tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5722735165669239585.post8690330438051342640..comments2023-05-24T23:33:57.516+10:00Comments on My Unwelcome Stranger: The chimney-sweep's bookDenis Wrighthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12786035137418348609noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5722735165669239585.post-9050289737551262692011-04-17T10:36:23.770+10:002011-04-17T10:36:23.770+10:00For when my chin is on the ground,
I pick myself u...For when my chin is on the ground,<br />I pick myself up,<br />Dust myself off,<br />Start all over again.<br /><br />Actually, it was the ladder that fell off the roof, and Carl was on the ladder.Joanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04715081266571704126noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5722735165669239585.post-26306050933732119362011-04-17T09:41:39.844+10:002011-04-17T09:41:39.844+10:00Hey I know that guy! He's brilliant. A scienti...Hey I know that guy! He's brilliant. A scientist and artist both, raconteur, bon vivant, goldsmith and all round good bloke, married to an equally talented lady who also paints, writes and creates objets d'art. http://sculptors.net.au/<br />Has he ever fallen off the roof, by the way?Denis Wrighthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12786035137418348609noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5722735165669239585.post-27574060437917738992011-04-16T10:42:25.120+10:002011-04-16T10:42:25.120+10:00I have a 72 year old chimney sweep in my house. H...I have a 72 year old chimney sweep in my house. He might not have published a book, but he has several monumental bronze and steel sculptures gracing the Australian urban landscape.<br /><br />Our specialist equipment, i.e. the right gear, consists of a house brick wrapped in chicken wire, suspended by a rope. The sweep stands on the roof, and after having taken off the top of the flue, he drops the brick down the flue and drags it up and down, dislodging the soot. The sweep's helper stands inside, with a plastic bag over the bottom end of the flue, catching the soot as it rattles down.<br /><br />This nuggetty little man with few teeth, but not always a cheery disposition, then displays his multiskilled talents in the studio for the rest of the day.<br /><br />Perhaps there are moulds somewhere for chimney sweeps, and mine came out of the same mould as yours.Joanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04715081266571704126noreply@blogger.com