EVERYTHING: Antique Stenciled Wooden Three Pocket Caddy cardboard house And of course how not

And of course how not to love a Yellow Breasted Chat

showing the lining underneath

He's lost the toes on one foot which seems somehow apt but is still standing firm

I think it wonderfully caries the hand and sensibility of its maker

One of my favorite Brimfield finds

EVERYTHING: Antique Stenciled Wooden Three Pocket Caddy cardboard house And of course how notIt's a little hard to see in photos, but across the front of this lovely old caddy, presumably made for storing hardware, was stenciled "Everything" at center, with "Nails and Brads" at left and "Screws and Tacks" at right. Beautifully constructed, of what looks like cherry wood to me, I might guess it was a furniture maker's caddy, late 19th early 20th century. Useful now for everything, indeed, and it could be hung on the wall as well as set on a