Another Charming Old Wire Spinning Toy, Interlocking Rings in Red and Green Laura smily I found her at a

I found her at a wonderful estate sale chock full of mid-century and contemporary ceramics

This watercolor

I'd really love to meet the maker of this necklace

and then one more on the toe and two on the sliding lid

There's a large ink smear to the left of his arm and smaller stains all over

Another Charming Old Wire Spinning Toy, Interlocking Rings in Red and Green Laura smily I found her at aAs sometimes happens, I had never found one of these old spinning toys until on a recent trip to Pennsylvania where I found a pair, one with intersecting rings like this (that one a bit longer than this), and one with a spinning bird. Then last week at a shop near Brimfield, this one! Hold it flag side down and the rings drop to that end, then turn it right side and they spin down, circling one another. Quite a joy. And feels an apt one to wave at