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I was riding in the passenger seat of our vehicle when I first saw the local firemen (and others) at a prior overpass. Honoring, of course, all of those who died and all of those who sacrificed in order to try to save the victims. I was, of course, emotionally affected. As we were approaching another overpass I saw the fire truck and had time to grab my small camera and take a quick snap while passing underneath. I hope all of my flickr friends share my gratitude for all that was done by our public service workers in our nations worst such tragedy since
the second World War.
5 shot panorama of a Wideroe DHC-8-402Q on stand with a little something special thrown in the background...
I'll admit this was a photoshop, but someone over in the Dyce area was letting off fireworks on the same night so all I done was reposition them slightly!
Plus, seeing as it was only bonfire night the other day I just had to do something!
Aberdeen Airport - EGPD
7th November 2013
This pic was taken when I was taking pics of Wood Ducks and Mandarin Ducks in the same pond and this Otter had kinda told me get out of here!! He or She had had enough of me on that morning!! No not mess with a River Otter!! Be careful they will attack!!
Jose V. Blanco, the folk muralist whose richly colorful and celebratory works of the Tagalog pastorale have been likened to another Angono muralist, the late National Artist Carlos "Botong" Francisco
Born on March 19, 1932, Blanco belonged to a fishing family who thrived on the rich resources of the Laguna de Bay.
But although a folk artist, Blanco was academically trained. He entered the School of Fine Arts of the University of Santo Tomas in 1951. Its faculty included the top firebrand modernists of Philippine art history -- National Artists Victorio Edades, Vicente Manansala and Francisco, as well as Galo Ocampo, Antonio Llamas, Galo Ocampo and Diosdado Lorenzo.
Blanco never abandoned his roots. Even while he was studying, he was still regularly doing his fishing rounds in order to earn enough money for his tuition.
Graduating in 1955 and winning the best thesis award of his batch, Blanco worked for several years as an advertising director.
In 1971, Blanco abandoned advertising in order to paint full-time. It was also the year he held his first one-man show at the Manila Hilton.
Almost instantly, Blanco became known for his murals of Angono life. The Rockefeller Foundation of New York obtained his "Pag-ahon ng Pagoda," a depiction of the fluvial parade in connection with the San Clemente fiesta, in the 1970's.
Art critic Allice Guillermo called Blanco's style "folk realism." Notable is the graphic perspicacity of the work as well as the lushness of its earthy colors.
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Our FIRST "real"** Blythe ... adopted from Gina Garan ...
was: MADEMOISELLE ROSEBUD (MRB) ~
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** We did have 2 ADG (Ashton Drake Galleries) Blythe Dolls; (some may remember NENTL as our First Blythe Doll) ... but "back in the day" ADGs were not even considered "real Blythe Dolls" ...
And even though we never agreed with that sentiment (We LOVE our 2 ADG girls !!) ... we discovered there IS a "difference" ... when we received our first "REAL" Blythe!
{We DID also have 3 Kenners at one time, but of course, they ran away from the Blythe Fifth Avenue Modeling Troupe ... they wanted to "start at the top", never willing to do the work required to go through the ranks ... so yeah ... they found their PERFECT PRINCESS HOME!! }
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BLYTHE-A-DAY
A flickr Group
FEBRUARY 2022
DAY 25: "REMEMBERING ALLISON KATZMAN"
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Please remember us maids on this holiday. So much work cleaning before the holiday and then cooking and baking and decorating. And then after all the festivities are over we are left alone to re-clean and put everything back in order!!!
My dad died 7 months ago now. I cannot believe how fast the time has passed. Every now and again, I expect to hear him on the other side of the phone saying, "Hiya Doll." But of course, that will never happen.
This pic is for him.
He loved Roses and loved photographs and was always so keen to look through Flickr at so many of your beautiful photographs. He especially enjoyed those of Dundee where we originally come from in Scotland, and my mum and I, together with dad, spent many hours over his year of illness, reminiscing about days gone by.
