Monkey business
(Gorilla in a shop: Glasgow, Scotland)
You may have gathered from the last couple of posts that I haven’t been out much these past few days. I think January is one of those months that because of previous festivities, it extends the time it takes to recover, especially being cold and the days still being very short. Thankfully the days are still light until the early evening now, whereas around Christmas, the days lasted fro mid morning and light was dead by mid afternoon.
I did chance upon this gem as I trundled my way homewards yesterday evening. This is a furniture shop – you might be able to see the name – The Lumber Co Furniture. It sells furniture, mostly made of wood, but evidently it sells upholstered items too. That aside, the enormous metal effect* gorilla lording over the side window caught my eye, but it is more the juxtaposition of the silverback and his surroundings that made me laugh out loud. The white terrier sitting next to him makes the entire display somewhat hilarious – I have never seen two animal statuettes so poorly suited to each other in a display setting. The carved wooden mask sets off the collection, adding another glorious dimension of weirdness to the already ridiculous scene. Despite the fact that this is a furniture shop (the word lumber meaning of course – amongst other things** – wood or timber), the furniture itself pales next to all the ornaments on offer. Unfortunately I couldn’t see the price tag on the gorilla, but I am sure one day I will pass by and he will have departed on a cloud of bubble wrap to stay with a person who has access to more money than sense.
* From this view, he could have been cast from metal or ‘antiqued’ in plaster or even made of wood.
** Lumber is a Scottish word too and can mean timber, miscellaneous stored articles (my gran has a ‘lumber room’ full of buckets, ladders, tools, etc.) or even a person’s date (ie: “I went to the dancing and got masel’ a lumber”).
– Today Rosie is working hard and going to a aelic gig in Glasgow, Scotland –
