great-auntie's

Updated: June 7, 2025

Imitations are made from porcelain, but very likely grandma's or great-auntie's will be the real conch-shell. Perhaps you did not know that there are fair and beautiful gardens in my watery home. You may have picked up sprays or bunches of seaweed when running along the beach, and some were perhaps quite pretty, while others had turned brown and looked much like leather.

Harriet A. Cheever - Lord Dolphin