the foxes cannot endure to be mocked (francine as blodeuwedd)

 that the foxes cannot endure to be mocked 

as horsemouth came to the corner he saw a man down on his hands and knees crawling towards it. another man watched from across the road. as the rest of the corner came into view horsemouth saw a fox warily making its way down the street.

at that point the two saw each other and the man started barking (the fox beat a hasty retreat). 

francine as blodeuwedd

this is a discovery francine and picasso make. later they find an owl chick and picasso adopts it. they look good together picasso and the owl.

it is worthwhile remembering that before they became bespectacled and bookish owls were considered birds of ill omen and connected with witchcraft. 

picasso spends a lot of time being photographed with animals but, like his women and children, they are soon discarded. now picasso was a terrible person. and yet the art is great. go figure. horsemouth has a book of the pottery and the assemblages and a book of the engravings. 

yesterday horsemouth woke up feeling anxious and possibly ill. he then bollocksed the entire day. on the plus side he spent it out of doors sunning himself on the front steps reading and writing. 'are you writing me a love letter?' asked a woman walking by (see the sun does marvelous things for people). 

horsemouth has come out the other side of the anxiety (he thinks). he is off to see andrew minty this afternoon. friday there (should) be a zoom meeting.  he has made a decision and timed a getaway to see his folks. 

the weekend is sweet earth flying weekend. horsemouth will be at his folks.(and for the following week at least).