Antique Brass KING Apple Stencil, H.L McPherson, Boston American arts and crafts So many shoe shaped things

So many shoe shaped things in the world to love

I'd never seen a pocket knife carved entirely of wood

To me she looks quite knowing and as if she would make for compelling company

This was of my favorite finds from my road trip this summer

using lines of weld to represent logs

Antique Brass KING Apple Stencil, H.L McPherson, Boston American arts and crafts So many shoe shaped thingsNow and again I come across old stencils cut for painting apple barrels or crates, but I believe this is the first KING I've seen, and as a lover of found language, how to resist? A gift fit for a king, I'd say and good in all sorts of contexts. (The King apple, red with yellow stripes and also known as the Tompkins King, was long thought to have originated at Jacksonville in Tompkins County, NY, but later that tree was discovered to have been