Turtle Tchotchke Tuesday

Santa leaves us a turtle each Christmas. This one was found hanging from the finial of one of the lamps in the living room.

A box found nearby indicates that it was made by Paris Birdwell.

Turtle Tchotchke Tuesday

A new ornament by Jay Strongwater.

See the rest of our ornaments here.

Turtle Tchotchke Tuesday

The people who run Africa and Beyond in La Jolla recently sent us an email telling us that they had come back from a trip to Africa with some new turtles and that they were letting us know before they were made available to the world. It's nice that gallery owners remember their clientele's tastes.

We got this raku turtle.

Turtle Tchotchke Tuesday

An ornament Santa left on the tree last year.

For more ornaments, see here.

Turtle Tchotchke Tuesday

A ceramic sculpture by Molly Heizer.

His underside.

We had seen a turtle by Ms. Heizer in the Canyon Road Contemporary gallery a few trips to Santa Fe ago. When we were there in August we asked Nancy if they had any turtles of hers. They didn't but it turns out that Molly would be in the gallery later in the day. Perhaps we could see if she could make one for us. We went back and met with Molly. She told us she could make some turtles and send us pictures. No obligation.

A few weeks ago we got pictures of two turtles. We chose this one.