The Number Nine

Michael Grogan Star Boxes™ have always been a favorite for many art lovers and this one is no different in its touch to the heart. We love stalking his art. This one seemed to be extra special.  
  There is not a Christmas that goes by that I do not remember that Christmas morning when there was an electric train clacking around at the base of the Christmas tree- It was the Engine No. 9
  My Grandfather was an engineer for the railroad and he shared his love of all things train.  This Star Box™ -The Number Nine- is made from an old Firehouse Block - used to keep a Firetruck from rolling backwards. With thoughts of trains and firetrucks comes thoughts of the horses we rode as we attmepted to chase them. At that time in my life, it was the quarter horse I rode that made the best ride, literally! Hobos propped in the open door of an empty rail car laughing at us as we ran full speed bareback chasing a train in a downtown area of a city in Mississippi.
  Star Boxes™ like most art evoke memories and emotion for many people. But we think a poem -  by Robert Louis Stevenson says it best


From a Railway Carriage

Faster than fairies, faster than witches,
Bridges and houses, hedges and ditches;
And charging along like troops in a battle,
All through the meadows the horses and cattle :
All the sights of the hill and the plain
Fly as thick as driving rain;
And ever again, in the wink of an eye,
Painted stations whistle by.

Here is a child who clambers and scrambles,
All by himself and gathering brambles;
Here is a tramp who stands and gazes;
And there is the green for stringing the daisies!
Here is a cart run away in the road
Lumping along with man and load;
And here is a mill, and there is a river:
Each a glimpse and gone for ever.

Robert Louis Stevenson

Merry Christmas and thank you for sharing your art with us Michael Grogan! Michael is an artist and designer. Though he is very private - sometimes he lets a friend in -  you can see him on FB from time to time and check out his work.    https://www.facebook.com/michael.grogan.79

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Latest Michael Grogan Star Box

 Michael Grogans latest addition to his Star Boxes™ makes my heart sing!  His art is collected by equestrians and stable owners alike along with famous writers, artists and D.C. dignitaries. We love how he includes horses in so many of his boxes but we also love his whimsical flair with animals and birds. This one I particularly love as it shows children playing together and reminds of the E. E. Cummings childrens poem- maggie and millie and molly and may
                       

  maggie and milly and molly and may 

went down to the beach(to play one day)

and maggie discovered a shell that sang
so sweetly she couldn't remember her troubles,and

milly befriended a stranded star
whose rays five languid fingers were;

and molly was chased by a horrible thing
which raced sideways while blowing bubbles:and

may came home with a smooth round stone
as small as a world and as large as alone.

For whatever we lose(like a you or a me)
it's always ourselves we find in the sea 

E. E. Cummings

Thank you for sharing this photo with me Michael and -  Though he is very private - try to friend Michael on Facebook through this link below and check out his work  https://www.facebook.com/michael.grogan.79?fref=ts