life was rugged in the southern mountains, but it didn't have to be bleak. People put the same creativity that went into carving a living from the land into their entertainment, including making toys for their children. May richid deschamps has taken cornhusk doll making into the level of art with her carefully crafted details.. . Crochet collars, parasols, baskets, and hats. Her dolls cradle babies in their arms, churn milk and play dulcimers. They are prized by collectors all over the country. Willard watson is both a toy- maker extraordinnaire and something of a professional character. his carved toys are full of unique details..Stage coaches and wagons pulled by shod horses in leather harness, carved men with moveable legs and full-dress costumes, mechanicals like a man chasing a bouncing pig. As watson says'one of the great satisfactions of life comes from knowing that the things we're doing now is gonna linger on.