The Best of Times by Ludwig Bemelmans - 1940's Art & Travel Memoir Book - 1948 jelly mold when the air is raw

when the air is raw and the skies are sulky and dark

One of the canisters is marked "Cookies" the others are blank - meant to be filled in for whatever purpose needed

it always looked like such a lush and lovely way to spend an afternoon

But by the 1930's

lunch and dinner to party planning

The Best of Times by Ludwig Bemelmans - 1940's Art & Travel Memoir Book - 1948 jelly mold when the air is rawI wanted to stop wherever the flame of hope burned, and write of it, and even wherever the smallest flower of happiness grew, bend down to it and carefully note its design and color. Ludwig Bemelmans, from the Forward {HISTORY} In the aftermath of WWII, artist and writer Ludwig Bemelmans (1898 1962) revisited Europe in search of charm and happiness in the cities that he knew and loved once before. He thought this task would be simple and easy, because