Tackling the ocean waves has been challenging enough, but for my latest commission, to be delivered on Friday, having to come up with the title is what has slowed the blogging process. ‘Sir Francis Chichester Gets The Horn’, (oops – I mean ‘Gets TO…’), is one possible…
Ready to go at the end of the week, I have no excuses but to crack on with the 99.
Despite predictions of a barbecue summer, last year was another wash out, particularly if you chose Wales for your holiday, but that didn’t stop one little girl from refusing to remove her much loved shades and sunhat. It was a look that worked especially well with Gap fleece and wellies.
This is the first of four tents we’ve purchased in as many years. Although the size of a two-bed terraced, we quickly outgrew it’s island-like proportions and opted for a bigger version. Some said the inclusion of built-in hot tub was extravagant. Pah. However, the issue of size became apparent on a two week touring holiday to Wales, whereby the action of erecting such a beast every two days resulted in back ache. It’s a lengthy process; Getting it up in a field can take over an hour, and if it’s raining, wet knees are a certainty. Inevitably, this behavior will attract the attention of the caravaners who stare through tinted windows like they’ve never seen it before. Surely, they’ve tried it?
This year we are leaving the hot tub behind and have bought two much smaller tents. This means of course we will be doubling our duties, but the speed of the erections should give the caravaners something to talk about.
This week I have mostly been pretending to be Turner. Except I haven’t. Neither have I been pretending to be Monet or Doig. For what is to be the exact polar opposite of this painting, (a rainy picnic outside a butterfly house with the school bear in 2006), I have been working on a six by four foot commission of a stormy sea. So far, although I feel a bit like I’m making it up as I go along, I am very happy with the results…
It’s tempting to add an image of my progress here, for feedback, but 99er purists might not like it. Suffice to say, if you would like to come round and have a peek I’ll be performing until the end of the month so let me know when and if… [email protected]
99er purist… is there such a thing?
