Turandot
Turandot
Turandot is a truly icy princess. Her steely glare and unfeeling beauty comes across in the original 1926 poster (a postcard-sized version of which is keeping Constance company on the Opera Couch).
Although there are two women, various potential lovers, a problem that has to be solved at pain of death, and lots and lots of singing, Disney “Frozen” this is not… not everyone survives to the end of the story…
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Straw Hats 5 and 6
Front
Some of the Hittys are enthralled with the latest squashy hat reconfiguration… the previous very nice bonnet (#5) has been given over to Mary Ann, who is most comfortable with Plain accessories…
Garrya elliptica
Flowers!
The January daily rainshowers mean raincoats every day. Carrot Soup came to work with me and she (not I) discovered a new plant in the museum garden!
Straw Hat 5
Neatly Coiled
Zipporah is helping me turn the squashy hat from the thrift store into hatstraw…
Snowdrops
rescued
Apparently there is an overabundance of snow in the Eastern part of the continent at the moment… we rarely get much real snow around here, but the Quimper Hitty human rescued a handful of snowdrops from a gutter yesterday and brought them home to be admired…
Straw Hat #s 3 and 4
Oval Start
The Human straw hat disassembly/Hitty-hat millinery project continues. I had a couple of girls interested in Straw Boaters, so I started with an oval crown… (more…)
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