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Young and old alike will be fascinated by the incredible LEGO models throughout the park. From comical camels to fearsome fire-breathing dragons, world landmarks to musical pirates, it's amazing what can be built with LEGO bricks - nearly 55 million of them!
LEGO Star Wars Miniland Experience - Take a trip to a galaxy far, far away at the UK’s only indoor LEGO® Star Wars™ Miniland Experience at the LEGOLAND® Windsor Resort. Enjoy seven of the most famous scenes from the six live-action Star Wars movies, as well as a scene from the animated series Star Wars: The Clone Wars™ all made out of 1.5 million LEGO® bricks built in 1:20 scale. Follow the chronological path through the Star Wars timeline and retrace the major events of the beloved Saga featuring 2,000 LEGO® models, authentic sounds and lighting effects in the ultimate LEGO® Star Wars experience. Open March 2012.
Staying in a fully LEGO themed hotel is a truly unforgettable experience you really can't get anywhere else...open your curtains and you're right in the heart of LEGOLAND!
Whether you stay and explore the park or stay on a room only basis, the Resort Hotel promises to be a short break paradise for any LEGO fan!
Be prepared to laugh as excitedly as your children when you enter one of the new LEGOLAND Windsor Resort Hotel’s themed rooms.
Young and old alike will be fascinated by the incredible LEGO models throughout the park. From comical camels to fearsome fire-breathing dragons, world landmarks to musical pirates, it's amazing what can be built with LEGO bricks - nearly 55 million of them!
LEGO Star Wars Miniland Experience - Take a trip to a galaxy far, far away at the UK’s only indoor LEGO® Star Wars™ Miniland Experience at the LEGOLAND® Windsor Resort. Enjoy seven of the most famous scenes from the six live-action Star Wars movies, as well as a scene from the animated series Star Wars: The Clone Wars™ all made out of 1.5 million LEGO® bricks built in 1:20 scale. Follow the chronological path through the Star Wars timeline and retrace the major events of the beloved Saga featuring 2,000 LEGO® models, authentic sounds and lighting effects in the ultimate LEGO® Star Wars experience. Open March 2012.
Staying in a fully LEGO themed hotel is a truly unforgettable experience you really can't get anywhere else...open your curtains and you're right in the heart of LEGOLAND!
Whether you stay and explore the park or stay on a room only basis, the Resort Hotel promises to be a short break paradise for any LEGO fan!
Be prepared to laugh as excitedly as your children when you enter one of the new LEGOLAND Windsor Resort Hotel’s themed rooms.
German postcard by Verlag Hermann Leiser, Berlin-Wilm., no. 5233. Photo: R. Dührkoop.
Paul Heidemann (1884-1968) was a German stage and screen actor, and also a film director and producer. In the silent period, he was famous for his comical parts.
Paul Heidemann was born in Cologne, Germany, on 26 October 1884. After an initial career in the tobacco branch, he took acting lessons at the Meiningen-based court actor Leopold Teller. In 1906 he debuted in Hanau as Prince Karl-Heinz in the operetta Alt-Heidelberg. In 1909 he joined the Theatre of Breslau, where he sang in Bruno Granichstaedten’s operetta Bub oder Mädel. Here Heidemann created his reputation as a talented comedian. On the recommendation of composer Jean Gilbert, he moved to Berlin in 1911, where he debuted in Gilbert’s play Die keusche Susanne. Franz Porten discovered Heidemann for the cinema, where in 1912 he played his first lead in Das Brandmal ihrer Vergangenheit, followed by films such as Ihr Unteroffizier (1914), Ein nettes Pflänzchen (1916) und Der Diplomatensäugling (1919). From 1913 to 1915 he played the character Teddy in countless comical shorts, such as Teddy ist herzkrank (1914), Teddys Geburtstagsgeschenk (1915) and Teddy züchtet Notkartoffeln (1915); sometimes he directed these as well. Between 1919 and 1923 Heidemann had his own production company, Paul Heidemann-Film GmbH in Berlin, where he played the lead in films initially mostly directed by Erich Schönefelder and later on rather by Georg Schubert and Heidemann himself. A late example is Eine kleine Freundin braucht ein jeder Mann (Heidemann 1927), starring Heidemann but also Julius Falkenstein, Hans Albers, Siegfried Arno and Charlotte Ander.
