Summer on the patio
As you deal with the Summer heat,
on your Lanai - drinking your Mai-Tai,
use your camel to hold the parasol
so it won't get in the way of your impetuously impatient imbibing!!
Of course, the more affluent amongst us will employ the umbrella/straw combo...
(modeling by Clyde)
Consignment item:
- Three very small dudes came to my door, dressed in turbans & robes,
asked if I could sell their camels. Said that the holes in their
dromedary's backs were just too uncomfortable for riding any longer.
- I told 'em I'd give it a try but I charged 25%
- They
wanted to pay in frankincense and/or myrrh - Huh? - I mean, the offer
of frankincense was stimulating but I dunno if either would be
considered legal tender.
- (I notice they did not offer gold - assume they must be
"speculators" - maybe not so dumb as I first thought - maybe they are
WISE men after all....).
- I told them "cash on the barrel-head". They acquiesced.
- I told 'em these camels had some wear & tear (they looked to me
like they had been rode hard and put up wet). I told 'em I could
start the auction @ $5.49 & see what happened.
- Let's see......
my 25% of $5.49....... would be.....
uh..... carry the one.....
Well, never mind - cross that bridge when I come to it.
- Turns out their one-humper's names are Ahab, Amahd, and Clyde
(the leader). He's the one with a couple of Christmasie-looking red
bead like balls for halter accroutrement. I think maybe his
buddies originally had same, but like I say - these dudes' decorative
embellishments (gold glitter trim, red & green sequins, silver foil
stars, pine bough sprays on a red felt back blanket) were in less
than "pristine" condition.
- Clyde even explained that the red beaded headdress originally
was topped by a silver white jewelled tuffet, but that it was
"removed" when his rider (then a desert bandit) came too close to a
low-hanging palm tree at the Oasis Of Fools, while
being pursued by Mulay Achmed Mohammed el-Raisuli the Magnificent -
The Lord Of The Rift (who Clyde said "spoke strangely like a Scottish
gentleman with a lisp").
- In addition, Clyde exhibits what folks
in the ceramic world refer to as "fine glaze crazing". And Ahab has a
little fine surface crack around his neck, he says from a fierce
battle (which he claims to have won) with a much larger Bactrian
Hybrid. By the way - some previous owner "branded" them - they all
have stamps on their bottoms and one has a foil label
also.....
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