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Bloomin' owls...
Sunday, 3 December 2006 11:59...keeping me up all night!
Actually, they aren't really owls, but apparently some openings in the roofing of the flats where I live, which make hooting sounds exactly like owls when the wind blows through them. Which was most of last night. Still, it gives me a great opportunity to introduce my latest icon (man, I just love the way us permies get yet another new one every few months!).
This particular owl may be found outside Leeds' Civic Hall, where he and a feathery friend stand as proud emblems of the city - whose patron goddess must therefore logically be Minerva. Now that I actually live in Leeds, I felt the need for a 'Leeds - town' icon to supplement the 'Leeds - gown' aspect represented by my Parkinson building one. So that's his job. Meanwhile, in the background, is Shelley's rendering of the Homeric hymn to his mistress, the first few lines of which run thus:
( I sing the glorious Power with azure eyes... )
Hooting aside, I am having a very lovely weekend, which so far has included:![[livejournal.com profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-userinfo.gif)
my_mundane_life will be coming to stay over en route to an interview she has here tomorrow, and we will be going out for dinner with hieroglyphe. And in the meantime, I'd better get this dye off my hair and start turning those notes into an actual presentation, that's actually in Italian...
Actually, they aren't really owls, but apparently some openings in the roofing of the flats where I live, which make hooting sounds exactly like owls when the wind blows through them. Which was most of last night. Still, it gives me a great opportunity to introduce my latest icon (man, I just love the way us permies get yet another new one every few months!).
This particular owl may be found outside Leeds' Civic Hall, where he and a feathery friend stand as proud emblems of the city - whose patron goddess must therefore logically be Minerva. Now that I actually live in Leeds, I felt the need for a 'Leeds - town' icon to supplement the 'Leeds - gown' aspect represented by my Parkinson building one. So that's his job. Meanwhile, in the background, is Shelley's rendering of the Homeric hymn to his mistress, the first few lines of which run thus:
( I sing the glorious Power with azure eyes... )
Hooting aside, I am having a very lovely weekend, which so far has included:
- Going shopping and buying a very lovely fifties-esque dark purple party frock for upcoming Christmas dos
- Getting the flat properly clean and tidy
- Painting my toe-nails
- Dying my hair (that one's happening right now)
- Doing some very fruitful and rewarding Alessandro Moreschi research
- Making lots of interesting notes (so far in English) for the Italian presentation I have to give on Tuesday
- Some cracking lie-ins
my_mundane_life will be coming to stay over en route to an interview she has here tomorrow, and we will be going out for dinner with hieroglyphe. And in the meantime, I'd better get this dye off my hair and start turning those notes into an actual presentation, that's actually in Italian...