These links are to the Corries ( a Scottish Folk Group) singing two of his favourite folk songs, Bonnie Dundee and The Road to Dundee.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=Av2-A-igOJk
www.youtube.com/watch?v=bm5_jma2GMQ&feature=related
Slainte
pch2660-willow@yahoo.com
Remembering Soliel
Soliel's Gardens will be open until June 4th. You can visit here:
maps.secondlife.com/secondlife/Sal%20Island/160/128/23
The video slide show is at youtu.be/zZjHR2Bpvp0
It took an hour and a half just to upload. So I didn’t want to waste space by uploading a 350M file twice. If you want to leave comments and I welcome them. Please do so at my Flicker site at www.flickr.com/photos/tarotgrove/
In case you are wondering the music is the prelude to Bach's English Suite #2 in A- Which we also arranged and sequenced. The pictures were made using the pre-launch version of Bright Canopy. Further details photograph details are on my blog at aboutpch.com
Fee free to expand your view to full screen. It is full 1080p.
Blog: aboutpch.com
Flickr: www.flickr.com/photos/tarotgrove/
Koinup: www.koinup.com/Willow547/
Willow's SL Market Place Store: marketplace.secondlife.com/stores/169960
Pentax 67II - SMC Pentax 67 1:2.4 105mm - Rollei RPX 25 @ ASA-25
Ilford Ilfotec HC (1+63) 11:00 @ 20C
Scanner: Epson V700
Editor: Adobe Photoshop CC
Much greater than the suffering of a man who chooses to remember,
is the suffering of a people who choose to forget.
~jonSpot
Taken by my mother of my father at the Vietnam Memorial in Washington D.C. I dedicate this to my dad, and all other soldiers who served and sacrificed for this great country.
Please acknowledge and thank a Vet today.
Oil painting by Brazilian artist Waldemar Lopes at the art exhibit "A Magia do Cinema" in Santos, Brazil.
I was just looking back at some pictures and came across this picture in Rayleigh Cemetery in February.
My 27 years at Sam Houston State University provided lots of changes in technology. For most of that time, my job was to convince people the changes would lead to improvements. Not always the easiest sell. Very humorous to look back now on what we thought was good then.
ODC: floppy (disk)
Static Harrier T4, but remembering those forced into retirement 15th December 2010 when the UK Harrier force was retired
TO VOTE ON NOV. 4TH...Speak then or forever hold your tongue..
Have a wild and fantastic Wed and Thurs.
Penn Yan, NY. September 2020.
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There isn't a time I can remember when Aladdin was not a part of my life. I have no memory of seeing Aladdin in theaters with my family, because I was so young. But, I do remember all the merchandise that was released with the film...namely the dolls! Every time the Aladdin cartoon series aired on television, my sister and I dropped whatever we were doing to watch it. We were truly bummed out when the show was canceled. One of the reasons we loved getting cable television when I was nine, was the fact that we got the Toon Disney Channel...which ran episodes of the Aladdin cartoon. My parents bought us Aladdin on vhs tape, but we eventually had to replace it around 2004. Somehow, we managed to ruin that vhs tape as well, but fortunately, we found the same '04 edition on dvd at the flea market during the summer of 2014. That dvd turned out to be faulty after a few uses, so we once again had to track down another! I guess my sister and I watch Aladdin so much, that we have a habit of ruining the tapes! We also always loved the sequels, Return of Jafar and Aladdin and the King of Thieves. I still vividly recall the day I first saw Aladdin and the King of Thieves on vhs. It was around my birthday, when I spotted the display at CVS while shopping with my mom. She said I could pick the tape or Palace Wedding Jasmine as part of my birthday gift. Even though I desperately coveted the Jasmine doll, I chose the vhs, so Colleen and I could share it. For years and years, I always regretted not choosing the Jasmine doll. But realistically, Jasmine would have been destroyed within a year, like most of our childhood Aladdin dolls. Upon reflection, my childhood would have felt a little empty without Aladdin and the King of Thieves being in it!
Besides the movies, my sister and I collectively had hoards of Aladdin merchandise when we were young. We had the Sega video game, which we played every Saturday morning religiously. I owned a purple Aladdin lunchbox which I took to school with me, and Colleen had a green pencil case. We somehow managed to hang onto both the lunch box and the pencil case over the years. Then there were our Aladdin paper dolls--Aladdin was mine, Jasmine was Colleen's. We both always got into heated fights over who played with Jasmine. Jasmine's head had to be taped together more times than I can count, because we both played with her so much. Aladdin also saw play...but he was nude most of the time. I somehow lost both his outfits. Not to mention, while at the hair salon one day, I let another little girl play with Aladdin...and she chose to draw on the back of him! I also had a palace figurine set that came with Aladdin, the Sultan, and Jasmine. Our dog, Haley, ate Jasmine's head one day while I was walking down the hallway. Years later, I still resented Hayley for destroying my beautiful Jasmine figurine. I bought the Aladdin Polly Pockets too--poor Jasmine lost both her hands, but I still have the set. Colleen and I even had Aladdin clothes. Our childhood wardrobes consisted of swimsuits, shirts, and even underwear that were adorned with Aladdin cartoons. Basically, whatever merchandise was marketed for Aladdin, chances are, my sister and I wanted it.
