Another Charming Old Wire Spinning Toy, Interlocking Rings in Red and Green Laura smily expressive face that keeps reminding

expressive face that keeps reminding me of a rooster

but the way paint holds to wicker seems especially good--and even better for the woven patten of warp and weft

I have lots of love for the person who created this whimsical construction--no small effort

The exposed flesh of his elbow really does it for me

This watercolor

Another Charming Old Wire Spinning Toy, Interlocking Rings in Red and Green Laura smily expressive face that keeps remindingAs sometimes happens, I had never found one of these old spinning toys until on a recent trip to Pennsylvania where I found a pair, one with intersecting rings like this (that one a bit longer than this), and one with a spinning bird. Then last week at a shop near Brimfield, this one! Hold it flag side down and the rings drop to that end, then turn it right side and they spin down, circling one another. Quite a joy. And feels an apt one to wave at