Penny Richards' photos

Thrifted black purse upcycled with paint, collage, sharpies, ink, modpodge and krylon. Image of Australian dancer "Saharet" (born Clarissa Campbell) is from the Library of Congress uploads to Flickr Commons (see below).

Thrifted black purse upcycled with paint, collage, sharpies, ink, modpodge and krylon. Quote is "I have no doubt that women will have votes before long... it is simply a matter of sense and consistency," from an 1885 letter by British writer Elizabeth Eastlake.

Thrifted black purse upcycled with paint, collage, sharpies, ink, modpodge and krylon. Image of British writer and art critic Elizabeth Rigby Eastlake (1809-1893) is from the National Galleries of Scotland uploads to Flickr Commons (see below).

Thrifted black purse upcycled with paint, collage, sharpies, ink, modpodge and krylon.

This is for Flufy's blog project--a 2009 web 2.0 version of the old car trip game where kids tried to see as many different state license plates as possible on a vacation. iamflufy.wordpress.com/2009/08/01/license-plate-game/

For Lisa C.'s "A Month of Hands" project. Daily photographs of my left hand in July 2009. 1. Hand with Byline (7/31) , 2. Hand in Traffic, Redondo Beach (7/31) , 3. Hand at Farmers' Market (7/30) , 4. Hand with Lifeguard Station (7/28a) , 5. Hand at Hermosa Pier Plaza (7/28b) , 6. Hand with Triceratops (7/26) , 7. Hand with Poodle (7/25) , 8. Hands at Menchie's Dispenser (7/24) , 9. Hand with Frankenshirt (7/23) , 10. Hand with Kiwi Sorbet (7/22) , 11. Hand with Marching Band (7/21) , 12. Hand in Cafe Again (7/20) , 13. Hand at the Library (7/18) , 14. Hand with Fish and Chips (7/17) , 15. Hand Thriftshopping (7/16) , 16. Hand at Book Group (7/15) , 17. Hand Making Dinner (7/14) , 18. Hand with Novel, in Cafe (7/13) , 19. Hand Crocheting (7/12) , 20. Hand at Tennis Court (7/11) , 21. Hand at Bunco (7/10) , 22. Hand Wielding Xacto Knife (7/9) , 23. Hand Greeting Schoolbus (7/8) , 24. Hand at the Pier (7/7) , 25. Hand with 1872 Letter, 7/6 , 26. Hand Tending Spicy Fish (7/5) , 27. Hand, Sand, and Blanket (7/4) , 28. Painting Purses Hand (7/3) , 29. Lurid Menchie's Yogurt Hand (7/2) , 30. Checking the driveway garden (7/1) Created with fd's Flickr Toys

For Lisa C's "A Month of Hands" project. Just today got copies of the new OAH Magazine of History--and I've got a short article inside.

For Lisa C's "A Month of Hands" project. Passing the King Harbor sign on Sepulveda Blvd, under the morning marine layer.

For Lisa C's "A Month of Hands" project. At the El Segundo Farmers' Market, 7/30.

For Lisa C.'s "A Month of Hands" project. Hermosa Beach, south of the pier, sunny July afternoon.

For Lisa C.'s "A Month of Hands" project. Natural History Museum of LA County. This is a donation station--you're supposed to put money in the triceratops' mouth.

For Lisa C.'s "A Month of Hands" project. Hermosa Pier Plaza, sunny July afternoon. The scootering kid in red is mine.

For Lisa C.'s "A Month of Hands" project. Daughter's hand in the lever, mine holding the cup, ready to catch some Funilla.

For Lisa C.'s "A Month of Hands" project. We went to Glacier Gelato to mark son's last day of summer school. Bonus hands belong to daughter.

For Lisa C.'s "A Month of Hands" project. It's a Frankenshirt because I'm sewing the bottom part of a onesie to a non-onesie shirt--with a big ole Frankenstein stitch. There are many reasons that a career in surgery would NOT have been a good choice for me; stitching like this is the least of them.