Owls were huge in the Seventies.
You could wander through any mall and come home with an owl pendant, a lamp in the shape of an owl, a rug bearing the image of an owl, copper wall decor depicting owls, owl figurines of every material and description.
Owl fairy lamps.
Owl trivets.
Owl salt-&-pepper shakers.
Owl pitchers.
And so on...
Why owls, I wonder? If the Seventies was the 'Me Decade' (although I firmly believe that's a misnomer. It was surely the 'Tasteless Decade.') then why owls? What's 'me,' or even tasteless for that matter, about owls? Wouldn't fun-loving otters have been a better choice? Or something funky and counter-cultural like gila monsters or wombats?
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