Book Covers

[cantoramy]

     Ok.  After almost 7 months, I give up.  I cannot decipher the 
back cover of the regular American edition of OOP and I have some 
questions about the special American edition book cover.  
     
     About the regular edition:
     I know that the trio at the bottom are Moody, Tonks and Lupin 
and that Sirius is to the left above them; now the questions.  Are 
the swirly things supposed to be orbs?  I thought the description of 
the orbs made them like snow-globes, which these things do not 
resemble at all.  And what does the silhouette in the doorway at the 
top-right of the page mean?  On the other side of the doorway the 
image looks like a ribbon of smoke.

     About the special edition:
     My guess is that the rat on the bottom of the back cover is 
Peter, the person in the window at the top of the house is Sirius, 
the shadow in the bottom left window is Kreacher, the 2 Dementors 
that attacked Harry are at the bottom of the front cover (on the 
inside fold).  Are those doxies that decorate the house?  What is 
afire in the grass in front of the house?  Are those Dumbledore's 
glasses hanging from the fence?

     I know this was probably discussed at length before, but try to 
do a search with Yahoo.  Feh!

     Thanks loads in advance!

cantoramy
who is finally (she hopes) out of the hospital and has seen enough 
doctors, thank you very much