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She's my Yankee Doodle joy~
Found these guys in a closet I was cleaning out..just for fun!
Have a wonderful and safe 4th of July week end, flickr friends!
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What Tennessee Looked Like This Morning ..
~ Happy Saturday Friends ...
Don't Forget To " SPRING " Forward ..
Stay Warm And Safe ..
Ps.. How many heard, the wind blowing, very early this morning ? I know I did ...
How many heard the thunder ... ( I did )
Waking to a thunder snow storm ..
Do stay warm, it is cold outside ...
Ephrata, PA
After I dropped my kids off at school this past Friday, I noticed a hot air balloon off in the distance. I had my camera in the car with me so I took off after it. I drove five or six miles but it seemed the balloon was getting farther and farther away. I decided to turn around and head home. As I spun the car around, I saw there had been another balloon almost directly behind me. I drove another couple of miles and stopped in a fast food restaurant parking lot and watched the balloon float by me.
I shot this picture with my camera on an angle (it wasn't actually floating sideways) and put a cloud filter over it.
Have a very Happy Slider Sunday Flickr friends!
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Is Observed On June 14th...
Wave Old Glory Proud And Loud ...
Have A Most Wonderful " Too Good To Be kinda Of Tuesday ...
Also : HTmT ..
According to a 1928 autobiography titled “Marching Along” by John Philip Sousa, ‘The Stars and Stripes Forever’ march was composed on Christmas Day in 1896. It was composed while Sousa was on his way home from a vacation in Europe, with his wife when he got the news of his band manager, David Blakely’s death. He later penned the notes on paper after he arrived back in the United States.
‘The Stars and Stripes Forever’ march was first publicly performed at Willow Grove Park outside of Philadelphia, on May 14, 1897, and was met with ardent and zealous reception. In 1987, an act of the United States Congress made ‘The Stars and Stripes’ march the official national march of the United States of America. The march is widely regarded as the ‘Disaster March’ in entertainment and show business.
The early 20th century saw ‘The Stars and Stripes Forever’ march commonly used as a traditional code to signal emergencies in theaters. It would be used as a subtle notification to emergency personnel, allowing them to effectively marshall all exits without causing a stampede. A memorable example of the use of ‘The Stars and Stripes Forever’ march as an emergency signal was during the Hartford circus fire of July 6, 1944, which saw at least 168 people killed.
Celebrated to honor the American march of the same name written and composed by John Philip Sousa, it became the National March of the United States in 1987. Since, May 14th has become recognized as "Stars and Stripes Forever Day".
Three bracketed photos were taken with a handheld Nikon D7200 and combined with Photomatix Pro to create this HDR image. Additional adjustments were made in Photoshop CS6.
"For I know the plans I have for you", declares the LORD, "plans to prosper you and not to harm you, plans to give you hope and a future." ~Jeremiah 29:11
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A STAR SPANGLED BANNER Story ...
(USC Trojans Marching Band playing our National Anthem, aka, Star Spangled Banner)
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A very special entry ...
Even though we have had this girl since May ... she was not scheduled to appear until her other "sisters in waiting" had appeared ...
HOWEVER ... when Sandra (Efigenio of Xanamaneca Customs) pulled off quite the miracle, and got this adorable PATRIOTIC DRESS SET shipped from Portugal to U.S.A. in record time ... AND in time for our Blythe Fifth Avenue "4th of July" Series ... (because in addition to making her gorgeous custom BLYTHE girls, she also has an etsy shop with some really adorable fashions !!) well ...
We just HAD TO make the exception ... and introduce Miss Marmalade right along with the dress set !!
Okay, we haven't even named her yet, but she WAS named "Lady Marmalade" by Sandra ... went to live with Pipa for a few moments ;) ;) ...
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And then she came here to AMERICA !!
Thank you PIPA !!
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And THANK YOU SO MUCH SANDRA, for taking the extra special effort to get this delivered to us, JUST in the nick of time ... We love it ... and we love Lady Marmalade too !!
