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.

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[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.