Shane Magee's chair

[Alliecat]

This really has absolutely nothing to do with dolls. But it's a cool story, and you guys know how much doll photographers love bringing their crew into everything...
So I had an interesting day.
The short version is that someone spotted a chair with a memorial plaque washed ashore on the beach and posted a photo on a community facebook page. I love a good mystery, so I immediately put my reportery skills to work, and shortly tracked down the man's girlfriend at the time he died. She was astounded.
Turns out the chair is from about 80 miles away. A friend placed it in a city square in his honour. The cable anchoring it must have rusted through, and it ended up in the water, and, not sure how long later, on my beach.


This is a nice spot for it, but it probably should go back where it belongs.



Shane Magee was from Belfast, Northern Ireland (I've been there!) and died in Canada in 2013.



This was a wrestling match. It weighs about 45 pounds.

So Shane's chair is now on my back porch awaiting a guy with a truck going away, to return it to his friends. I'm hoping the girlfriend will tell me a little about him. Sounds like an interesting guy if his friends put a plaque like that on the chair. I mean, most of those kinds of things just say "in memory of".
In the spirit of the chair being a place for comfort (dolls are comforting, no?) and perhaps a little fun, the PTFCo crew offers our little tribute to Shane Magee.












A peaceful rest to you, Shane Magee.