this weekend

Hoping for wintery weather and lots of snow, because while the holiday season may be in full swing, the season of overly ambitious, last-minute DIY projects is just starting, and I could use a reason to stay in.

Otherwise: carol singers, hobbit movies, cookie decorating and a walk to see the big tree and some shop windows.

Happy weekend.

Peter Stackpole: New Hampshire's Mount Washington, 1953. Time & Life Pictures/Getty Images.

this weekend

Clowning around.

• sandcastles
• old waves
• thoughtful plays
• tiny ice cream cones

Happy weekend.

Peter Stackpole: Joan Dodd of women's swim team of Los Angeles Athletic Club clowning among the rocks with seaweed draped about her head. California, June 1947.

this weekend

Looking closely:

• the Quay brothers
• toys
• just kids
• fireflies on the water
• the murder of crows
• a visit to the reading room

Next week: sharks.

Photo by Peter Stackpole for LIFE: Dr. Perry W. Gilbert, shark expert examining mako shark, in special research pens. The Bahamas, April 1960.

playing with fire

Fourth of July, 1954. Photographs by Peter Stackpole for LIFE Magazine.

womens' flying training detachment

Photos of the Women's Flying Training Detachment at Avenger Field in Sweetwater, TX, by Peter Stackpole for LIFE Magazine. July 1943.