Thanks all!  I had a feeling but when I stare at something for a while I'm always concerned my perception gets skewed.  

Nathan, I have kinda the same feeling about mitered joints but in this case, I really liked the ones on the flag portion and wanted to be consistent.  I may think through mitered box joints.  But I've used dovetails and box joints on so much stuff I've given my mom that I'd like to do something a little different.  Show her I'm not a one-trick pony 😁  I also like the look with Walnut splines to compliment the Walnut pedestal.