northfield MN and judging by her elaborate hair style, it could be from the 1870s.
Neither Lottie nor Shirley have seen Ross house and it had been some time since I had last seen it, so we decided to make that our second stop on our Doors Open outing. 
This little house was fairly grand in its day and was the first post office in the area.
There were a few people from a group that is interested in the early Selkirk Settlers.
Here are some of my favorite things in this little house.
There was a lovely lilac tree in bloom (my all time favorite flower) so I decided to take a picture of Lottie and Shirley and play with my photo app.
It’s like I am Van Gogh!
At this point we were hot and hungry. Our big plans for a picnic on the grounds disintegrated in favor of eating in my air conditioned car! This proved a good move as it gave us the strength in see one more venue. 7 Oaks House.
We have been to this house a few times. The little porch is nice.
If only I could draw…(wink wink…)
I liked the door bell. You pull down on the lever…
…and the bell on the other side rings.
Just inside the door is this holder with this nice parasol/umbrella with the metallic handle.
I had been chatting with a friend on Facebook and we were talking about our favorite dish patterns. We both had to look up photos of each others favorite. When I walked into the room of the house, there was the pattern my friend had mentioned! I hope she gets to the house to see it for herself!
Next post will be about how I spent my Sunday for Doors Open.
The next pair of photos in the carte de visit album I bought a few weeks ago feature a fellow on one side and two ladies on the other.
The gentleman is rocking a “hipster” look!
This photograph was taken in Wilmington Delaware by a photographer known to have been working in the 1860’s. The square corners on the card suggest this date is possible.
The ladies and their dresses are, of course, more interesting.
Just look at the hair style of the lady to the right!
The dating of the card is a bit of a mystery. The sleeves on the dresses say 60’s to me. But where are the hoops in their skirts?
Same photographer as these photos. A family? And is the same girl as an earlier post?
What do you think?
I had some wool left over from my last project and so I made another sweater. I guess it will go into a hope chest for grand babies I may one day have.
There is a bit of wool left over. I guess I will knit it up into a square and add it to a pile of other squares I have made that may one day become a crazy quilt afghan.
In sewing news, I finally cut out my tulip skirt that will go with my Edwardian shirtwaist. I hate cutting out.
I procrastinated so much, I may not have the skirt done on time to wear at the end of the month. I was hoping to use this past long weekend to cut and at least sew all the long seams and all I managed to do was cut out and start another knitting project that I don’t need.
I’m a bit frustrated with myself. I didn’t do as much on my skirt as I wanted and I started another knitting project when I have dozens of unfinished projects behind my couch and in my basement! If only I didn’t have to work. There would be so much more time to do projects. Wouldn’t that be sweet to be able to make a list of all the projects I haven’t finished and all the projects I want to start and do nothing but work through that list!
