Backs Turned, Bodies Lost to Grassy Hill, Lighthouses, Late 19th Century Paper Print Cyanotype quirt purchased from a favorite Maine

purchased from a favorite Maine based dealer--I've forever got an eye out for a homemade jigsaw puzzle but in my experience they're  rare to find

And what a beauty this Ruffed Grouse is in its fine plumage

Several months ago I had an immediately sold an album of paper weavings like this

if only I could read Japanese

Backs Turned, Bodies Lost to Grassy Hill, Lighthouses, Late 19th Century Paper Print Cyanotype quirt purchased from a favorite MaineThe lighthouse pictured here is Cape Neddick Lighthouse (aka "Nubble Lighthouse") in Cape Neddick, Maine, completed about 1880. (Lots about that history here. ) There are plenty of photos of it out there, historic and contemporary, but none I've found that portrays a sense of this grassy expanse from which one might look up at it. And for me it's all about that perspective, with only the heads and shoulders of this seated pair visible, their bodies