In the 1920s Heidemann became an important supporting actor and sometimes leading actor in all kinds of films, in particular comedies, such as Die Bergkatze (Ernst Lubitsch 1921) with Pola Negri, So sind die Männer (Georg Jacoby 1922) with Harry Liedtke, Der Sprung ins Leben (Johannes Guter 1923) with Xenia Desni, Das süsse Mädel (Manfred Noa 1926) with Mary Nolan and Mary Parker, Die Dritte Eskadron (Carl Wilhelm 1926) with Claire Rommer, Flucht aus der Hölle (Georg Asagaroff 1928) with Heidemann, Jean Murat and Agnes Esterhazy, and Flucht vor der Liebe (Hans Behrendt 1928) with Jenny Jugo and Enrico Benfer. Simultaneously Heidemann acted on the Berlin stages, mainly in operettas. When in the early 1930s military comedies were popular, Heidemann acted in various military farces such as Wenn die Soldaten... (Luise & Jakob Fleck 1931) with Otto Walburg, Schön ist die Manöverzeit (Erich Schönfelder 1931) with Ida Wüst, Die Mutter der Kompanie (Franz Seitz senior 1931), Drei von der Kavallerie (Carl Boese 1932) with Paul Hörbiger and Fritz Kampers, and Liebe in Uniform (Georg Jacoby 1932). Heidemann also acted in many successful films of the 1930s, often as the sidekick of the favourite actor Hans Albers. Among the most well-known productions are Die grosse Sehnsucht (Stefan Szekelty 1930) with Camilla Horn and Theodor Loos, Ihre Hoheit befielt (Hanns Schwarz 1930-1931), Der tolle Bomberg (Georg Asagaroff 1932) with Heidemann in the lead, Ganovenehre (Richard Oswald 1932) with Fritz Kampers, Paprika (Carl Boese 1932) with Franziska Gaal, Narren im Schnee (Hans Deppe 1938) with Anny Ondra, and Schneider Wibbel (Viktor de Kowa 1939) with Erich Ponto.
During the Second World War, Heidemann worked again as a film director and staged some film comedies, such as Mein Mann darf es nicht wissen (1940) with Mady Rahl, Krach im Vorderhaus (1941) again with Rahl, Weisse Wäsche (1942) with Harald Paulsen, and Floh im Ohr (1943), even if the films were not huge hits. In the 1950s he acted both in BDR and DDR films, playing Presskopp in the old Berlin farce Ein Polterabend (Curt Bois 1955) and the mayor in Bärenburger Schnurre (Ralf Kirsten 1957). He also acted then in films like Torreani (Gustav Fröhlich 1951), Der keusche Josef (Carl Boese 1953), Rittmeister Wronski (Ulrich Erfurth 1954), Der Mustergatte (Erik Ode 1956) and Jede Nacht in einem anderen Bett (Paul Verhoeven 1956-1957). Paul Heidemann died in Berlin on 20 June 1968.
Sources: German Wikipedia, IMDB, www.filmportal.de, www.defa-sternstunden.de, www.cyranos.ch/smheid-d.htm.
A young wanderer, named Sapna, arrives in Goa to become a dancer and soon sets her way making and breaking to become the Star of the City. Read the story at comicales.com.
Young and old alike will be fascinated by the incredible LEGO models throughout the park. From comical camels to fearsome fire-breathing dragons, world landmarks to musical pirates, it's amazing what can be built with LEGO bricks - nearly 55 million of them!
LEGO Star Wars Miniland Experience - Take a trip to a galaxy far, far away at the UK’s only indoor LEGO® Star Wars™ Miniland Experience at the LEGOLAND® Windsor Resort. Enjoy seven of the most famous scenes from the six live-action Star Wars movies, as well as a scene from the animated series Star Wars: The Clone Wars™ all made out of 1.5 million LEGO® bricks built in 1:20 scale. Follow the chronological path through the Star Wars timeline and retrace the major events of the beloved Saga featuring 2,000 LEGO® models, authentic sounds and lighting effects in the ultimate LEGO® Star Wars experience. Open March 2012.
Staying in a fully LEGO themed hotel is a truly unforgettable experience you really can't get anywhere else...open your curtains and you're right in the heart of LEGOLAND!
Whether you stay and explore the park or stay on a room only basis, the Resort Hotel promises to be a short break paradise for any LEGO fan!
Be prepared to laugh as excitedly as your children when you enter one of the new LEGOLAND Windsor Resort Hotel’s themed rooms.
A young wanderer, named Sapna, arrives in Goa to become a dancer and soon sets her way making and breaking to become the Star of the City. Read the story at comicales.com.
A young wanderer, named Sapna, arrives in Goa to become a dancer and soon sets her way making and breaking to become the Star of the City. Read the story at comicales.com.
The Brown Pelican is a comically elegant bird with an oversized bill, sinuous neck, and big, dark body. Squadrons glide above the surf along southern and western coasts, rising and falling in a graceful echo of the waves. They feed by plunge-diving from high up, using the force of impact to stun small fish before scooping them up.
Brown Pelicans are huge, stocky seabirds. They have thin necks and very long bills with a stretchy throat pouch used for capturing fish. Their wings are very long and broad and are often noticeably bowed when the birds are gliding.
Young and old alike will be fascinated by the incredible LEGO models throughout the park. From comical camels to fearsome fire-breathing dragons, world landmarks to musical pirates, it's amazing what can be built with LEGO bricks - nearly 55 million of them!
LEGO Star Wars Miniland Experience - Take a trip to a galaxy far, far away at the UK’s only indoor LEGO® Star Wars™ Miniland Experience at the LEGOLAND® Windsor Resort. Enjoy seven of the most famous scenes from the six live-action Star Wars movies, as well as a scene from the animated series Star Wars: The Clone Wars™ all made out of 1.5 million LEGO® bricks built in 1:20 scale. Follow the chronological path through the Star Wars timeline and retrace the major events of the beloved Saga featuring 2,000 LEGO® models, authentic sounds and lighting effects in the ultimate LEGO® Star Wars experience. Open March 2012.
