17 January 2006
Well! It's like everybody went off to delurk elsewhere for Delurking Week! I suppose it's my fault for not mentioning it was Delurking Week last week. For those of you who have commented lately, I shall grant you one nice thing. Next time something nice happens to you, you can go ahead and figure I was responsible for it. No, thank you.
I made another horse. This one is called Clara May, because Clara is a nice sounding name, and Brian May must be one of the nicest rock stars ever. And doesn't she look nice?
I wasn't sure I'd like a soft-coloured one as much as the very bold Patience, but she's really grown on me. I have decided that she must go live in America, though. I've got another (and possibly another) which are nearly finished, but I'll have to wait until I'm home during the daytime to take a picture.
It's a silly thing to struggle with, but I've had a really hard time finding a doll-style plush that I could make and also like. The horses are fun to make, and I think they're original enough that I'm satisfied that I'm doing my own thing. Of course, I'm also an adult making plush horses. I think my junior-high enemies probably saw this coming. But then, I bet they didn't bet I'd get to see this earlier this evening, from my de-lux apartment flat on the River Thames:
Ha! Joke's on them.
*Get it?? It's like a London/Jeffersons cross-over joke!
I really love these horse you're doing - great colors and expression:) And, that is one gorgeous photo, the colors are mind-boggling!
posted by Cassi Griffin at January 17, 2006 08:33 PM
This is my first visit to your website ever, referred by Mariko at Super Eggplant. I have to say I would like this horse anyway, but my daughter's name is Clara, and yes, I do think it is a nice sounding name.
posted by cherylc at January 20, 2006 08:22 PM
Came over from Posie Gettin' Cozy with Miss Clara May, and I wanted to let you know it's not only a nice name, it was the nice name of my very great-grandmother. It's a wonderful, MARVELOUS name, and get this:
My great-great grandparents were Job & Olive and Olive had FOUR sets of twins that survived and named them great twin names, including Clarence & Clarissa, and Morse & Melissa. Clarence later married Clara May, but rather than being Clarence and Clara (with a sister-in-law Clarissa), she started using her middle name and went by May for most of her life.
More Clara May miscellany: May was a middle name on the boths side of my mother's parents' families as well. On all of my mother's side, there's only one son named after father, but all the first girls have the middle name May, including me, and my mother was clever enough to give me a May birthday. Go, Mom!
It's all rather unimportant, but I'm very pleased to have found your blog, I think the horse is CHARMING, and I'll be back often, I'm sure. I really appreciate all the effort that goes into such lovely blogs, so thanks.
posted by Amber at February 3, 2006 03:35 PM