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Stuart Mansfield cut glass decanter (1979 - 1984) with Stuart Richelieu engraved shot glass. Shot glass filled for effect, honest. :-)
You can pick up lovely hand made decanters like these cheaply as they are not currently fashionable.
Bokeh from the Porst/Fuji 50mm f1.2 lens @f4.
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Born in Distillery Road, Fettercairn, Scotland
Laird Haggis Wee Beastie aka Arthur
(named after his breeder Arthur Smith)
"You can't just wish and hope for something to come true, you have to make it happen."
This image is one of three pieces I created for a Pee-wee Herman themed art show. Initially I knew I wanted to make surreal shots with Pee-wee. When I started looking up locations and re-watching Pee Wee's Big Adventure over and over I stumped upon something deep n juicy.
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In the 1985 film Pee-wee's Big Adventure the address seen on Pee Wee's house is 1848. This is the address of the house in real life and the address seen on screen. The left side of Pee Wee's front yard is filled with Native Americans, a teepee, and a totem pole. Moving right you see domesticated animals, a SCUBA diver, and finally on the far right a rocket ship. Smack in the middle, above the front door is the address 1848. 1848 is the year gold was discovered in California.
At first gold nuggets were easily picked off the ground by independent prospectors. Later, gold was recovered from streams and riverbeds using panning techniques. The craving for gold led miners to develop more sophisticated methods. Technology advanced and soon gold prospecting reached a point where significant manpower was required, thus increasing the proportion of gold companies to individual miners.
Early in the film, while inside Chuck's Bike-O-Rama Pee-wee claims to be a "rebel" and a "loner" and it's after making these claims that Pee-wee loses his most valued possession.
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When Pee-wee's friends can't help him get a lead on his missing bike he turns to a fortune teller, Madam Ruby. Madam Ruby convinces Pee-wee his bike is in the basement of the Alamo.
The gold discovery of 1848 happened in January. Moving forward through the year we have another major event. In February 1848 the Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo is signed. This is the treaty that ended the Mexican-American war. The Battle of the Alamo was a pivotal event in the Texas Revolution and a predecessor to the Mexican-American War. All Texians were slain. America got it's ass kicked. It was a loss that prompted soldiers to fight harder than ever for what they believed in.
After arriving at the Alamo Pee-wee takes the guided tour and finds there is no basement. His whole search is derailed. But why would Madam Ruby mislead him? She didn't. He misinterpreted.
What if I told you Morpheus was Cowboy Curtis on Pee-wee's Playhouse? Morpheus is the Greek god of dreams. The opening scene to Pee-wee's Big Adventure is a dream. Enroute to the Alamo Pee-wee has an intimate discussion about dreams with Simone, inside the mouth of a T-Rex.
In dream mythology the location of a basement represents our hidden motives, unconscious, unknown feelings, memories or past experiences, your biological past, and the place where your conscious mind contacts hidden powers, universal wisdom, and even other minds. It is from the basement, below, or within, that libido or life force arises. Fears and terrors sometimes come from downstairs. This is because it is the place we hide our old memories and hurts – in the unconscious. But it also holds the understanding of your wholeness.
Back to the movie. After his loss at the Alamo, Pee-wee goes to a bus station where he happens to run into a very excited Simone. Simone is on her way to France. She's following her dream. Going back to that opening scene to the film it was Pee-wee's dream to win the Tour de France.
Moving even further through the year 1848 we get to a wave of revolutions, a series of widespread struggles for more open-minded governments which spread as far as Latin American. And where did all these revolutions begin? France. When Pee-wee tells Simon the Alamo was built without a basement he says, "They don't tell you that stuff in school, it's something you just have to experience." Pee-wee is having an inner revolution.
Next he calls Dottie in the Bike-O-Rama and apologizes. He says he's learned something out there on the road, humility.
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Throughout his journey Pee-wee learns the power of making others happy. He inspires Simon to follow her dreams, entertains a crowd at a Texas Rodeo, and dances for the Satan's Helpers in a biker bar. All this before discovering his bike, his treasure, his gold is in California.
The revolutions of 1848 end in Austria. In December the Emperor, Ferdinand I willingly stepped down from the thrown. Remember the opening scene to the movie, Pee-wee is millimeters from being crowned (victor of tour de France) when his alarm clock wakes him, spiraling him into the most pivotal day of his life, the day he lost everything, an ass kicking that pushed him to fight harder than ever.
Pee-wee's Big Adventure ends with Pee Wee playing a bit part in the story of his life. During the premiere of his big movie Pee Wee gives back to all the people who've helped him in his journey. And at last, loner no more, selflessly he rides off with the real gold, eternal love.
Icing on the cake:
while inside the Magic Shop the last thing Mario offers Pee-wee is a blue boomerang bowtie, to which he responds: "Come in red?" Pee-wee took the red bowtie, he willingly chose to leave the slave world and see how deep the rabbit hole goes.
Double icing on the cake:
the first image of Pee-wee in waking life is him putting on rabbit slippers.
Triple icing on the cake:
Pee-wee leaps on the fireman pole in his house and slides down the hole.
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NOTE: This image made Popular Photography Magazine's Photo of the Day June 18th 2014.
Made for my Mum. He was intended as a Christmas gift, but got lost, unassembled, in my crochet bag for four months... He's jointed!
This wee Sparrow had been enjoying a splash in the bird bath before flying up into a tree to dry off.
Small American Coot (Fulica americana) SE sector, Thomson Marsh, Kelowna, BC. Upper body and head focus.
On the far right is the 'down arrow'- click on that to open 'original' size... click 'open' on original size and then hit F11 on keyboard for full screen effect...
My first year having young Goldfinches visit the garden.i hope they return for another shoot very poor light on the day.
F8
ISO 800
270 MM
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100 SEC
450d
Tamaron 18-270
She was just a few days old when I took this picture, but somehow the image fell through the cracks. Still cute enough to post! They're about four times this size now. ;)
Deep in thought.......
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Born in Distillery Road, Fettercairn, Scotland
Laird Haggis Wee Beastie aka Arthur
(named after his breeder Arthur Smith)
Dora vibes
Dora the Explorer did not overlap with my childhood, so someone else had to tell me that this backpack gives Dora vibes. Personally, I don’t see it. (Dora’s backpack has a face on it?! Was it alive? I refuse to watch the show.)
I found this wee backpack in the bins at the Goodwill outlet. I think it’s for a child, but I can just get it on with the straps extended.
Shirt, Forever 21 (thrifted). Skirt, Billabong. Shoes, Rodeo Durango. Backpack, thrifted. Earrings, vintage.
Canny on black :-)
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I think this mouse did not survive after it had been caught by my brothers cat.It froze on the spot.I saved it for a while but in the end it made a run for it and was caught again.I could not save it!
Wearing his bow tie for Burns Night!
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Born in Distillery Road, Fettercairn, Scotland
Laird Haggis Wee Beastie aka Arthur
(named after his breeder Arthur Smith)
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#AdventuresOfAWeeBeastie
Born in Distillery Road, Fettercairn, Scotland
Laird Haggis Wee Beastie aka Arthur
(named after his breeder Arthur Smith)
This young elk calf was paying more attention to the big bull wooing it's mother than it did to me.
A few shots of the bull courting the mother below:
"Early European explorers in North America, who were familiar with the smaller red deer of Europe, thought that the larger North American animal resembled a moose, and consequently gave it the name elk, which is the common European name for moose."
"The name wapiti is from the Shawnee and Cree word waapiti, meaning "white rump"."
Wikipedia
It is the second-largest living deer species (the moose is first).
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