
Well That's Pinteresting
My dollhouse is like a layer cake. The top part has shingles. What color should that layer be (when things are all spruced up)? The lower part has long pieces of wood -- I suppose they have a name -- but they also need to be painted. I have returned to Pinterest to get ideas. I haven't been there in a long time. I don't particularly like Pinterest because it is hard to get in depth information about the photos posted. I find that frustrating. I sound like Andy Rooney. I want

The Dollhouse
Benjamin Franklin Bennett of Baltimore built this dollhouse for my grandmother sometime between when she was born in 1916 and the mid- to late-1920s. She was my great grandfather's darling, but he was far from a perfect father and husband. Eventually, he and my great grandmother divorced, at a time when that just wasn't done. My grandmother ceased have a relationship with him. My mother only met her grandfather once. But, just look at this thoughtfully-made, sweet gift for a