(No) More Mermaids! - Hilary With One L

So, last June, I first introduced you all to my novel activity for the summer: Finding as many Norfolk Mermaids as we can and snapping some photos of the girls with the mermaids. Never would I have imagined that a year later, we’d still be coming across these statues. We’ve been armed with our copy of “There Goes a Mermaid” and I’ve consulted my Norfolk Mermaid Poster, but the recent ones we’ve found aren’t even mentioned in those two sources. I have no clue as to how many mermaids there are, if we’re even close to having found them all or what. Suffice it to say, I’m over the whole thing. I did what I set out to do — *koff*koff*Kill daylight ’til bedtime*koff*koff* — and the girls have a nice book of memories as a result. And yet, here we are, July of 2010.

We are still finding mermaids.

There wasn’t any accompanying plaque or tablet identifying this one, so let’s just call her Stars and Stripes.

I have no idea what to call this one. I want to say $5 Hoa-ah, since she’s parked out in front of an EconoLodge and a Motel 6 on Military Highway looking like a. . .well. . you know.

It was a situation where, by the time I realized that even though it was one in the afternoon, the locale was still pretty sketch-tastic. The girls had already seen the mermaid and were bugging out in the backseat. True, I’m a grown-up. In fact, I’m THE grown-up in the this situation and as such, could have made the executive decision to abort. But I didn’t. I will say that the girls could have been doing headstands and picking their noses when I took this picture, for all I cared. I’m pretty sure the surrounding establishments rent by the hour. I hustled them to the mermaid, took the snap, hustled them back to the car, locked the door, and laid waste to the parking lot as we high-tailed it back to our neighborhood.

As much as I want to talk tough and say that I’m done with this project, I know if I hear of another mermaid, we’ll be there, camera in tow.

And if it’s in a real sketchy area, we may just snap the mermaid from the car and PhotoShop the girls in later.

IN: photography projects & DIY ON: July 19, 2010 BY: Hilary 1 COMMENT