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This is Jenn's photo -- I just did some minor editing -- lighting up a flag that was too dark and moving the flag and flagpole a little to the left so we could get a better horizontal crop while keeping the sunbeams.
I think Jenn did a brilliant job of photography. The sun she got SOOC -- that's not edited or photoshopped. I think it's brilliant! Neither of us knows how she got the sun to appear so perfectly. If anybody can explain, we'd love to hear!
David Hockney (°1937), The Jugglers, June 24th 2012, 9 minutes.
When I tried to upload the 259MB .MOV file of this 65-second excerpt, I kept getting time-outs in both the new and the old uploader. This lower-quality 40MB .WMV did upload.
Seen at the Whitney Museum of American Art when it was at the location currently occupied by the Met Breuer.
This flag was waving over Del Mar race track on a May day in 2008. Background was removed in favor of black.
I shot this American flag on Barack Obama's inauguration day.
I was heading to the Flordia Everglades National Park, but I stopped at this great roadside fruit stand, "Robert is Here!"
A TV was on inside the stand, and I watched as President Obama and Mrs. Obama took their historic steps into the Whitehouse where they were greeted by out-going President, George Bush and Mrs. Bush. Interesting, I thought, as a Canadian bystander. Interesting.
Just outside, this tattered and faded American flag snapping against a cool breeze, caught my eye.
How appropriate, I thought and in that moment, I knew this photo would be dedicated to the 44th President of the United States: Barack Obama.
May the Lord richly bless President Obama with wisdom, strength, and mercy because he's going to need those attributes in his quest to repair his tattered America.
(Shot near Florida City, Florida, just outside "Robert is Here" fruit stand on January 20, 2009.)
Young Ballet Dancers In New Costumes Posing For The Camera in Arizona Ballet Theatre's studios in Tucson, Arizona.
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Young Ballet Dancers In New Costumes Posing For The Camera in Arizona Ballet Theatre's studios in Tucson, Arizona.
Rosie stands proudly while listening to her favorite rendition of Stars and Stripes Forever composed by John Philip Sousa.
This U.S. flag flies over the Los Alamitos Army Airfield in Southern California.
Today, Veterans Day 2009, it flies at half staff to honor our country's veterans.
Being the son of a fallen veteran adds even more meaning to our flag for me. As a young boy in the 1950's I was given the United States flag with which the U.S. Navy honored Earl C. (Bill) Bishop's service, and his memory. It accompanied him all the way from Naples, Italy to Florida, where he rests today. It is a very sturdy flag, one of quality material befitting a career Navy, 15-year veteran who served in World War II, during the Korean War, and the Cold War.
This huge American flag (note the aircraft warning lights) flies over a building near the Long Beach Airport. In order to really appreciate it you must be at the top of the adjacent parking garage. It is then that you can clearly hear the crisp, fluttering and 'snapping' sound it makes (must get video!). After shooting I just watched and listened; though the rest of the garage was full, the top had few cars, and it was way above the street noise. It seemed like that flag was the only thing moving. Gorgeous blue sky without a cloud. And it always feels good to see a well cared-for stars & stripes. Think I'll go back there soon.
Austrian postcard by Verlag Hubmann (HDH Verlag), Wien, no. 299. Photo: 20th Century Fox. Debra Paget in Stars and Stripes Forever (Henry Koster, 1952).
Exotic American actress Debra Paget (1933) is perhaps best known for Cecil B. DeMille's epic The Ten Commandments (1956) and Elvis Presley’s film debut Love Me Tender (1956). Later, she also had a career in Europe. In Germany, she starred in Fritz Lang's two-film adventure saga Der Tiger von Eschnapur / The Tiger of Eschnapur (1959) and Das Indische Grabmal / The Indian Tomb (1960) and in Italy, she also made a pair of films.
