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

[annes-stuff.livejournal.com]

There is a bit of the Flu going around Adelaide at the moment.

But this time last year we had Sydney people bring it to us, so it was our turn to send it back ;-)

runs and ducks for cover

[meredyth-13.livejournal.com]

Poor James. :( *offers the standard remedy - tea and sympathy*

Ah yes, a nice lump of C4 in the mailbox is always an attention getter. >.> Do you know, except for my gumboots, which lived in the stables, I have very rarely shaken my shoes out, and I've lived on properties most of my life. Maybe us bush kids just aren't as fussed by something in our shoes, or figure that anything in there is going to suffer when we stick out feet in anyway. :D

You could settle for just sculpting a horseshoe, and declare is an existential interpretation of the horse, depicted by it's most basic symbol of servitude to mankind ...

I never did understand existential, anyway. *wink*

Do you know, I saw a house advertised on realestate.com.au today - using the tag line 'Go to the NGV and see the exhibition, then buy this house'

I just thought that might make you smile. Be well. That's not a suggestion.

[absynthedrinker.livejournal.com]

I laughed and understood looking for cables. How sad that is.

*My family did banking for "Prominent Italian Families"

Peace,
Bubba

[empress-jae.livejournal.com]

i wish i could come home to find a lump of clay in my mailbox. that's so cool!

*wonders off to search for local pottery class*

[libby-drew.livejournal.com]

I'm not sure I could sculpt a horsie. But I might be inspired to sculpt something else.

I have no idea what.

None.

;-p

[norton-gale.livejournal.com]

*pours virtual tea laced with lemon and honey*

I love the idea of sculpting little horses. All you need to do is roll a series of cylinders and stick 'em together.

[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!

[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!

[aldehyde.livejournal.com]

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

[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*

[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.)

[grey-hunter.livejournal.com]

Wow. Now I'm wishing I lived there. I always wanted to try sculpting ever since I was small and my dad took me to the house of a potter who also did artsy things out of clay.

still don't understand that about the cables, though

[spark-of-chaos.livejournal.com]

:sends you the anti-flu charms:

Other than that, public arts festival!!! :wants it:

[prilbrum.livejournal.com]

What a wonderful idea!! The horse sculpting, that is. I hope you feel better soon.