In honour of Snowplough - A Great Cat

We've been missing our little buddy, Snowplough, the Devonport Village cat a great deal and decided that we had to have a reminder of him.  We purchased a beautiful print from Sandra Waine at the August market and donated it to the Devonport Community House, where our market is held each month,  yesterday.

It was beautifully framed at a great discount  by Peter Scott (another fan of Snowplough!) of Devonport Picture Framers. Thank you Peter! The little gold plaque was engraved in Takapuna. It reads "In Honour of Snowplough. A Great Cat. The Devonport Craft Market 2010." The lovely man on the engraving counter added two little paw prints after hearing about Snowplough.

Centre, seated: Pam Churchill, Devonport Community House Manager

Standing, L to R: Sandra Waine (Artist), Sarah Bird (DCM organiser), Sarah McLeod (DCM organiser)

Pam told us some hilarious stories about Snowplough's antics including coming in to the Community House one weekend to do some work and hearing someone upstairs. She was worried that someone was breaking in, but bravely snuck up the stairs only to discover the yoga instructor chasing Snowplough around the art studios trying to catch him to put him outside.

The picture of Snowplough will be proudly displayed in the Community House by the next market (September 5th). Do pop in and have a look if you are passing before then. Sandra has another Snowplough picture on display at the Depot Artspace just next door at the moment.

Sad

We are very sad to report that the wonderful Snowplough the cat is with us no longer.

Snowplough was a huge part of Devonport life. He was adopted by the Harcourts office and by the Depot Artspace (who had a catflap fitted for him so he could go in and out as he pleased!). He would do a daily tour of the village and spent a lot of time hanging around us at the Community House when the market was on. We have had lots of fun with him over the time the market has run. He has been unofficial market inspector and spent many a happy hour curled up on a chair with us at the Craft Socials. He would always be there to help us set up the market and there when we closed up.

Snowplough at the November 09 Craft Social, hanging out with Kimberley (Pure Extracts),

Hayley (Blankies) and Trish (Fireworks Agnes)

We missed him at the 4th July market but presumed he was off attending the concert at the Depot Artspace. Unfortunately, he had been killed by a car a few days before. RIP Snowplough. We'll miss you you crazy cat!

Yay for wrong weather forecasts

Yes, the sun mostly shone and we had so much fun at the market today. Thank you for coming to see us, we enjoyed meeting you.



The Not So Faraway and Liberty Lane added plenty of lovely colour.

Sarah of TOTO enjoyed sending some of her monkeys off to lovely new homes.

Patricia of Pepa brought her beautiful felt earrings and mosaic mirrors along.

Hayley of Blankies and Trish of Fireworks Agnes drew lots of compliments from market visitors.

Young Harry Waine felt inspired to make his own felt pig. Very cool Harry!

Jane of Forget me not Vintage made me wish I had a bigger home so I could fit some of her lovely vintage furniture into it.

Krafty As had so many scrummy purses and other goodies.

The lovely ladies from Snapdragon brought along their divine little faery folk and gorgeous steiner inspired toys.

Helene joined us with her magical hand knitted cotton beanies and beautiful kids necklaces (and Hayley managed to sneak into another photo...)

See... the sun was shining! Here's Vanessa of Dragonflyz.

Beautiful Koru Spirals. I love these. Totally mesmerising. There were so many other fabulous stalls and stallholders. Those were just a few. Come down next time (6th September) and say hello!

Finally, here is Snowplow aka the craziest cat around. You'll no doubt see him around at one of the markets. He likes to join in by getting in people's cars, inspecting the tents and generally making sure everything is running smoothly. He wore himself out this time and found a comfy spot in the middle of everything and fell asleep. Wonderful life!