My step-father passed suddenly on Friday the 13th. The same day my father in law was admitted to OHSU to remove an intestinal blockage. They discovered he had cancer in several places. He passed away on Wednesday. We were at the funeral home making...

There are only so many vintage photographs I can keep moving around in boxes to clean! To make room vintage images will be listed on ebay. Holiday images including Halloween! Most of these images are not in perfect shape so this is your chance for some...

BlackBird Tree Originally uploaded by dragonflydesignstudio I would love to dress my crows in Santa hats and put name tags around their little necks. Each crow would have the name of one of Santa's reindeer.

Martha By Mail Fall 2002 Originally uploaded by dragonflydesignstudio For some of us Halloween is our Christmas. Over the next 2 months I'm going to post some ideas on how to Halloween-ify that other holiday. The bat treat cone kit was an item offered...

1928 Kirchhof Halloween Noisemakers Originally uploaded by dragonflydesignstudio The advertisement from my collection was in the trade magazine Playthings. The Crickets are my favorites.