where the wild things run

Who remembers these vintage rocking horses?

My kids rode this one back-n-forth, over & over, until the horse's nose and tail would all but touch the floor of our porch!!

It was a garage sale treasure find, back in the day when I couldn't afford much of anything. I had been searching for one. Wish I knew how old it was....the only mark I can find on it looks like three small initials molded on the horses belly.

I had planned on someday making the horse part into a garden display with a carriage of some sort, but I can't bring myself to take the rocking horse apart. It's solid, springs & all.

Of course they still make versions of these rocking horses, but this one is special to us. Just look at him, running free in the hay field...

...waiting for the next child to saddle up and dream of where the wild things run.