Very Primitive 1932 Mexican Ex Voto Retablo on Tin victorian sailor scene I like things that have

I like things that have the capacity to add a bit of fun to everyday matters and mundane tasks--like this c

It's large to be a lap desk

and I believe it's just the branded metal plate that was repurposed as a mount here

I have to stop myself from accumulating too many

as how could you forget putting something in this

Very Primitive 1932 Mexican Ex Voto Retablo on Tin victorian sailor scene I like things that haveI love the spareness and crudeness of this one, which gives thanks to San Antonio Abad (Anthony the Great) for healing the paralyzed legs of the son of Lucrezia Queretaro, who offered her thanks in 1932. I believe it is likely Lucrecia with her son in her arms pictured at center, dwarfed by bed and bench, as nothing more than a small, shadowy brown silhouette a pretty poignant portrait of need and humility if I ever saw it. And then St. Anthony at