Like a Wounded Heart, Much Worn Antique Tuscarora Beaded Strawberry Emery inhaler especially after duty hours

especially after duty hours

I fell in love with this smallish frame at first sight

and seems a good time for reflecting in the reflecting pool (and on the Capital and Lincoln memorial too

and best of all this determined hunter marching straight up hill

(Otherwise

Like a Wounded Heart, Much Worn Antique Tuscarora Beaded Strawberry Emery inhaler especially after duty hoursThis strawberry shaped emery (like a small pin cushion but filled with emery powder for sharpening needles) appears once to have been entirely covered in red fabric, but all but a few tiny bright red bits around the top are gone, revealing the linen lining underneath. I like this darker color, and in all of its distressed ness, including what looks maybe like some scalding across the lower half, it looks to me like a badly bruised and wounded heart!