It's no surprise given my long history of obsessing in the movie Aladdin, that I have accumulated a ridiculous number of Aladdin dolls over the years. The dolls, of all the merchandise, were always my favorite, and usually the thing I whined the most about not having. It seemed as though Colleen and I never had luck with our Aladdin dolls when we were kids. My sister's black, rambunctious (and might I say disgustingly smelly) dog, Hayley, devoured several of our dolls in the course of a few years. Hayley consumed Colleen's brand new Water Surprise Jasmine doll within the first week of her arriving home from the store. To be honest, my younger self couldn't be trusted any more with the Aladdin dolls than Hayley. It was a habit of mine to steal Colleen's coveted Aladdin dolls when she was at school. Sometimes I would take only Jasmine's necklace to use on my Sun Jewel Kira, other times, I would steal just Aladdin's lamp. One day, I worked up the nerve to borrow the Aladdin doll. Even though I was very young, I still vividly remember sneaking into Colleen's closet, digging through her laundry basket of Barbie dolls, and snagging Aladdin. Mom warned me not to play with Colleen's stuff, but that certainly did not stop me. Apparently, according to Colleen, I broke Aladdin's head that day...which she was NOT happy about. I conveniently blocked out my memory of decapitating Aladdin! Mom and Dad unintentionally rewarded me that day, as I got to keep the broken Aladdin, since they bought Colleen a replacement Water Jewel Magic Aladdin. Colleen felt ripped off, because her old Aladdin doll came with more clothing and accessories than her new doll.
I used to beg Colleen everyday to borrow her beautiful Jasmine doll. One day, she foolishly let me have my way, by giving me the privilege of carrying Jasmine around the grocery store. I lost Jasmine, who was wearing her purple dress, that day while we were shopping. Colleen was furious with me, and for years and years, she hung the entire incident over my head. I was certainly not any more trustworthy with my own Aladdin dolls. I don't know where my beloved childhood Musical Princess Jasmine went. She was either lost like Colleen's Jasmine doll, our she was one of Hayley's meals. I made my Perfume Jasmine and "Classics" Jasmine doll bald not long after I bought them. Poor "Classics" Jasmine was my birthday gift when I turned four years old. I still recall picking her out at Toys 'R' Us, along with the So Much to Do! Kitchen playset. Water Jewel Magic Jasmine and Aladdin, as well as Colleen's Perfume Jasmine were the only dolls who survived our early childhood unscathed. Well, Water Jewel Magic Jasmine didn't completely escape carnage....her head fell off on multiple occasions and Dad had to super glue her back together. Regardless, she was the surviving Jasmine doll that I always played with until I bought my Sparkling Jasmine in 2002.
