Thank You!

[poliphilo]

Thank you, amritarosa! Not only beautiful to look at, but a lovely object to hold in one's cupped hands.

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[shullie.livejournal.com]

I love all the three peices...

but where did you get 'her' from she is rather wonderful...

[poliphilo.livejournal.com]

She's a South American Mother Goddess. I'm afraid I don't know her name. We bought her in a shop in Bath.

[amritarosa.livejournal.com]

I am happy you like it :)
Looks like the seed in the pod opened up in transit, too.
And I reeeeally like Her!

[poliphilo.livejournal.com]

I'm thrilled with it. We both are.

What kind of seed is it? It looks a little like a horse chestnut.

She's great, isn't she?

[amritarosa.livejournal.com]

I felt quite honored when I saw my little bowl in the photo sitting next to the Goddess :) Seeing her makes me want to rush through autumn & winter to get to spring, when I can get back into the sculptural ceramics studio (even though autumn is my favorite time of the year).

I found the seed on the sidewalk as I was walking to the post office and decided to pop it in the box too. I think it's one of two kinds of chestnut we have around here- one has a prickly outer pod and the other has a nice smooth one. The tree under which I found the seed is huge, probably a good sixty footer.

It's probably viable, if you have a spot where you'd like a chestnut tree (or know someone who does) :)

[poliphilo.livejournal.com]

So it is a chestnut. Cool.

We have the kind with the prickly pod but not, I think, this other kind. We call the nuts "conkers". Kids used to thread 'em with string and have ritualised duels with them- maybe they still do. The guy who broke the other guy's conker was the winner.

I may plant it eventually but right now I'm enjoying it for itself. :)

[zephyrcrow.livejournal.com]

This reminds me of those sheela-na-gig things you told me about. What is its purpose?

[poliphilo.livejournal.com]

I don't know much about Her, I'm afraid. She's South or Central American and she's in the process of giving birth. Obviously there's some important mythology going on, but I don't know what it is.

We bought her in a shop in Bath- of all places!