the town and country lassies

the town and country lassies
Originally uploaded by Zama Ree Do.

The authentic 1960 Barbie fishing pole hangs just above a yellowed newspaper article written by me forty years ago. It says, "The Town and Country Lassies met Thursday evening with Marlene and Janaree Ediger. Vicki Hunnicutt gave the devotions, and Cindy Ulmer demonstrated how to clean windows. Mrs. Leonard Tucker led the group in 'Let's Groom Your Room', and dusting cloths were judged."

say what was that called

say what was that called
Originally uploaded by Zama Ree Do.

At Kathryn and Larry's house in Grand Island, Laura, Barbara, Neal, and Elizabeth try to remember the words to a song they used to know years ago. Note the Baklava on Gwen Allen's plate!

sisters sing for grosshans sisters

sisters sing for grosshans sisters
Originally uploaded by Zama Ree Do.

The Grosshans sisters from Aurora were alive with memories when Elizabeth and Barbara started up a rouzing round of choir singing warm-ups.

steve and joan

steve and joan
Originally uploaded by Zama Ree Do.

Steve and Joan Wilson (seen on the left and the right of Kathryn Decker) were able to come to Elizabeth's open house in January. I enjoyed seeing them and reminded them fondly of the memorial day canoe trip we made together some 30 years ago. They didn't remember it but of course, I do because I have my photos to remind me. That is a whole new dictionary meaning for the term: photographic memory!

girls with matching foreign shirts

girls with matching foreign shirts
Originally uploaded by Zama Ree Do.

Claire, Elizabeth and Laura pose for me just to be kind. They are all wearing the special shirts which Elizabeth brought back from her travels in the Middle East.

vm dining room

vm dining room
Originally uploaded by Zama Ree Do.

Made from a necklace jewelry case and collaged with photos from my own photography (window done with SX70), this assemblage is not finished. It sits here in its rough draft. Nothing is even glued down.

page out of altered book

page out of altered book
Originally uploaded by Zama Ree Do.

The page on the left is one of my favorites out of this altered book. All the pictures on it are found magazine pictures. The page on the right includes a photo enlargement of my grandma lilian.

david wharton letters

david wharton letters
Originally uploaded by Zama Ree Do.

These letters and photos represent a love from 1976. The poem is from David and I quote, "the last time I kissed you and the rocking chair was still and your mouth was like an iris bloom, my eyes stayed closed a long time."

close view women

close view women and rocking woman
Originally uploaded by Zama Ree Do.

I made this collage fall 04. The quote is torn from a found book. "together. I've tried to imagine all the pivotal points, the exact moment when fate, instead of continuing straight ahead, shifted into reverse."

love oasis

love oasis
Originally uploaded by Zama Ree Do.

This handmade book was inspired by one I received from Pam Peden years ago. The quote is mine, coming from my Purely Fiction poetry series. "she was welcomed by the smell of rain, feasts and foreign places"

man and robe and ladder

man and robe and ladder
Originally uploaded by Zama Ree Do.

This collage includes a quote torn from the same book as the quote in 'close view women'. It is not mine. "I passed entire days lanquishing among those trees. The death of a tree is something that causes extreme uneasiness, especially in someone who's been charged with saving it."

nun looks out the window

nun looks out the window
Originally uploaded by Zama Ree Do.

This collage/assemblage is in tribute to my girlhood and my grandma marie. The drawer pull and butter knife is from grandma marie's house, as is her 1974 fishing liscense. The other two scripts are mine. One is from a diary when I was 10 years old and the other is a newspaper article I wrote when I was the newspaper reporter for my 4-H club around the same age.

nun looks out the window

nun looks out the window
Originally uploaded by Zama Ree Do.