Staying in a fully LEGO themed hotel is a truly unforgettable experience you really can't get anywhere else...open your curtains and you're right in the heart of LEGOLAND!
Whether you stay and explore the park or stay on a room only basis, the Resort Hotel promises to be a short break paradise for any LEGO fan!
Be prepared to laugh as excitedly as your children when you enter one of the new LEGOLAND Windsor Resort Hotel’s themed rooms.
Young and old alike will be fascinated by the incredible LEGO models throughout the park. From comical camels to fearsome fire-breathing dragons, world landmarks to musical pirates, it's amazing what can be built with LEGO bricks - nearly 55 million of them!
LEGO Star Wars Miniland Experience - Take a trip to a galaxy far, far away at the UK’s only indoor LEGO® Star Wars™ Miniland Experience at the LEGOLAND® Windsor Resort. Enjoy seven of the most famous scenes from the six live-action Star Wars movies, as well as a scene from the animated series Star Wars: The Clone Wars™ all made out of 1.5 million LEGO® bricks built in 1:20 scale. Follow the chronological path through the Star Wars timeline and retrace the major events of the beloved Saga featuring 2,000 LEGO® models, authentic sounds and lighting effects in the ultimate LEGO® Star Wars experience. Open March 2012.
Staying in a fully LEGO themed hotel is a truly unforgettable experience you really can't get anywhere else...open your curtains and you're right in the heart of LEGOLAND!
Whether you stay and explore the park or stay on a room only basis, the Resort Hotel promises to be a short break paradise for any LEGO fan!
Be prepared to laugh as excitedly as your children when you enter one of the new LEGOLAND Windsor Resort Hotel’s themed rooms.
...a comical parody of the "Banda Calypso", a popular north-eastern Brazilian band represented here by our Cultural Coordinator Ivone in the swinging role of lead singer Joelma and with music teacher Anderson as her partner Chimbinha, backed by their dance ensemble of youngsters from the Hummingbird Arts & Cultural Activity Centre. This was just one of many comical presentations held by our staff during the children's winter holiday festival talent show at our main prevention centre in São Paulo.........
Young and old alike will be fascinated by the incredible LEGO models throughout the park. From comical camels to fearsome fire-breathing dragons, world landmarks to musical pirates, it's amazing what can be built with LEGO bricks - nearly 55 million of them!
LEGO Star Wars Miniland Experience - Take a trip to a galaxy far, far away at the UK’s only indoor LEGO® Star Wars™ Miniland Experience at the LEGOLAND® Windsor Resort. Enjoy seven of the most famous scenes from the six live-action Star Wars movies, as well as a scene from the animated series Star Wars: The Clone Wars™ all made out of 1.5 million LEGO® bricks built in 1:20 scale. Follow the chronological path through the Star Wars timeline and retrace the major events of the beloved Saga featuring 2,000 LEGO® models, authentic sounds and lighting effects in the ultimate LEGO® Star Wars experience. Open March 2012.
Staying in a fully LEGO themed hotel is a truly unforgettable experience you really can't get anywhere else...open your curtains and you're right in the heart of LEGOLAND!
Whether you stay and explore the park or stay on a room only basis, the Resort Hotel promises to be a short break paradise for any LEGO fan!
Be prepared to laugh as excitedly as your children when you enter one of the new LEGOLAND Windsor Resort Hotel’s themed rooms.
A young wanderer, named Sapna, arrives in Goa to become a dancer and soon sets her way making and breaking to become the Star of the City. Read the story at comicales.com.
Italian postcard by La Rotofotografica / Unione Cinematografica Italiana, no. 137.
Ferdinand Guillaume (1887- 1977) was an Italian comical actor, famous in the 1910s as Tontolini and Polidor.
Ferdinand(o) Guillaume, the son of a well-bred European circus family once fled from France during the Revolution, was enrolled by the Cines company in 1910 together with his brother Natale and their wives. Guillaume was launched as the character Tontolini, in 1912 also known in Britain and the US as Jenkins. Guillaume provided Cines and Italy an international reputation in the field of comical films. His circus background was a clear consistency in his films. Actress Lea Giunchi was married to Natale (Natalino) Guillaume and often played as 'Lea' in the Tontolini comedies, before becoming the regular film partner of Kri-Kri (Raymond Frau), who more or less substituted Guillaume when the latter moved over to Pasquali.
After some 100 shorts as Tontolini, and after the success of his first feature-length film, Pinocchio (Giulio Antamoro, 1911), Ferdinand Guillaume went over to the Pasquali company. Here he created the character of Polidor (named after a horse in his previous circus shows), continuing his double profession of leading actor and director, being often the scriptwriter of his films too. Shooting some 100 films, up to four films a month, in the years 1912-1914, the Polidor films were distributed all over Europe and the US. Guillaume's output shrunk considerately from the outbreak of the First World War, although he still had a large output in 1916-1917. Guillaume managed to pursue a constant career in cinema until 1920, when his brother died in a plane crash dring the shooting of a film. Guillaume had occasional come-backs in sound cinema, as in Fellini’s films Le notti di Cabiria (1957) and La dolce vita (1960), and in Pasolini's Accatone (1961). His last film part was that of an old actor in Fellini's Toby Dammitt (1968).
