IDA's Box with Interior Mirror and Photo woven rug ) with great taste

) with great taste

but it certainly looks to have been the go-to stool for many a milking and other tasks too

And held in those teeth on the other side is what I'd have to guess is hardened fat from combing flax or hemp or wool

it looks almost as if the basket is about to tip over with the weight of all those flowers

just the way I like it

IDA's Box with Interior Mirror and Photo woven rug ) with great tasteAnther sweet old folk art box this week invested with lots of love, this one in honor of an Ida, and with a photo, I presume featuring its maker, mounted in front of the mirror on the interior of its lid. A pretty terrific box and pretty terrific photo, too, with three men posing proudly in front of their trucks and surrounded by warehouse buildings one truck painted with a logo for "Johnson Carthage NS," which I believe refers to Nova Scotia. Nicely