Our postbag is always a rich and peculiar thing. In amongst the general detritus of everyday life such as telephone bills and final demands are a selection of arcane letters and packages that keep us sane. Today was no exception....Bloggo reader and CFZ supporter Aubrey Menezes is a very talented sculptor, and we have featured his work before. A couple of weeks ago he was kind enough to tell us that he was giving Corinna and me a carved thylacine as a present. It arrived yesterday and is absolutely exquisite.
As you will read elsewhere in today's bloggo, we had an exciting Biggles-fuelled night, so instead of a carefully prepared photograph showing the thylacine in pride of place in the sitting room bathed in natural light, you have a picture of my beloved wife looking half awake at about 6:30 this morning after having spent the night up Biggles-sitting.
The thylacine, however, is a wonderful gift and means a lot to both of us. We shall treasure it immensely. Thank you Aubrey....
omg I grew two extra chins overnight - and I was awake and didn't notice the goblins at work; the little blighters.
ReplyDeleteyou look very lovely holding it my dear lady - even for one who has spent the night with a sick canine doing you Florance Nighting Gale thing.
ReplyDeleteA beautiful piece (yes Corinna is too- but i mean the sculpture you fool), by an obvious craftsman indeed.
Hoping Biggles is now better and both of you are resting and allowing the healing of morphius to do its job.