Very brief birthday post

[blamebrampton]

Because I have to run off and eat pavlova with Mr Brammers, I only have a minute and so the thank yous to very kind folk will have to wait short time. However, this: 

is one of my very favourite artworks in all the world, and -- not long after hanging out with this one (there are several) in Paris -- I now have a tiny version of my very own sitting on my cabinet. Mr Brammers is worth his weight in gold, really, despite his little moments.

Comments

[curia-regis.livejournal.com]

Mmmmm, pavlova. Damn. Have craving for that now.

♥ I hope you had a fantastic day!

[blamebrampton.livejournal.com]

Pop on in! He bought a giant one! There are only two of us and the cats ... I will have to ask the neighbours in!

[i-autumnheart.livejournal.com]

Aw, that's a fabulous gift.

Happy birthday!

[blamebrampton.livejournal.com]

It is! He's a good lad. Thanks, dear!

[sirra-scribbles.livejournal.com]

The combination of pavlova and polar bears (at least artwork, not so sure about the animate version) is indeed winning.

Happy birthday!

[blamebrampton.livejournal.com]

I have always wanted to see a real polar bear in the wild, but from a boat, those things are big and scary! The sculpture is a delight, though. And thank you!

[astarael02.livejournal.com]

Is that polar bear artwork you saw in Paris a life-size ice sculpture which melts to show an actual polar bear skeleton underneath? If so, I saw one in Trafalgar Square, half melted! I absolutely loved it :D

[blamebrampton.livejournal.com]

OOOOH! No, it's one of the François Pompon polar bears (the shot is of the stone version in the Musee d'Orsay, which I have to say I would have hugged and kissed if I thought I could get away with it, while the model is after the one in the Metropolitan Museum of Art). But I am kicking myself for not slowing down in Trafalgar Square as I saw that bear there! Alas, surrounded by climate activists all being opinionated, so I fled to the National Gallery.

Happy Birthday!

[tsosh.livejournal.com]

Well done, Mr. B! What a great and thoughtful gift.
I hope this new year of life brings you lots more sweet surprises like this one!

Re: Happy Birthday!

[blamebrampton.livejournal.com]

Is that actual Merlin under there? BRILLIANT! Thank you very much, it has been a very lovely day, so if it's the model for the year I hope we will have world peace and speedboats all round by August.

[ella-bane.livejournal.com]

Have a lovely day!

[blamebrampton.livejournal.com]

Cheers, dears! It's been lovely!

[treacle-tartlet.livejournal.com]

Hurrah for J!
Small Girl says happy birthday, and she is very concerned that you might not have cake (she wanted to bake one for you, and we had to have a chat about the incompatability of icing and the postal service).
XXX

[blamebrampton.livejournal.com]

Thanks, SG! Reassure her that we had a lovely sponge slathered in jam and cream at work, and then pavlova at home. I am dying of sugar and lactose ;-)

If she has excess cake making energy, she and Blondie should obviously make you one!

[noeon.livejournal.com]

I am so late on a draft submission that I was never actually here but

Happiest of Happies!!!

I hope you've had a frabjous day. Best of luck and creative production for the coming natal year!

[blamebrampton.livejournal.com]

Finish your submission oh once and future Next Gen Band! And thank you very much, it was a lovely day indeed. Alas, I ate pavlova and wrote comments rather than did anything creative, but tomorrow!

[catsintheattic.livejournal.com]

Happy birthday!

I hope you'll enjoy your special day (including polar bear, Mr. B. and pavlova) to the max. &hearts

[blamebrampton.livejournal.com]

Thank you! Oh, has anything arrived for you in the post yet? I suspect Australia Post of criminal slowness ...

Day has been spectacular, though, Mr B even did the dishes!

[schemingreader.livejournal.com]

Happy Birthday!

I'm very pleased to be getting to know you now. I saw that pushdragon observed a moment of chatter in your honor--now that says everything I want to hear about a person. ♥

[blamebrampton.livejournal.com]

Thank you, and thank you! And push is a genius chatterer. If you can ever get your hands on her (she is a vigorous traveller, so not as hard as you might think), I recommend plying her with a cocktail or two ;-)

[vashtan.livejournal.com]

Happy birthday! And that piece is amazing - it blew me away when I saw it. I need to ask Mr Brammers where he got yours, because that so would be a great present for my boy... :)

[blamebrampton.livejournal.com]

You can get them here in two sizes: http://store.metmuseum.org/Sculpture/Large-and-Small-Polar-Bear-Set/invt/06009823

I had been coveting one from the Sydney store for a while, and he noticed, bless.

[dharawal.livejournal.com]

Happy belated birfdees!!

and I LOVE that sculpture, I must show my eldest, she loves all things polar bearish.

[blamebrampton.livejournal.com]

I have some more photos from different angles if you would like them, do let me know your email! And thank you! In my family we start celebrating when it's your birthday in New Zealand and finish when it ends in Hawaii, so you are not late at all!

[ciel-vert.livejournal.com]

Happy Birthday!!!

[blamebrampton.livejournal.com]

Cheers dear!

[http://users.livejournal.com/_inbetween_/]

A very happy birthday to you, sounds already great filled with pavlova and polar bears.

[blamebrampton.livejournal.com]

Thank you, dear! It's been really fun!

[furiosity.livejournal.com]

Happy birthday!!! :D

[blamebrampton.livejournal.com]

Cheers ears! And I will be back to our other discussion shortly, Mr B has just been filling the weekend with Good Stuff, and I am out of my mind on Pavlova ... the sugar!

[marguerite-26.livejournal.com]

happy birthday, dear. :D

[blamebrampton.livejournal.com]

Thank you, lovely!

[leela-cat.livejournal.com]

Lovely artwork... and Pavlova... mmmmm. You are lucky.

Happy birthday. I hope the rest of the year continues along these lines.

[blamebrampton.livejournal.com]

I am lucky! Excellent friends, delightful partner, highly amusing cats ... it does all add up to very good fortune. And Thank you!

[being-here.livejournal.com]

Happy birthday! I hope you're as happy as a bear all day.

[blamebrampton.livejournal.com]

I was! And, as my workmate put it, as happy as an emo at a Twilight convention, which is still making me laugh ;-)

[samena.livejournal.com]

I'm a bit late, but...

HAPPY BIRTHDAY!!

I hope it was a fabulous day. *warm hug*

[blamebrampton.livejournal.com]

You were completely on time for the Brammers' family definition of birthday, which starts in New Zealand and ends in Hawaii (or, for ones with a 0 or 5, when the cake is done, which ever is later). Thank you, and it was! *Warm hug back!*

[alaana-fair.livejournal.com]

Happy birthday, hon! :-D

[blamebrampton.livejournal.com]

Thank you, dear! And run from the bad snakey, Draco! ;-)

[winstonmom.livejournal.com]

Feliz Cumpleanos Brammers!
I am glad Mr. Brammers was able to procured something you really liked.
Enjoy the day and eat loads of pavlova and whatever other good stuffs you can find around.

Hugs

[adores-draco.livejournal.com]

Congratulations! :) You don't look a day older than (your choice) years! ;)

[waterbird.livejournal.com]

Many happy returns! Hope you've had a brilliant day.

[jamie2109.livejournal.com]

Now if the polar bear was made of pavlova...

Hope you had a gorgeous day, lovely. ♥

[bryoneybrynn.livejournal.com]

Lovely! I hope you have/had a fabulous day, fabulous woman! :)