From "A Nocturnal upon St. Lucy's Day" (Dec. 13), by John Donne
[poem here]
". . . Since she enjoys her long night's festival,
Let me prepare towards her, and let me call
This hour her vigil, and her eve, since this
Both the year's, and the day's deep midnight is."
This and an earlier toy photograph (featuring a bear) were inspired by Francesco del Cossa's "Saint Lucy", BELOW, c. 1473/1474
OMGGGG! this is so amazing and awesome!! Good job, hilarious and wonderful. Saint Lucy is my girl! One of the weirdest saint stories! i saw Lucy in Venice, for real! She was very dead. I love this so much!!!
ReplyDeleteI like your version of St Lucy, although to be truthful I had no idea there was a St Lucy.
ReplyDeleteLINDA SUE: Thank you! --and what a treat that you made a hilarious and awesome girlette story on the same day!
ReplyDeleteWow--you saw Lucy?!!!
I can imagine she must be VERY DEAD indeed by now, 1800 years later.
RIVER: Thanks--St. Lucy is not a major saint--probably most people know of her as she is celebrated in Scandinavi, of all places, on "Santa Lucia Day" (Dec. 13)--info on Wikipedia (best place for easy research):
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saint_Lucy%27s_Day
I've always meant to make the special saffron buns for this day but never have.
She's got the googly eyes!
ReplyDeleteDoes anyone else remember Lady Edith with google eyes?
MICHAEL: Ha, I had never seen that.
ReplyDeleteBut I remember my father singing,
"Barney Google, with the goo-goo-googley eyes".