I didn’t know what to do with the windowbox at the gallery this year. I’d had enough of the flamingos and tiki man, and I didn’t want to deal with planting flowers. So now it has become a memorial to Evelyn, complete with a standup paddleboard , which she loved doing so much, that I made from a flipflop. She’ll be with us all season – at Mug Ups, paddleboarding, openings, dancing at Madfish and everything else we’ll do that she loved. If anyone would like to add anything to the memorial – beach stones, shells, whatever for Evelyn, please feel free.
I scheduled this post a fews days ago to run on Sunday afternoon. This morning I arrived at the gallery to discover Evelyn and her paddleboard gone. They had been glued in place, so they had been forcefully removed. I try to live by Thumper’s mother’s teaching: “If you can’t say something nice, don’t say nothing at all”, but today I just can’t. To the lowdown dirty rotten scumbag that stole Evelyn and her paddleboard from this memorial to her memory, bring them back. If you return them, all will be forgiven and forgotten; don’t return them, and you have some serious shit karma to deal with.
Unfortunately, the person who did this most likely does not read Good Morning Gloucester because no FOB would do such a thing. I assume it was someone coming from Madfish last night that didn’t get a good enough dose of Groove Therapy, and maybe too good a dose of alcohol to be thinking rationally or consciously. If anyone leaving Madfish Grille last night saw or knows who did this, please let them know how badly they have hurt those of us mourning the loss of Evelyn, and that they can make it right by returning the stolen items to her memorial.
E.J. Lefavour
www.khanstudiointernational.com
Good Morning Gloucester 
Just some “DB” WHO HASN’T EXPERIENCED A LOSS OF SOMEONE CLOSE TO THEM. We put balloons on of our Son Paul’s bench and they were cut down that same night. God bless Evelyn!
As the profit Jesus said “Forgive them for they not what they do”
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Truly a crappy thing to do, even if intoxicated. Bad karma, for sure.
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Don’t forget E.J. about the teddy bear that was returned to Toodleloo’s last year after it was abducted. Somebody who knows that idiot will see this. You’ll get little Evelyn back. Never underestimate the power of the GMG blog.
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I did think about the teddy bear right away, and hoped that the same kind of thing could happen in this case. I never underestimate the power of GMG, or of the Universe to create miracles.
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An exquisite windowbox and memorial. I am sure your friend saw the beauty of it and the love that you put into it.
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I’m with you Kathy.
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Truly crappy thing to have done to such an artistic and neat window box to see.
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maybe she just went for a spin in the fog…hope she comes back to bless the wharf!
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Wow. I just can’t find words for something like this in our nice town. Watch your pockets and purses. Unfortunate….
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So sad. It happen all the time. We have some bad in this town but we have allot of good. Hope it’s put back. It looked Beauiful.
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So So Sorry EJ. Sickening.
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That Sucks… My husband and I take care of the Main St. garden and Good Harbor and Main St. right in front of the police station every day there is something stepped on torn down or destroyed. Yesterday in the rain all the roping we had around it is down and most is gone and plants crushed. Today we will go down and see again what to do to stop this behavior. We put flags up yesterday, lets see what that brings. Karma is a bitch…..
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So sorry to see that, you did such a beautiful job. Here’s hoping that the good outweighs the bad and the guilt (or fear of bad karma, whatever it takes) leads the perpertrator to bring them back.
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Thanks Jenn. It was great to see you at Mug Up this morning. I knew you’d make it, even if Joey was giving low odds on it. I would be very happy if they came back, but Alma thinks she may have another porcelain woman in her storage unit and I can make another paddleboard. So one way or another, she’ll be back.
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EJ, so sorry your window box was vandalized especially since the memorial for your friend Evelyn was meaningful for lots of folks. If you don’t find another porcelain figurine, say the word. I saw one online and will send it to you. Your Gallery looks fantastic!
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Sharon, that is so sweet, kind and generous of you. I think I have found a replacement though. When I bought mine, Wendie Demuth had also bought one. She still has her’s and said she would bring it when she comes down to visit from Maine. Hopefully in a couple of weeks, Evelyn’s memorial will be back in order – this time with electrified wire around her!
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Good deal!
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