Clever and Lovely Antique Puzzle Box twisted :) Poor little doggy

:) Poor little doggy

and a few of the tails too

This impressionistic oil on cardboard seascape is definitely among my favorites yet--and would be great as a pair with the coastal tree on rock of the same scale I've just listed

20 and 30 years of the same

making for a pretty great surface

Clever and Lovely Antique Puzzle Box twisted :) Poor little doggyI find this such a charming and satisfying thing, lovingly made by hand long ago, with the carved pieces inside needing to be arranged just so in order for the lid to close, with the piece nailed to the inside of the lid fitting perfectly in the gap, announcing one's success in solving the puzzle! A relatively simple thing, but so right, and the solid wood pieces, walnut I believe, are beautiful things in and of themselves, and nice and heavy. There