8/8/21

Alsace region of East France. Ancestral home to a Von Hermann

All I had asked for my Bday that year was a kiss in the Eiffel tower.
Koenigsbourg Castle.
Father to great grandfather, Friedrich Benedikt Wilhelm von Hermann.

Lily Pulitzer ad from Vogue 1968. My personal collection

My mom's watercolors

She worked as a magazine illustrator in her late teens.

Door hinge. 1904

Brass hinge from 1904 on the Gothic entry doors of the New Hope Church on MFG and Tholozan. The exterior doors to our McPherson house vestibule had hinges three times this size.

8/7/21

The Crash

I fell asleep on the sofa and she fell asleep on me. CBD was ingested by both.

Found in the wild

120 year old Victorian Garnet brooch with hexagon cuts. Wild!

BDay Dinner. 2016. Four Seasons Roof Top

Brick Street in St Louis

2014.
There's still many brick paved streets in STL that haven't been covered with asphalt. Here's one The Hill not far from where the Hydraulic Brick CO was located. There's mortar between the bricks. The streets near the curbs were smooth as glass and easy to ride.
Hydraulic Brick was owned by T.S. Eliot's father.