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A horse's love is unconditional. They love without anger or spite. When a bond is made, there is little to break it. -Latoya M.
“A dog doesn't care if you're rich or poor, big or small, young or old. He doesn't care if you're not smart, not popular, not a good joke-teller, not the best athlete, nor the best-looking person. To your dog, you are the greatest, the smartest, the nicest human being who was ever born. You are his friend and protector.”
-Louis Sabin
This guy was waiting in the parking lot while his owner was out fishing in a boat. He finally looked up at me as I was leaving and I couldnt resist.
“Unconditional Surrender” which is based on the “A kiss to Remember” photograph.
Picture taken at USS Midway Museum • San Diego California.
“Unconditional Surrender,” is 25-foot, 6,000 pound statue by world-renowned artist J. Seward Johnson commemorating a famous World War II photo. (photos)
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The Fine People At Wikipeda have this to say about the original picture(s) this was based on.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/V%E2%80%93J_day_in_Times_Square
V–J day in Times Square, perhaps the most famous photograph by Alfred Eisenstaedt, is of an American sailor kissing a young woman on V-J Day in Times Square on August 14, 1945, that was originally published in Life magazine. (The photograph is known under various names: V-J day in Times Square, V-Day, etc.[1])
Because Eisenstaedt was photographing rapidly changing events during the V-J celebrations he didn't get a chance to get names and details. The photograph does not clearly show the faces of either kisser and several people have laid claim to being the subjects. The photo was shot just south of 45th Street looking north from a location where Broadway and Seventh Avenue converge.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/V%E2%80%93J_day_in_Times_Square
However it does seem this statute is based on another photo taken at the same time by a navy photographer. (from the same Wiki entry):
U.S. Navy photo journalist Victor Jorgensen captured another view of the same scene, which was published in the New York Times.[4] This photograph shows less of Times Square in the background and does not show the full body of either the sailor or the nurse. Unlike the Eisenstaedt photograph, this photograph is in the public domain (by virtue of being produced by a federal government employee on official position).
September 6, 2022 - Unconditional Surrender - Embracing Peace Kissing Soldiers Statue in front of the U.S.S. Midway Museum. This Iconic Statue is a huge tourist attraction in San Diego, CA.
"Unconditional Surrender" is a 25-foot tall, 6,000 pound sculpture created by J. Seward Johnson. Based on a photo taken the day World War II ended, it features a sailor kissing a nurse.
Iconic sculpture located on the pier by the USS Midway aircraft carrier in San Diego. The sailor and his girlfriend were passing my and we asked if they would mind posing for a picture like the statue. They were perfect subjects!
The sculpture was built as a tribute of a famous scene of a sailor kissing a nurse in Times Square at the end of World War II in which the picture make national headlines.
I visited the the iconic statue "Unconditional Surrender" down at the port. This sculpture was inspired by the classic photo of a nurse embraced in a kiss with a sailor in Times Square during World War II. The sculpture is on loan with the Port of San Diego.
according to the cards I should listen to my inner voice, embrace change and adopt an attitude of unconditional trust in the universe. Sound advice, if you ask me.
WINE AND WET NOSES:
The Santa Cruz County Animal Shelter held it's Fifth "Wine and Wet Noses" fundraiser on April 25th in Scotts Valley, CA., which benefited the SCC Animal Shelter and Unconditional Love Animal Rescue.
It was a wonderful event for everyone with music, drinks and several hundred people and their beloved dogs.
This organization does an incredible job of protecting, caring and facilitating adoptions of all types of animals from dogs, cats, bunnies, chickens, horses, etc. If you would like to volunteer or donate funds to care for the animals, please contact: