Not long ago I was rummaging through my mansarda (attic) and I came across an old frame with a portrait of an elderly woman in it. It must have been taken in the 1920’s or 1930’s. I wanted the frame for another project so I took out the old portrait and in between the portrait and the wooden backing I found this really bizarre photo of a couple of oxen (I love oxen!). It’s old and the paper is really faded and brittle but I really love this photo. It’s now hanging above my sewing machine and I find myself gazing at it often. 
Maybe these cows used to live in what is now my garden. Or maybe those cows that live at the cheese farm down the street are the great-great-great-great grandcows of these ones here in the photo. Yeah…my kids like that story.
Mucche della Mansarda
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washi tape and vintage photos – great mix. 🙂 yeah this is lovely. somehow reminds me of heidi or maybe just hearing the sound of cowbells ringing
I know…vintage and washi is a bit ridicuous . But…it’s kinda like the folkabilly mix-up theme we had going yesterday. Vintage and washi…the next new thing. And by the way…is there any better sound than that of cowbells??
you know, this really got me ideas in my head. vintage and washi is totally NOT ridiculous. 🙂 its a chorus of cowbells and yodels. hehe
loving the washi! Glad to see you’re enjoying it.
reminds me of the Oxen you were so taken with in Nova Scotia last summer – the yokes of oxen pulling the sledges. Did you know there are traditional names for a pair of oxen – Bright and Starr.
What a great find! Also, I love the term ‘folkabilly.’