Pound of Tea Island, Casco Bay, Maine, Real Photo Postcard with Secret Code Writing antique dyed splint basket pencil and colored pencil on

pencil and colored pencil on lined paper

by the excellent but under-recognized Amaranth Ehrenhalt (American

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

Since recently finding a few beautiful old folding rulers

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

Pound of Tea Island, Casco Bay, Maine, Real Photo Postcard with Secret Code Writing antique dyed splint basket pencil and colored pencil onI 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."