fabula murina (mouse story) CLXXV
eheu! carduus Silvii fodicat! (Oh no! A thistle has poked Silvius!) Minimus filiolum amplectitur et carduum vituperat "noli hoc iterum facere!" (Minimus hugs his little son and tells the thistle off ."Don't do it again!) Silvius cacchinat (Silvius giggles). #fabulamurina
fabula murina (mouse story) CLXVIII
in pistrina murina, Minima ignem in furno accendit, Minimus palam tractat et Silvius panem coctum custodit. (In the mouse bakery, Minima has lit the fire in the oven, Minimus handles a bread peel, and Silvius guards the baked loaf). #fabulamurina
fabula murina (mouse story) CLXVII
Minima et Silvia panem faciunt (Minima and Silvius are making bread). Silvius massam subigit; Minima panem quadratum fingit et incidit (Silvius is kneading the dough; Minima shapes and cuts a loaf) #fabulamurina
fabula murina (mouse story) CLX
Silvius celocem et scaphulam in lavabrum probat (Silvius is testing his sailing boat and dinghy in the washtub). ambo natant (They both float)! Silvius classem in stagnum navigare cupit (Silvius wants to sail his fleet on the pond). #fabulamurina
fabula murina (mouse story) CXLVIII
Minima ranunculum sub menti Silvii tenet, ut flos nitidus repercutiat lucem flavum (Minima is holding a buttercup under Silvius' chin, so the shiny flower reflects yellow light). nonne butyrum amas, Silvi? (Do you like butter, Silvius?) #fabulamurina
fabula murina (mouse story) CXLV
Minimus, Minima et Silvius diēs Bellorum Stellarum celebrant (Minimus, Minima and Silvius celebrate Star Wars day).
vis tecum sit! (May the Force be with you!) #fabulamurina #MayThe4thBeWithYou #StarWarsDay
fabula murina (mouse story) CXL
Silvius mentham prope patrem hilariter vibrat (Silvius is waving mint cheerfully near his father). Minimus abhorret: mures mentham timent (Minimus recoils in horror: mice are afraid of mint)! #fabulamurina
I spent some of yesterday doing experiments with possible techniques for the the overlays, and ended with with hands like Lady Macbeth's (always assuming that Duncan's blood was purple acrylic ink!). For such tenacious colour, the effect on the gauze was disappointingly feeble.
I'm concerned about the inktense because the first gauzes are beginning to look much muddier than when I started, but I think acrylic ink is not a better solution, in the end.
fabula murina (mouse story) CXXXVII
Vibrissa* Silvium in horto curat, ne in stagno cadat aut vespam vexet (Vibrissa is minding Silvius in the garden, so he doesn't fall in the pond or annoy a wasp). Silvius manum felis amplectitur (Silvius hugs the cat's paw)
*iterum Merlin #fabulamurina
fabula murina (mouse story) CXXXVI
Minimus et Minima resticulam versant, dum Silvius transultat (Minimus and Minima are turning the skipping rope while Silvius jumps). mures cantant "sal, acetum, sinapi, piper" (The mice chant "salt, vinegar, mustard, pepper". #fabulamurina#worldskippingday
fabula murina (mouse story) CXXVIII
Silvius ramulum mali perite scandit (Silvius is skilfully scrambling up an apple branch). quam pernix musculus (What a nimble little mouse!) #fabulamurina
fabula murina (mouse story) CXXV
nonne aranea in aere pendet (Is the spider floating in the air)?. Silvius propius spectat: Minimus caudam tenet ne cadat (Silvius takes a closer look: Minimus holds his tail so he doesn't fall)! aranea in tela tenue sedet (The spider is sitting on a delicate web) #fabulamurina