The Mermaid on the Seafront

[justlynn]

Ah, but the lady with lovely long hair that I know is prettier than the sand mermaid. 

lynn xx

[Val n Bill]

 
You're right Lynn, not a likeness from the full face view of anyone who visits Arillas, or perhaps the sand artist just can't do faces

The look on the face of the polar bear though is one you often see in Arillas.....pure contentment.

Val x

[justlynn]

Lol, yes Val, I like the polar bear's expression - pure bliss!

I think you may be right about the sand artist not doing human faces though...

[vivian]

The German couple came to Palio with us and told us they didn't know the lady's name but pointed her out to us the next day. She actually has medium length hair and goes to Arillas twice a year, her noise isn't as big as on the mermaid and is a lovely person. Wonder if Eggy is still thinking  of the same Arilliac.

[Eggy]

Viv - You little 'ole potential rabble rouser you!!

Medium length hair? - Nose not as big? 

Most of my afternoon, tomorrow will be spent patrolling around Arillas and checking on "matching" hands.

And... Wots wrong with big noses?? - Big noses run in our family!!

Negg

[vivian]

Nought wrong with big noises at all, as long as they fit the head there on. Joke everybody. Enjoy your patrolle xx

[Val n Bill]

 
Bet you all need big handkerchiefs then Eggy to cope with all those runny noses. 

Val x 

[patrickjohn]

PJ with the Arillas Mermaid by pj's memories, on Flickr

It was on the morning of 12th September when I was chatting to this mermaid - she said she had had enough of the storms and was off to somewhere calmer.  That very evening when Julia and I returned from one of our favourite tavernas, there she was gone.  A small crowd gathered as we peered at the empty plinth speculating as to where she had gone.  It was several days before Ann and Andy Blackwood came up with the answer.

I gather she has returned now that the weather is calmer.

[Eggy]

"Hang on a minute" - PJ - What is that Mermaid staring at?

Bet she's thinking:- " That's not his Speedos! "

The good news is that she looks more "stoned" than you.

Negg

[patrickjohn]

Sadly 'twas not a day for Speedos - you can see all that water on the roadside - the beach was saturated.  I think it had got to the dear lady mermaid and she was feeling downcast.
She may have been a little stoned but it was too early in the day for me.  The case might have been altered later on my returning from the taverna.

[harold]

there have been some very arty people in arillas this year little faces appearing on the rocks of the cliff at the very end of north beach,is this the new face of arillas ? i wonder,+ all the beach art done in stones

[patrickjohn]

I think you are right, Harold.  But are we not all arty folk who go to Arillas?  After all we have chosen this wonderful spot for our holidays which says something about our taste.  It's also wonderful that in Arillas people have the time to devote to their artistic side, perhaps for a change, and can produce lovely shell or stone designs, as well as sand sculptures.

[justphil]

So agree Harold and Patrick.

Places like our Arillas always attract artistic people, and long may it continue. Sculptors, painters, writers, musicians, actors, dancers, photographers.... they so enrich our lives in Arillas.

Phil

[Eggy]

I have often been called an " Old Art " although it is possible that I misheard!

Negg

[TerryW]

I know a very interesting story about three of the sculptures, but that will be for Facebook as this is my last post on the forum in 2014.

The forum has (in my opinion) been ruined by the same drivel day after day. Just can't join in any more.