Thickly Caked Large Old Wooden Painter's Palette mushrooms but there's just enough to

but there's just enough to see Kindergarten

which is less comprehensive and less interesting (though very pretty) than the bulk of it

4" tall x 3 7/8" wide x 2 1/4" deep

with what I'm pretty sure is its original paint--a dark red overall

I just can't resist things like this that feel so invested with love and effort--right down to perching a little brown bee (I think it is) on the petals of the big green flower

Thickly Caked Large Old Wooden Painter's Palette mushrooms but there's just enough toPerhaps the painter who used this palette made paintings on board that they rested right on it, forcing the use of the palette itself to the borders, where the paint build up is about 3 4 of an inch deep, creating a a nice edge for a panel to push up against. Or, perhaps they scraped and cleaned the rest away but left the border as history. In either case, pretty beautiful to me, and with a great sense of future possibility about it. 15 1 4" t x 12 1