Wednesday, September 18, 2013

Cinderfella and the Wheels that Go Round

I may not have a car or even a licence to drive one, but as of today, I have a pumpkin.
Found in a charity shop in Hampton, one of Melbourne's bayside suburbs, and costing only $12.99, its signature tells me it was (beautifully) made by the illusive "Barbara W" in 1988.
Who knows? My fairy godmother might appear, and in a whiff of orange-coloured smoke, I'll have something convertible, something with wheels. But I think, instead, this wonderful, fat tureen will be going to someone I regard as my fairy godmother, whose birthday comes any day shortly, just after the equinox.
The workmanship, colouring and finish are finely rendered. To be honest, finding this is more important to me than finding a vehicle anyway. People like me travel without wheels. But then, I have always lived in fairy tales...

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  1. Your fairy godmother is a very lucky person to receive that beautiful pumpkin bowl for her birthday. And the bowl, even as a carriage, has a far smaller carbon footprint than a car.

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  2. Sue, they forgot to say what the fairy godmother got out of the transaction. A guess a glow's nice, but maybe she'd have like to be remembered with something more concrete?

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  3. I agree with Sue, your fairy godmother is very lucky. When I saw the first photograph I thought it was a real carved-out pumpkin with soup inside!
    We also have no car although on occasions we hire one. AGA is like you and doesn't have a license. He doesn't have a mobile phone either. I on the other hand have both. Upon our return to the Great Southern Land we will purchase one with which to high tally it over the countryside in search of modern fairytale adventures but I would gladly swap it for a pumpkin coach and four

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    1. You might be right Kirk, a coach and four would be a bit of an improvement on a pumpkin!
      I was surprised to find this - and it doesn't seem to have ever been used - the work of someone with sensitive hands, not just someone pottering about.
      I'm sure your tour down under will be great fun to read!

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  4. I love the color of the pumpkin tureen...very trendy. I can think of so many uses. Great find!

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    1. Hi Bonnie. Yes, the colour's true to life - more more-grey than green. It's huge, really. You'd need a table-ful of people to polish off its contents!

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  5. That's why I like you Faisal
    Who needs a car when they have a pumpkin.

    love from a foggy saturday morning up north

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  6. Soon, Demie, I'm going to miss the fog. Days are getting warmer here; before we know it the sun will be scorching.
    Somehow, my life has always seemed to be like a piece of theatre, just a little bit removed from normal life. Did I choose it? I don't know. It's sort of fun, sort of scary, sort of soft. I have much to smile about.
    You, of course, in your snowscape, live in the heart of fairy tales. I wonder what stories you will have for us?

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    1. "It's sort of fun, sort of scary, sort of soft".
      I really loved this sentence Faisal
      I could make a fairytale of this ;)

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