just in from a walk. quite windy. chimes are chiming all over town. in the dark in winter they sound eerie and melancholy but also magical. butterflies in my stomach. strange. in summer their sound is something else entirely.
the moment i pointed out hazel's christmas tree glowing in the window it suddenly snuffed. and she emerged from its boughs. a dark silhouette on an ambery ground.
two kids trailed us on their bicycles. one had a radio strapped to his handlebars. the countrified voice and fiddles reaching far ahead into darkness and bouncing back again. improbable sonar.
g'night.
i adore him.
an excerpt from michel ocelot's "les trois inventeurs." i've never seen it in its entirety but i certainly would like to.
we just watched los peregrinos meandering through town winding up las posadas. mary's donkey was very very pregnant and looked exhausted at the end. but it was luverly.
happy christmas!
raining! i'm really pleased. we need rain so badly. today it feels like we're getting our rain all in one go. we walked to lunch in the pouring rain. my umbrella is still awaiting repair. so. i arrived dripping and bare-headed at the cafe. it made the cowboys stare.
in the mail a wonderful parcel arrived! an automaton! a canary in a cage which rocks on its perch while a music box plays. so cool. someday i'm going to find one of those really articulated birds which chirps and moves its beak and head. but i'm currently enjoying my canary very much. very very much.
a strange little old man wished us a merry christmas while we were retrieving the parcel. he stuffed peppermints into our hands and then continued sorting his mail. it was cute and odd.
in a few weeks another parcel will arrive from germany. a braun nizo super8 little guy. i'm going to finally (finally!!!) make some tiny cut-paper animations. i can't even put into words how exciting this is for me. whoooooot!!! there. that summed it up pretty well.
brother and co. arrived a few days back. every time i sit to type a small child crawls into my lap and demands google image searches of kittens. or delights in drawing on me. or puts scotch tape all over my face. so. typing is out. except right now because all of the wee ones are napping. hooray!
i killed a large portion of my succulent garden because i forgot to move them into a sheltered place. we've had several very hard frosts. i felt sick because my madagascar palm died. i still feel a tremendous guilt when i think about it. seriously. it's sort of silly. it was just a plant right? but no. i'd had it for years. it had grown from a little prickly sprout into a good sized specimen. almost 3.5 feet tall! and they grow slowly. i feel so bad. it was depending on me to look after it. stewardship and all that. poor thing couldn't get up and run away. when i found it after the frost it had turned into a mushy/pulpy tube. really hideous and pathetic. i should give it a wee funeral or something. maybe i won't feel so terrible about it then. dunno.
wellidy. i need to take advantage of the relative calm and silence currently prevailing 'round here. i go.
adieu.
how much do i love this wonderful cut-paper blog? lots. also check out this awesome book.
something amazingly hip just happened. i'm listening to super furry animals (touch sensitive) and i searched youtube for silhouette animation. up pops the following video. and the narrator says perfectly to the beat "and jack stopped and they looked..." and it sounded as though my computer morphed into a wicked good dj. neat-o.
i can't wait!!
just outside the window someone is flying his rc plane. vivid orange and white. loop-de-loops in a robin's egg sky. so pretty. there are even little puffy white and grey clouds. i'm listening to a bit of music and sketching animals for etsy. the outdoors looks inviting but it's awfully cold on the other side of the window. no. i'll stay put.
wellidy.
sister and i went to the toy store this afternoon. she gave darth vader a stern talking to. there were dinosaurs and playmobil critters and it was loads of fun. i was almost eaten by a giant teddy bear. afterward sister took a photo of my new hat. and me sitting smirkingly beneath it. observe.
the other afternoon we were walking and she heard a noise. she asked what the noise was. it went something like this:
sister: what in the world was that noise?
me: (looking into the tree where the noise seemed to be coming from) it's the sound of doves...humping.
sister: what?! no!
me: yes. they're right there.
sister: (in an undisguised disgusted tone) birds.
well. so. there you have it. i've been playing with toys and watching birds fuck. and making things. this is why i haven't updated my lowly blog. i'll return to regular posting intervals fairly soon. tomorrow i go to sell my wares and then i shall have more time for writing here.
adieu.
