WWII "Furlough" Second Grader's Drawing of Dog with Army Hat painterly glaze which is still rough and

which is still rough and ready to do the job

I just love the silhouette of this mid-sized vintage coiled basket

but think it is really great just as it is

and learned that they were a bit of a thing during the Victorian era--some plain like this one

WWII "Furlough" Second Grader's Drawing of Dog with Army Hat painterly glaze which is still rough andI find this second grader's drawing from 1945 really pretty touching I'd guess created while his father was on leave from WWII. Pretty sophisticated, too, for a 7 or 8 year old, packing in all sorts of feelings of comfort and longing, presence and absence and that little puppy is pretty great! Making it even better is the notation by young S. Robert Sheridan's mother on the back of it: "Bob won third prize for this picture June 1945 when in 2a2 at