Thursday, August 11, 2011

the tiger is DEAD!

First of all, I won post of the week at The Smitten Image, yaaaaay! Twas Spike and the evil shoelace, as you might expect.... Spike is very much alive, thank goodness, but:

I was at the Binghamton Zoo last night for feast of the Beasts...and when the guy calls to invite me, I was like "put me by the tigers! that is where the action is!!!!" and I imagined an evening of growling tigers at my elbow, customers at my other elbow. I had zillions of customers and maybe the best 2 hours I have had in years (IT WAS SO MUCH FUN seeing all these nice people, bears and penguins and hanging out in the tiger house) EXCEPT: the tiger died just before I got there! His brother had died a little earlier in the year, and yesterday POOF! Dead and gone right in front of the crowd, just before I got there and set up....here are 2 pics of me and my display yesterday and then pics from a year ago, when the boys were healthy and happy and alive.....


RIP Mischa sweetie, aged ten......


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9 comments:

  1. Lori BuffAugust 11, 2011 at 8:42 AM

    That's so sad. I would expect the tigers would live longer than 10 years.

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  2. k.a. barnesAugust 11, 2011 at 8:56 AM

    Oh, poor tigers!
    But is that a giant pickle in the penguin's pond? (That's a lotta alliteration!)

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  3. Gary's third pottery blogAugust 11, 2011 at 10:56 AM

    i know, penguins and pickles, who knew? The cute little guys are used to going into their cave at 4-5, and they had to stay out late last night!

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  4. Joyful ThingsAugust 11, 2011 at 11:43 AM

    Well that would certainly put a damper on the festivities! Maybe you should make some memorial tiger pots.

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  5. UnknownAugust 11, 2011 at 2:01 PM

    That is sad about the Tiger. Love the penguins and the pickle. Pots really look great! You should make some tiger pots, that would be nice....

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  6. Busy Bee SuzAugust 11, 2011 at 4:37 PM

    I am so depressed now. Why did the tigers die Gary??? I need to know this.

    Love the photo of your display...very heavenly. Glad you did a lot of business....now about those tigers....

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  7. soubriquetAugust 11, 2011 at 7:46 PM

    The tiger died of a surfeit of pickled penguins.

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  8. UnknownAugust 12, 2011 at 6:14 PM

    So sorry to hear about this!

    Congratulations on all your sales, and congratulations on your post of the week!!!

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  9. Reverend AwesomeAugust 12, 2011 at 7:29 PM

    PENGUINS AND A PICKLE! YES!
    R.I.P., TIger. At least you got to hang with Gary before you died! Everyone should take comfort in that. Sad. :(

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