Ships fighting and firing their cannons
Aug. 31st, 2011 08:25 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
anteros_lmcI do realise that being expected to admire the artistic endeavours of other peoples offspring can be somewhat tedious, however I couldn't resist sharing this splendid drawing that daughter presented me with the other day. It's a picture of "ships fighting and firing their cannons" and I've annotated it helpfully so you can tell what's going on.
I'm particularly fond of the sailor doing the bathroom in the heads which are equipped with toilet, toilet roll holder and wash hand basin. How civilised!
I'm particularly fond of the sailor doing the bathroom in the heads which are equipped with toilet, toilet roll holder and wash hand basin. How civilised!
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Date: 2011-08-31 07:44 pm (UTC)And the hygiene of it all. I especially love the shark on the bottom right.
She really captured the feeling of the action.
I wonder if small Horatio ever drew pictures of ships? Or Archie? Parents must have saved drawings, even back then right?
I hope the sailor on the toilet will not be blamed for missing the battle! (I trust he will wash his hands too.)
Really made my day. Did she draw this at school?
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Date: 2011-08-31 08:10 pm (UTC)Yes indeed! She had to ask her dad where sailors did the toilet, he pointed to where the heads would be and she interpreted accordingly XD
I especially love the shark on the bottom right.
I should also have added that the shark is about the eat the unfortunate sailor that has fallen in the water beside him!
I wonder if small Horatio ever drew pictures of ships? Or Archie?
I could imagine Horatio drawing very precise little ship diagrams, whereas Archie's artistic endeavours would be more "impressionistic"
Did she draw this at school?
No, she drew this as a special present for me on Saturday morning because "mummy likes sailors" :)
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Date: 2011-09-03 10:10 pm (UTC)Dave
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Date: 2011-08-31 09:32 pm (UTC)Reassuring to know that the wee one doesn´t seem to be in the "heaving bosoms and romantic sunsets" department!
She's only five and a half so if she was I'd be a bit worried! XD
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Date: 2011-09-01 08:43 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2011-09-03 10:03 pm (UTC)Dave
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Date: 2011-08-31 09:46 pm (UTC)no subject
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Date: 2011-08-31 09:53 pm (UTC)Clearly the poor child is crying out for the civilizing influence of somewhere to hang the loo paper.
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Date: 2011-08-31 10:09 pm (UTC)Thought you might be ;)
If we did have a toilet roll holder I suspect she would use it hang her sword on!
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Date: 2011-08-31 10:13 pm (UTC)I pull your tumblr feed into my flist and it never fails to make me smile :) I particularly liked the mermaid looking up the skaters skirts and "it would be such an honour to go down on you" XD
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Date: 2011-08-31 10:34 pm (UTC)I'm glad you like my Tumblr! :D Tumblr is pretty brilliant. You do just find those most brilliant stuff ^^ Have you ever considered jumping on board the HMSTumblr?
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Date: 2011-09-01 08:49 pm (UTC)Oooh don't tempt me with tumblr! It's about the only social network I haven't joined XD I keep a close eye on it though. Lots of veeeerrry nice stuff there ;)
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Date: 2011-09-02 06:27 pm (UTC)no subject
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Date: 2011-08-31 11:05 pm (UTC)and the heads and the shark and all - fantastic
Sir Edward comments : " captains fighting ? think that is me fulfilling a cherished desire to boot that a--- Foster off my ship back into the water - clever cub,young miss anteros...
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Date: 2011-09-01 08:51 pm (UTC)PS Sir Edward, I do believe she would have been quite at home on the dear Indy!
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Date: 2011-09-01 09:16 pm (UTC)She has all the hallmarks of one of our finest I must say -though her soundness on the subject of piracy might be a trifle in doubt perhaps
ah - your picture - the western squadron: a Spring morning and Amazon, Concorde and the Revolutionnaire in company - * large heartfelt sigh*
yours as ever fondly
EP
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Date: 2011-09-01 02:15 am (UTC)no subject
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Date: 2011-09-01 04:41 am (UTC)I have to admire the treasure chest, the ensign, and all those masts and flags. Surely those are multi purpose flags which double as sails? The gunports are all kinds of awesome and as an enemy I would tremble at the sight of them.
Really, I could pour over the drawing and your daughter's eye for details for some time. The sailors would be mighty pleased about their bog with toilet roll holder and sink. Stephen Maturin would very much approve of the hygiene.
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Date: 2011-09-01 09:00 pm (UTC)I will tell daughter that Stephen would approve of the hygienic facilities. She knows who Stephen is of course, he's the little man who sits beside Jack on the mantelpiece!
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Date: 2011-09-02 04:25 am (UTC)Please do! :DDDDDDDDDD
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Date: 2011-09-01 08:38 am (UTC)Tell her she's a star. I have some little stickers of buoys and shipwrecks for her (long story) which will get into the post as soon as I have a mo.
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Date: 2011-09-01 03:12 pm (UTC)no subject
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Date: 2011-09-01 09:04 pm (UTC)I have some little stickers of buoys and shipwrecks for her
Awwww you're too kind, she adores stickers!
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