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The seven cygnets on the Bishop's Palace Moat have almost reached adult size aged 4 months. Here is one having a feed.
The cygnets are growing up, and have lost their fluffy cuteness. Maybe this is the stage that earned the "ugly duckling" name.
Rickmansworth, Hertfordshire.
July 2021.
Tokyo Disney Resort, Tokyo, Japan
May 2014
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May 2013
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dedicated to me by reesham : Lake geneva Switzerland
this photo reminds me of the story ugly ducklin ...to all those who think they r the ugliest in the family .."dont worry the ugly ducklin later became a swan!" u have yet more to come..
The larger than life sculpture of Hans Christian Andersen, overlooking the Conservatory Lake, opposite East 74th Street, was sculpted by Geog Lober in 1956 and dedicated on September 18, 1956. Anderson, the Danish poet, novelist and author of 168 fairy tales, is depicted seated on a bench with an open book, whose pages are turned to his semi-autobiogrpaphical, "The Ugly Duckling." At his feet, a 2-foot high bronze duckling appears to be hanging on his every word, as if awaiting the happy ending.
The monument, which was designed by architect Otto F. Lanmann, was sponsored by the Danish American Women’s Association and was first unveiled in 1955 to commemorate the 150th anniversary of Andersen’s birthday. Both Danish and American schoolchildren helped raise the $75,000 needed to build the piece. In 1973 the bronze cygnet was stolen, later recovered, and secured. Since 1956 the statue has served as a backdrop for children’s reading events, the best known of these storytellers is author Diane Wolkstein, who has spearheaded the summer reading program at the statue since 1966.
Central Park was designated a scenic landmark by the New York City Landmarks Preservation Commission in 1974.
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When I was a child my mother told me the reason the Muscovy duck looked the way it did was he ate too many strawberries. I am amazed I turned out as well as I have today.
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This was one very unusual looking duck (Muscovy) at the Coweta County Fair in Newnan, Georgia (USA).
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"'Kill me,' said the poor bird; and he bent his head down to the surface of the water, and awaited death.
But what did he see in the clear stream below? His own image; no longer a dark, gray bird, ugly and disagreeable to look at, but a graceful and beautiful swan."
Model - Chelsea
Photo taken on May 6, 2013 during the Happiness Is Here Parade in Central Plaza at Tokyo Disneyland (Tokyo Disneyland Resort, Urayasu, Japan)
Photo taken on May 6, 2013 during the Happiness Is Here Parade in Central Plaza at Tokyo Disneyland (Tokyo Disneyland Resort, Urayasu, Japan)
Original animation drawing from Disney's "The Ugly Duckling," the last Silly Symphony, made in 1939. It's also the only "re-make" in the series - Disney had produced an earlier version in 1931. If you flip back and forth between this drawing and "Ugly Duckling b," you see some nice movement.
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Okay another tough one - my very favorite book growing up was the Little Mermaid. I would check it out weekly at the library - it was really a very very sad story but I loved it. My other favorite was Thumbellina, The Ugly Duckling and The Princess and the Pea.
The book in this picture was my hubby's when he was little :D
Olaf is here for a Trivia - Frozen is from "The Snow Queen" and the characters are:
Hans, Kristoff, Anna, Sven - put that all together :D
Hans Krisoff AnnaSven
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My awesome, soon-to-be mother-in-law planned an excursion on the New Tygart Flyer out of Elkins, WV. I must say, she did a heck of a job finding an awesome railroad excursion. The ride is about 4 hours long round-trip as it leaves Elkins, and travels through some remote areas of WV ending at the High Falls of the Cheat River. There it lets everyone off the train for about 45 minutes to check out the water falls. Then everyone embarks back on the train for the return trip to Elkins. I'm a steam locomotive fan at heart, but these vintage diesels definitely captured my attention.
The namesake statue of Hans Christian Anderson portrays the author reading what is perhaps his most popular and insightful story about the man himself. Anderson, who often went by his initial H.C. (and never by Hans), initially had hopes to become an actor. He left home and moved to the capitol of Denmark, Copenhagen, at the age of fourteen where he enrolled in the Royal Danish Theatre. When his voice began to change and it was apparent he could no longer remain with the theatre, one of its directors name Jonas Collin took pity on Hans and paid for his schooling in Slagelse to become a writer. It would be some years before Hans achieved any level of success but his first book of Fairy Tales released in 1835 began a long career of short stories of which he wrote about one hundred fifty in all. Although he also wrote some novels, plays, autobiographies and others, he will always be best remembered for his children’s tales. Amongst some of the noted stories Hans wrote included, “The Little Mermaid,” “Thumbelina,” “The Princess on the Pea,” “The Snow Queen,” “The Emperor’s New Clothes” and “The Ugly Duckling.”
Sadly, the “The Ugly Duckling” is considered a close reflection of Anderson’s own personal life. British journalist Anne Chisholm described him best by saying, “Anderson himself was a tall, ugly boy with a big nose and big feet….he was cruelly teased and mocked by other children.” Even Anderson’s most desired friends such as Charles Dickens turned their back on the author. Anderson, who overextended a stay to visit Dickens in England over a five week period, wore out his welcome on this particular occasion but was still aghast when Dickens did not return any of his correspondence going forward.
In 1954, Danish-American sculptor George John Lober was commissioned for the sum of $75,000 to create a tributary statue of the Dutch author to honor the 150th anniversary of his birth. Funds were raised from contributions from both Danish and American school children and also via a donation from the Danish-American Women’s Association. Lober, who was the leader of the New York City Art Commission for nearly twenty years, had perfected his skills as an apprentice under Gutzon Borglum who sculpted Mount Rushmore.
The Hans Christian Anderson statue, officially unveiled in 1956, depicts the author seated on a granite bench reading his famed tale, “The Ugly Duckling.” Engraved upon the book are the first few lines of the story. In the audience of Anderson’s presence and just off to his right is a two-foot high bronze duckling admiring Anderson’s choices in literature. Similar to the nearby Alice in Wonderland sculpture, children are allowed to climb atop the statue. Many children find the open pages of the story to be an ideal chair to perch themselves within.
Unfortunately the duckling statue has been the subject of multiple instances of theft over the years. On most instances the eighty-pound statue had been pulled free and carried just a short distance before being abandoned. On August 9, 1983, however, the statue disappeared for nearly a month before it was recovered in a paper bag in a junkyard. Since this incident the statue has been locked down with bronze pins meant to withstand even the strongest of hacksaws.
Visitors to the Anderson statue during the summer may participate within the park’s annual storytelling program. Each Saturday, June-September at 11am-12pm, a free storytelling program occurs at this site. In the past celebrity readers have participated including Victor Borge who participated in one of the earliest readings on this site in 1965.
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Hans Christian Andersen (1805-1875) was a Danish author. Although a prolific writer of plays, travelogues, novels, and poems, he is best remembered for his literary fairy tales. Andersen's fairy tales, consisting of 156 stories across nine volumes, have been translated into more than 125 languages. Wikipedia
Remembered for his fairy tales: The Emperor's New Clothes, The Little Mermaid, The Red Shoes, The Ugly Duckling, The Princess and the Pea, and The Little Match Girl.
Original black and white photo by Thora Hallager, Denmark's earliest female photographer and Andersen's landlady and friend in Copenhagen.
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Tokyo Disney Resort, Tokyo, Japan
May 2013
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