Charming Old Homemade Wooden Kaleidoscope wooden amusement right down the carefully inked

right down the carefully inked Spencerian "Minnie" at bottom center

I have dreams of having a dog as big as I am

some text visible from the cigar box wood from which it was made

and I love the way the wavy stripes follow the curve of the fan

popularly known as  Dame de Beauté [Lady of Beauty])

Charming Old Homemade Wooden Kaleidoscope wooden amusement right down the carefully inkedSince finding a sweet old homemade kaleidoscope this summer, I've kept a keen eye out I find kaleidoscopes magical things, and there is something especially special, and very tender too, about someone having created that magic for themselves! Homemade ones like this have no turning parts; you just turn the whole thing to move the little bits of colored glass around inside, landing in different patterns. Not the most spectacular kaleidoscopic effects