I am in a bit of a muffled groggy mood today, but I have to remark on the fact that robins have been sighted in the area! They are a true sign of spring. yay!

The image is only half true. I don't have cute blue shoes like that, the cats don't go outside ( poor deprived creatures) and I don'y have a heart stitched on my t-shirt. Otherwise, I think I did hear it may rain. Or it may not.

This is an amazing find from my friend Liam. An autograph book owned by a girl named Emma from Toronto in 1874! When he emailed me the link, he called it a 130 year old blog. It really is in a way. People have always loved to keep things like this I guess. It is so interesting to think of a girl who lived here so long ago. I wonder if she was happy to see the first robins in spring?

Comments

[aimee]

your journal entries always make me smile. you have such a cute way of looking at the world! keep it up! :)

[myra]

I second what Aimee said. Lovely post with a lovely sketch! And Emma's autograph book is a such a sweet find. Makes you wonder who will be looking at all of our stuff a 100 years from now.

[mati rose]

what an incredible find! should we be printing out our blog entries and saving them in time capsules?!

[Sadie]

Oh my goodness, what beautiful hand writing!!

[Leslie]

So funny. It might rain. And it might not.

And Emma's "blog" is quite a treasure. So neat. I am always so intrigued by old journals and older penmanship!

[leslie]

hi tania, I just wanted to tell you I absolutely love your blog. I tripped into it months ago and have been a regular reader since. I love your eye for detail and beauty, and I share your thing for birds. Anyway, just wanted to say some nice words. Thanks for posting so regularly. Leslie

[carolyn]

love the blog and your drawings. How cool ... an autograph book! I may be a geek but I have always loved the Little House on the Prairie books... when Laura Ingalls was a teenager these types of books were all the rage (1880's). Very very cool!
Carolyn
http://carolynchip.blogspot.com

[Giao]

Wow, what a find! Isn't it just amazing?! It just wouldn't be the same for someone to "find" one of our blogs in 130 years, would it?

I love your illo. And the maybe/maybe not paradox. =)