Clovis has left a note.
"Springtime calls and I answer:
No Haiku Thursday."
haiku by The Missus, Secretary and Amanuensis to Mr. Puppendottir, Myristica Farm
Thursday, February 27, 2014
Thursday, February 20, 2014
Thursday, February 13, 2014
Haiku Thursday: At the Market
Cowpeas? Cabbage? Sprouts?
What was on the list I left
in my other purse?
- Victorine deFleury
Thursday, February 6, 2014
Haiku Thursday
Trees fettered by ice
make leaves in their sleep while we
read long-deferred books
- Clovis deFleury
Tuesday, February 4, 2014
Portrait of an Ancestor: Guillaume Edouard Ouessant
The first of the Ouessant to emigrate to the New World.
Guillaume "Guy" Edouard Ouessant scandalized the galleries of 1880s with his paintings of the celebrated Olympe deFleury wearing nothing but her hat, so the two of them packed up their paintbrushes and booked a voyage on the SS Bijou de Mer.
It is reported, as both families promptly disinherited these bright young scions, that they paid for their tickets in the time-honored currency of the street artist: interpretive dance (and napkin folding).
Guillaume "Guy" Edouard Ouessant scandalized the galleries of 1880s with his paintings of the celebrated Olympe deFleury wearing nothing but her hat, so the two of them packed up their paintbrushes and booked a voyage on the SS Bijou de Mer.
It is reported, as both families promptly disinherited these bright young scions, that they paid for their tickets in the time-honored currency of the street artist: interpretive dance (and napkin folding).
Monday, February 3, 2014
Clovis
...vintage fashionista, aficionado of Chinoiserie, second-string ukulele for the Reverend Zeno M. Shellbark's Hot Jazz Nights , and sometime cryptid hunter with his cousin Dr. Washington Fenimore Fourre-Tout.
When he was very young, Clovis wrote that his ambition was to dance through the streets of the tiny Greek island of Ios during the Homeria festival dressed in traditional 17th century goosegirl's costume while driving a herd of rare blue Turquoisian geese.
Nowadays, he says, his ambition is to nap beautifully.
When he was very young, Clovis wrote that his ambition was to dance through the streets of the tiny Greek island of Ios during the Homeria festival dressed in traditional 17th century goosegirl's costume while driving a herd of rare blue Turquoisian geese.
Nowadays, he says, his ambition is to nap beautifully.
Puppendottir of North America: An Introduction
As the amanuensis (known - I hope fondly! as The Missus) for Attis Puppendottir, Farm Manager, Myristica Farms, I thought it might be useful to introduce the extended Puppendottir clan.
Puppendottir are a widespread family group of little people, most of whom are house managers for a friendly home- or farm-owner. They prefer a householder, or "husman", as they were originally referred to, who lives in an older dwelling with ample access for the intent observation of various local animal and plant species.
Many Puppen work in some capacity as naturalists among the minute and largely unknown species of their own world; many spend their lives documenting the interactions between householder and Puppen beings.
In keeping with their small size and their deep affection for living beings of all types, Puppen eat no meat but the occasional egg. They have a keen appetite for good toast (with butter) and jam of all kinds, and deeply admire the Brussels sprout.
Victorine Ouessant deFleury is a member of Ovis nympha puppenidae, most of whom are descended from Kalasiris XVII, a companion of Hatshepsut as well as the famed 19th-century French master painter Guillaume Edouard Ouessant. As such, many of these tiny sheep, la famille Ouessant, as they are commonly known, are known for their taste in millinery design and choux pastry.
Family historians present at the opening of the tomb of Kalasiris in 1929 were able to identify the relationship based on the famed King-Queen's correspondence, ca. 1473 BC, "Regarding my esteemed and tiny friend of myriad and glorious hats."
Puppendottir are a widespread family group of little people, most of whom are house managers for a friendly home- or farm-owner. They prefer a householder, or "husman", as they were originally referred to, who lives in an older dwelling with ample access for the intent observation of various local animal and plant species.
Many Puppen work in some capacity as naturalists among the minute and largely unknown species of their own world; many spend their lives documenting the interactions between householder and Puppen beings.
In keeping with their small size and their deep affection for living beings of all types, Puppen eat no meat but the occasional egg. They have a keen appetite for good toast (with butter) and jam of all kinds, and deeply admire the Brussels sprout.
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| Attis Puppendottir collecting early violets after an afternoon spent observing a most peculiar specimen of Felis domesticus on the Myristica Farm property. These violets will be turned over to the owner and chef of Vic & Kai's Deli at The Big House, Victorine Ouessant deFleury. Her recipe for blanc de violette farci appears elsewhere. |
Family historians present at the opening of the tomb of Kalasiris in 1929 were able to identify the relationship based on the famed King-Queen's correspondence, ca. 1473 BC, "Regarding my esteemed and tiny friend of myriad and glorious hats."
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| Victorine deFleury, left, with her husband Clemenceau Woolum-Wensleydale, at a Vic & Kai's Deli cast party in 2009. Victorine is shown here holding her chicken, Nilla, who has been in the deFleury family for many generations. It should be noted that while la famille Ouessant usually can be identified by their truly fabulous headgear, Clemenceau had loaned his favorite tocque to a visiting friend and sous-chef, Cookie Moon, far right. |
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