Dear Geo.,
on your blog "Trainride Of The Enigmas" you wrote about that haunting experience in your garden, "Pumpkin Demon" (scroll down on the right to reach it, 6 days ago) and I am so glad that Norma was able to take a stunning photograph of it.
I asked you if I am allowed to draw that little monster - and here it is:
Pum P. Kin.
You might have heard more of his distant cousin - who lives under the name of Potem P. Kin
- and that says it all...
Over-zealous he added one "P" too much, sometimes writing it out into Pjotr, claiming that his roots clung to noble Russian soil, (his knowledge of Russian aristocracy is ... erm... a bit weak, and only by hearsay) You remember when once he tried his luck as an architect? The customers admired the beautiful fronts of the houses - but entering they were not content, too much fresh air...
His newest projects are different versions for Cindarella's pumpkin coach, digital of course.
So, you see, there is a vast difference to Pump P. Kin, who is a friendly and honest creature.
But it is easier to tell about the bad guys! :-)
Yours truly,
Britta
I wonder if they are related to my feathered friend P Kin-Duck?
ReplyDeleteWuhaha! It is Top Secret - especially these days one should not trump one's connections to China!
ReplyDeleteDear Britta, Your drawing is fun and well-done. It bears no resemblance to Grigory Potemkin's "Village" (his peculiar approach to architecture). It is a happy work of art. Thank you!
ReplyDeleteThank you, Geo.! I hope that the triplets find it amusing too - as I told you they start to have books, with pictures (and the new thing I found out in the children book store: books with felt cloth you can move and play hide and seek with - great!).
DeleteI know his brother Par S.Nip but he is the good one, married with children !!! Great drawing Britta XXXX
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DeleteHim being "the good one" - you bet!
Jackie, between you and me and the gatepost - (though I prefer our German version "unter uns Pastorentöchtern" = between us, the pastor's daughters) I refer to the unsolved scientific riddle how he managed to sow wild oats, as a born Par S. Nip - Genetic Engineering ? Married: yes; children: yes! Romping on? Yes!
Well done Britta - your work reminds me of some of the illustrations done by Ernst Kreidolf, but do you know of him? He was born 1863 - 1956 in Germany, an illustrator and poet but moved to Switzerland during WWl. I did a post on him and it is here should it be of interest to you.
ReplyDeletehttps://wherefivevalleysmeet.blogspot.com/2014/09/ernst-kreidolfs-illustrations-for-der.html
Wow, thank you, Rosemary - if I ever come a bit near his skill I will be glad!
ReplyDeleteI did not know Kreidolf before, but reading your great blogpost I was impressed by his poetic accuracy.
When I was young I liked to open up the shepherds purse exactly in the middle of the heart, where the fine line is - there were little seeds in it, tiny "money".
Thank you for your encouragement - and for the tipp about an illustrator I did not know.
I love it when bloggers connect this way. You enjoyed Geo's post and added to it. Marvelous!
ReplyDeleteThank you, Emma! I am a fan of Geo. for a long long time, and admire his wit and his knowledge, and Norma's photos.
ReplyDeleteYou are witty and clever. That is a wonderful little illustration.
ReplyDeleteThank you, Joanne! I bit the bullet (in Germany we say "I jumped over my shadow") - meaning: I tried to use a bit of imagination.
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