Hi, I’m Sherry Petersik, and I have a soft spot for white ceramic animals. This one is actually white resin. Can you guess which creature stole my heart this time? Here’s a hint.
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Okay, here’s how it all went down. I couldn’t resist—well, more like I insisted—that John drive me to TJ Maxx after I got an email from a reader named Nina:
I thought of you guys when I saw this white resin ram’s (?) head at the Broad Street TJ Maxx today. I took a quick pic in the TJX dressing room, which is attached. I bought one but there was still another one there as of an hour ago. It was $30. No other similar animals, but they did have some nice looking white faux coral. – Nina
She also attached a photo.
It’s dangerous to have shopping spies sending ceramic animal tips my way. You all know they’re my kryptonite. Sometimes I can walk away, but this time I couldn’t. We were at TJ Maxx less than five hours later—just before they closed around 7:30—and amazingly, the remaining ram was still there.
It’s mine. All mine. I couldn’t be more thrilled. I know it’s a little odd, but I embrace the odd. I practically ran to the car wearing a huge grin (Clara was asleep, so I popped in while John stayed in the car with her). John knew I’d “secured” Señor Ram from the moment I skipped out acting like I’d won the lottery. At $30, I thought it was a steal compared to a nearly identical ram at Williams Sonoma Home that’s priced at $245. What a difference.
Funny how the ram looks on our extra-wide plank bedroom floors—like he belongs on a cabin wall. Here’s an angle that’s a little less wall-like:
On second thought, that one looks like a wall too. How about this angle:
Yes, that’s Burger stretching in the background. He casually got out of bed, stretched, and then wandered over to check out the newest member of our faux animal collection.
After a few investigatory sniffs, Burger walked away to check under Clara’s kitchen chair for scraps. Gotta love that warm chihuahua greeting. I’m still deciding where Ramsy will live. Is it strange that I want him over our bed? He’s not large enough to be the lone focal point, but grouping him with several other small white ceramic heads—similar to an arrangement I like from Ballard Designs—could work really well.
I know it’s quirky, but you can’t always control what you love. I realize sleeping under a ceramic ram head might be another person’s idea of h-e-double-hockey-sticks, but to me it’s delightful.
Update: By popular demand, the photo of Burger stretching has been rotated 90 degrees so it looks like he’s scaling the wall. Who doesn’t appreciate a little zero-gravity yoga?
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