Sources: Italian Wikipedia, IMDB, Ivo Blom in Encyclopedia of Early Cinema (Routledge).
A young wanderer, named Sapna, arrives in Goa to become a dancer and soon sets her way making and breaking to become the Star of the City. Read the story at comicales.com.
Dressed up snowmen at the Central Experimental Farm in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada.
These wonderful and comical snowmen are along Winding Lane. Goes to show that our Canadian agricultural scientists do indeed have a great sense of humor!
A young wanderer, named Sapna, arrives in Goa to become a dancer and soon sets her way making and breaking to become the Star of the City. Read the story at comicales.com.
A young wanderer, named Sapna, arrives in Goa to become a dancer and soon sets her way making and breaking to become the Star of the City. Read the story at comicales.com.
A young wanderer, named Sapna, arrives in Goa to become a dancer and soon sets her way making and breaking to become the Star of the City. Read the story at comicales.com.
A young wanderer, named Sapna, arrives in Goa to become a dancer and soon sets her way making and breaking to become the Star of the City. Read the story at comicales.com.
Cornell Labs:
(www.allaboutbirds.org/guide/Brown_Pelican/id)
Pelecanus occidentalis
ORDER: PELECANIFORMES
FAMILY: PELECANIDAE
The Brown Pelican is a comically elegant bird with an oversized bill, sinuous neck, and big, dark body. Squadrons glide above the surf along southern and western coasts, rising and falling in a graceful echo of the waves. They feed by plunge-diving from high up, using the force of impact to stun small fish before scooping them up. They are fairly common today—an excellent example of a species’ recovery from pesticide pollution that once placed them at the brink of extinction.
Size & Shape
Brown Pelicans are huge, stocky seabirds. They have thin necks and very long bills with a stretchy throat pouch used for capturing fish. Their wings are very long and broad and are often noticeably bowed when the birds are gliding.
Color Pattern
Adult Brown Pelicans are gray-brown birds with yellow heads and white necks. In breeding plumage, the back and sides of the neck turn a rich, dark reddish-brown. Immatures are gray-brown above (including the head and neck) with pale whitish belly and breast.
Behavior
Brown Pelicans feed by plunging into the water, stunning small fish with the impact of their large bodies and scooping them up in their expandable throat pouches. When not foraging, pelicans stand around fishing docks, jetties, and beaches or cruise the shoreline. In flight, lines of pelicans glide on their broad wings, often surfing updrafts along wave faces or cliffs. Their wingbeats are slow, deep, and powerful.
Habitat
Brown Pelicans live along southern and western sea coasts and are rarely seen inland (except at the Salton Sea in California, where they are regular in large numbers). They nest in colonies, often on isolated islands free of land predators
Italian postcard. Varischi Artico & Co. Milano. Nr. 2052.
Mercedes Brignone (1885-1967) was an Italian theatre, film and television actress. She was a major star in Italian silent cinema of the 1910s and early 1920s. In the 1930s and early 1940s she often played secondary parts in Italian sound films.
Mercedes Brignone was born in Madrid in 1885 as the daughter of Italian stage actor Giuseppe Brignone. Already as a child she started to perform with her father and became a lively comical actress. In 1903 she married actor Uberto Palmarini with whom she worked in the same theatre company. Probably her first film role was in the short Il marito in campagna (Milano 1912), which co-starred Umberto Mozzato. It was an adaptation of the French boulevard comedy Le mari à la campagne by Bayard and De Vally. From 1914 she had a steady career in Italian films, first in shorts but soon in feature-length films. Brignone starred in these films, which in 1914 were all Milano productions, often directed by Baldassarre Negroni and often with Livio Pavanelli and Palmarini co-acting (such as La corsa all’abisso/The Pace That Kills, La dote del burattinaio/The Puppet’s Dowry, Il re dell’Atlantico, Vizio atavico; all 1914). In 1914/ 1915 Brignone left Milano and played at one company after another. In 1915 she played in Mezzanotte by Augusto Genina and the adaptation of Salvatore Di Giacomo’s play A San Francisco, directed and co-acted by Gustavo Serena. In 1916 Brignone played in Medusa velata (Ugo De Simone), Espiazione (Mario Corte) and La Gioconda (Eleuterio Rodolfi). While reunited with Palmarini in Medusa velata and playing with her brother Guido and his wife Lola Visconti Brignone in Espiazione, Brignone acted opposite Helena Makowska and Mozzato, the actor of her first film. La Gioconda, based on Gabriele D’Annunzio’s play, narrates the bizarre story of a sculptor (Mozzato) who neglects his wife (Brignone) for his femme fatale-like model (Makowska). When the wife pleas to save her marriage, the model wants to crush the sculpture for which she modelled. The wife tries to save the statue, but looses her hands in doing so. The film is considered lost now even if it was widespread at the time, but postcards of the film still exist.
