Giant spoon with cherry

Giant spoon, a photo by Pirate Queen ChoChiyo on Flickr.

Yes, as a matter of fact, there IS a sculpture of a giant bent spoon with a cherry on it. It is sitting in a body of water which is more a pond than a river, however.

There it is, in all its glory. It has been part of a scupture garden at the Walker Art Center in the Cities since I was in high school and maybe before that.

It is huge. I have seen it in person. Never been a huge fan of it, myself, as I prefer my art to have some kind of meaning. But it is an interesting and odd thing.

Ellendale Burning.

house next door melted, a photo by Pirate Queen ChoChiyo on Flickr.

The house to the left was torched by the resident four or five year old. It is a complete loss. The fire burned so hot that the house next to it, on the right, had its brand new siding melted off.

Many years ago, when the mother of the tot was just a tot herself, I used to paint ceramics with the tot's grandma.

The tot who became the momma to the tot who is a budding young arsonist was one of the most spoiled little princesses I've ever known.  Many was the time when I thought she would benefit from a few good hard swats to her ass. 

Local house burnt

Local house burnt by 5 year old, a photo by Pirate Queen ChoChiyo on Flickr.

From what I could see from the street, this entire house was gutted. All I know is that the little boy (4 or 5 years old) torched the place and has now been removed from the home.

Well, obviously the whole family has been removed from the home.

But the kid has been taken away from his mom. Or so the gossip of the town runs.

My dreadful Injury

my wound., a photo by Pirate Queen ChoChiyo on Flickr.

During one of the midnight visits of the cat-who-comes-to-my-window, Peaches became so upset that she fell out of the window backwards, landed on me, twisted herself around, dug her claws into my leg and launched herself across the room, leaving these scratches which were pretty deep in my leg.

It has been a buggar to get them to heal as cat scratch wounds are notoriously nasty. However, I think they are starting to turn the corner. I've been using maximum strength neosporin, and all but the two longest and deepest scratches have lost the swelling and redness.

I guess I will live.

More's the pity.

My precious little Stewart, deep in dreamland

lucas graduation party 005, a photo by Pirate Queen ChoChiyo on Flickr.

This little man is the sweetest creature God put on this planet. He is so beautiful and so loving.

He's as mellow as the day is long.