Office shrines

[pegkerr]

In my endless quest to find things to fill the office newsletter, I hit upon the idea of going around and taking pictures of people's office shrines. Once I began thinking about it, I realized that many people, maybe even most, have something personal on their desk or somewhere in their workspace, like a bookshelf or window ledge. Some are obvious, like pictures of kids or examples of their art work. Others are mysteriously whimsical. On a quick tour around the office, I found: a Hawaiian hula doll, ceramic Tobasco sauce bottles, various action figures, a stuffed Pillsbury doughboy, two statuettes of cheerfully Rubenesque bathing beauties, with bathing caps and 50s swim suits, poised to take a dive, a grinning plastic frog with a straw hat, a carved wooden giraffe, etc., etc.

We're going to take photos of all these various tchotchkes, make a photo collage and invite people to match each picture with the various people around the office.

What weird thing do you have as part of an office/desk shrine?
Mine consists of Sam and Frodo action figures. I also have a little fairy my daughter made out of cloth flowers and embroidery silk, draped over the frame of the baby pictures of my girls.

Cheers,
Peg