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steepholm ([personal profile] steepholm) wrote2014-05-11 08:03 am
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Eldritch Encounters

This picture is on the wall of my local cafe at the moment. I don't know its official title, but I like to think of it as a symbol of the complex lineage of British children's fantasy.

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"The Lonely Love Child of Blodeuwedd and Christopher Robin"


Meanwhile, today at the Awfully Big Blog Adventure I wrote "Sir Gradgrind and the Great Amphibium", in defence of fantasy.

[identity profile] eglantine-br.livejournal.com 2014-05-11 08:24 am (UTC)(link)
Oh, I like that. The boots are the best part I think

[identity profile] steepholm.livejournal.com 2014-05-11 09:35 am (UTC)(link)
Yes. If they were more widely available I'm sure we'd see more owls splashing through puddles - and wouldn't that be a better world?

[identity profile] shewhomust.livejournal.com 2014-05-11 09:36 am (UTC)(link)
Oh, dear! Thanks for sharing this (and for the title).
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[identity profile] heleninwales.livejournal.com 2014-05-11 12:06 pm (UTC)(link)
That painting is simultaneously bizarre and cute. :)

[identity profile] davesmusictank.livejournal.com 2014-05-11 12:10 pm (UTC)(link)
Concurred.

[identity profile] ashlyme.livejournal.com 2014-05-11 02:42 pm (UTC)(link)
Charming painting, charming post. Thank you!

[identity profile] nineweaving.livejournal.com 2014-05-11 04:55 pm (UTC)(link)
Weirdly adorable!

Nine

[identity profile] ethelmay.livejournal.com 2014-05-12 02:19 am (UTC)(link)
Looks like a Boxen character to me. Though Viscount Puddiphat is supposed to be something of a dandy, so I don't think he's likely to show up in wellies. Perhaps they're meant to be red leather?