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Adoption Certificate for Nellie, the Daily Thread numbat (with thanks to @Catfish)
I've been writing my own album for about a year now. Usually I'm a guitarist in bands, or do acoustic singer stuff by myself.
So I've made this mix of industrial with a middle eastern vibe throughout.
I've been very hesitant to start recording vocals despite having lyrics all done.
I'm going to have a go tonight. Fuck it. Let's see how it plays out.
Can you give me an arabic song that I can slip into the Spotify queue that will surprise the man. Preferably something cheesy with numerous habibis in there.
Still positive, birthday bash has been cancelled due to others in my family either getting the cold or also getting COVID.
Boring weekend incoming
AmbVic finally replied to my email and provided a spreadsheet of the branch locations, this time unencrypted. They actually included more info than I asked for which is nice, and also how I learnt that there's such a thing as seasonal ambulance branches and also "super response centres".
For anybody who was curious, there's 260 entries in the list, although that includes the season stations, air ambulance locations, "community" branches (which I assume means volunteer), and the mobile stroke unit base
Is this an urn πΊand why is it in the food section?
Here's my real life roman one.
Gramps bought it from a market stall in Africa WW2.
One of my favourite things to look at.
Interesting thing about it is the slight angle of the top bit (rim / throat?)
Also looks like it was made in two bits.
That's pretty cool. It would be interesting to know what was in there.
That's a small amphora meant for household and table use. You can tell by the size of the handles and the base to stand on. The really really large ones for transport and storage have a pointed base and wider mouths.
( I used to collect museum replicas of Greek antiquities. ) Most of the big decorative urns you see in collections are funerary urns , big urns to bury bones in.
Tbh it looks like the Ashes urn π
I think it's a roman orgy wine vase. e: seeing the other reply I'm not far off.
Thirsty work
@CEOofmyhouse56 @Seagoon_ It's apparently an amphora, which was apparently a type of container/vase used to transport wine and food.
Here's what Wikipedia has to say about 'em:
"Amphorae were used in vast numbers for the transport and storage of various products, both liquid and dry, but mostly for wine. They are most often ceramic, but examples in metals and other materials have been found. Versions of the amphorae were one of many shapes used in Ancient Greek vase painting."
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amphora
Now I want one, haha
That makes alot more sense. Interesting that they went with a amphora and not an actual bottle of wine. πΎ will have to do for now.
@CEOofmyhouse56 I'm all for having an amphora of wine π·
Maybe put a couple on the clothes line and play amphora of fortune?
Gotta be careful you don't get smacked in the head with one while eyeing the other.
learning and practicing how to use watercolour has commenced , I'm painting in the colouring book , title page in wash is my start :)
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Nice. Watercolour is fine but tricky.
oh boy, I'm used to nice pointy brushes and tried the flat ones, so hard to do detail with flat brushes. I think I will go back to pointy.
Cheers little dinosaurs πΊ
Cheers! πΈ Gin and Tonic it is
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No booze, but I can cheers you with a glass of Pepsi Max if that's your thing
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Of course you can! πΊ
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π»π¦ heading out to shout myself dinner. Finished work on time on a Friday for once. CHEERS
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sorting books, getting rid of all the art books I have read and aren't good, the little down to earth watercolour handbook without flashy glossy colour pics is the most useful. Will keep that one.
Found note books full of memos, I no longer remember what they are even about. Shredded and tossed.
All that daiso paper and ink, easily and cheaply replaced.
That lying Tesla driver has got 9 months in prison.
On top of everything else, it really makes a mockery of βyouβll get punished for lying in courtβ.
She will probably be deported after serving her time.
She might not have even be sentenced to time if she didn't flee the scene or lie and keep on lying. This will be lesson. Don't lie.
I thought the lesson was "If you wanna hurt people, use a car".
