The Glorious Revolution - 25th of May - Pratchett and discworld

Anyone got the Night Watch book handy.  
I remember lilacs and possibly a hard boiled egg.

Anything else to symbolize this date?

And was there a wiZZard in it?

Library has a 3 month wait to borrow this book and I want to try making a painting that will be finished before the 25th (this year).  

Definitely lilacs. Wasn't this the one where there was an old and a young Sam Vimes?

Nancy Reading wrote:Definitely lilacs. Wasn't this the one where there was an old and a young Sam Vimes?

I think that's the one.  It's one of the books I read when I had a fever so my memory is vague.  

yep, young and old vimes. lilac sprigs, a hard boiled egg. maybe a little bit of ginger, for gingering things up?

no rincewind. there could also be some guild of seamstresses- type symbolism.

a thimble?

I was wondering about a helmet like in Rembrandt's night watch, on the far left of the picture

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Night_Watch

modern day Vimes got sent back in time to when young Vimes had just joined the night watch.  Old-Vimes takes on the identity of Sgt. Keene (IIRC).  In due course they start the treacle mine road republic or some such and foment a revolution against the city, with the aims of achieving "freedom, reasonably-priced love and a hard-boiled egg"  - on the grounds that old-Vimes didn't much rate their chances of achieving the first 2 but a hard-boiled egg should be do-able.

They wore lilac to identify themselves.

My memory for some reason has them barricading the revolution outside the barricades, but that might be Vimes using smoke and mirrors to keep people safe.

r ranson wrote:a thimble?

Even better, a darning mushroom.

Nancy Reading wrote:My memory for some reason has them barricading the revolution outside the barricades, but that might be Vimes using smoke and mirrors to keep people safe.

Vimes sets out to keep one little corner of the city safe. But while he was away, Fred Colon oversaw the rest of the revolution pushing the barricades to contain more and more streets, reasoning that they wouldn't be rebelling against the city if they WERE the city.

“It was a beguiling theory that had arisen in the minds of Wiglet, and Waddy, and, yes, even in the not-overly-exercised mind of Fred Colon, and as far as Vimes could understand it, it went like this.
Colon: Supposing the area behind the barricades was bigger than the area in front of the barricades, right?
Colon: Like, sort of, it had more people in it and more of the city, if you follow me.
Colon: Then, correct me if I’m wrong, Sarge, but that’d mean in a manner of speaking we are now in front of the barricades, am I right?
Colon: Then, as it were, it’s not like we’re rebellin’, is it? ’Cos there’s more of us, so the majority can’t rebel, it stands to reason.
Colon: So that makes us the good guys. Obviously we’ve been the good guys all along, but now it’d be kind of official, right? Like, mathematical?
Colon: So, we thought we’d push on to Short Street and then we could nip down into Dimwell and up the other side of the river…
Colon: Are we going to get into trouble for this, Sarge?
Colon: You’re looking at me in a funny way, Sarge.
Colon: Sorry, Sarge.

I gotta tell yous.

When I was a teenager I skipped some classes to get books signed by Terry Pratchett.

He wrote in my copy of Pyramids: "May your camels multiply."

Legend.

r ranson in the dailyish wrote:
The Discworld and Terry Pratchett spring to mind with the scent of lilacs. I thought it would be lovely to paint something to that effect... Only, I can't remember what else symbolizes the 25th of May.  Possibly a hard boiled egg?

If anyone knows what I'm talking about, or has their copy of The Night Watch handy, please help me remember.

Yup, hard boiled egg. Although I also might vote for fresh ginger and Big Mary the siege engine....  :D

(and you KNOW I have my copy of Night Watch!)

Here's one of a group of Valentine's cards I made up a few years ago that were based on Night Watch as well.

Ran across this book…uploaded pic…hope it works..

I like the dark background and low key lighting.   I hadn't thought of that.

First attempt at thumnails.
Anything show promise?

I think maybe something simple this year and I do more planning for next year's painting.

I seem to remember the watch like a drink when on duty.  Was it tea?

r ranson wrote:I seem to remember the watch like a drink when on duty.  Was it tea?

Yes, very strong, boiled to orange in a pot that never gets washed.

Trivia: I looked it up... at one point the term used for what the tea boils in was "A builder's boot" I'd translate what I found into American terminology as "the grubby coffee urn on a constriction site that always has coffee going and rarely gets washed." Except with tea in it, and British.

And I've drank coffee from those urns on construction sites, strong evil stuff! The tea version can't be much better

r ranson wrote:

First attempt at thumnails.
Anything show promise?

I think maybe something simple this year and I do more planning for next year's painting.

I like the portrait-orientation ones with the spray of lilacs curving over.

Pearl Sutton wrote:

r ranson wrote:I seem to remember the watch like a drink when on duty.  Was it tea?

Yes, very strong, boiled to orange in a pot that never gets washed.

Trivia: I looked it up... at one point the term used for what the tea boils in was "A builder's boot" I'd translate what I found into American terminology as "the grubby coffee urn on a constriction site that always has coffee going and rarely gets washed." Except with tea in it, and British.

And I've drank coffee from those urns on construction sites, strong evil stuff! The tea version can't be much better

That sounds exactly like how I take my tea.  If the spoon survives, it's not ready yet.

Erin Alladin wrote:

r ranson wrote:

First attempt at thumnails.
Anything show promise?

I think maybe something simple this year and I do more planning for next year's painting.

I like the portrait-orientation ones with the spray of lilacs curving over.

Thanks for the suggestion. That's one of my favoutites too.

Idle thought

Does anyone have access to one of those ai image programs and want to see what kind of composition it comes up with from the themes of this book?  I tried but my failures were so epic, they weren't even funny ai failures worth sharing.  I don't think I'm a good fit for ai, but I enjoy seeing what it comes up with if someone wants to give it a go.

I've got my idea narrowed down and hope to do the photo shoot for my painting today.  I've got three days of classwork to do, then I can dedicate 5 days to this painting.   Hope it gets done in time.

photo shoot went well.  Got a nice reference and a plan.  And not enough days to make it happen.  

If only I didn't need four hours sleep a night.  

anything catch your fancy?

freedom, moderately priced love, and a hard boiled egg

I'm thinking for me, it's between 1041, 45, & 46

How about a hard-boiled egg with the top sliced off and a sprig of lilac stuck in it, all decoration-like? Or maybe like the egg is a vase for the lilac?

I am so excited about the painting.  Although it is a bit sweet for the book, it's still telling some of the story.

Next year would be good to get to a graveyard with my lilac (preferably wilted) and egg.