Oct 31, 2011: Stones with Faces

[sandypossum]

Silly me, of course! We had all the clues, but didn't put them together.

Ronald David "Ronnie" Wood (born 1 June 1947) is an English rock guitarist and bassist best known as a former member of The Jeff Beck Group, Faces, and current member of The Rolling Stones.

That, and he's a rock star of the top strata with a craggy face, who was stoned a lot, and, um, not that's it for me.

[ZenGum]

So, we've heard that these stones were *allegedly* painted by a fourteen year old girl.

This does not explain why.

Nor does it explain the manner of their burial. The bathtub thing sounds like a cemetery!

So, this teenage girl, was she ... normal? Was she the sad lonely girl who made these stone because she had no friends? Was she mentally ill? Was she into, maybe satanism, witchcraft, or worse, born-again christianity? Are these her voodoo totems?

In the absence of hard facts (or specific numbers) I think we should just keep making shit up.

[sandypossum]

(As long as this doesn't up with me having to ask the same woman if her daughter was a friendless nutter with religious issues.)

[HungLikeJesus]

Did you give her a link to this thread?

[infinite monkey]

Originally Posted by ZenGum

So, we've heard that these stones were *allegedly* painted by a fourteen year old girl.

This does not explain why.

Nor does it explain the manner of their burial. The bathtub thing sounds like a cemetery!

So, this teenage girl, was she ... normal? Was she the sad lonely girl who made these stone because she had no friends? Was she mentally ill? Was she into, maybe satanism, witchcraft, or worse, born-again christianity? Are these her voodoo totems?

In the absence of hard facts (or specific numbers) I think we should just keep making shit up.

Lord, I hope not! The rapture's gonna STING with all those rocks flying around.

[sandypossum]

HungLikeJesus:

Originally Posted by sandypossum

I forgot to tell you all that I also mentioned to the lady that I had posted it on an internet forum and that it had sparked a lively discussion about possible meanings. To my alarm, she said "oh I'd love to see that! Can you send me the link." Link? Not "can you show it to me" or "is there any way I could see that?" Oh dear. I realised that I had said things she might find appalling (eg about why she had to sell up) even if none of you know her. Not to mention the comments about dead babies.

So I sent her a link to the photo on my Flickr page and pasted in all the safe comments from all of you under it, and said alas she can't see the page as it is for members only. Now I can only hope she doesn't think to do a search for the website and find the IotD page.

And if she does... I'M SORRY! It wasn't meant to hurt or offend!

Gaaaaah! I truly do hope she doesn't find this forum.

[HungLikeJesus]

If you don't tell her she'll probably find out when she does the background check.

[sandypossum]

Originally Posted by HungLikeJesus

If you don't tell her she'll probably find out when she does the background check.

background check? for a bee group?

[sandypossum]

Got an email from the ex-owner today:

Hello Sandy -I'm terribly sorry to disasppoint the many folk who came up with weird and wonderful explanations of Elissa's stones! But I have no idea why the bucket was buried; as far as I knew they were either stored in the old bathtub in the stables, or the woodshed. I took a few buckets with me; these ones I missed somehow. Elissa is quite a well adjusted person who happens to love painting. It all started with a few faces that I painted for fun; then Ellisa copied and became quite involved with family groups and different nationalities etc. She was about 13 years old when she began painting them. (We used to do all sorts of crafty things; I recall she also cut out masses of people from paper and painted them! I still have a bundle.) Apart from all these activities she was a keen horse rider and sports person, also studied the piano and dance so she was quite "normal"! I forwarded your email on to her and she was amazed at the response.

[Lamplighter]

What a nice email and great ending to the story !

[Spexxvet]

She sounds like a nice young lady.

[CaliforniaMama]

Whew!

She sounds like a really cool lady. Thankfully, she took it with good humor.

Thanks ever so much for the fun journey!!

[infinite monkey]

What a wonderful discovery and subsequent journey via the Cellar.

Thanks for sharing all this with us, sandy!