Very Old Pine Carved whimsy Rattle with Fish, Heart, Crosses and Snake! marching bank staff each with a little carved

each with a little carved ball inside

and looking at the snow-blanketed farm house makes me appreciate the emergence of green all the more

and to my eye just right with the perched bird surrounded by green just to their left

but I liked it too much to pass it by

Very Old Pine Carved whimsy Rattle with Fish, Heart, Crosses and Snake! marching bank staff each with a little carvedAnother very sweet, and I believe very old, carving, this one I believe made as a rattle for a baby long ago, with a looped handle at one end, a carved block on the other, and a rattling ring in between. I believe it is meant to be a snake that runs the length of the handle, terminating in the suggestion of a head near the base, and the sides of the block are carved with four different images: a heart, a fish, a cross, and an X. Carved of pine with a