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Albums, scrapbooks and memories

Last night we searched the nooks and crannies of the house looking for photo cards people send at Christmas and the art cards we save from artistic friends. This turned out to be a much bigger job than we thought--might be a week instead of an evening.



The album in the back holds the work of a number of different artists, several of whom have died since we started the album. Our good friend Erkki Alanen died about 2 years ago--he was from Finland, lived in El Paso, and was a cartoonist, graphic artist, and architect who lived with us in the 1970s.

The album in the foreground is dedicated just to one artist, my college roommate, Dora. She was born in China and her parents immigrated to Brazil to escape the Communists. We both married architects who paint watercolors in retirement, so some of our 40+ years of Christmas cards reflect his art as well as hers. Then a few years ago they became grandparents. Now. . .

We decided to take some of the photo cards (usually family pictures) and add them to the pages with the art work.

Dora and I at the U. of Illinois