Although our luck with Aladdin dolls was not the best in our early years, the acquisition of my Sparkling Jasmine in 2002 shifted things. She was the first Jasmine to be in stores since the My Favorite Fairytale lady (who I had missed out on getting). I was so unbelievably ecstatic the day Mom, Dad, Colleen, and I were at Target and I saw the most stunning Jasmine doll ever. Sparkling Jasmine's purple ensemble was unique, and I loved her less bug eyed facial screening. To me, she most resembled the character I loved, and I was so grateful that I was able to afford her. The last Jasmine doll I had been so taken with was the Holiday Princess lady. But due to her "fanciness" I declined from asking Mom or Dad if I could get her. Although she wasn't outrageously priced in retrospect, she was at least double the price of my less than $15 Sparkling gal. Jasmine became a fast favorite, of course it helped that her only competition was our sad, repaired Water Jewel Magic Jasmine. Coincidentally, I had been playing with Water Jewel Magic Jas right around this time, casting her as a poor farm girl who ran away from home. Obviously, Water Jewel Magic Jasmine was dethroned when Sparkling arrived. Sparkling Jasmine was my most prized possession for several years. She was the apple of my eye, and her beauty could not be matched. I bought her numerous Barbie fashion packs that would go splendidly with her purple makeup. Wherever I went, Jasmine was sure to tag along. Kid Kore Katie, Colleen's favorite doll, who was sold with a poodle, soon became Jasmine's traveling companion. We took the dolls to the pool, the beach, in the woods, to the movie theaters, to restaurants....everywhere and anywhere we traveled! Along the way, other Aladdin dolls joined the cast. During a beach themed doll scene, Colleen gave our childhood Water Jewel Magic Aladdin a new identity. He became Leroy, the hard working, nerdy, reliable guy. Leroy and Jasmine fell in love, and the rest is history! We would crank up my Britney Spears albums and have Jasmine sing to Leroy. Sometimes he would duet with her when male singers guest starred on the songs. They would take flying unicorn rides on my Starlight Unicorn (who did not actually feature wings), named Ocean. Jasmine's furry/hoofed friends were always nearby--Ocean and Muffin my Puppy Ruff dog I got when I was two/three. The family soon became the "Arabache" clan. Jasmine's family showcased her adopted sister Katie, and her two sisters/sometimes daughters Reggie and Myra. Leroy's side consisted of his wheelchair bound sister, Becky, and his featherbrained brother Bradley. Winning London Mary-Kate and Ashley and Pet Pals Skipper, aka Robin, were also part of the family, but changed sides. There were also usually Kelly and Krissy dolls added once we decided to have Jasmine and Leroy start their own family (one was Stroll 'N Play Krissy, aka Natasha, the other usual was 1995 Bathtime Fun Kelly, aka Stephanie). Once I got Xpress It! Yasmin, she too was a staple in our games, sometimes featured as Leroy's sister, other times as Jasmine's. Bradley was our decapitated "Classics" Aladdin from childhood. Reggie and Myra were our two Perfume Princess Jasmine minis. Ironically, I had always been jealous of Colleen's much neater Perfume Jasmine, even though I already had my own. Myra, who was my original doll, had an earring chewed off by a guinea pig and virtually no hair. Colleen gave me her Jasmine doll, who I renamed as Reggie--she was the smarter, more "mature" twin who was also the head troublemaker. Myra was the sweet, incontinent one who always asked for "Mommy" or "Daddy," and who was notorious for toting a massive stuffed Pooh Bear with her. Despite the scruffiness of some of our oldest Aladdin dolls, they were incorporated into the newer games. It was also around this time that we found "replacements" for a few of them. Colleen bought another, much fresher Water Jewel Magic Aladdin, who we named Lennon, at an outdoor flea market. He subbed in for Leroy on occasion, since his arms weren't faded and his hair paint was intact. We also scored a very mint looked "Classics" Aladdin for $5 at the town flea market (which is notoriously over priced). She decided to make him the father of Leroy and Bradley, and he was dubbed "Frank." We always envisioned Leroy and Bradley having an overbearing mother, but nobody was permanently cast in the role. As adults, we feel that Bratz Portia would have been the perfect leading lady! For several years our doll family remained more or less unchanged until our favorites began to deteriorate. I bought Princess Party Jasmine as a temporary substitute when Sparkling Jasmine balded and began to fade from too many pool excursions. But she just wasn't the same, which is why I eagerly bought a secondhand Sparkling Jasmine in 2004 or 2005. She was purchased a little bit too late though, because by that point we had phased out of the Arabache clan and were playing with a new doll family. These days, the members of the Arabache household still make appearances in photos and Youtube skits. We always cast the original dolls, despite having minter counterparts. But my skills as a doll restorer have helped our poor childhood friends look substantially better, so they aren't the raggedy faces we used to play with anyways! The "Leroy and Jasmine" era will forever be Colleen's and my favorite time in our doll playing history. Of course, it was all that more special since we incorporated several beloved Aladdin dolls!