Debra Paget was born as Debralee Griffin in Denver, Colorado, in 1933. She was one of the five children born to former actress Margaret Allen (née Gibson) and painter Frank Henry Griffin. Hal Erickson at AllMovie: “She may have hailed from Denver, but actress Debra Paget had the sensual, exotic demeanour of an Arabian Nights princess.” And yes, the family moved from Denver to Los Angeles, California, in the 1930s to be close to the developing film industry. Debra was enrolled in the Hollywood Professional School at the age of 11. Stage mother Margaret was determined that Debra and her siblings would also make their careers in show business. Indeed, three of her siblings, Marcia (Teala Loring), Leslie (Lisa Gaye), and Frank (Ruell Shayne), also entered show business. Paget had her first professional job at age 8, and acquired some stage experience at 13 when she acted with Charles Coburn in a 1946 production of Shakespeare's The Merry Wives of Windsor. Her first notable film role was as Teena Riconti, the girlfriend of the character played by Richard Conte, in the Film Noir Cry of the City (Robert Siodmak, 1948). Fresh out of high school in 1949, she acted in three other films before being signed by 20th Century-Fox. Her first vehicle for Fox was the successful Western Broken Arrow (Delmer Daves, 1950) with James Stewart. Paget played a Native American maiden, Sonseeahray (Morningstar), who gives up her life to save Stewart's character. She co-starred with Louis Jourdan in Bird of Paradise (Delmer Daves, 1951), a remake of the 1932 film starring Joel McCrea and Dolores del Rio. Roles followed it in successful films like the Film Noir Fourteen Hours (Henry Hathaway, 1951), the adventure film Anne of the Indies (Jacques Tourneur, 1951) with Jean Peters and Louis Jourdan, and Prince Valiant (Henry Hathaway, 1954) starring Robert Wagner. Hal Erickson: “Most of her subsequent roles were merely decorative, though she was a more than adequate Cosette in the 1952 version of Les Misérables.”
After the campy costume drama Princess of the Nile (Harmon Jones, 1954) was released, the fan mail Debra Paget received at 20th Century-Fox was topped only by that for Marilyn Monroe and Betty Grable. The Hollywood studio system dominated American feature film production in the first half of the 20th century. Under it, an actor would sign an exclusive contract to make films for a major studio, such as Fox. The system worked well at first for Paget as her early Fox films did well, so the studio bolstered her film career. In 1955, she broke the exclusivity clause of her contract. For Fox, she played another Native American girl, Princess Appearing Day, in the Western White Feather (Robert D. Webb, 1955), along with Robert Wagner and Jeffrey Hunter and later at MGM, replaced Bancroft as an Indian girl in another Western, The Last Hunt (Richard Brooks, 1956), starring Robert Taylor and Stewart GrangAnneer. Then Fox lent her to Paramount for the part of Lilia, the water girl, in Cecil B. DeMille's biblical epic The Ten Commandments (1956). She had to wear brown contact lenses to hide her blue eyes. At the time of its release, it was the most expensive film made. The Ten Commandments (1956) became her most successful film, grossing approximately $122.7 million at the box office during its initial release. It was the most successful film of 1956 and the second-highest-grossing film of the decade. In 1957, the film was nominated for seven Academy Awards, including Best Picture, and won the Academy Award for Best Visual Effects. Paget followed it up with Love Me Tender (Robert D. Webb, 1956), the film debut of Elvis Presley. According to Elizabeth Ann at IMDb, Elvis called Debra ‘the most beautiful girl in the world,’ but her mother would not allow them to date. The River's Edge (Allan Dwan, 1957), with Anthony Quinn and Ray Milland, was the last film she made for Fox. After that, her career began to decline.
