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I’m a 60-year-old Aspergic gardening CAD-Monkey. Sardonic, cynical and with the political leanings of a social reformer, I’m also a toy and model figure collector, particularly interested in the history of plastics and plastic toys. Other interests are history, current affairs, modern art, and architecture, gardening and natural history. I love plain chocolate, fireworks and trees, but I don’t hug them, I do hug kittens. I hate ignorance, when it can be avoided, so I hate the 'educational' establishment and pity the millions they’ve failed with teaching-to-test and rote 'learning' and I hate the short-sighted stupidity of the entire ruling/industrial elite, with their planet destroying fascism and added “buy-one-get-one-free”. Likewise, I also have no time for fools and little time for the false crap we're all supposed to pretend we haven't noticed, or the games we're supposed to play. I will 'bite the hand that feeds', to remind it why it feeds.

Monday, April 1, 2024

H is for Hairy Horse

Just a quickie, found this, no idea who was responsible for the flocking, it used to be a member of the 'Old Guard' would tell you with some authority 'The' name, but we now know various people were flocking, or (Wend Al) moved into flocking, while it wouldn't surprise me if Prison Industries (Prindus) had a flocking unit?

Nevertheless, here it is with its unflocked, grazing progenitor, the Crescent (or whoever) flocked horse, probably as supplied to a single zoo or wildlife centre? It appears to be a two-stage process, with the pale-sand flock applied over the hazel, and the eyes dotted-in with ink? And thanks to all the donators to the Blog, at least one of these has probably come from Chris, Jon or Peter, if not both!


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