Wonderful Old Folk Art Carved Swallow Tail Bird, Signed Adams antique carved bear Maybe the little girl in

Maybe the little girl in this super folky reverse glass painting is meant to be Little Bo Peep

I do seem to have a certain penchant for dolls that have lost their heads

The fact of this aggressive Shark mouthed fighter jet being naively rendered in what looks to me like marker though with a crayon sort of feel transforms it into a much more empathetic thing

I’d guess it once topped a post on a piece of furniture

as documented in photos--largely only noticeable under bright light and magnification

Wonderful Old Folk Art Carved Swallow Tail Bird, Signed Adams antique carved bear Maybe the little girl inThis wonderful creature, found very close to home this week, completely won my heart, and the more time I spend with it, the more tender and lovely I find it. With black painted head and split tail, I assume it represents a swallow of some type, or perhaps a tern, and the petrified wood base (the absolute perfect base) definitely points to shorebird. The wings were separately carved then attached by pin, with one of them loose and easy to remove and