Waiting at the Well with Bat and Ball, Poignant Antique Mounted Albumen Photograph gorgeous pattern Time has taken a bit

Time has taken a bit of a toll

forever unlocked) and one area of silver foil loss to the interior

This lovely little olive wood snuff box was purchased in France years ago

Clearly was removed at some point from a school notebook

but while I’m always looking at them (especially antique sailor-made ones of which the Whaling Museum in New Bedford has an extraordinary collection) I’ve never been completely compelled to buy one—until I saw this one

Waiting at the Well with Bat and Ball, Poignant Antique Mounted Albumen Photograph gorgeous pattern Time has taken a bitA little bit of a Waiting For Godot aspect to this one, at least in my mind, as if this boy might sit here forever with bat and ball in hand, his pitcher never to arrive. As such it seems exactly right that he should be planted next to this well (font of life, and surely the designated meeting spot for many a thing), itself looking rather forlorn, empty bucket hanging. I could look at this all day and again tomorrow and indeed our boy would still be