Margo Roby’s Tuesday Tryout this week wants us to look at everyday things about the house that we’re fond of, that tell a story. Here are a couple of mine, which sit on a low table between the television and the woodburner stove.
The Incense Burner
Mum’s extravagance -
bought in nineteen forty-eight
now hides the matches
The incense burner was bought on a whim in a Windsor antique shop while queuing outside the next-door cinema to see A Song to Remember, a rather bad film of the life of Chopin, which fired my ten-year-old self with ambition to be a concert pianist.
The Duke of Kupa’s Gift
Symbol of the link
between virtual friends -
peacock’s tail feathers
A tangible gift sent to me by Celie of The Kitchen’s Garden blog. Celie is one of my many good friends met via the internet.
I love Kupa’s tribute!
There is always incense burning when I write at home.
The Haikus tell the stories so well.:)
I like your choosing haiku as the form. I thought that might work well for this. Amazing how much can be said in a haiku.
I always wandered what the incense burner was! Sally
Can you tell us more about the second one? What’s the source of the title?
The Duke of Kupa is the full name of Celie’s peacock.
Ah! Makes sense now.
They are beautiful and so wonderfully eclectic – a bit like you I suspect Viv.
They’re gorgeous everyday things Viv and I’m so glad to see your Mum’s wild extravagance is still being loved and used (if only for the matches, but being beside the stove, I’d guess that beautiful lid is lifted every evening for several months of the year!). Love the physical link to Celie – wasn’t the Duke’s tail looking magnificent yesterday in the cold?
fabulous. He must be getting in shape for his two wives.
I guess that’d do it