Sensory joy

I'm away from home at the moment and we were out having a browse in Bakewell. There was this little store that sold soaps and candles, they had this raspberry scented soap (I love raspberries), my wife bought one. We also stopped in a small town on the way back and I almost bought a large cast iron snail, I've no where really to put it and it was £45 so I reluctantly didn't buy it. It was slightly rough and had a good heft to it.

If I see something I like it haunts me if I don't buy it. I wonder if you could make one - make a clay snail then a mould. Perhaps you could get it cast at a studio. It would be a fun thing to do.

Well he ended up coming home with us after all. No idea where he's going but I'm sure I'll find a suitable spot.

The christmas before last, my daughter came home from the village christmas fair with a concrete meerkat doorstop (I did indulge her). I didn't know what she would do with such a heavy thing but it's still living happily on her desk with all her other clutter.

These things have a way of making a home for themselves in strange places.

P.S. I was just happily staring at your image a while after posting, it's very satisfying. It reminded me of a day when a snail crawled up the patio door, and my daughter jumped up from lunch and exclaimed 'Lionel', and started taking all these videos and photos and made a power point presentation of him on her school ipad. Snails are somewhat enigmatic aren't they.

I've still no idea what to do with him, he's currently sitting in my porch acting as a some sort of temporary hat rack.

If we can avoid calling him Shell-don, that would be great.

If we can avoid calling him Shell-don, that would be great.

The christmas before last, my daughter came home from the village christmas fair with a concrete meerkat doorstop (I did indulge her). I didn't know what she would do with such a heavy thing but it's still living happily on her desk with all her other clutter.

These things have a way of making a home for themselves in strange places.

P.S. I was just happily staring at your image a while after posting, it's very satisfying. It reminded me of a day when a snail crawled up the patio door, and my daughter jumped up from lunch and exclaimed 'Lionel', and started taking all these videos and photos and made a power point presentation of him on her school ipad. Snails are somewhat enigmatic aren't they.

I've still no idea what to do with him, he's currently sitting in my porch acting as a some sort of temporary hat rack.