Think and Surprise All of Us! Perfectly Aged Wooden Desk Sign carved man in hat with just some fading to

with just some fading to the purple construction paper cover

) I purchased this drawing in Ogunquit

which I almost removed but decided to leave on as it is part of this board's pretty fantastic patina

crafted I'd think a century and a few decades ago from cigar box scraps

) Held together at the center with a wood handle

Think and Surprise All of Us! Perfectly Aged Wooden Desk Sign carved man in hat with just some fading toNo way could I resist this one, which feels ever apt and useful and good in all sorts of contexts. It looks to my eye (with magnifier) like it was stencil painted then varnished over, with the tiny U. S. A painted by hand. There is a faint mark at lower right, really only visible in a certain light, that looks to me to read "Sunken Gardens," so perhaps this was a souvenir from St. Petersburg, Florida? In any case, perfectly aged with tons of