Antique Brass KING Apple Stencil, H.L McPherson, Boston cased photo but of course I also

but of course I also like the image of a litter of calico kittens it brings to mind

with the same again for the water below

The paper has a little bit of a sheen

filling me with total joy

and I'd like to think the painting was done on wood from a fallen tree removed from these very banks

Antique Brass KING Apple Stencil, H.L McPherson, Boston cased photo but of course I alsoNow 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