In 1917 Brignone played in La flotta degli emigranti (Leopoldo Carlucci) co-starring Ileana Leonidoff, Il delitto dell’opera (Rodolfi), Ah! Le donne (Rodolfi), Cause ed effetti (Ugo Gracci), and Amleto/Hamlet (Rodolfi), which starred monstre sacré of the Italian stage Ruggero Ruggeri as Hamlet opposite Brignone as Queen Gertrude and Makowska as Ophelia. Some years ago the film was found back and restored. By then Rodolfi had founded his own company for which Brignone did various films: after Amleto followed Un dramma di Vittoriano Sardou (1918), La signora Rebus (1918), La maestrina (1919), Il buon Samaritano (1919), Federica d’Illiria (1919), the remake of Il marito in campagna (with Mario Almirante directing instead of Rodolfi), Il mio amante (Almirante 1920), La lotta per la vita (Guido Brignone 1920), Il privilegio dell’amore (Rodolfi 1921), and Il quadro di Osvaldo Mars (Brignone 1921). In the latter film, Mercedes Brignone is a countess who discovers there is a daring painting about to be exposed publicly, which shows her in a Salome outfit and nothing much more. She cuts the painting to pieces but is also accused of the murder of the painter Osvaldo Mars (Domenico Serra). The film was found back in South-America by the Bologna film archive and restored by them. Il quadro di Osvaldo Mars intriguingly shows the double nature of the countess: restrained and violent, but Brignone also plays a double role of the lookalike of the countess, a farmer’s wife who leaves husband and child to climb the social ladder.
Guido Brignone, who had been active as film director from 1916 on, had already started to direct his sister in the film Il perfetto amore (1918) for the Cines company. After Il quadro di Osvaldo Mars he directed her again in Le campane di San Lucio (1921). After that, Mercedes Brignone became not star but co-star of Il segreto del morto (Luigi Romano Borgnetto 1922) with Carlo Aldini and Liliana Ardea, I due sergenti (Brignone 1922) with Giovanni Cimara and Vasco Creti – the film was based on a popular French novel, often filmed in Italy - and Maciste e il nipote d’America (Rodolfi 1924), with Bartolomeo Pagano, of course.
Mercedes Brignone returned to film as a governess in the first Italian sound film, La canzone dell'amore (1930), starring Dria Pola. By now Brignone had to satisfy with smaller parts, as in Nerone (Alessandro Balsetti 1930) starring Ettore Petrolini, La stella del cinema (Almirante 1931) with Leda Gloria, Corte d’Assise (Brignone 1931) with Marcella Albani, Rubacuori (Brignone 1931) with Armando Falconi and Tina Lattanzi, Seconda B (Goffredo Alessandrini) with Maria Denis and Sergio Tofano, Il serpente a sonagli (Raffaele Matarazzo 1935) with Nino Besozzi, La marcia nuziale (Mario Bonnard 1936) with Kiki Palmer, Teresa Confalonieri (Brignone 1937) with Marta Abba, Vivere (Brignone 1938) with Tito Schipa, L’antenato (Brignone 1938) with Paola Barbara, the comedy Il marchese di Ruvolito (Matarazzo 1939) with Eduardo and Peppino De Filippo, Il documento (Mario Camerini 1939) with Ruggeri, Falconi and Denis, Torna, caro ideal! (Brignone 1939) with Claudio Gora, Cenerentola e il signor Bonaventura (Sergio Tofano 1941) with Silvana Jachino and Paolo Stoppa, Sant’Elena, piccola isola (Umberto Scarpelli /Renato Simoni 1943) – in which Brignone played Madama Letizia vs. Ruggeri as Bonaparte, La primadonna (Ivo Perilli 1943) starring Anneliese Uhlig and Maria Mercader, and Il fiore sotto gli occhi (Brignone 1944) with Gora and Mariella Lotti.
In the postwar era Mercedes Brignone played with several theatre companies, often performing in comedies, and collaborating with Ruggero Ruggeri and Tino Carraro. She seldom played in films anymore. Last (bit) parts were in Lorenzaccio (Raffaello Pacini 1951) and Vacanze d’inverno (Camillo Mastrocinque/Giualiano Carnimeo 1959). For RAI radio she acted in Aurelia (Enzo Ferrieri 1949), while on television she was visible in two stage plays (Romanticismo, 1954, and Pane altrui, 1957) and participated as Olga in the musical spectacle Biblioteca di Studio Uno: Al Grand Hotel (1964) and as Signora Biron in the episode L’affare Picpus (1965) in the series Le inchieste del commissario Maigret, starring Gino Cervi. Mercedes Brignone died in 1967 in Milan. As sister of director and actor Guido Brignone she was the aunt of his daughter, actress Lilla Brignone.
Sources: Italian Wikipedia, IMDB, Vittorio Martinelli, Il cinema muto italiano.
A young wanderer, named Sapna, arrives in Goa to become a dancer and soon sets her way making and breaking to become the Star of the City. Read the story at comicales.com.
There's something comical about these flowers from a head-on view, but they're so graceful from other angles. This makes them great photographic subjects, blue-purple-pink color variations, petal shape, and the teasing of the mostly hidden pistils and stamens.
So the following is an unfortunately, though comically true story.
