I love the country
We finished “I love the country”, a Mike Jupp picture, yesterday afternoon. We seem to be settling into a steady rhythm now, alternating humorous puzzles with relatively ’straight’ or painterly subjects. This latest one is about as anarchic as they come: look closely at the action and you’ll see loads of mid-air collisions just waiting to happen. There’s lots more going on besides:
- A traction engine has run amok and gone right through a marquee on the village green;
- A boy playing with a kite has been whisked hundreds of feet into the air;
- A pig is calmly parachuting back down to earth.
It’s not really like that in the English countryside. Is it?
Even the local hunt is having a hard time. The fox has hijacked their horse and is chasing the huntsmen out of town.
Meanwhile, flying above all the chaos are Dracula and his bats. Looks like it’s gonna be one of those days, doesn’t it?
It wasn’t till we had actually finished the puzzle that I noticed what looks very much like the Loch Ness monster swimming along the lake. On second thoughts, if the countryside really is like this, I’m staying in town.
