Queen of the Pots ... for Dave (elfin12u) by auntietk

Photography • Humor • posted on Jun 28, 2009

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I'm not totally sure, Dave, but I think this might have been the Pot Queen. I snuck up on this one at extreme risk to life and limb. It was worth the trouble, because I was able to photograph some sort of ancient text around the neck of the pot. I've hired a team of scholars to decipher the message. They tell me they have several of the characters translated so far, and that it appears to be some sort of name or title. They believe two of the characters might be numbers, but that theory is being hotly debated even now. (Oh lord, I WISH they would keep it down ... I need another nap.) Many thanks to those of you who are playing along and helping keep me entertained, and special thanks to Mike (Faemike55) for providing the voiceover for our program, which is already in progress. For those of you who feel like you may have missed something ... it's quite possible! You can see the beginning of this bizarre conversation here if you care. As it turns out, I have a cold. I'm getting far too much sleep but have no physical energy for anything, so my mind has sort of gone off on its own. If this is all just a little too weird for you, I'll totally understand if you just say "oh, nice reflections" or something and move quietly along!

Comments (38)

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petercp

9:02AM | Mon, 29 June 2009

Beautiful pot Tara! love the texture and colour.

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mbz2662

4:58PM | Mon, 29 June 2009

LMBO! Super entertainment.

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orig_buggy

7:36PM | Mon, 29 June 2009

nice reflections!!

lucindawind

6:48AM | Tue, 30 June 2009

its very beautiful...I hope you are feeling better

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Merrylee

11:57AM | Tue, 30 June 2009

Beautiful pot.....I'm just wondering how tall is it....no one would steal that.

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anahata.c

11:41PM | Tue, 30 June 2009

lol, between your scholars, mike's newscast, and dave & cheri (who have one of the best routines going in her gallery, on all of RR), this is a small comedy routine! I tried to think of something funny, but since most of my recent efforts have fallen about as flat as my screen, I'll spare you. But I can say that the inscription is Old Norse for "what the f___ YOU lookin' at!" (That's approximate.) I don't want to break the spell, but it is a fine shot, the cropping is fine, the play between the shiny surface and those ancient-looking inscriptions is fine, and the the light on the pot is wonderful. Love the shot. If the worst you had, during your illness, was visiting scholars, you did ok. When the actual ancients start dancing in your living room, you got problems. Love the shot. "Nice reflections" wouldn't come close to how well you capture pots!

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CoreyBlack

2:31AM | Fri, 03 July 2009

Two thoughts came immediately to mind when I looked at this picture and read the story. 1: are you Bluish? and 2: I'm sorry Dave, I'm afraid I can't do that... Very nice pot with lovely reflections. And it's amazing that you got that close without being seen. I have a theory that the hieroglyphics say something completely ordinary like: "Don't forget to water the trash" in High-Pot (a very complicated language, I'm told.) This is fun stuff; I like it a lot...and now that I think of it, the pots are taking over, and the owls are not what they seem.

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