Yesterday Reid and I went to Kubota Gardens. Me, being the genius that I am, decided that I did not need a tripod. Oh no, I was perfectly capable of taking shots at 1/4 and 1/3 seconds freehand. Needless to say, only one of those shots made it to Flickr.
So today after work, there was a break from the rain, so I decided to make a quick dash back down to the gardens..
On a quick side note for everyone in Seattle, today's rain was not a storm, nor was it a downpour. It barely qualifies as Heavy. If you want to see heavy, move to Houston (they actually gets more rain a year than Seattle), and see a Heavy downpour; I am talking 14 inches in an hour kinda rain.
In any event, I came to this tree that really stood out. Now, as most photographers know, its the back of the Japanese Maples that are the most spectacular. So, I did the most logical thing I could think of, and crawled under the branches to take a few pictures. Even as I am crouching down and crawling under the branches, I was observing what a magical world I had entered, and started thinking something to the effect of "this is where hobbits live." However Hobbits have become too commercialized, so then my mind went to Elves (this will come into the story later).
A minute or so later, a couple walked by and saw what I was doing. The man asked a few polite questions about my camera and what exactly I was photographing. This was all fine and well.
A few more minutes later a group of three people (two girls and a guy) walked by, this is where things took a turn.
Immediately, the guy asked, "Hey, do you belong under that tree?"
*I think you see where this is heading. *
My mind instantly keyed in on such a stupid question. I mean, of course I do not belong under the tree. Who the hell "belongs" under a tree?
Now being the natural smart ass that I am, I simply could not resist, and my mind instant went to "lets mess with this guy's mind " mode.
This is pretty much how the conversation went.
Guy: "Hey, do you belong under that tree?"
Me: "Yes, I'm an Elf, this is where I live"
Now I was eyeballing a shot, so I didn't even look at him. Plus I was hoping just dismiss him and maybe he would go away. However, I could actually feel the guys brain freeze.
Guy: "Don't be an idiot, there is no such thing as elves."
Notice he wants to argue the existance elves now. This from the guy who doesn't know if I belong crouched under a maple tree.
This is also where I turn to him, and flash a really wicked grin.
Me: "How do you know? You don't even know If I belong under this tree. I mean really, does ANYONE BELONG under a tree? The fact that you would even ask such a question suggest that believe that there are some people who do, in fact, belong under a tree.
*deep breath*
Me: "Now, since the only people who belong under trees are Dwarves and Elves since they call the trees their homes. And, since I do belong under this tree, I must be a Dwarf or an Elf. "
*Pause for effect
Me: "Now obviously I am not Dwarf, so I must be an Elf. And since I do belong under this tree, it must be my home. Now do you mind giving me some privacy?"
The girls he was with were fighting off a laugh, though he was clearly agitated.
Guy: "You need to get out of there. You're lucky I don't call the Cops."
Me: "Good they can arrest you for tress-passing on my tree."
At this point I just smiled and turned to take another picture. One of the girls said something about it was time to go, and they walked off. But here are the points.
1. This guy will spend the rest of the night driving himself crazy with what he wished he had said. I will not. So just be yourself instead of wasting you time which you had been someone else.
2. Yeah you can kill em with kindness, and sometimes that works, but good old fashion sarcasm and crazy Logic is even more fun.
3. I got a great Shot!
4. Of course we don't belong crouched under Japanes Maple trees. That's the friggen point! Anyone can take a picture of a Japanese Maple Tree from the front. But who needs that. And of course I am somewhere I do not belong. Hell, I am almost always somewhere I do not belong.
5. If you ever come across a 6’6” Viking guy hunched under a maple tree with a camera, let it go man….. Just let it go.
6. Yes, there are places that we should not go. But, THAT IS WHY WE GO THERE DAMN IT!! We want to get those pictures that no one else has or could get. I mean, do we really need another Mount Shuksan Reflection Lake Picture?
Young and old alike will be fascinated by the incredible LEGO models throughout the park. From comical camels to fearsome fire-breathing dragons, world landmarks to musical pirates, it's amazing what can be built with LEGO bricks - nearly 55 million of them!
LEGO Star Wars Miniland Experience - Take a trip to a galaxy far, far away at the UK’s only indoor LEGO® Star Wars™ Miniland Experience at the LEGOLAND® Windsor Resort. Enjoy seven of the most famous scenes from the six live-action Star Wars movies, as well as a scene from the animated series Star Wars: The Clone Wars™ all made out of 1.5 million LEGO® bricks built in 1:20 scale. Follow the chronological path through the Star Wars timeline and retrace the major events of the beloved Saga featuring 2,000 LEGO® models, authentic sounds and lighting effects in the ultimate LEGO® Star Wars experience. Open March 2012.
Staying in a fully LEGO themed hotel is a truly unforgettable experience you really can't get anywhere else...open your curtains and you're right in the heart of LEGOLAND!
Whether you stay and explore the park or stay on a room only basis, the Resort Hotel promises to be a short break paradise for any LEGO fan!
Be prepared to laugh as excitedly as your children when you enter one of the new LEGOLAND Windsor Resort Hotel’s themed rooms.
LEGOLAND Windsor a theme park dedicated to children aged 3-12 years old and of course big kid adults.
An inspirational land where the kids are the hero and adults relive their childhood.
