tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8962218400759577132.post2784997412612715556..comments2024-03-25T03:20:09.437-07:00Comments on artistica domestica: The 'Counting'anniehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11433701550878013807noreply@blogger.comBlogger10125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8962218400759577132.post-90869220849954525962011-12-21T15:21:03.157-08:002011-12-21T15:21:03.157-08:00Annie, your dear parents would have been through a...Annie, your dear parents would have been through a lot.<br />Feel free to use any word from me.<br />It's an honour in the circumstances.DMChttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01632547039493058011noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8962218400759577132.post-62225629659381034722011-12-21T02:06:46.346-08:002011-12-21T02:06:46.346-08:00Oh you crack me up!Oh you crack me up!Helenhttp://www.helenthura.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8962218400759577132.post-12967363812075712872011-12-20T21:42:05.424-08:002011-12-20T21:42:05.424-08:00Anna: Right back at you- you could make a kit!Anna: Right back at you- you could make a kit!anniehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11433701550878013807noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8962218400759577132.post-30467607708787245982011-12-20T21:06:38.363-08:002011-12-20T21:06:38.363-08:00Glad all went well this year - love the reenactmen...Glad all went well this year - love the reenactment! Would love to see a family tree of yours one day... hey, there's a project for 2012!!!Anna Bartletthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17140909637865426746noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8962218400759577132.post-11776722883307107792011-12-20T15:42:41.328-08:002011-12-20T15:42:41.328-08:00DMC: I think there is an element of Hitchcock in e...DMC: I think there is an element of Hitchcock in every major family gathering and love the idea of them as book ends. It is their 50th anniversary next month and I may have to use that metaphor!<br /><br />MMMC: They always relish it- Dad because he came from a huge family and and Mum, because she didn't!anniehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11433701550878013807noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8962218400759577132.post-83690411428848204042011-12-20T15:26:11.150-08:002011-12-20T15:26:11.150-08:00Sounds like a fun gathering. I bet granddad and gr...Sounds like a fun gathering. I bet granddad and grandma love seeing everyone together.Makeminemidcenturyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15304535583168822160noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8962218400759577132.post-6272476753578639622011-12-20T14:41:19.128-08:002011-12-20T14:41:19.128-08:00"The Counting" has a ring of Alfred Hitc..."The Counting" has a ring of Alfred Hitchcock or those surrealist films with exorcism when green smoke bursts forth from gnashing lips.<br />But, I KNOW yours bears no resemblance to that.<br />It seems to me that soon the clan will have to assemble on the steps of the Opera House in Sydney to fit you all in.<br />Grandad could sleep at the top like a somnolent Christmas fairy and Nanna jitterbug in the foreground.<br />After all , these are the bookends of your expanding, living family tree - the original artists behind the domestica.<br />But where does it stop?<br />Is there no clamour from the multitudinous in-laws for a guernsey?<br />Dance on , dear Nanna, and sleep on, dear Grandad. You both deserve every accolade going.DMChttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01632547039493058011noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8962218400759577132.post-14405521519355767152011-12-20T14:01:56.700-08:002011-12-20T14:01:56.700-08:00Deb: I'm sure some families have worse names ...Deb: I'm sure some families have worse names for their Christmas kafuffles.<br /><br />Curlypops: How lovely to have you over! Yup. The more dysfunctional the family, the more normal it is ironically.anniehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11433701550878013807noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8962218400759577132.post-68043220591691091292011-12-20T12:37:00.675-08:002011-12-20T12:37:00.675-08:00Love it.... that's what family is all about!Love it.... that's what family is all about!CurlyPopshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02073292585833387749noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8962218400759577132.post-87027273207314303902011-12-20T09:58:30.192-08:002011-12-20T09:58:30.192-08:00Nobody puts Baby in a corner. I just had to say i...Nobody puts Baby in a corner. I just had to say it. I adore your family re-enactments! I call our Counting the C-family Christmas Catastrophe.Debhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13872411319194316039noreply@blogger.com