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Sensory joy

Orangegnome

I have just returned from a walk round where I live, and it’s windy and quite bright, I’ve got my sunglasses on, but no headphones today. I just walked past this large hedge covered in dry brown leaves, and it made the most exquisite noise as I passed ( it was the wind rustling the leaves). I felt such joy hearing it so clearly, it really made my day. That’s it really. 

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  • 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.

  • in reply to Hergé

    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.

  • in reply to Marianne72

    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.

  • in reply to Hergé

    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.

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  • in reply to Hergé

    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.

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