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Whew, that's done
Jun. 9th, 2012 10:05 pmAnd it was fun, but exhausting.
Flax processing did yield some usable fiber, enough to demonstrate how it works, and I was able to show others how to do it. Yay.
Got to the railway museum in time for the picnic lunch and music. Weather was a bit warm but the day was fun and pleasant. Because it has been quite dry, mosquitoes were not in evidence.
Came home and took care of the animals, then watched The Secret Life of Arietty which is recently released to DVD. As always with Studio Ghibli productions, I found it disorienting and disturbing. Gary liked the music, but he wasn't familiar with the original book from 1952. Ghibli Japanified the story, not just in art and music, but going so far as showing Japanese text on some written signs and other parts of the imagery, though they also showed English in others. It distorted Mary Norton's original with Japanese traditions and concepts, making it all very strange and hallucinatory to my mind.
I have some photos still in two cameras, will post tomorrow perhaps. Meanwhile, bedtime.
Flax processing did yield some usable fiber, enough to demonstrate how it works, and I was able to show others how to do it. Yay.
Got to the railway museum in time for the picnic lunch and music. Weather was a bit warm but the day was fun and pleasant. Because it has been quite dry, mosquitoes were not in evidence.
Came home and took care of the animals, then watched The Secret Life of Arietty which is recently released to DVD. As always with Studio Ghibli productions, I found it disorienting and disturbing. Gary liked the music, but he wasn't familiar with the original book from 1952. Ghibli Japanified the story, not just in art and music, but going so far as showing Japanese text on some written signs and other parts of the imagery, though they also showed English in others. It distorted Mary Norton's original with Japanese traditions and concepts, making it all very strange and hallucinatory to my mind.
I have some photos still in two cameras, will post tomorrow perhaps. Meanwhile, bedtime.
