Fruits as Protagonists, Pear and Grapes In Landscape, 19th Century Pastel in Original Frame clay figure and on the other a

and on the other a board for Nine Men's Morris (also known as Merrills

"Strike" might have made at least as much sense as a choice of word

Just a great looking carved wooden toy car with hard plastic wheels and a steel plate on the underside to give it a little weight

wooden game board is covered with a printed green

with various things displayed inside the scoop

Fruits as Protagonists, Pear and Grapes In Landscape, 19th Century Pastel in Original Frame clay figure and on the other aI don't always go for old folk art pastel drawings, but I love the almost surreal aspect of this one, with this large pear and bunch of black grapes positioned amid a landscape as if they were human in scale, like the protagonists in some small drama perhaps heading together (and they certainly do feel like a couple!) toward the blue sky in the distance! And doesn't it just seem like the pear is the one who is going to take the lead, while those