James Bone, "Ich Liebe" (I am in love), ink drawing, 1955 Incan textile with the nose wiggling a

with the nose wiggling a bit if one tries

I think these terrific vintage swan-shaped napkin rings would make a pretty festive addition to the holiday table

And I learned that a mushroom very similar to this one

the textile would be stunning hung on the wall

) cracked but stable (there's a bit of old chipping along the top edge

James Bone, "Ich Liebe" (I am in love), ink drawing, 1955 Incan textile with the nose wiggling aI feel both full of love and full of the idea of love every time I look at this drawing. The way those fingers knit over our man's chest, just below that fabulous bowtie and in between the floating shirt buttons what a perfect distillation of the feel of a heart a'flutter in springtime! The 1955 drawing is an early work by James Frederic Bone (1929 2015), executed in ink (black, which reads more as dark brown now, and red for stripes on the bowtie).