Crafts

Connie McEvoy marvels at a natural work of art

An Easter ‘Chick’

As I was taking a stroll on Termonfeckin strand a while ago I was pleasantly surprised to find this piece of drift wood, it seemed an appropriate find as I was sure it resembled the head of a sea bird and as I carefully carried it home many interesting ideas sprung to mind regarding how it might be put on display.

It was carefully washed and left to dry for a few days but as no workable or functional display ideas surfaced it was put in a ‘safe place’ and forgotten about completely until it was deemed safe for senior citizen passengers to go on our jaunts to Drogheda after the January 2021 lockdown had ended. to be collected and taken to Drogheda on Minty’s Flexibus,( Local Link, Louth, Meath & Fingal bus) when an egg shaped white stone caught my attention. Realising that there was an outline of a baby chick to be clearly seen on it I picked it up, cleaned it on the grass verge of the lane and shouted Eureka! After waiting for such a long time I will now be in a position to utilise the piece of driftwood that had been in storage (waiting for something to turn up like Mr Micawber!). During lockdown sessions I tried to keep my brain active working on articles for Senior Times and although I had something else in mind for the March/ April 2022 issue I hope that this project will be equally appropriate. procedure was followed when attaching the chick stone. This natural work of art was placed on a foam pad covered in some blue silk fabric and put on display in a presentation box of two Churchill Alex Clark mugs (Rooster & Hen) that was an Easter gift I received from a family member a few years ago and had spent some time in the attic because I thought that it might have potential! The twinkle of his eye is my favourite caption for the finished masterpiece.

I am extremely grateful to the photographers who have made this project possible for me to finalise this article. Thank you Helen and Adam McEvoy and Ronan Hand and I hope that the Easter Bunny is generous when the time comes.