Shadow boxes

Aunt Helen made beautiful shadow boxes with trinkets and keepsake's from my mother's early childhood. These boxes lived on the walls in my parent's home. I love them because they evoke an era long gone by and give me a glimpse into my mother's life as a small child.

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 The little soldier, camel and penknife likely belonged to my mother's bother, Uncle Bill.  My painting,
" Willie and Rollin" portrays Uncle Bill and his father, Rollin, my grandfather, when my uncle was
​ just a boy in Salinas, CA