OT - freecycle item

Apr 13, 2008 11 Replies

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Bruce Fletcher (Stronsay, Orkn 18 years ago

I know all the cat-lovers on this group will understand and appreciate this item which has just appeared on the Orkney freecycle email list:

Wanted: Miniature Zen Garden and/or accessories Mainland Posted by: xxxxxxx Hi All A few years ago miniature Zen gardens were all the rage but seem to have almost completely disappeared now. Does anybody have a spare/unwanted one gathering dust they would be happy to part with? A friend of ours is very keen to replace hers, her kitten having mistaken it for something entirely different. Could collect from anywhere on the Mainland and am in Kirkwall most days in the daytime.

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Magic Mood Jeep 18 years ago

That *almost* tops a story I received from a friend in Australia. Seems her 4 year-old son snuck into the laundry room - a room where he's not allowed due to all the cleaning chemicals and that's where they keep the litter box.....

Next morning friend goes to plop some clothes in the dryer, which was (for reasons unknown to me) left open.

Son had decided to empty half the litter box into the dryer.... and overnight the cat enjoyed using the "new" facilities.

Ick.

I don't think she ever got her clothes dry!

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Karen C in California 18 years ago

Ah, yes, the joy of having little children underfoot.

I keep telling my much-younger cousin this is why she has grey hair and I don't!

-- >^..^< This is Kitty. Copy and paste Kitty into your signature to help her wipe out Bunny's world domination.

DONE!

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Dawne Peterson 18 years ago

This more or less explains why I used little river stones instead of sand in my table top zen garden. Dawne

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Karen C in California 18 years ago

And why I never bought one at all.

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Bruce Fletcher (Stronsay, Orkn 18 years ago

I must confess that I had never heard the term (zen garden aka Japanese rock garden) until I read the freecycle email and I had to look it up on wiki. Bruce

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Cheryl Isaak 18 years ago

I've seen them in various forms for years. There is (or was) a nice large one at the Museum of Fine Arts in Boston. I've been intrigued by the "desktop" ones but don't have an office of my own.

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mirjam 18 years ago

We are very Lucky to have a wonderful Japanese Museum , here in Haifa. mirjam

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Cheryl Isaak 18 years ago

Lucky lady

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Dawne Peterson 18 years ago

The first one I ever saw was in Lethbridge, Alberta, where it was I think a project to mark Canada's Centennial. The idea of garden that relied on foliage and landscape, rather than flower beds, was very new to us in Western Canada at the time.

Dawne

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