Lil' art day 4

I was trying to figure out what I should post next.
Thinking about ceratin pieces and what they meant to me
how I some how acquired them.
Realizing that a few things that really stick out where the small things that are more just part of a collection of collections.I've had them for so long and every time I fear I have lost them I get upset,tear the house apart to find them.Then breathe a sigh or relief when I remember that I have placed them in a secret hiding spot so as not to lose them.
I used to have this obsession of going to flea markets or yard sales and finding other peoples photo albums and slides. I would in my mind try to convince myself that these people did not willingly give these memories up.They were somehow forced by gunpoint to throw away their photos of them and grandpa swimming.That maybe they died and the landlord of the house just threw out the albums without notifying some sort of next of kin.That somewhere in the world,someone was looking for their family history and these photos held the mystery they needed so badly.
I once tried tracking down relatives from a photo album that was so beautifully made.All the names where written inside dates, address's. I couldnt believe that out there some one wasnt missing this. I had no luck and now I keep the album like it's my own family.
A few years backI was soem yard sale when i stumbled across an old hankerchief box,I liked the picture ontop and for 5 cents it was a steal. Inside I discovered a hand made travel diary. As I tried reading teh writting , I made out bits and bobs about how this lady had traveled across america on her first trip here. Her holiday was to go and take pictures of someof her favorite writer's houses.Places they wrote books, vacationed, maybe were born there..who knew.But the photos inside where beautiful balck and white photos of history and i fell in love with the little book, it's brown torn paper, it's barley legible handwritting and these amazing small b/w photos of a time i would rather be living in most days.

I think this is one of my favorite pieces in my "collection of collections"
is it art? I truly believe it is.You'll have to click the photos to really see the images