'THIS PAINTING ,IS POSSIBLY MY MOST FAVOURITE IN THE WORLD.THE ORIGINAL BY THE VICTORIAN ARTIST 'HERBERT DRAPER'.IS AT THE CITY ART GALLERY IN MANCHESTER.I HAVE STARED AT IT MANY TIMES,FROM BENG A YOUNG WOMAN ...RIGHT TILL LAST YEAR-BECAUSE I LOVE IT SO MUCH.I HAVE A GREAT-DEEP-SENTIMENTAL-PERSONAL ATTACHMENT TO IT.AND I WISH I COULD 'STEAL' IT.....FOR MYSELF......anyhow, I have a postcard of it next to my bed....ONE OF THE DEAREST PEOPLE THAT EVER LIVED ...(who died a few years ago.)...HAD AN ORIGINAL VICTORIAN PRINT OF IT....IN A BEAUTIFUL ROUND MAHOGANY FRAME....THAT IS WHERE I FIRST SAW IT.....HANGING ON HER WALL..i WAS 21 then,.....& I HAVE HAD A LOVE AFFAIR WITH IT EVER SINCE........I LOVE HER BIKINI BOTTOMs -MADE-OF SEA WEED....THE WHOLE SCENE 'FOR ME' IS EXQUISITE.... anyhow LAST YEAR i WHEN I WENT TO MANCHESTER...CITY ART GALLERY......TO LOOK AT (MY PICTURE) THERE WAS A ROUND GAP ON THE WALL.....WHERE IT SHOULD HAVE BEEN(MY HEART SUNK).......SO I RAN DOWNSTAIRS TO THE STAFF....IN THE OFFICES AND VOICED MY CONCERN AND DISAPOINTMENT AND NEEDED TO KNOW WHERE IT WAS.....?& AFTER PHONING AROUND THE DEPARTMENTS ,I WAS INFORMED THAT IT WAS IN THE BASEMENT ,IN STORAGE,(THEY CHANGE THE LONGSTANDING PAINTINGS AROUND.ETC)....BUT...I MUST HAVE LOOKED SO CRESTFALLEN(I had tears in my eyes) & when I HAD TOLD THEM 'MY STORY' RELATED TO MY PAINTING !!(THE STAFF HAD TEARS IN THEIR EYES AS WELL.,....AND I I GOT SPECIAL PERMISSION TO HAVE A PRIVATE VIEWING .!!...THIS WOULD TAKE ABOUT A WEEK TO ARRANGE ...I HAD THE PHONE NUMBER OF THE 'BOSS' OF THE GALLERY WHO WAS AWAY AT THE TIME,I WAS TO RING HER IN ONE WEEKS TIME TO SORT A DAY AND TIME OUT........AND I DIDN'T, BLOODY LIFE GOT IN THE WAY....(AS PER USUAL).........AND NOW, I AM THINKING I NEED TO GO BACK AND LOOK AT 'MY' PAINTING......I WONDER IF IT IS BACK ON THE WALL...WHERE IT HAS HUNG FOR YEARS.I THINK I WILL GO ON MONDAY .....TO SEE....OH...MY BELOVED MANCHESTER....I MISS YOU...!
My Dearest Universe,.....& ..Lord.
I love Swallows, & Lilacs,& fairies,& Oscar wilde,& Babies & Arcobaleno's, & Pearls & Noble Doggies, & Cats Prrrrrr & Precious Minutes and even more Precious Seconds....of time...& Kopernikus, & the Polonaise..& Chopin, & Polish Tragedies....& Sky Blue Silk handkerchief's (I CAN'T HELP IT) OH! & MERMAIDS & SEA NYMPHS!!!........IF I WOULD HAVE HAD A CHOICE AT BIRTH....(JUST BEFORE I POPPED OUT INTO THE WORLD...& I WAS TOLD by GOD...I COULD BE ANYTHING IN THE WORLD....I WOULD HAVE SAID "I WANTED TO BE A *MERMAID* PLEASE"!! THERE IS NO 'DOUBT IN MY MIND ABOUT THAT....(BUT, WITH THE SAME PARENTS & SIBLINGS.)BUT,NOT ANY OLD MERMAID...MY HOUSE WOULD HAVE BEEN the 'GROTTA AZZURRA in....CAPRI ! ...infact I HAVE NO SHAME IN ADMITTING....THAT I WANT TO HAVE 'MAD [PASSIONATE HAIRAISING 'SEX' IN THAT CAVE...FIRST IN A ROWING BOAT...Oh & then 2ND TIME in that Magical Blue WATER...& 3 RD TIME...on the ROCKS..,ALL DAY AND ALL NIGHT....I Have already planned to take a large cashmere blanket.., !I'M OBVIOUSLY A CAVE WOMAN AT HEART.......and that's that..!!....I don't know how I ended up being a Gazelle.......isn't life STRANGE......
& I also Love My 'PRECIOUS PLACE' on our Author's Journal.
I love all my virtual friends here...I FEEL 'BLESSED AMONGST YOU' .It's all somehow meant to be.........I dreamt years ago that i would be writing somewhere in Italy.(TRUE)....& THIS IS THE NEAREST I HAVE GOT.......AHHAHAHHAAHHAAHAHAA!!
ISN'T THAT AMAZING ! MY LITTLE HOUSE IN THE COUNTRY IN ITALIA.........mind you, i have to admit...i WAS writing on a typewriter in my DREAM;...the computer/internet/ was not invented in my head then...BUT,IT WAS AN 'OLIVETTI' ...!
...and SHIRLEY BASSEY..!!!..THE SEXIEST WOMAN ON EARTH,,,,,,,,,,,! Mrs KRAKPOT ......CAN REALLY BELT THIS ONE OUT ...........AS WELL............! iT'S HER KIND OF THING.....
full bloody stop............
FROM >>>>>>>>>>>>>. me............the 5 foot ...nothing.
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GRANDE-GRANDE -GRANDE......!
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