why, you might ask, is this large ceramic cat sitting in the water?
while visiting my friend’s house
i asked.
years ago
someone in the family took a ceramics class
made several large animals
gifted them to his children
who gifted them to each other
left them at each others’ houses
used them in a variety of ways
including an outdoor towel holder
somehow over time
this one went to live in the water
looking back at the family on the shore
probably thinking the family was unusual
wondering their story
there is always a story.
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“we are not interested in the unusual, but in the usual seen unusually.”
-beaumont newhall
Maybe it is a catfish?!?
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Could explain it )
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I love how you find the unusual in the ordinary.
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I live stumbling upon these things
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🥰👍
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I love this, its made me want to put an odd ceramic in the fountain but the landlords might not be happy lol.
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Tempting though, isn’t it? )
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It looks like a Tasmanian Devil resting on the Ocean Grove foreshore, not far from the family homestead, called Tullawalla….
“Life’s picture is not always what we see
But what we imagine life to be..”
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Nice
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This is a happy chapter for a ceramic cat, Beth!
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Right!
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THIS is brilliant! My aunts had a ceramic head off of a small nun statue…no idea how that came in to play. Every year whoever had it somehow managed to get it to the other in a manner they wouldn’t expect. One year my aunt received a sealed box of chocolates from the other aunt. She opened the box and there lay the nuns head in one of the candy compartments. I love this kind of stuff. Thank you Beth!
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I so love this stuff too!
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I love this whimsy!
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Thanks!
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Lotsa maybes there. If this is up in your neck of the woods, what happens when the pond freezes over?
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It’s at my friend’s house so I can see firsthand
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It would be fun to know.
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I’ll watch for it
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My mother made several downright ghastly things in ceramics class, including a 2.5 foot frog. Wish I had had the sense of humor to park it somewhere it would get a chuckle. It, and the giant red mushroom, got left behind a shed 6 or 8 houses ago, and probably freaked the new owners out.
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Hahahaha
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I wonder what the cat is thinking, aside from the, I HATE WATER, thing. LOL Tigers like water but this guy…not so sure. But what fun. 🙂
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It would be an interesting answer, I’m sure )
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I love that sentiment: there is always a story!
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Always! At least one!
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I love this. There are so many ways to enjoy the unusual in the world. 😉
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There sure are!
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Love this – I wonder if the cat is happy ha!
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It’s face looked happy )
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You have the amazing ability to find stories at the most unusual places. I really appreciate this🧡🧡🧡
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Thank you!)
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Someone might have just put it there to amuse other people….. and to raise questions.
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Yes )
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I love the quote. And this is, why you find so many unusual things, Beth!
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You might be right!)
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😉💖
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the moral of the story seems to be to not take a ceramic class… 🙂
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I think that might be it… I have my own Ill-fated ceramics class debacle, to further support your idea
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have you written about your debacle before?
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No, but now I should, and other people have come out with their memories, so apparently more than one of this have had a similar experience
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look forward to reading about it 🙂
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Happy reading. I loved it❤️😊.
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❤️
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I had to take an art class in my teacher prep classes, and somehow I got in a ceramics class with actual art students. The best story was when my glob of clay went flying off the wheel, and I had to ask another student if she could lift her foot so I could pick up my misshapen mass of clay. Very humbling.🤣🤣🤣
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Hahahaha – maybe we all have a ceramics class story, it seems so )
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I love this little poem and the quote: ‘there is always a story’ 🙂
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❤
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But more importantly, how is it floating? Does ceramic float?
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It’s standing on the bottom, just it’s head is above the water
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ah.
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Some cats love the water…. 🙂 Always good to ask the right question…
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Always)
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This is a happy chapter for a ceramic cat, Beth! I really appreciate this🧡🧡🧡
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it is, and my pleasure –
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