Today...I was trying to get Hal back to working order so he would behave himself...Yes...Hal is my computer. Anyhoo...lo and behold what does my ears hear but the mail truck coming down my road and stopping at my mailbox....so I left poor Hal...and went to my mailbox to check my mail. And there it was.......what was it....a bird...a plane...Underdog with his cape...NOPE...it was my coloring book from Mark. This is my impression on his book. Very whisical, idyllic,frollicking,playful,nostalgic of an era long gone. The pictures depict Victorian, the turn of the 19 century. "In Grandma's Attic" are two cute girls playing dress up...with hte long dresses and high heel shoes that are way too big for them. On their heads of these giganic hats with flowers galore around the brim. One of the girls has a very long pearl necklace on..the other one has a perfume bottle ( you know the old fashion ones where you give the bulb a squeeze) and in the background is the open truck and the big oval framed mirror. So cute! "The Blacksmith Shop"...funny how you forget in the olden days...there were no cars...in this picture you see two boys..on hitting the steel with the mallet ( or whatever he is doing...remember I am a female and really have no clue...plus I grew up as a city girl..LOL) and the other boy is putting the horse's shoe on. "Old Fashioned Soda Shop" has what makes me think of Paris...I don't know why..and hey...I really don't know why for I have never been there. But here is two kids..boy and girl drinking from two straws out of one Float I think it is. Again the picture makes me think of early 1900s. We have Mom crocheting and the daughter looking it over. Again with the hair up and the old fashion dress. "Basket Weaving" is something you don't see drawn out anywhere But here is the happy couple working away. I think the "Playing with Marbles" is really neat. Boys doing something that I don't think boys do anymore... In the "Knitting" one I love how Mom is clicking those needles and the son in the background is teasing the cat. Why do boys like doing that? There is a page untitled. It shows a woman in the park for a stroll. In the background you can see the old fashion gas lights and a man driving a horse and wagon. She has her huge flowered hat on with her parosole or umbrella with that form fitting dress as they use to wear them right up to their neck were their collars back then. And button shoes. How many button hooks have you seen in an antique store...me, many. What is an nostalgic without a picture of "Baking" got to have that you know...all those sweets....YumYum...Fresh out of the oven that pie looks like. And the pie crust was made like they use to...flour, water, touch of salt and some lard..and a rolling pin...Actually...I must admit when I make pies I also make my own crust. With the curly, swirly lines under their noses...you can just about imagine the smell that pie was giving off...I wonder was it an apple pie or a cherry pie though. We have the couple taking a stroll in the park. And the clothes are so 19 centurish ( hey...I made up a new word) We have quilting...Love the cameo Mom has on. We have "Going to School" Now days our kids have backpack...but in those day they had book straps...and remember most children had to walk to school. No yellow buses back then. And the school of coarse looks like an old school with the bell going off signaling hey...It is time for school. Oh and I love the boy who was swinging from the tree limb too. Now the next two pages are right up my alley. One is "Tatting" There is Mom tatting with her shuttle. She has tatting on her collar and on the edge of her collar and from her hand is a length of tatting being formed. The nice touch here is the tatted doily that is on the table under the vase of flowers. The little girl is sitting in a child's rocker and she is tatting too...but with a needle. Now how cool is that. Mom with a shuttle and daughter with a needle..and both have lengths of tatting forming. I did say two right...This one is called "Bobbin Lace". And yup...there is the pillow...and lace...Oh my gosh...itis going down to the floor. I love the lamp that is sitting on the table. it is one of those with the fringe hanging down. And of coarse we have kitty sound asleep....ssshhhh... We have a boy pushing a young lady in a swing...adn we have a nice picture of "Pottery being thrown. The old man is just giving that pottery wheel a whirl. Messy..pottering is...I have done some of that ..but you can make some cool things out of pottery. "Grandpa Telling Bedtime Stories" I sometimes read to my grandson Timmy Guy....I hope he will remember the times we have sat together with him on my lap and me reading to him. I know for me those times are some of the best of times...that sharing and closness. Now the next picture is wayyy too coool. It is cycle city here on this page. We got a unicycle, a tricycle, a bicycle built for two all being mobile on their wheels. I think this picture is really neat the way Mark was able to get all the different cycles onto one page. There is even a boy with it looks like a hula hoop ...but that can't be right...they weren't around back then were they????Hmmm.... I know this is long....but I really do think this is a great coloring book. Maybe it is just me...I love things that are old fashion like the pictures show. I have always said I was born in the wrong time frame. I have always loved the frilly,lacey things. The hats...which we don't hardly wear anymore, especially for fashion sake. This book for me is a keeper. No where else are you going to find pictures like these with all the crafts that I know I love so well drawn out.... Anyhow...I hope you can get a sense of the frolicking, whimsical, nostalgic, idyollic days that have gone by from my description of what the wonderful art shows that Mark has created. The book is really a work of art. Sherry [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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