Very Old Pine Carved whimsy Rattle with Fish, Heart, Crosses and Snake! marching bank staff each with a little carved

each with a little carved ball inside

and looking at the snow-blanketed farm house makes me appreciate the emergence of green all the more

and all of the details

who over the course of the 32 cards encounters a cast of characters from  pig to cat to spider to baby

Very Old Pine Carved whimsy Rattle with Fish, Heart, Crosses and Snake! marching bank staff each with a little carvedAnother very sweet, and I believe very old, carving, this one I believe made as a rattle for a baby long ago, with a looped handle at one end, a carved block on the other, and a rattling ring in between. I believe it is meant to be a snake that runs the length of the handle, terminating in the suggestion of a head near the base, and the sides of the block are carved with four different images: a heart, a fish, a cross, and an X. Carved of pine with a