DEATH OF A TABLESCAPE........And One Dead Chicken.
I hadn't done a Tablescape in awhile so last week I put together a table design I was going to call"Lobster For Two"
Getting out from hiding all my lobster related plates and cups and such..... I layed down layers of newspaper as my table covering......propped up my favorite Maine license plate and took lots of pictures....For some reason after taking the shots I promptly put everything back where they came from...I usually keep the table set for a couple of days to enjoy the tablescape but this time I didn't......You know the old saying...
"Everything happens for a reason"
This is how my table looks when not set.....I have since added 2 more chickens to the coop and gave them all lovely names....There was Charlotte and Maude.....Maxine and Millie....
Notice I say "there was".....
A preview of what my "Lobster for Two" table looked like.....All I have to say is Boy am I glad something made me put all the dishes and glassware and stuff away...Because at 5:45 A.M. on Monday morning we heard a HUGE crash and the sound of lots of broken glass....Enough to jump start your heart my first reaction was to bolt up in bed and shout out
"The Dog!!!"
It sounded like an explosion.....the sound that I can only assume you hear when a drunken driver loses control of a car and drives into some one's living room.....
Me and the Boss jumped up and ran into the Great Room......we have a two story cathedral ceiling and up above my dining room table......where all my creations come to life.....hangs a very large ceiling fan on a long poll with a big light fixture attached......
NO LONGER.....
This is what we found....ceiling fan fell right out of the ceiling....see the broken blades....see all the broken glass....but most of all see poor Maxine......that's her minus her legs in the forefront of the photo....
Yes......Who knew that a ceiling fan.....Oh, weighing about 50 pounds per the Boss' estimate....would just decide that it didn't want to hang and spin any longer and just call it a day.
Held up by a special "ball and socket" bracket because of the angle of the ceiling the cast iron bracket just broke in two causing it to pull the wires out of the ceiling and crash to the table....
Poor Maxine......luckily Charlotte.... Maude and Millie only took a slight hit although Millie did land on the floor but she's one tough bird.....she survived without a scratch.... For those of you who remember I recently had a small birthday gathering for Necie the neighbor and had 7 ladies sitting under that fan.....
Miss "B" also toddled all around that table riding on Boo's back just a few weeks ago......
So....just incase any of you ladies has a fan like this or knows someone who does......if it's been up for awhile....
Go Buy a new one Today!!!
Who would ever think that something like this could happen and possibly cause a
tragedy......
When we told the man over at the Home Depot...... where we went tonight to buy a new fan..... what had happened..... his only response was
"Well, that would have given someone a big headache"
It was like a 50 pound bowling ball falling out of the sky....
I think he missed the point.....
We are so fortunate to have only lost poor Maxine....
May she Rest in Peace....
Stop over at our host Susan's for today's hopefully Happy Tablescapes!!
Stop over at our host Susan's for today's hopefully Happy Tablescapes!!
LATE NIGHT UPDATE......
I just heard from my friend Ellen over at Nouveau Stitch and thinking that all this wacky stuff can't just be happening to us she Googled "Ceiling Fan Recalls"......
Yup....defective fan part causing the fans to fall from the ceiling...
many different brands...millions of fans have been recalled....How come this is something you never hear about....Have you ever heard of celing fans being recalled...
Who would have thought??
This problem has caused injuries...
So go Google-ling and see if you have one of the fans listed..
better to be safe then sorry.
But we still stand alone in having a live lamb left inside our car in the Walmart parking lot!!!!
Comments
Maxine took one for the team!
I did laugh when you yelled "the dog" though, because we would have done the same thing LOL
hugs,
rue
Necie
Poor Maxine. What about your table? Was it damaged too?
Joyce
I'm glad humans and your beautiful pup weren't injured (and I can't wait to see your new ceiling fan.) :)
This happened to a friend of ours. The fan fell from a two story cathedral ceiling and hit the landing rails along the way. Our daughter just replaced the ceiling fan in their master bedroom. She said it looked like it was hanging by a thread. I think we'll check our fans, when we get home!!
Hugs,
Donna
Poor Maxine and she was my favorite too!
Would love to see more of the lobsters!
- The Tablescaper
Still, it's a pain!
And sorry you had to lose one of your favorites.
All the best,
Eileen
Christi
Hope you can find another Maxine.
Hyacinth
Susan
DD
Julie M.
ps Wasn't it the chicken who insisted that the sky was falling???
I think I'd better do some Googling to make sure our ceiling fans don't come crashing down next!
Sorry to hear about Maxine.
Brenda
I'm so glad for your sakes it happened in the middle of the night and not when someone could have been injured...except poor Maxine, of course (RIP).
Best,
Michelle
ps. I have several blogs--the one for my tablescape is the spindle cottage one;
~Liz
Hugs;
Alaura
That could have been a disaster...
Did you call the company???
Really, it scares me, our 4 little gkids are always running around in the den where the ceiling fan is!
Me thinks that company is responsible, at least for a proper burial for what's her face!
Seriously, they should pay for the installation of a new one and any damage to the table too!
I am really glad no one was hurt.
We have one ceiling fan here; I think I'll have it checked out just to be sure. That's terrifying.
Cass
PS the table looked great with the lobster plates!
I have friends who had a celing fan fall in their bedroom, during the night, while they were sleeping. Fortunately, it's a big room, and the fan wasn't directly above the bed ... but still!
I'll be looking forward to your next tablescape. Here's hoping it's calm, relaxing, uneventful ... with NO casualties at all!
Bill