Another Sweet Old Carved Whimsy, Three Balls in Three Cages gray and red which is minor and took

which is minor and took me a long time to notice

Seems like someone should be picking a banjo on that front porch

American to me

with plenty of wear to the paint--but it's sturdy as they come

I find this so tender and lovely--an antique albumen photograph documenting a carefully arranged display of someone's--or someones's--2nd year high school metalworking projects

Another Sweet Old Carved Whimsy, Three Balls in Three Cages gray and red which is minor and tookThis is one of three carved whimsies today, and one of two of them found in Maine. What makes this one unusual is the two platforms carved into the larger "cage," giving each ball its own sort of room. (A place for everything and everything in its place and this one keeps calling to mind 'peas in a pod,' too.) Nice too how each side of those platforms, and top and bottom of the whimsy too, were carved in, making concave curves. Sweet, and one