Not The Wabi Sabi I Was Looking For ...

Yesterday after we returned from our wanderings, I received an email from our cleaning ladies telling me that they had damaged the beautiful Nautilus shell that sits on the coffee table in the living room.  Apparently they had somehow managed to bash it with the vacuum cleaner ... although quite why they were wielding their (clearly unwieldy) Hoover at coffee table height escapes me.  It's a shame, and not something that will be easy either to replace or to repair.  I suppose it can now serve as a conversation piece, and an interesting glimpse into the inner structure of such a creature!