Garage Sale Finds

Garage sales are a socially acceptable way to be nosy and look through someone else’s stuff, also, observing what other people have done with their lives and how this is reflected in what they are getting rid of is as interesting as the bargains itself.
This Acrylic was found at a Rummage sale in the outskirts of Sebastopol, we paid $4 bucks for it and enjoy looking at it every day.
It was painted by Betsy Shimmel in 1967, she called it "Fall Color", her complete name was Fern "Betsy" Louise Fletcher Shimmel she was born in Battlecreek, MI on Dec. 5, 1914. “Betsy” wed Frank Shimmel in 1939 and moved California. She obtained her teaching credentials about 1970 and then taught at Santa Rosa Junior College for several years. She died in Sebastopol, CA on Aug. 23, 2006.