Madonna Mother & Child Photos.......

Over the years I have found several different madonna photos...where the moms dress up and have their babies dressed in cloth with them...
So beautiful...
This week...in honor of the Christmas Season that has come upon us...
I have a Madonna and baby photo I recently found....
(the top one!)
May this season be a blessing to you.............times of love ...reflection....and hope....

cathi

Thankful...............

To educate yourself for the feeling of gratitude
means to take nothing for granted,
but to always seek out and value
the kind that will stand behind the action.
Nothing that is done for you is a matter of course.
Everything originates in a will for the good,
which is directed at you.
Train yourself never to put off
the word or action for the expression of gratitude.
Albert Schweitzer


Thankful for all of you...fellow photo lovers....
cathi

It is ALREADY November 19th!.........

Christmas is literally peaking around the corner.....

HOW did this year go so fast???

Well, for any of you that might have read any of my old posts..and knew that my mother died and i inherited our old family home....so with that and a poor business climate, my husband and i decided that we needed to sell our LARGE home...and move...well...after only a few weeks on the market......well...we seem to have sold our house!!!
(I say this ever so cautiously because closing is still a few weeks away)...yet the contracts are signed and if there was a theme for my year..it would be CHANGE....

and now.....Christmas seems to be peaking around the corner...
soon it will be time for all my children to come back home (?..ok we moved in a much smaller house...so where will they all fit?) and time for making all those wonderful memories that get you thru the hard times....

it has been almost a year since my mother has died and there still isn't a day she isn't thought of or missed....

still Christmas is peaking around the corner....a new Christmas..with so many changes.. A Christmas of new beginnings....as it should be...

so lately i have become infatuated with fairy/angel photos...
mostly always featuring little children...dressed up like angels...

as this new season peaks around the corner.................
(love those photos!)

cathi

What a Gibson Wedding photo.................

Well, This week...has been full...............we finally got an offer on our house...and so it is that crazy time when we have to go thru all the numbers...and at the same time.. I have been trying to get photos up...hunt for more photos..(have an appointment tomorrow to meet with some people who want to sell their photos) and still try to get the house together.............BUSY ...

then...............in the midst of it all...i found THIS..............

now understand..I find photos all the time..in fact it is my day job! then i put them in files and keep them safe ...then, when i am going to list photos, i go thru my photo room and then decide what to post.

so I was in my photo room ......and I was FRIED..really stressed...and trying to be calm (which was not working!) and then i found THIS.............

now the color on this is BEAUTIFUL...
the dress...oh so lovely..........
and the woman....so attractive...( in my DREAMS i look like this!)
the man...boldly sitting in the chair....

beautiful image...
calmed me right down...loved it....

so my pep talk for this week is ..if things get a little rough......take a moment..look at a photo or two...it can really help....

OR if you get frustrated and everyone around you is driving you nuts.....

you might like this photo instead!!

cathi

News...Deals...and more....

As I have shared in other posts...my daughter Jjay has a new store...and I wanted you to ALL know that she is having a SALE! If you are interested in DEALS ...the name of her store on ebay at this moment is charjayhay .

She is going to be featuring lots of mid century things...and lots of old 50's photos..
and she has BIG DEALS THIS WEEK!!

As for Chatham Ho Treasures....well, lately, I am in love with the 20s and dance photos and all of that..(although there will always be brides in my store!)

This is one of my latest photos...this is from a movie that was done in 1928........oh to dress like this on a daily basis..must have been fun...............

anyhow..wanted to let you know...........................................

cathi

Edith Mason's beautiful portrait............

Well this is my recent photo crush!
I must admit, when I found this photo....I couldn't even begin to think of listing it...
so it sat happily in my BEAUTIFUL STUFF I DONT WANT TO PART WITH pile.

but... this IS my business...soo.....

I researched the photo...and found out that this beautiful 1920s photo was none other than EDITH MASON...a wonderful opera singer that sang in the Chicago Opera in 1921.
(this photograph was done in Chicago)

And if you go to youtube you can hear her beautiful voice...

what is really unusual about this photo is, that I have a large collection of twin dancers...the only collection I do not let myself part with...and it is quite extensive. Anyhow..these girls named Velma and Selma danced with the Chicago Opera company in 1921.

Meaning ...they knew our Edith....
I have loads of photos of them traveling with the opera company...now is Edith in one of those photos?

What a unique time ...1920s...when the world was so exciting..full of new adventure..so many changes in technology...so many changes in the world....

love that era....

Have a great photo week....and enjoy Edith...........

cathi