tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13609842.post6248772959309956378..comments2023-10-30T09:26:32.732+00:00Comments on Now's the time: threads, value, bellowingAnonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06972049290586377462noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13609842.post-81967200899379235592010-03-11T17:32:50.935+00:002010-03-11T17:32:50.935+00:00I thought the tangles in the calf's head parti...I thought the tangles in the calf's head particularly interersting.<br /><br />Lucy: Some years ago I stayed with some friend in Cyprus. When we were there, they rescued a donkey, which had been abandoned because it was too old to work, a common practice, I believe. Soon they had several donkeys and eventually opened a donkey sanctuary, which became a registered charity. They have now retired but the sanctuary is still there.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06972049290586377462noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13609842.post-36058543785196221622010-03-10T07:12:28.686+00:002010-03-10T07:12:28.686+00:00There are one or two groups of donkeys kept around...There are one or two groups of donkeys kept around here as pets. It's always a pleasant surprise to hear them, the sound carries quite far. Surely thay can't have been altogether phased out in the Greek islands? There are villages there where, all the roads being stepped, they are the only conveyance that can really get about...Lucyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09764296105901909328noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13609842.post-24199791463175457962010-03-09T19:06:05.337+00:002010-03-09T19:06:05.337+00:00I like how you spotted a calf's head in a tiny...I like how you spotted a calf's head in a tiny piece of fabric. <br /><br />It's also fun to see how much farther we can 'zoom in' on things - even within the calf's head, along different threads, I'm spotting other figures (or projecting those figures); for instance I see a tiptoeing fairy (her wings swell out around where the calf's right eye would be, and her feet are where the mouth/snout are).HKatzhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17653570160517335758noreply@blogger.com