Wednesday 16 June 2021

OH FOR GOD'S SAKE! *

* Oops, that's the wrong title. It's what that old moaning schoolteacher down south will probably say. The title should be 'ART FOR ART'S SAKE'. 

We bought a metal sculpture today which I've affixed to the side of the house outside the back porch.



It's made by a local artist and depicts a stingray which is apt as we often see these in the bay.



We have a few sculptures and wall hangings around the property which are nice and add extra character to the house.

On the woodshed

On the 'tin' shed

In the back porch (now safely protected from the weather since we enclosed the porch).

At the side of the house (not strictly art but it's old and nice - like me I guess).

At the front of the house

At the front of the house

In the garden

At the front of the house.


After I'd installed it (it's bloody heavy), the Old Girl came out to inspect it and fortunately approved the hanging. Earlier she had suggested getting a builder in - "you're too slap-dash Matey" she said.

"We should have bought another one as well" she said "I liked the fern sculpture."

Semper invictus!


 

11 comments:

Richard (of RBB) said...

Oh, for God's sake! Your house will look like a cafe in a seaside town.

THE CURMUDGEON said...

1. Bingo! I was right.
2. We are in a seaside town.

Two out of three isn't bad.

Richard (of RBB) said...

Damn! Caught out again!

THE CURMUDGEON said...

"Damn! Caught out again!"

Yep. It all started when that big girl caught you lurking beneath the stairs.

Richard (of RBB) said...

Always undefeated.

Richard (of RBB) said...

Latin, the language they spoke in 3P.

Richard (of RBB) said...

I wonder what language 3R spoke?

THE CURMUDGEON said...

In this context semper invictus means constant improvement.

THE CURMUDGEON said...

3P boys spoke Latin so that they didn't have to converse with the lower classes.

Richard (of RBB) said...

That's why no one understood them.

THE CURMUDGEON said...

True but Tony was hard to understand with or without the Latin.