Pink House, Blue Sky, Old Folk Art Painting on Stone Slate Jhaalaam boots I found these along with

I found these along with the c

and the paper label a bit brittle (with a tear down the back

It would once have fit onto a long handle at the end

with a spool used for the body and what looks like wooden beads for the head and tail

pure perfection

Pink House, Blue Sky, Old Folk Art Painting on Stone Slate Jhaalaam boots I found these along withI imagine he slate on which this pink house and winter landscape was painted was salvaged from an antique school slate the frame of which fell apart. Whatever the case, I like it as much as any slate painting I've seen, cozy feeling and also with a real brightness (I'd say radiance, really) to this pink house against white snowy ground and blue sky. I especially love that little line of black crosses for the fence in the distance to the right of the