Lot of Colorfully Painted, Simple Homemade Wooden Houses holy He or she really looks

He or she really looks to be pondering deep thoughts--or perhaps very seriously eyeing a mouse nearby

9" x 6 3/4"

where I learned a bunch about her

the Kalamazoo Institute of Arts

Finger jointed corners

Lot of Colorfully Painted, Simple Homemade Wooden Houses holy He or she really looksThese aren't antique I'd guess mid 20th c or so but they are pretty terrific, and great fun to arrange and photograph, hence lots of pictures. Great paint schemes, sweet little windows and details painted on a handful of them, and altogether a very happy lot. It seems they were once glued down onto a ground of sorts, I presume arranged to create a whole town I've scraped much of the residue off the bottoms, but a little remains here and there. Strange