yay for lj cuts, that i might not drive people insane with long posts

( the nephew report )

oh boy. YnM. following what seems to have set itself up a tradition in headspace for me; anybody new coming in adopts some old idea?

couple of years ago i picked up this little book about the Blue Willow pattern plates. illustrations, some information about the pattern's history, and the author's own version of the story told about this plate. it was an English folktale about China; it wasn't from any story told in China, though.

at the end of the book, the author tells about how he came up with his variation and challenges the reader to come up with thier own. i thought it would be neat to try, but nothing ever came of it.

guess where YnM went?.

( willow pattern rambling )

in the meantime, the whole mess has spawned a desire to go searching for images of pottery, wondering what other kinds of patterns there are and what kind of stories might come from them...

the boys will like seeing the pretty pictures too... hey you guys! (calls nephews)