American Flag with 48 X's For Stars, C. 1910 Watercolor School Drawing private sign I was recently listening to

I was recently listening to an NPR story about a woman who has over many years developed very very close relationships with a wide spectrum of animals including an octopus

where he lives and displays his carvings in a gallery at his house

One sees lots of old handmade wooden doorstops of a similar manner

It's been a while since I've had a set of antique bone dominoes in the shop

American Flag with 48 X's For Stars, C. 1910 Watercolor School Drawing private sign I was recently listening toI know this flag was painted by a young Edna Mohler found along with a crayoned maple leaf listed separately and dated 1910. I count forty eight "x's" for stars interesting, since Arizona, the 48th, was not added until 1912. So perhaps this was done just a bit later or perhaps Edna was not perfect in her counting! Whatever the case, the X's feel pretty poignant at the moment, and the rich color, and slightly wavering bleeding edges on the stripes,