Tea Time

"I'm a little tea cup, short and stout ..."

No, that's not it, although that is this week's objet d'eBay, an oversized cup honoring the idea of the father, if not exactly any father in particular. But we certainly should find an honor for a specific dad ...

Oh, wait, I remember, "I'm a little teapot short and stout ..."

And so a Welsh dad is. Ian Lowndes has become the container for his son Jon's daily cuppa. To keep his dad close to him in death and their tea time together forefront in his memory, the 54-year-old father of two had his dad's ashes mixed into the clay that has become his daily, tea time companion.

I wonder what Jon's offspring might have in mind for him.



(Probably unnecessary to add, but hat man/teapot is not Ian.)