Doorways into the past

Old things interest me.  Especially architectural things.  I've always loved finding old abandoned houses, peeking through broken windows to see what's inside.  We came across these jewels tucked away in a box in the shed behind our house.  There's a set of six matching doorplates and a pretty cast doorknob set in the original lock with the key still intact.  Scott cleaned up them all up in a wash of vinegar, and we decided to list them on Ebay.  Maybe someone restoring an old home could use them.  I'd love to do that someday.....buy an old Victorian home and restore it to its original beauty and grace.  When I win the lottery, that will be one of the first things I do....

5:25:04 PM     

It's ok.  Really.  I looked it up in my great-great-grandmother's handbook for southern belles.  So, it's ok that I brag just a wee bit.  It is not considered unattractive ::wink::  Sugarfused received a nice little review from jenett.radio who thinks my design is "cheerful" and "cool looking".   Kind words, and very much appreciated  :)

4:48:15 PM     

"The true poet is called to take in the splendor of the world and for that reason will always be inclined to praise rather than to find fault." --Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe

2:02:27 PM     

Smallpox vaccine "risky" but effective

From The Tennessean today....

Bush to Offer Americans Smallpox Vaccine

By LAURA MECKLER
Associated Press Writer

WASHINGTON (AP) -- After agonizing for months, President Bush has decided to make a risky but effective smallpox vaccine available to all Americans, beginning with the military and health workers who would be front-line defenders against a bioterror attack.

Bush will announce the program Friday and shots are expected to begin in January, senior administration officials said Wednesday.

The shots will be mandatory for about 500,000 military personnel and recommended for another half-million who work in hospital emergency rooms and on special smallpox response teams.  READ MORE

1:25:19 PM     

She Sweeps With Brooms

She sweeps with many-colored brooms,
And leaves the shreds behind;
Oh, housewife in the evening west,
Come back, and dust the pond!

You dropped a purple ravelling in,
You dropped an amber thread;
And now you've littered all the East
With duds of emerald!

And still she plies her spotted brooms,
And still the aprons fly,
Till brooms fade softly into stars --
And then I come away.

-- Emily Dickinson

1:01:39 PM