Tragic Snowman Photographs

If you go over to the marvellous Tattered and Lost Vernacular Photography blog today, you will find a very unsettling trio of photographs depicting the demise of a snowman. Poor thing! T&VLP posts some remarkable photographs and is well worth a visit. You should also take time to visit its sister blog Tattered and Lost Ephemera which always leaves me either open-mouthed in amazement or laughing my socks off. Wonderful!

Seeds are Momento of Tragic Death

On occasion, I collect items of ephemera. Ephemera is transitory written and printed matter not intended to be retained or preserved. According to Wikipedia, the word derives from the Greek, meaning things lasting no more than a day. Some collectible ephemera are advertising trade cards, bookmarks, pamplets, tickets and . . . letters. I recently found a plastic envelope containing some letters.They provide the basis for an account of a death in Canada in 1891. Far too long for this blog, you may care to move over to the Graveyard Detective blog to read more about the seeds that are a sad momento of a tragic death. An interesting account that asks for your advice and help.