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Dec. 19th, 2013 09:24 am
poliphilo: (corinium)
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I was loading the bird table with seed yesterday morning and it just sort of came apart in my hands. We asked Matthew if he could do anything with the sad remains and he had a go but the wood was rotten and it was like working with wet cardboard. Then he went away and had a think and came back with a load of planks and started again from scratch. All he kept of the original was its little copper roof.  Matthew thinks the new bird table looks like the tower at Canary Wharf. I think it looks like a skeletal dalek.  Either way it makes me very happy. The birds like it too.

bird table

Date: 2013-12-19 10:56 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] basefinder.livejournal.com
I see the dalek resemblance!

Date: 2013-12-19 12:32 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] cmcmck.livejournal.com
The term 'over engineered' springs readily to mind! :o)

Date: 2013-12-19 03:43 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] poliphilo.livejournal.com
Yes, but all the sticking-out bits will be good for hanging things from.

Date: 2013-12-19 01:13 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] artkouros.livejournal.com
Wow - looks like a rocket.

Date: 2013-12-19 03:44 pm (UTC)

Date: 2013-12-19 02:44 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] ooxc.livejournal.com
Elevate!

Date: 2013-12-19 03:44 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] poliphilo.livejournal.com
Begin countdown....

Date: 2013-12-19 03:33 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] davesmusictank.livejournal.com
Looks like Robbie the Robots antennae system

Date: 2013-12-19 03:46 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] poliphilo.livejournal.com
It's very space age- if only the space age had occurred before we learned to smelt iron.

Date: 2013-12-19 07:43 pm (UTC)
sovay: (Lord Peter Wimsey: passion)
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All he kept of the original was its little copper roof. Matthew thinks the new bird table looks like the tower at Canary Wharf. I think it looks like a skeletal dalek. Either way it makes me very happy.

It's great art!

Date: 2013-12-20 08:23 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] poliphilo.livejournal.com
My thought, exactly!

Date: 2013-12-19 09:51 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] amritarosa.livejournal.com
I like it- it's very sculptural.

Date: 2013-12-20 08:23 am (UTC)

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