Cartoon Horses with Hat-titude
Some years ago Vivian experimented with the idea of a Hattingdon magazine. She named it Hatsquisite. This is the only remaining cover we have, which we just happened to find on an old flashdrive. What do you think?
The design is “so Vivian” isn’t it? Wish she would go further with idea. She may be reconsidering it. By the way that name — Sassy Topper, hahaha! What an imagination the old gal has. Wink.
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Updated 5 May & 2 Sept 2025.
This is such a gorgeous hat. We have rarely blogged it and not sure why. It is such a lovely work of art.
Records show Vivian created it on September 16, 2016, and named the hat Peggy. No doubt about it —this is one of her very best.
So vibrant. The choice of colors. Her use of them. Amazing. You can tell we are in love with it. We hope you are too.
Thank you for spending time with us. —Hattingdon Horses.
by Charmaine Jewell
Vivian loves poetry, especially A. E. Houseman who wrote a beauty about Autumn. Before we talk about that, here is a hat Vivian was inspired to create in the Fall of 2019 which she named Autumn.
By the way, the above is a recreation. The flash drive that the original Autumn was stored on was lost. At long, long last Vivian had time to recreate it — in all its glorious colors. Wow! We love it and hope you love it too.
Now . . . the poem.
Now the poem.
Tell me not here, it needs not saying,
What tune the enchantress plays
In aftermaths of soft September
Or under blanching mays,
For she and I were long acquainted
Knowing all her ways.
On russet floors, by waters idle,
The pine lets fall its cone;
The cuckoo shouts all day at nothing
In leafy dells alone;
And traveller’s joy beguiles in Autumn
Hearts that lost their own.
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Autumn was the season of choice by poet A. E. Housman (1859-1936).
Today, September 20th, is Hattingdon creator Vivian Grant’s birthday. She is healthy and going strong. Hooray. Oh, and she loves chocolate. So she chose a chocolate cake.
Vivian writes: “I offer many thanks to my forebearers who are instrumental in my longevity and good health,” writes Vivian. “I am also so thankful for all the wonderful birthday wishes I have received, and am still receiving. Thank you with all my heart.”
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