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Originally Posted by Holbytlass
The third picture showing the goblin holding the pears and pomegranet(I think that's what it is) reminds me of Bethberry's avatar but not as pretty.
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Hee hee ha ha. That pomegranate belongs to Persephone and her doom. And that banana reminds me of Tolkien's line in OFS, "But what of the banana skin?" Random acts of irrelevancy, I know.
Hilde, a delight as tasty a treat as any Goblin meat, and without the lingering after affects! Wonderful!
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Originally Posted by Lal
The best hope of preserving them is the fact that the cottage has increased in value through having them.
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Hmm. That sounds like precious little hope at all. Over here, there's no correlation between aesthetic or historical appreciation and wealth. And anyone who suggested such would be howled off stage in a deluge of social umbrage at the thought that money is a quarantor of sensibility. There's no guarantee that those with the money to pay such increases actually appreciate the art or are interested in preserving it. In fact, often it is the opposite. We had a gorgeous historical site, prime Art Deco design and architecture, with a concert hall with acoustics that are to die for, and complete with a Lalique fountain, and the owner wanted to tear it down and turn it all into business offices, but couldn't because it was designated an historical site. Money did save it eventually, I s'pose, as it has become a site of fancy galas and high ticket fundraisers and isn't open to the public. It's a little scary having "art" here so thoroughly in the hands of our 'robber barons.'
EDIT: I can see the second, third, and fourth picture, but I can't open the one on page one.
