I'm going to be lurking.

In the village the workers toiled to make their scarecrows.  Greek Gods and Queens the poster which was the invitation to this years scarecrow trail trumpeted.  OK, I thought, I can do that, I can put clothes on an inanimate object and turn it into a scarecrow.  

Greek Gods are easy, there’s so many of them.  There are Titans and Olympians who are the main Gods and Goddesses and then lots of minor ones.   Greek Queens? Well perhaps the most notable of these was Helen of Troy – not properly Greek, but you could do a scarecrow surrounded by a thousand ships, especially in Ardfern.

 The more I thought about it the more I panicked.   I have as much artistic ability as a bull in a china shop and very little imagination.  I can’t build anything, but I can say what I see

 So, I thought, I know, I’m going to chase around the scarecrow trail and take a nosy at all the scarecrows being built and put photos of them on here at build stages.  What’s going to be interesting is if we can guess what they are going to be.  

The most obvious one for all at the moment is the one outside Julie’s.  She has dressed a tree in a white chiton.  It has arms but no head yet, she says she is going to be a beautiful Goddess.  As one of the higher echelons of the Olympians it is likely that she could be Hera or Athena, but she doesn’t have a name yet.

The chiton has a lacy top and is  going to have a gold belt.  Wearing gold accessories all she lacks is the sandals, but at least she is firmly planted on the ground.

Bruce has started to build the most amazing creature ever.  I’m not going to tell you what it is yet though, it will spoil the surprise.  Suffice it to say it’s got lots of necks and five people work in the shop.  It promises to be quite a heady monster. 

Clare’s naked runner keeps on going and his story is unique and descriptive .  I will catch him at some point and interview him about his history and why he is running  Til then I know chiton sounds rude but it was definitely a form of greek dress.  I hope you don’t mind  me turning up at your scarecrow you will be within your rights to tell me to leave

HAVE FUN ALL YOU CLEVER TALENTED PEOPLE!