{"id":715,"date":"2020-08-18T17:08:48","date_gmt":"2020-08-18T15:08:48","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/sidranne-painter.com\/?p=715"},"modified":"2020-08-18T17:19:38","modified_gmt":"2020-08-18T15:19:38","slug":"squinty","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sidranne-painter.com\/index.php\/2020\/08\/18\/squinty\/","title":{"rendered":"Squinty"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-716 aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/sidranne-painter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/Biglouche-236x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"236\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sidranne-painter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/Biglouche-236x300.jpg 236w, https:\/\/sidranne-painter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/Biglouche-768x976.jpg 768w, https:\/\/sidranne-painter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/Biglouche-806x1024.jpg 806w, https:\/\/sidranne-painter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/Biglouche-900x1143.jpg 900w, https:\/\/sidranne-painter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/Biglouche-1280x1626.jpg 1280w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 236px) 100vw, 236px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><span lang=\"en-US\"><em>Oil on wood \u2013 15,75 x 11,81 inch \u2013 Unique work<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n<p>This special memory is so close to my heart &#8230;<\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<p>I am somewhere in Scotland, in a small town sweetly named Calendar (quite a schedule!), Not far from Stirling, like the money! To make it short and giving away my terrible sense of humor, I am in the highlands, the wildest, authentic, mysterious region of the planet. I\u2019m on vacation and it\u2019s 1993.<\/p>\n<p>A homecoming, a memory road trip, an essential step. A freeze frame for people with a soul, a real one. They are Pearl and Victor, a couple running a bed and breakfast, who became friends with my parents, my brother. After all these many years coming to stay with them. Because Scotland is a place you never get tired of. Yet, other northern countries caught my interest, like Norway, Sweden, Iceland &#8230; Maybe one day &#8230; Or in a next life &#8230;<\/p>\n<p>Pearl and Victor lead a simple life surrounded by tremendous animals. I\u2019ve always loved animals, as far as I can remember. Apart from hamsters, stick insects, I never had any with my parents. Once an adult, I pretended that my daughter was bored and asked for one to adopt Charly, my beloved ragdoll! Anyway let&#8217;s go back to my life\u2026 Because yes, there were sheeps and lambs to bottle feed, a goat and her two little lads Muffins and Two pence, and also a VIP in the family: a red tomcat! I didn\u2019t keep his name in mind, but the softness of his coat sometimes haunts my hands. And his meow sometimes supports my nights.<\/p>\n<p>He has a winsome look in his eye, so I&#8217;ll call him Squinty! Flawless playfulness, a heart dedicated to his human mum and dad and their friends, a natural gift for hunting the reckless small mammals that venture on his property. A crucial need to make friends with the outside world crowded by humans, potential caresses, foolish tales from all around the world, surprising smells. And when they come back &#8230; It\u2019s definitely a party. An intact olfactory and auditory memory comes out of nowhere. So he runs to say hello.<\/p>\n<p>This special memory is so close to my heart &#8230;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Oil on wood \u2013 15,75 x 11,81 inch \u2013 Unique work This special memory is so close to my heart &#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[4],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sidranne-painter.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/715"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sidranne-painter.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sidranne-painter.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sidranne-painter.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sidranne-painter.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=715"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/sidranne-painter.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/715\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":724,"href":"https:\/\/sidranne-painter.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/715\/revisions\/724"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sidranne-painter.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=715"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sidranne-painter.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=715"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sidranne-painter.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=715"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}