Leonardo da Vinci, handbag designer

This caught my eye as I was going through my Google Reader this morning. Think its an accurate interpretation of the draft? 

Material history, if you haven't noticed, is a passion of mine. How wonderful for designers to have had access to the drawing, so that they could bring this design through the centuries. I wonder how often old designs and plans will see the light of day in this century for the first time. This really tickles my fancy; perhaps I'll keep my eyes open for sleeping dreams such as this in my wanderings. 

 Do you have a song that really speaks to your soul? Like all the way down into the fibers of your toes? This is totally my song: Cello Suite 1 Prelude... and then the Piano Guys went and made it that much better!

Made it into my bookbinding class! Such a tender mercy, as it turns out, the professor works in the Special Collections of the Library doing preservation etc! Can you believe it!? My teacher has my dream job and I didn't even know it! He said he decided to let me add the class because he felt like its where I belong :) He also said that I should come down to the preservation lab and spend some time down there :D Wow, this is going to be a wonderful semester! Get ready for adventures in bookbinding land... I'm sure there is some kind of Monster Book of Monsters that's creeping around in my head just waiting to be made.


http://harrypotter.wikia.com/wiki/The_Monster_Book_of_Monsters

So, brilliant. I'm sitting in my Computers for Historical Research class, and we're talking Blogs! I get to start one based on the research that I did last semester. So, when that begins I'm going to put a link on my sidebar for you to easily find and subscribe to it. I'll try not to forget you here on Antiquarian Eyes though, have no fear! The research that I'm going to hi-light will eventually be connected to a google webpage that will be connected to all of the research. I'm excited!

Here's my professor's blog for an example if you're looking to start a genealogical blog of your own and some fun readings:
http://archibaldgardnerfamily.blogspot.com/

Well I survived the end of the semester with little sleep but a lot of confidence. There are classes that one may dread, not because of the course load or content, but because of the professor. So with that particular class, I did my best under the circumstance, and hopefully when grades come out I'll be somewhat satisfied with her assessment.
Anywho, Christmas has been wonderful. Good company here with the family. My first few days were full of unpacking boxes and helping them get settled in better. We got a little Christmas tree and made our own decorations- popcorn garland and paper chains :) My brother came to visit with his little family from MD. That was a blast because I haven't seen them for a few years. The rest of the family is doing great! My little sister and I have had a lot of time to chill and goof around too, it's been a lot of fun. And I found out that my sister's husband is going to receive a bronze star for his service in Afghanistan later this year too. So nothing but good news!
Our two little pugs went on an adventure- they escaped for a whole day and sent us on a goose-chase after them~ that was a little nerve racking, but they're back safe and sound now :)

So the goals for the rest of the break are: to get the rest of the new house un-packed, have a fun birthday, and help my family to relax!

Merry Christmas

xxoo

Lots of Success today with Susan Catherine's family research! I started to really look through my Waesche Family History book written by Margaret B. Waesche. Her entry on Charles Albert Waesche mentions all the places he lived and land  he farmed- there are going to be a lot of land records for this fellow. It also mentions that he worked the small store that was separated from his father's farm after the settlement of the estate - bingo- probate records to go find too! I'm also finding that his father, George Henry Waesche, was a prominent figure in the community of Frederick County, MD in the later 1800s. It seems that the elder generation (Charles Albert's siblings, etc) are well talked about and there will be lots of records to find for them. Here's a link to that great book- I wonder if vol. 2 has any mention of the Waesche family as well...
http://books.google.com/books?id=h6w1YPiY0nYC&dq=double+pipe+creek,+md+waesche+church&source=gbs_navlinks_s

This has been an interesting couple of weeks.
Its often the case, that when something good is coming your way, there's a monster under the bridge that wants to eat it and it seems there's no way you'll ever see that goodness except in tiny little shredded pieces...
But then I remember all the times in the past that such times always work out in the end and the loots from the monster battle are glorious. Suck it up and give 'em heck!
Sorry about all the music videos, but sometimes its necessary... speaking of necessary, I think that was the first time - ever - that I spelled that word correctly on my first go. wow. this is quite the day.