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This is the owl our offspring gave Jackie for her birthday.
Clearly this splendid sculpture needed a plinth on which to perch. Fortunately I had noticed one in the very dealership from which we had purchased yesterday’s troughs. So back we went to Molly’s Den and bought it.
Much more can be found in this emporium: chairs, table and settings;
recordings old and new;
figurines to every taste;
bears, of course;
boxes of possibly dubious provenance;
headscarfs on mannequins;
fairly optimistically priced peeling and faded fairground signs;
and bright copper artefacts, to select a few.
On our return home, a cluster of ponies gathered outside The Rising Sun at Wootton. Were they perhaps waiting for lunch to be served?
Rats continue to enter our garden from the empty and unkempt North Breeze next door. Perhaps that is the reason that Jackie wasted no time in allocating a place for the barn owl’s plinth beside the patio. I expect that benign looking predator appears rather different to a rodent.
Later, Jackie continued weeding and planting, while I fed this year’s compost pile and emptied the last of the matured one onto the Palm Bed.
This evening we dined on Jackie’s bountiful beef casserole served with abundant boiled potatoes. She drank Peroni while I finished the madiran.
What a splendid owl! Beautiful!
Many thanks, Laurie
Well, I hope that works for your rodent guests. The owl doesn’t actually look very scary though . . . . Good job putting it all together!
Very many thanks, Luanne. Perceptive comment.
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What a difference a plinth makes! The owl looks perfect in that setting. That shop has such a wonderful assemblage of stuff – which surely ensures that every person through the door finds something to purchase 🙂
Thanks very much, Pauline. It is a rich vein
Perfect plinth for the perfect owl… <3
Thanks very much, Donna
The top hard right Hummel figurine (the girl with the basket) is exactly what I have! The owl and the plinth are perfection.
Bingo! I noticed her too, as I also have one- a gift for my 60th.
I reckon mine I’ve had since from about the 1950s!
Obviously the design hasn’t changed over the years. If it ain’t broke, don’t fix it, hey?
Many thanks, Bruce.
I hope the elevated owl does the trick Derrick! I love these places for rummaging and finding treasures … that I don’t need ?
Thanks, Val. A good place for presents, otherwise best avoided 🙂
I must say, that owl looks rather classy there.
Was there ever any doubt it would look anything but classy?
Of course – classy present. Thanks, Beck.
It looks amazing – A perfect tableau, with the fence and tree behind and the white of the owl and plinth leading down into the white flowers. Well done!
Very many thanks, Jodie
the Rising Sun was always called the Japanese pub because the sun sign seemed to mimic the Japanese national flag. Is it still?
I’ve not heard that, Geoff, but I don’t see why not. Thanks a lot.
Jackie says she remembers it from 30 years ago
That is really such a wise-looking, alert and elegant) owl and the pedestal is a perfect fit.
Thanks very much, Cynthia
Great photo of Owl; a perfect setting.
Many thanks, Mary. can also be seen from the house.
Then it should be photographed from the house 🙂
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It was from the doorway
The owl looks beautiful in its spot in the garden. I enjoyed the tour through the emporium as well. I can get lost in store like that. 🙂
The wandering ponies never cease to bring a smile. 🙂
Thanks very much, Lavinia
The owl looks splendid perched in your garden!
The ponies do look like they’re waiting for the doors to open. I’m amusing myself now by imagining them wandering inside. 🙂
That would be fun, Merril. Many thanks.
I enjoyed this post and am wishing Jackie a very sincere and belated Happy Birthday! ??
The owl sculpture is beautiful! I loved your thinking of where his perch was to be purchased. Good memory, Derrick. Also, the placement should possibly be a perfect protector from the rodents’ intrusion. 🙂
Thank you for my birthday wishes. :).
Very many thanks, as always, Robin.
or perhaps the bar to open; Jackie seems to have thing about that Peroni stuff, she’d get on well with my chum Neill, he scoffs it, as if it were going out of fashion.
Am I mistaken, or has Mr Owl got his back turned on where the Rat Pack emerge? Cunning fellow; perhaps he’s waiting for them to try and sneak past. A wise old owl indeed.
Quite right, Brian – a wily old owl. Thanks a lot
I can relate to gifts that send you for further shopping. That is an intriguing store. Why does the glass shelf showcasing the decapitated mannequins says ‘RUN’ on the top left corner? As usual, images are tastefully framed.
Thanks very much, Uma. I like the ‘decapitated’. No idea about RUN – perhaps the name or initials of the person renting the cabinet.
I’m sure that your local council would be interested to hear that somebody else’s property is allowing rats to come into your garden. Rats can carry Weil’s Disease and it’s fatal, so it’s probably worth an email to the council.
Had a visit from them yesterday. The house has been empty for years, and is apparently going to be sold. Thanks, John.
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Thank you asefimtiaj
that owl is beautiful <3 I love that store…..I'd be broke though <3
Many thanks, Kim. We do have to rein ourselves in 🙂
What a fine sentence this is: “This evening we dined on Jackie’s bountiful beef casserole served with abundant boiled potatoes.” What I enjoy so heartily about your posts is the “everydayness” and how on the surface things seem so familiar from so far away, yet when you get close up to your photos, your world is so vastly different. ie. ponies loitering for lunch. Fabulous.
A wonderful comment, Susanne. Thank you very much.
Great comment!
I agree! 🙂
That is an excellent owl, and a very fine plinth.
Many thanks, Quercus
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Oh, it’s perfect! What a wonderful place to find treasures, too.
Many thanks, Crystal
Your offspring have very fine taste in owls. This particular fellow looks a little too serene to scare the rats (yuck), though.
Thanks a lot, Brenda