Sand dollars and more

See the tiny white shell on the left? Watch it up close as I hold it in my hand:

My daughter found this little treasure on the beach last year. Great find!

Microscopic research

Vintage school microscope

Hooray! A ball!

Cute sunny book from the seventies about 4 dogs, a girl and a ball. Illustrations by Josef Palecek.

New structures

My latest ink on paper works

Vintage cards

I bought these cards at a flea market the other day. I'm not sure what it is, perhaps a game, story telling cards? No matter what it is supposed to be, these cards are great!

Blossom doctor

More vintage springtime to share! A children's book from the early seventies. Illustrations by Richard Hook.

Vintage spring

Write between the lines

I don't know the correct English term for this vintage item. In Dutch it's called a linen 'letterkaart' or a 'schoolplaat'. It was used in classrooms to teach the youngest how to write.
I bought this one at a flea market

Shannon Rankin

Shannon Rankin creates installations, collages and drawings that use the language of maps to explore the connections among geological and biological processes, patterns in nature, geometry and anatomy.