Debra Paget was typically cast in exotic roles such as South Sea Island maidens or Middle Eastern harem girls. In 1958, she travelled to Germany and India to star opposite Paul Hubschmid and Walther Reyer in Fritz Lang's sumptuous international production Der Tiger von Eschnapur / The Tiger of Eschnapur (1959) and its sequel Das Indische Grabmal / The Indian Tomb (1959). She gained extensive publicity coverage for her blood pressure-raising belly dance in the film. In 1960, American International Pictures obtained the rights to both films for the USA and combined them into one film called Journey to the Lost City. Tom Wiener at AllMovie: “Contemporary audiences might find Hubschmid and Paget's acting stiff, but psychological nuance is not what Lang was looking for here, and the two do generate genuine sexual chemistry, especially in their flight across the desert, which ends this instalment.” In Italy, Paget then appeared in the historical drama Il sepolcro dei re/Cleopatra's Daughter (Fernando Cerchio, 1960) set in Egypt during the reign of the pharaoh Khufu (r. 2589-2566 BC). Wikipedia: “For some reason, the English version was translated very differently from the original Italian script, setting the film in the 1st century BC, rather than the early Bronze Age.” In the US, Paget appeared on TV in episodes of the Western series, Riverboat (1959) starring Darren McGavin, Rawhide (1960 and 1962) with Clint Eastwood, and Johnny Ringo (1960). In Italy, she starred in another historical film, I Masnadieri / Rome, 1585 (Mario Bonnard, 1961) with Antonio Cifariello. Her final feature film was the horror film The Haunted Palace (Roger Corman, 1963) with Vincent Price and Lon Chaney Jr. Her last television performance was in an episode of Burke's Law (1965), starring Gene Barry. She retired in 1965 and later became a born-again Christian. She hosted her own show, An Interlude with Debra Paget, on the Trinity Broadcasting Network (TBN), a Christian network, in the early 1990s. Paget was married three times. First, she wed actor and singer David Street in 1958. Their marriage was annulled after four months. In 1960, she married prominent director Budd Boetticher in a Mexican café in Tijuana. He's 44; she's 27. She had acted for him in Seven Men From Now (1955). They separated after just 22 days, and their divorce became official in 1961. In 1962, she married Ling Chieh (Louis) Kung, a Chinese-American oil industry executive and nephew of Madame Chiang Kai-Shek. This third marriage produced a son, Gregory, but ended in divorce in 1980. Gregory would graduate from Texas A&M University and become a lawyer. Today, Debra G. Kung lives a quiet life in Houston, Texas.
Sources: Hal Erickson (AllMovie), Brian G. Walker (Brian's Drive-In Theater), Glamour Girls of the Silver Screen, Wikipedia, and IMDb.
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Photo taken by Dave Way of Pacific Battleship Center -- From PBC FB Pg
USS IOWA will be departing departed the Port of Richmond, CA on Saturday, May 26 at 1100 (11am). Crossing San Francisco bay for the last time, IOWA is expected to be transiting passed under the Golden Gate Bridge between 1400 and 1500 (2:00pm and 3:00pm). The Pacific Battleship Center not only provides GPS tracking for the trip down the California coast (below), there will also be a live camera feed. It's quick and free to register... new.livestream.com/accounts/725962/events/898014
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The USS Iowa will be towed by the Crowley ocean-going tug, Warrior. Track it's progress at this link:
www.sanpedro.com/marine-traffic-maps/California-Marine-Tr... (Crowley tug) or
pacificbattleship.com/page/track
The flag has been repainted atop turret one, one of the three gun turrets (each having
three 16-inch guns). Dave Way photo: Iowa was the only one of the 4 sister ships that wore the flag on a horizontal surface.
Honoring Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Day, and instead of quoting Dr. King, I prefer to quote Michael Jackson’s song, “Man in the Mirror” – “If you wanna make the World a better place take a look at yourself then make a change.” I think Dr. King would like the song and the sentiment very much. We all need to be vigilant against hate of all kinds every day. =o)
So, I read this photography book, The Digital Photography Book, Volume 1 by Scott Kelby cover to cover between today and yesterday. It was really good. Lots of stuff I knew, stuff I didn’t know, and stuff I needed to be reminded of, presented in a highly readable and enjoyable format. I bought volumes 2 and 3 as well. We’ll see if implementing some of the ideas and tips improves my photography in general. Big tip I will struggle with is using a tripod so much, but…if I wanna keep making better and better photos, I’m willing to try and see if it makes a “change”.
