ARGH!

[blamebrampton]

James has had flu since the weekend. I have a rough, sore claggy throat. GLARE!

In happier news, I live in the best suburb ever.

I came home to find a lump of something cold wrapped in plastic in the letterbox. I checked for cables*, then lifted it out. It was a lump of clay. There was a brochure to explain it. This years public art festival is celebrating the horse, and they would like everyone to sculpt little horses, which will then be fired and displayed in October.

In addition, we will have horse and cart rides on October 11 and a horse parade on October 18!

Now all I need to do is not succumb to the flu, and learn how to sculpt in the next few days!

* My family do law and politics and I am from the 70s and 80s, this is automatic, much the same way that years of living in Australia sees me shake out my shoes every morning.

Comments

[blamebrampton.livejournal.com]

We have a halal butcher in the next suburb, and three halal cafes. I should emphasise that these are inner-city suburbs, so each is about 10 minute's walk across, but it seems wanky to call them villages as Sydney Council wants, even though ours has a green.

[blamebrampton.livejournal.com]

I will pull out some of my old animal husbandry texts and study anatomy! And then roll some cylinders together ...

[libby-drew.livejournal.com]

Ah hell, it doesn't have to be to scale, does it? That might take a while.

[i-autumnheart.livejournal.com]

That is really quite kooky, even for your suburb!

Be careful of air bubbles in the joints between the legs and the body: I did a whole set of pottery horses in art class way back in early high school and pretty much all their legs exploded off in the kiln :(

I hope the two of you feel better soon!

[blamebrampton.livejournal.com]

I have to tell you that the temptation to do a prodigiously endowed My Little Pony is pretty huge ...

[blamebrampton.livejournal.com]

Thanks. I am trying not to need a day off work, because we are understaffed and deadline is hell, but Friday may not be optional if J is any guide.

You should come round in October! I think it will be fun!

[i-autumnheart.livejournal.com]

Oh dear - I do understand deadline weeks, but look after yourself anyway.

October sounds like fun - I can't quite make promises for those weekends yet, because I have an incipient new niece or nephew due sometime around then that has a prior claim :) I _have_ put the dates in my diary, though.

[norton-gale.livejournal.com]

Don't forget the garlic press to make the mane and tail. :)

[blamebrampton.livejournal.com]

Excellent! Here's hoping the baby is a Sunday's child!

[blamebrampton.livejournal.com]

You've done this before!

[i-autumnheart.livejournal.com]

:) It's older cousins tend more towards the impish, but are mostly fun to have around nonetheless.

[bryoneybrynn.livejournal.com]

Oh! I'm just enough of a fluff-ball to think it's totally adorable that they're getting everyone to sculpt little horses - hurray for community! *is lame like that* Plus, Oct 11 is my fifth wedding anniversary, which has nothing to do with you or horses or the arts but it makes me smile when my anniversary coincides with other cool things. :)

I hope J feels better soon and you, vitamin C and bed rest!

[norton-gale.livejournal.com]

Yes, and I'm ready to pass on my fearsome horse-making skillz to a new generation.

[blamebrampton.livejournal.com]

I think it's very cool, though, knowing my neighbours, there will be many very anatomically correct stallions.

[blamebrampton.livejournal.com]

Cheers, dear!

[aldehyde.livejournal.com]

that is the coolest thing ever! i wish my neighbourhood would engage in interesting things like that :D

[blamebrampton.livejournal.com]

It makes up for the fact you can;t chain your bike outside without having it stolen!

[bryoneybrynn.livejournal.com]

Hee! All the hung ponies, fired and painted and ready for display!

[khateh.livejournal.com]

That's wonderful! If that were to happen where I live, we'd have a few well-organized groups stealing them and selling them two corners down ^_^

[beatnikspinster.livejournal.com]

Oh suck. Sorry about your throat/possible flu. :( Best of luck fighting it. *hands you lozenges*

[romaine24.livejournal.com]

Another hidden talent. *is impressed*

[norton-gale.livejournal.com]

LOL, I wouldn't really call it a "talent." Wait until you see the cylinder-horse I'd make....

[maya231.livejournal.com]

Heal up. Your art project sounds fun--maybe we'll warrant a pic when it's done? :)

[violetage.livejournal.com]

ugh, this flu thing must be international or sommat cause i have it too and it is no fun!

Horse sculpting sounds like it may be fraught with hilarity and i would totally have checked for wires too.

[tomatoe18.livejournal.com]

Get better soon, you and James both. *sends another one of those warm and fluffy hugs*

I remember when I had the flu, I was working on the HD Inspired fic, and I nearly collapsed a few times staying up to type. ^^;;

I checked for cables

Cables? As in, what cables? :O (Sorry, you know I'm from the 80s and 90s. So, yes. I don't know these things and need to be told.)