{Leaving}

So much has happened to me in the past week.
I don't know if I should [can] write about it here..
but soon I am going to be all on my own again.
Just me, myself and I.
It's both terrifying and exciting.

There's just this instinct in me telling me to leave and I must follow it.

{A mysterious mystery}

Last weekend I went to Ohio to visit my paternal grandparents.
I was looking at family photographs.
I was curious about the back of a photo of my great-grandmother Marit Reitan, from Norway, so I took it out of the frame and discovered..
a mysterious mystery!

Her photograph doubles as a postcard.
It was taken in 1917 at
Hudson Photo Studio
123 Washington St.,
Hoboken, NJ

Also on the back are quite a few shorthand characters.
I've asked around and apparently the 3 characters in the lower left hand corner are Gregg Shorthand,
while the rest on the right side are Pitman Shorthand.
As my great-grandmother was from Europe, is is possible that some of the markings may have more than one sound!
Figuring out what this says is proving very difficult!!

 

{Deco doll}

1960's velvet dress: Gift

Necklace: Gift from a friend in Norway

{Cars}

{Better}

My computer has just recovered from a nasty virus.. Antivir Solution Pro.
It was scary!

Made [vegan] chocolate cupcakes with peanut buttercream frosting yesterday for someone's birthday at CNA class.
One cupcake was reserved for a soldier's belated birthday.

I found a robin's eggshell on the way to class too!