Remember the dream of Fritha?

[Wild Dingo]

Ages ago I posted a thread about Fritha (ala "the dream") a modified Peterson Coaster Schooner (mods by designer) built in New Zealand a few years back... and how I had given my sister who is an artist in Broome the small photo of her full an buy that comes with the study info from Bill Peterson?

Anyway it was a fair few years back
But this the the picture I sent her to use as a "study"

http://www.imagestation.com/picture/sraid14/p58aee9d49eb1b21d3f168ad37212b33a/fddc46f0.jpg

I had almost given up ever seeing the picture turned into a painting she is so busy but a surprise was in store...

So yesty on Christmas day we were talking and laughing about this and that when she said "Ive got your birthday pressy if you want it" as Im gonna be back on the mine for my 50th in a couple of months I said in me most modest manner "Too flamin right sis"

And so here is sister Victoria Eyre, me and my "dream" titled "Shanes Ship"

http://www.imagestation.com/picture/sraid221/pac8ff72b89bb294b61e26a893bf7900a/eb75cb05.jpg

I love this photo since were both grinning our noggins off but theres a shadow over the painting so here is another one so you can see the painting clearer

http://www.imagestation.com/picture/sraid221/p55aa983c08eb1ff5d6dd842d79b4c5b7/eb75caa2.jpg

It is one of the most stunning paintings Ive ever seen and absolutely beautiful... I just wanted to say the dream of having a painting of Fritha in my own home came true yesterday I may not have Fritha in person I may never have one such as Fritha to enjoy but by god Ive got my "dream" I am so proud of my sis

I hope one and all got the dreams they wanted for Christmas
Cheers

[Tom Hunter]

Fritha was in Salem harbor a couple of years ago, what an amazing boat. I am drooling all over again, at the boat, the memory and your painting.

Merry Christmas

[bamamick]

Great story and a nice thing for your sister to have done for you.

I thought that you had to work over the holidays?

Mickey Lake

[ishmael]

Happy b-day brother Eyre.

A really good English novella that uses that Nordic name, Fritha. Paul Gallico's "The Snow Goose." A minor English writer, he penned a minor masterpiece with "The Snow Goose." It's mostly unsung, and oft considered sentimental. I don't know a short work in English that hits me more. Really simple: a crippled artist, a young woman, a snow goose, his small sailboat in service to evacuation at Dunkirk. He fits a tremendous bit into 150 pages. May I write half as well.

[ishmael]

Happy b-day brother Eyre.

A really good English novella that uses that Nordic name, Fritha. Paul Gallico's "The Snow Goose." A minor English writer, he penned a minor masterpiece with "The Snow Goose." It's mostly unsung, and oft considered sentimental. I don't know a short work in English that hits me more. Really simple: a crippled artist, a young woman, a snow goose, his small sailboat in service to evacuation at Dunkirk. He fits a tremendous bit into 150 pages. May either of us write half as well.

[Wild Dingo]

Great story and a nice thing for your sister to have done for you.

I thought that you had to work over the holidays?

Mickey Lake

ahem... Mickey mate I am... I was out there till yesty lunch time as I got a call from the kids saying Jo had been taken to hospital and by the time I had all the info together I was a jibbering mess of worry so they flew me out so I could make sure shes okay... WHICH SHE IS! :cool:... and I will go back tomorrow or Thursday whenever they can fit me on the plane :(

Not the best of ways to return but at least we all got our other "dream" that of me being home for Christmas day :cool:

I will be finishing up out there after the next swing so in about 4 weeks time and finding a job down closer to home... the sudden realization that I was a days wait away from getting back if needed suddenly hit us all and mates I cant do that again just not good for an trainee ol phart like me ;)

oh and Jack mate? February 22 ol son... so you can cheer an bend the old elbow a few times for me then :D till then Im still a young fella :D

Oh and Ive decided to use Oregon for the frame as it picks up the colors particularily of the sails almost perfectly

Cheers all and thansk for the great words shes a bottler me elder sis thats for sure :cool:

[ishmael]

Read it, Shane. Three hours if you're quick. Gallico made a splash because he also penned "The Posieden Adventure" Not the way it was made into film.

"The Snow Goose" is his heart. Sweet, as in good, writing.

Cheers, and Merry Crissers.

[StevenBauer]

Great sis you have there, Shane.

Steven

P.S. There is a Coaster II listed for sale in this issue of WB. Fully restored, $79,500. Maybe not Fritha but still well within dreaming range.

[Wild Dingo]

Steven!!! :eek: Cruel dude man :p

And without the pair of grinnin yobbos heres the painting on its own

http://www.imagestation.com/picture/sraid221/p0d82d5f01186c3b358f7ce6548886fe6/eb74f93f.jpg

The new digimal of Jacintas seems to either want it to be darker than it is or have flamin pink sails!... mmm does Fritha have pink sails? not having seen her personally I dont know but shes kept pretty close to the original but again as I say the original was a very poor quality pic sooo who knows eh! ;) :cool:

[Thorne]

Two words for ya..

"white balance".

Break out the manual and see what you can do to set the colors correctly, altho it also helps to shoot outdoors rather than by artifical light.

Lovely painting of a nice boat -- pink sails and all!

;0 )

[bamamick]

chance to be at home with the kids on the holiday. I had to go into work Christmas night, but that's not so bad, and all of mine are grown now. Once I start having grand-youngins though, I might start clamoring for a day job around here. Don't want to miss much of that.

Mickey Lake

[Thad]

Good job! FRITHA doesn't have pink sails, but she does have lavender turnings under her quarder deck rail.

[Paul Pless]

Shane, that's pretty darn cool! Happy Birthday.