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December 13, 2005
A lot of paint
First of all mix up A Lot of Paint.
This is a delicious part. Scoop out a whole schlop of flake white from the Big Tin, add a dash of MH NY, a hint of WN Aliz C and mix thoroughly.
Then the good bit: pour on some long sticky sun-thickened linseed oil. Apart from anything else the smell is gorgeous. Summer, cut grass, the hot whitewashed timbers of the pavilion. Dusty musty smells of dead grass, oils and limewash, pungent whiffs, broken flower pots, crumpled tennis nets, willow bats, cat gut rackets, rusty locks and big metally keys, pushing at the stiff door as it catches on the swollen wooden floorboards; and the azaleas, oh the sweet heady perfume of azaleas and teenage love.
Meanwhile back in the studio…
The round thing is a penny, with a view to showing scale, hey ho...
Posted by john at December 13, 2005 02:12 AM
Comments
Strange I don't remember the azalias having a scent at all. :-)
Hi, I've just started reading your blog. Trying to get unstuck myself.
Posted by: harmonious1 at December 19, 2005 01:48 AM
oh yes, I recommend next summer you find some azaleas and inhale deeply
Posted by: john Coombes at December 19, 2005 05:31 PM