Old Turned Wooden Apple with Horse Roulette Spinner Inside couple on cliff but I'm thinking maybe he

but I'm thinking maybe he just added an extra flourish to the "C"

but with its narrow head and long handle think it would also prove useful for all sorts of tasks

to me it speaks all about absence and also anticipation--of the specific pipe that once lay there (and was dumped into the bowl) and of the one it now awaits

The handwritten text covering every unstitched inch of this looks to me to be German

Old Turned Wooden Apple with Horse Roulette Spinner Inside couple on cliff but I'm thinking maybe heI'll never get over my love for turned and painted wooden apple boxes like this one. These were made in Japan for the Western market, beginning in the late 19th c., and often housed miniature tea sets, or roulette style games this one still holding the spinner and ball for a horse racing game. The exterior shows general wear and one small ding to the wood, but to my mind one should pluck every one of these one finds and build an orchard of a