i used to love advent calendars when i was small. we had german ones sent by friends of my father in germany and i am afraid i used to cheat. i couldnt wait 24 days - i always opened the little cardboard windows and then spent hours fixing the little doors shut again so no one knew i had peeped. well today i got to create a window for real. number 11. i have spent so long getting the gallery space ready for opening, and then dreaming up what to do with the window - along the lines of FLING WIDE THE GATES - that i did not do the most important thing: invite any guests! no, it never occurred to me! so when the vicar's wife showed up at 3pm on the dot to photograph all the guests, well, it was a bit embarrassing. there was me, my hardworking ever-helpful assistant Agnes, and my husband professor parrott, and dog. but Mrs Moody was not to be defeated. she simply went out onto the main road thru Greenwich, Trafalgar Road, and summoned people off the street. and soon the gallery was full and buzzing. and everyone was very enthusiastic - and ate every last mince pie! and it proved a great way to meet all the neighbours! and i had said we weren't selling anything at all but everyone kept insisting on buying playing cards and mugs and christmas cards etc so we are almost out of stock! our christmas bestseller, the angel rat, flying out the doors! anyhow, you can see for yourself what a stunning success the afternoon was:
http://www.greenparrotgallery.com/pages/advent.html
we only open on saturdays so i have a week to make a few more mugs, rats etc best get started!!