You all probably know Scott Kelby, his writings, and online Photoshop TV program, but while the name seemed familiar, he’s new to me. Anyway, good Stuff, and we’ll see how some of the tips work. One tip, funny because I’m always craving sunny days for my bird shots is shooting on overcast days, and pre and post storm/rain, so since it was overcast and raining the better part of the day, I went outside and tried it out as well as some of his tips around exposure and composition.
I shot this flag on my excursion, and even though it was overcast, and the flag was WAY up there, if you look closely, you can see the stitching on the stripes and that the stars are very fine and embroidered. The entire flag against the overcast sky was less splendid, so taking a tip that wasn’t new to me, but a good reminder, I cropped to a part of it in detail. I like it, and I hope you do too!
Hugs and thanks for viewing! =o)
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.. and Stripes Forever"
It was a packed house tonight at the annual Fourth of July celebration downtown. The Beaumont Symphony played patriotic music, and tributes to famous American composers..
And maybe I'm an old fuddy-duddy, but my heart swelled with pride as they played the anthems of all the branches of the Armed Services, and the men and women who have served in each stood proudly as the entire house clapped in time shamelessly exhibiting unabashed patriotic pride in our country..
There is something powerful about seeing these men and women who look just like everybody else in the crowd stand up and take their place. It was a perfect analogy for what they did in real life, when they decided to do their duty and do what they could to keep our nation (and unfortunately, other nations) free. Our leaders may be misguided, and as a nation, we may make mistakes, but not much of that can be blamed on the military.
I chose this version of the music because it had a taste of people clapping along. Not quite as enthusiastically as those here tonight, but at least they were enjoying the music..
Stars and Stripes Forever by John Philip Sousa
Happy 4th Flickr Friends
Music by:
U.S. Marine Corp Band
Stars and Stripes Forever
John Philip Sousa
Creative Commons Public Domain
June 17, 2010 What I call "a good ol' boys hunting club" sits right up against the narrow road to the Ready Reserve Fleet in Benicia, California. Workers drive by this very visible flag, along with tourists interested in the ships. So as the 'management' of this club, how can you not realize how bad this looks, that you don't care enough to respectfully display our country's flag? OK -- so you need a reminder! I talked to an old military veteran trucker, who supplied me with a marking pen. A couple of scrap pieces of pine I had with me worked as the protest signs (the surreptitious mission to haul-down and honorably burn the banner was thwarted by the tangle of barbed wire); so up went the signs of protest. Well, at least they will know someone sees how they're (mis-) treating our flag!
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Don't miss the Annual Midwest Holiday Antique Show in Columbus, Ohio this Memorial Day weekend. Doors open at 9am on Sunday, May 28th, 2017 at the Ohio Expo Center.
Please stop by my booth (Santa's Haunted Boot) and say Hello!
The picolo solo in Stars and Stripes Forever. U.S. Marine Corps Band Pacific plays in Whistler Village Square September 9, 2010
These photographs were taken on September 11, 2011 at the Catholic Cemeteries 9/11 Memorial Monument dedication ceremony.
The 9/11 Memorial Monument of the Archdiocese of Newark’s Catholic Cemeteries was built earlier this year to remember those who lost their lives during the September 11, 2001 tragedy. In addition, the monument is meant to honor the many individuals who came to the aid of others in need, during and after the tragedy.
On September 11, 2011 a full Mass was celebrated at Holy Cross Cemetery, where first responders, survivors, dignitaries, government officials and fellow parishioners gathered to remember and pray for the fallen victims. During that ceremony, Newark Archbishop John Myers officially blessed the Catholic Cemeteries 9/11 Memorial Monument, marking the 10-year anniversary of the 9/11 terrorist attacks.
