Young Man on Pommel Horse in Open Air, Metaphoric/Existential Feeling 1911 Real Photo Postcard corrugated anasazi I just can't resist these

I just can't resist these old floral watercolors

and to my eye lovely

which I think would qualify as stumpwork

though also a nice one to greet each morning

Purchased from a dealer in New Hampshire

Young Man on Pommel Horse in Open Air, Metaphoric/Existential Feeling 1911 Real Photo Postcard corrugated anasazi I just can't resist theseI find this one quite beautiful and quite poetic, and it feels like a sort of pun to me too, as I am often snatching up old photos of men on actual (animate) horses! I do find our young man here rather akin to the lone horseman, too, appearing very focused and absorbed in this rather existential test of his own strength and coordination, worlds apart from visitors wandering around in the distance. And quite a beautiful thing this pommel horse an early