She's been casting her protective gaze over my children for all the years since she was painted on the sloping ceiling of their bedroom by the Irish girl who stayed with us for a week or two as part of her world travels, but now it's time for our maid of the sea to leave us. My daughter is no longer of an age where a mural like this resonates, and so today it's sandpaper and dust masks, as I scrub off the siren and paint her out in favour of a plain ceiling.
The night sky, with it's Milky way and swirling nebula that I painted many years ago, when my eldest son was 7, still covers the ceiling in the other upstairs bedroom, is staying, though he's moved out and has a ceiling of his own. He's kept his interest in astronomy though, so the effort that went into painting a ceiling (have you ever tried it? I'm talking a high ceiling, of the sort found in colonial homes) is still realising value.
 |
| Pre-sand |
 |
| Post |
4 comments:
What? Why would you go plain when you have something brilliant, original and unique like that? Big mistake. WADROC.
Meh - she's been there for over a decade and like a selkie, yearns to return to her home place. I've taken some good photos and we'll print a good sized copy for the wall of that room. It's so fresh in there now! Greenman wallpaper going up tomorrow!
Robert,
The title "Bon Voyage" followed by the words "the tides going out" made me fell that the following article summed the cause of many of our countries problems.
New Element Discovered
The CSIRO announced the discovery of a perverse, perplexing atom.
The new element is Governmentium (Gv). It has one neutron, 25 assistant neutrons, 88 deputy neutrons and 198 assistant deputy neutrons, giving it an atomic mass of 312.
These 312 particles are held together by forces called morons, which are surrounded by vast quantities of lefton-like particles called peons.
Since Governmentium has no electrons or protons, it is inert. However, it can be detected, because it impedes every reaction with which it comes into contact. A tiny amount of Governmentium can cause a reaction normally taking less than a second to take from four days to four years to complete.
Governmentium has a normal half-life of 3-6 years. It does not decay but instead undergoes a reorganization in which a portion of the assistant neutrons and deputy neutrons exchange places.
In fact, Governmentium’s mass will actually increase over time, since each reorganization will cause more morons to become neutrons, forming isodopes.
This characteristic of moron promotion leads some scientists to believe that Governmentium is formed whenever morons reach a critical concentration. This hypothetical quantity is referred to as critical morass.
When catalysed with money, Governmentium becomes Administratium, an element that radiates just as much energy as Governmentium since it has half as many peons but twice as many morons. All of the money is consumed in the exchange, and no other byproducts are produced.
————————————–
I’d like to credit this. It appears to be a derivative work of David Saum’s Administratium, seemingly adapted and possibly posted at this page New Element Discovered! Let me know if anyone has a more accurate author link and name.
http://joannenova.com.au/2012/01
And I thought Administratium was the definitive element!
This new discovery is exciting indeed and made more so by the fact that we have some in Southland - I've been in the same room as a hefty load of it.
Will post pictures.
Post a Comment