It was not only my love for the film, but also my "not so great" childhood experiences, that drove me to collecting so many Aladdin dolls. It was surprisingly unintentional that I first began buying so many Aladdin dolls. My original focus when beginning to collect dolls again in 2011 (I took a few years off from dolls when I was a teenager) was on Hercules dolls and the Hunchback of Notre Dame dolls, as well as a few random Disney dolls. I remember I wanted Water Surprise Jasmine and Holiday Jasmine first. Not long after, I couldn't resist buying a brand new Water Jewel Magic Jasmine, since I have a long history with our childhood doll. Then, one day, I won Rajah Friendship Jasmine on eBay somehow. I was fueled with anger after losing a bid on Fashion Secrets Megara. I took all that frustration and turned it towards bidding on Jasmine. I couldn't believe I won her!!! She was the first bid on eBay I ever won that was opposed. The day she arrived, I opened her up right away, and I couldn't help but desire more Aladdin dolls. So, I used Margo Rana's "Disney Dolls Guide", as a map for which Jasmine and Aladdin dolls I wanted. One of my main targets from the get go was Palace Wedding Jasmine--a doll I coveted from the moment I saw her at CVS as a child. She was the most expensive individual doll in my collection, but worth every penny. I was able to make another childhood dream come true that first year, when I found a perfect set of Magic Carpet Aladdin and Jasmine dolls online. I had pined for them each time we were at my friend's house, and I saw her sister's dolls set up in her bedroom! Within my first year of collecting, I had nearly all the dolls in the Aladdin section of her book. It's become an addiction of mine to buy Aladdin dolls as an adult. I've taken long breaks from purchasing anymore of them, but it just takes one doll to send me into a frenzy. That's actually how my third Aladdin shelf happened. I simply wanted to buy Glitter Princess Jasmine and Sparkle Princess Jasmine on eBay. Then I found Genie of the Lamp, Gem Princess Jasmine, Enchanted Tales Aladdin, and several more dolls over the course of the next two months. I couldn't cram another doll on my other two Aladdin shelves, so I evicted all my Cindy dolls from the top shelf. My Aladdin expansion made me very happy, as I not only had a fabulous new display to look at, but I also was able to put just about all my duplicated Aladdin dolls on display!
My Aladdin dolls all have a history, whether I made memories with them as a child or an adult, I cherish each and every one. They've been a staple in my dolly world since I was too young to remember. I am so grateful that a few of our oldest dolls are still standing, like Bradley, Leroy, and our original Water Jewel Magic Jasmine. All have required an extensive amount of work--from new bodies, to partial reroots, to paint touch ups. My Sparkling Jasmine needed some of the most lengthy restoration as she was so heavily played with. Despite being able to fix up these dolls, Colleen and I still always have trouble turning away Aladdin duplicates. Colleen was over the moon to find a boxed Water Jewel Magic Aladdin, renamed Luxor, in 2018 at the flea market. I was secretly glad that a third Sparkling Jasmine joined the family in 2013 in the "60 Doll Bin." She most captures the spirit of my forlorn childhood doll (but when she was brand new, not trashed). I'm without a doubt torn whenever I see an Aladdin/Jasmine doll I don't "need" floating around a secondhand venue. Of all the Disney movies dolls were produced for, I have the most Aladdin dolls hands down. The majority are the 90s-early 2000s era produced by Mattel, as they are the cream of the crop in my opinion, due to nostalgia! But I also have expanded my collection to include Disney Store dolls and later Mattel releases, even those with gaudy molded clothes. Aladdin dolls have left a mark on every era of my dolly history. They were the coolest Disney dolls to have in our household, and also the ones most likely to be lost or destroyed, during our early years. When I was eleven to thirteen, Aladdin dolls were key cast members of the most sentimental time in our doll playing history. It wouldn't have been the same if we had another Disney couple or a random Barbie and Ken instead of Leroy and Jasmine. And of course, it was the Aladdin section in Margo Rana's book that drove me bonkers and fueled my inner doll addict when I first dabbled back into collecting as a nineteen year old. Although there aren't many Aladdin dolls I don't have, I still find that my family is constantly expanding, and I never tire of adding more! My Aladdin dolls always have the best display spaces reserved for them, in the same way that I always hold a special place for them in my heart that no other dolls can ever touch!
I decided to try something and this big greeting from @simonsaysstamp was perfect for that 😄
I stamped this greeting with regular Distress Inks, used 7 different colors. I first inked the stamp in a couple of places, stamped, used a different color in different places than first and stamped. Did that until the whole greeting was finished 😊 I used the mini cubes though.
I joined some of my ambulance colleagues down at the cenotaph in Sheffield for the Remembrance Service..
Nice to see a few more than last year..
(Not as cold either!)
Now off to work..!