Beautiful Old Weeding Tool with Deep Green Stains desktop The one at lower left

The one at lower left (in first photo) shows some black staining or soiling on the left side

with hand-cut black paper for the silhouette of her head

but I love it so much

especially for the contrast between the brown leather glove and the black leather mitt to which it is sewn--which brings the construction of the whole thing into relief

I've become really enamored of all sorts of schoolgirl samplers--needlework alphabet samplers

Beautiful Old Weeding Tool with Deep Green Stains desktop The one at lower leftHaving spent a whole lot of time weeding, I have a special love for a good weeding tool, and this is most definitely that, with the pleasure of holding and using it a nice offset to the endlessness of weeding! It has worked hard, having acquired a wonderfully strong patina of green from the weeds (this is an especially good one for dandelions, and I'll bet that is mostly dandelion greens green) but with many years of good use left in it. Plus what a