The fun never stops and imagination knows no bounds, a family attraction like no other.
Set in 150 acres of beautiful parkland, LEGOLAND Windsor is a unique family theme park with over 55 interactive rides, live shows, building workshops, driving schools and attractions.
It's amazing what can be built with LEGO bricks - nearly 55 million of them!
From comical camels to fearsome fire-breathing dragons, world landmarks to musical pirates, young and old alike will be fascinated by the incredible LEGO models throughout the park.
Fun Facts about LEGOLAND Windsor
There are 34 LEGO pieces in an average Miniland figure.
The largest model in Miniland is the Canary Wharf Tower which is 5.2 metres tall and took 3 model makers 850 hours to complete using 200,000 LEGO Bricks!
The smallest models are the pigeons in Trafalgar Square which contain 5 LEGO bricks each
New in 2011 - Atlantis Submarine Voyage
Take a deep breath and submerge yourself in an underwater adventure.
Plunge into the depths with this world-first LEGO® submarine ride and immerse yourself in a magical underwater adventure.
So what’s New in 2012
STAR WARS MINILAND EXPERIENCE - The Force has arrived at LEGOLAND
Take a trip to a galaxy far, far away at the UK’s only indoor LEGO® Star Wars™ Miniland Experience at the LEGOLAND®Windsor Resort. Enjoy seven of the most famous scenes from the six live-action Star Wars movies, as well as a scene from the animated series Star Wars: The Clone Wars™ all made out of 1.5 million LEGO® bricks built in 1:20 scale. Follow the chronological path through the Star Wars timeline and retrace the major events of the beloved Saga featuring 2,000 LEGO® models, authentic sounds and lighting effects in the ultimate LEGO®Star Wars experience.
LEGOLAND WINDSOR RESORT HOTEL - Now open
An exciting LEGO adventure awaits you, as the amazing 150 room, fully themed LEGOLAND Hotel opens at LEGOLAND Windsor RESORT!
Staying overnight at the new LEGOLAND Windsor Resort Hotel is a must for all LEGO fans. From the spectacular dragon-guarded entrance and interactive LEGO features through to the brightly coloured pirate splash pool and fully themed bedrooms, the new hotel will inspire imaginations and create laugh-out loud memories. With dedicated indoor play areas, entertainment and a buffet-style restaurant serving child-friendly meals, it’s the perfect family treat.
A young wanderer, named Sapna, arrives in Goa to become a dancer and soon sets her way making and breaking to become the Star of the City. Read the story at comicales.com.
A young wanderer, named Sapna, arrives in Goa to become a dancer and soon sets her way making and breaking to become the Star of the City. Read the story at comicales.com.
Young and old alike will be fascinated by the incredible LEGO models throughout the park. From comical camels to fearsome fire-breathing dragons, world landmarks to musical pirates, it's amazing what can be built with LEGO bricks - nearly 55 million of them!
LEGO Star Wars Miniland Experience - Take a trip to a galaxy far, far away at the UK’s only indoor LEGO® Star Wars™ Miniland Experience at the LEGOLAND® Windsor Resort. Enjoy seven of the most famous scenes from the six live-action Star Wars movies, as well as a scene from the animated series Star Wars: The Clone Wars™ all made out of 1.5 million LEGO® bricks built in 1:20 scale. Follow the chronological path through the Star Wars timeline and retrace the major events of the beloved Saga featuring 2,000 LEGO® models, authentic sounds and lighting effects in the ultimate LEGO® Star Wars experience. Open March 2012.
Staying in a fully LEGO themed hotel is a truly unforgettable experience you really can't get anywhere else...open your curtains and you're right in the heart of LEGOLAND!
Whether you stay and explore the park or stay on a room only basis, the Resort Hotel promises to be a short break paradise for any LEGO fan!
Be prepared to laugh as excitedly as your children when you enter one of the new LEGOLAND Windsor Resort Hotel’s themed rooms.
Young and old alike will be fascinated by the incredible LEGO models throughout the park. From comical camels to fearsome fire-breathing dragons, world landmarks to musical pirates, it's amazing what can be built with LEGO bricks - nearly 55 million of them!
LEGO Star Wars Miniland Experience - Take a trip to a galaxy far, far away at the UK’s only indoor LEGO® Star Wars™ Miniland Experience at the LEGOLAND® Windsor Resort. Enjoy seven of the most famous scenes from the six live-action Star Wars movies, as well as a scene from the animated series Star Wars: The Clone Wars™ all made out of 1.5 million LEGO® bricks built in 1:20 scale. Follow the chronological path through the Star Wars timeline and retrace the major events of the beloved Saga featuring 2,000 LEGO® models, authentic sounds and lighting effects in the ultimate LEGO® Star Wars experience. Open March 2012.
Staying in a fully LEGO themed hotel is a truly unforgettable experience you really can't get anywhere else...open your curtains and you're right in the heart of LEGOLAND!
Whether you stay and explore the park or stay on a room only basis, the Resort Hotel promises to be a short break paradise for any LEGO fan!
Be prepared to laugh as excitedly as your children when you enter one of the new LEGOLAND Windsor Resort Hotel’s themed rooms.
