Very Old Pine Carved whimsy Rattle with Fish, Heart, Crosses and Snake! marching bank staff and looking at the snow-blanketed

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

each with a little carved ball inside

where I encountered a parade detour in Vermont that lead me about an hour off route

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

Welded together of metal parts with a nice weight

Very Old Pine Carved whimsy Rattle with Fish, Heart, Crosses and Snake! marching bank staff and looking at the snow-blanketedAnother 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