My friend, who knew I did taxidermy because he cleaned my windows and looked in and saw dead things, preserved, a fox head in salt. He did a great job but the ears slipped. He gave it to me to do something with.
I'd been out with the children to antiques emporiums at the weekend, looking for spectacles. They were quite happy with the head. I didn't find specs but I did remember that I had some at work that used to be my grandmother's. They'd been in the prop store.
I'd already decided I wanted the fox to have one eye stuck on specs as my friend Andy Eccleston had given me a glass eye
My daughter agreed they were good glasses for the fox.
My daughter was vaguely disinterested and mildly amused that I used some of her old boots,
and quite liked the swim suit. I'd used it as it was the only thing I could think of that might fit. I wanted a faux leopard skin coat. As I'd used my grandmother's specs, I remembered I had a top that was a little like a suit she used to wear.
I got a little jolt of familiarity from it. My daughter said it was creepy. Are robes creepy? Can daughters detect when mothers suddenly remember grandmothers? Was she humoring me?
what's the name...Beyonce Bartleby?
what's the name...Beyonce Bartleby?