Archdiocese of Newark - Catholic Cemeteries 9/11 Memorial Monument - Holy Cross Cemetery - 340 Ridge Road in North Arlington, New Jersey - Google Map - Catholic Cemeteries 9/11 Memorial Monument
Miles to Ground Zero: 11
This was the condition of the U.S. flag (painted atop turret one) 2 weeks after we towed her out of the mothball fleet in Suisun Bay. It had last been painted in 1989, while she was still a commissioned United States Navy battleship. SEE MORE BELOW
PLEASE TAKE A LOOK... This is part of BB-61 at Richmond - a set on Flickr www.flickr.com/photos/konabish/sets/72157627988770011/ For even more USS Iowa photos, look at the sets; except for a few newer sets, they're alphabetical... see the "B"s for USS Iowa sets.
Glorious patriotic parade horn. Early tin primitive. Sounds a lot like a goose honking. It still works! The color is a beautiful rich sapphire blue. Standing proud at 19" h.
NOTE!! To see the WHOLE STORY, Go To: www.flickr.com/photos/konabish/4733614675/
By June 21, just 4 days later, a brand-spanking new flag has been hoisted. I can only hope the old flag was burned, by tradition.
Manufactured by Dennison. These tiny cut-outs were used as party decorations/favors for the 4th of July. The idea was these could be placed inside a candy dish or a cup cake for your guests.
Original box housed 12. Only 4 remain.
Next time I'm aboard I'll reshoot this with a tripod; but it's still interesting, I think.
I was happy to see the United States flag is still visible, even after years of exposure to a wide range of harsh weather.
Battleship IOWA (BB-61)- Suisun Bay, Northhern California.
UPDATE -- Sept. 6, 2011 !!!
San Pedro, California IS IOWA's new home!!
The U.S. Navy approves the transfer to Pacific Battleship Center!!
One of the statues above the side balconies at Symphony Hall where we attended a Boston Pops concert. The stars were light projections left over from the orchestra's performance of John Philip Souza'a "Stars and Stripes Forever," one of their signature selections.
This was Linda's Mother's Day and (belated) birthday present. Keith Lockhart led the Pops in a concert honoring Leonard Bernstein (West Side Story), "one of America's greatest composers and conductors," to mark the 90th anniversary of his birth. This year is also the 100th anniversary of the birth of Leroy Anderson -- probably best known for the songs Sleigh Ride, The Syncopated Clock, and Blue Tango -- and we heard some of his music, too. . A huge bunch of red and black balloons were suspended from the ceiling but never released. This was the afternoon concert. Maybe they were being saved for the concert later that evening.
This was Linda's Mother's Day and (belated) birthday present. Keith Lockhart led the Pops in a concert honoring Leonard Bernstein (West Side Story), "one of America's greatest composers and conductors," to mark the 90th anniversary of his birth. This year is also the 100th anniversary of the birth of Leroy Anderson -- probably best known for the songs Sleigh Ride, The Syncopated Clock, and Blue Tango -- and we heard some of his music, too.
This was the condition of the U.S. flag (painted atop turret one) 2 weeks after we towed her out of the mothball fleet in Suisun Bay. It had last been painted in 1989, while she was still a commissioned United States Navy battleship. SEE MORE BELOW
PLEASE TAKE A LOOK... This is part of BB-61 at Richmond - a set on Flickr www.flickr.com/photos/konabish/sets/72157627988770011/ For even more USS Iowa photos, look at the sets; except for a few newer sets, they're alphabetical... see the "B"s for USS Iowa sets.
Fourth of July Fireworks as seen from in front of the Red Cross Building, with a frame taken every two seconds. Performance of Sousa's Stars and Stripes Forever courtesy the US Marine Corps Band and The Internet Archive. Sorry for the shakiness, my Gorillapod needed occasional adjusting.