Beautiful Old Handmade Spinning Chalk Line WInder with Blue and Pink String rampwalker gorilla I love things that confuse

I love things that confuse me or make me question what I'm seeing

from "Bringing Up Father" an American comic strip created by cartoonist George McManus

looking almost as if about to throw her into the flames

This faience vase was designed by Nils Thorsson for Royal Copenhagen as part of its BACA series in the 1960s

with lovely long turned wooden handle and whitish-gray soft horsehair bristles

Beautiful Old Handmade Spinning Chalk Line WInder with Blue and Pink String rampwalker gorilla I love things that confuseI've got a special weakness for chalk line winders, and this is a really beautiful one, not least for the very old string on it, which changes from blue to pink as one unwinds. Along the way, it has been knotted to itself several times either to lengthen the line or, I think more likely, to mend it. The spool piece spins on the handle for easy winding and unwinding, and the handle is smooth and worn from handling. Love. 10 1 2 x 3 1 2 x 1 and in very