A young wanderer, named Sapna, arrives in Goa to become a dancer and soon sets her way making and breaking to become the Star of the City. Read the story at comicales.com.
A young wanderer, named Sapna, arrives in Goa to become a dancer and soon sets her way making and breaking to become the Star of the City. Read the story at comicales.com.
A young wanderer, named Sapna, arrives in Goa to become a dancer and soon sets her way making and breaking to become the Star of the City. Read the story at comicales.com.
A series of comical home made signs alerting would be illegal dumpers to take it home.
Update: November 2010, these signs and this forest are gone. Bulldozed out of existence for a new building to be built.
Young and old alike will be fascinated by the incredible LEGO models throughout the park. From comical camels to fearsome fire-breathing dragons, world landmarks to musical pirates, it's amazing what can be built with LEGO bricks - nearly 55 million of them!
LEGO Star Wars Miniland Experience - Take a trip to a galaxy far, far away at the UK’s only indoor LEGO® Star Wars™ Miniland Experience at the LEGOLAND® Windsor Resort. Enjoy seven of the most famous scenes from the six live-action Star Wars movies, as well as a scene from the animated series Star Wars: The Clone Wars™ all made out of 1.5 million LEGO® bricks built in 1:20 scale. Follow the chronological path through the Star Wars timeline and retrace the major events of the beloved Saga featuring 2,000 LEGO® models, authentic sounds and lighting effects in the ultimate LEGO® Star Wars experience. Open March 2012.
Staying in a fully LEGO themed hotel is a truly unforgettable experience you really can't get anywhere else...open your curtains and you're right in the heart of LEGOLAND!
Whether you stay and explore the park or stay on a room only basis, the Resort Hotel promises to be a short break paradise for any LEGO fan!
Be prepared to laugh as excitedly as your children when you enter one of the new LEGOLAND Windsor Resort Hotel’s themed rooms.
A young wanderer, named Sapna, arrives in Goa to become a dancer and soon sets her way making and breaking to become the Star of the City. Read the story at comicales.com.
Young and old alike will be fascinated by the incredible LEGO models throughout the park. From comical camels to fearsome fire-breathing dragons, world landmarks to musical pirates, it's amazing what can be built with LEGO bricks - nearly 55 million of them!
LEGO Star Wars Miniland Experience - Take a trip to a galaxy far, far away at the UK’s only indoor LEGO® Star Wars™ Miniland Experience at the LEGOLAND® Windsor Resort. Enjoy seven of the most famous scenes from the six live-action Star Wars movies, as well as a scene from the animated series Star Wars: The Clone Wars™ all made out of 1.5 million LEGO® bricks built in 1:20 scale. Follow the chronological path through the Star Wars timeline and retrace the major events of the beloved Saga featuring 2,000 LEGO® models, authentic sounds and lighting effects in the ultimate LEGO® Star Wars experience. Open March 2012.
Staying in a fully LEGO themed hotel is a truly unforgettable experience you really can't get anywhere else...open your curtains and you're right in the heart of LEGOLAND!
Whether you stay and explore the park or stay on a room only basis, the Resort Hotel promises to be a short break paradise for any LEGO fan!
Be prepared to laugh as excitedly as your children when you enter one of the new LEGOLAND Windsor Resort Hotel’s themed rooms.
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Young and old alike will be fascinated by the incredible LEGO models throughout the park. From comical camels to fearsome fire-breathing dragons, world landmarks to musical pirates, it's amazing what can be built with LEGO bricks - nearly 55 million of them!
LEGO Star Wars Miniland Experience - Take a trip to a galaxy far, far away at the UK’s only indoor LEGO® Star Wars™ Miniland Experience at the LEGOLAND® Windsor Resort. Enjoy seven of the most famous scenes from the six live-action Star Wars movies, as well as a scene from the animated series Star Wars: The Clone Wars™ all made out of 1.5 million LEGO® bricks built in 1:20 scale. Follow the chronological path through the Star Wars timeline and retrace the major events of the beloved Saga featuring 2,000 LEGO® models, authentic sounds and lighting effects in the ultimate LEGO® Star Wars experience. Open March 2012.
Staying in a fully LEGO themed hotel is a truly unforgettable experience you really can't get anywhere else...open your curtains and you're right in the heart of LEGOLAND!
Whether you stay and explore the park or stay on a room only basis, the Resort Hotel promises to be a short break paradise for any LEGO fan!
Be prepared to laugh as excitedly as your children when you enter one of the new LEGOLAND Windsor Resort Hotel’s themed rooms.
Paestum is two hours down the autostrada from Pompeii but the contrast is almost comical. A day earlier we had been suffocating in Pompeii, failing miserably to dodge tour guides and being barked at by the custodians. The next day we were on our own in the wide open green spaces of Paestum, sharing a picnic on the steps of a temple with the security guard
The site is so far off the tourist track that it is almost invisible. What they miss is one of the greatest Hellenic sites, the three Doric temples dedicated to Hera and Athena are among the best preserved Greek temples anywhere. But don’t tell them......
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That evening we stayed at the charming resort down of Sta Maria Castellabate on the sandy (and uncrowded) Cilento coast