But the building isn't the National Park Site

 My next stop was Dover. I visited the Old State House because that is where the NPS stamps are located. I took the tour with a rather, um, well let's just say, opinionated docent. I felt that I was attentive (especially since I was the only person on the tour) as she took me through the various rooms and uses. At the end, I politely asked for the stamps and that's when I was informed that the building had absolutely nothing to do with the First State National Historical Park. The actual NPS site was the Green outside of the building. Apparently having the stamps was a great inconvenience to her and what was most interesting was that she felt a need to capture the number of stamp impressions I made (one did not stamp completely and so I had to make a 2nd impression). It was almost as if she wanted to charge me for the number of stamps I made. 

So on to happier thoughts--let's talk about the layout. I followed one of the sketches in my year-long class. When following a sketch I often have to substitute. For example, the bottom row was supposed to be made up of 6x4 photographs. I substituted the unigrid for a pair on the left, and a journal box on the right. That left me enough room to put an extra-long item on the left. Instead of a 4x6 photo, it's another brochure about the First State sites. There are 2 more photos under the journaling box. That is the top of a peekaboo pocket. See the picture below.

I did use wallpaper for the background of both pages. I found a sheet that was colorful but not too distracting. Then I used some old paper from the Earthy collection for the borders and upper-page mats. I know that I could have added some embellishments but when I get to this era, I seem to have a shortage of appropriate elements. I'm not one to put flowers on a page, especially one that is focused on history.