Sweet Old Wounded Spotted Dog Ramp Walker stacking blocks tree unfurling across and down the

unfurling across and down the pages one after the next in complex multiplication and division problems that remind one how nice it is to now have a calculator

and reinserted

especially great set near a window to hold to the light for optimal viewing

though I'd be tempted to keep it for myself

Robert Tait McKenzie (1867-1938)

Sweet Old Wounded Spotted Dog Ramp Walker stacking blocks tree unfurling across and down theWhen I first discovered ramp walkers I thought they were the most charming and unexpected looking little things and I still do! They were a folk toy made in Czechoslovakia during the 1930s, and if you place them on a surface at a slight incline they will walk themselves down it, often with significant speed! What I like most about them is that they were made to represent a variety of animals and people too, (Ive had a parrot, and a nurse, and a pig)