Sentimental

It's a good thing when morning errands can include a visit to Bug Light Park....still one of my favorite spots to visit.

We had a house for a handful of years within walking/biking distance from the Bug Light...so it's a bit sentimental. 

Ten years ago Sam worked several summers giving tours at the Portland Observatory. 

The observatory is situated on one of the highest points in Portland and was built in 1807 to alert merchants about incoming cargo ships.

You can read more about it in this post when I took one of Sam's tours: https://joyfulputtering.blogspot.com/2015/08/a-room-with-view.html

And when my sisters and brother-in-law visited in 2018 we got a private after hours tour that I wrote about here in this post: https://joyfulputtering.blogspot.com/2018/10/winding-down.html

At some point during that timeframe Sam acquired a whole pile of poster size prints of a sketch of the view of Portland from the observatory. The art was done by Douglas Alvord.

He gave several to me to use as I wished. I actually used one for some gelli printing...but still have several left. 

So when Kelly asked for my help making Sam a book...I knew exactly what I recommended for the cover.

I wished I would have taken photos of the back and the inside covers. This view of Portland wraps around to the back, and she used other parts of the sketch for the end papers on the inside covers. 

It really came out great!

I taught her how to do my favorite buttonhole stitch and she hopes to turn it into a hand drawn coloring book for Sam. I think the book will be a quite sentimental.