By Elliott Erwitt, Dog Legs in New York City, 1974
He’s actually well known, if you know that sort of thing, which I don’t… But I had a box of note cards with this and others of his dog photos in the 80s, and IIRC they were from a museum exhibition of his work.
I bought a box for my MIL for Christmas, because she loved dogs too, and we sent each other our favorites, when we needed a thank you card or some such, so we’d have an excuse to keep them, and they wouldn’t be gone when we used them up. LOL
The whole thing is AI. Somebody’s idea of how to cause Americans to hate each other more by exaggerating every difference and expecting the gullible to believe it.
More Italian food…. this is “street food” in southern Italy (I didn’t see a city name in my search.)
It’s street food because it’s sold outdoors… But it’s not for walking around eating with your hands.
The ceramic dishes, according to comments, are serving platters. The stacked paper plates are individual servings, which you eat with provided utensils, at their outdoor tables.
Billed as Madame Adjie and her trained lions, shown here in 1899, Adjie Castillo was said to have been born in Saginaw, Michigan, on December 25, 1867. She was presented as an exotic beauty… Female animal trainers were popular, sometimes considered a bit risque.
But according to newspaper reports, her mother was a Pueblo Indian and her father was a Spanish Jew. The times being what they were, who knows what is true.
Apparently one or both of her parents performed with animals, and Adjie was welcomed into the Bostock show when she was a young child, where she learned how to train all kinds of animals.
She sang to the lions in Spanish, and wore ruffled Spanish costumes; when the lions tore them, she said, “Well, they paid for them.”
One story that may or may not be true, was that in 1914, 6 of her lions killed and partially ate her then fiance. I’m hoping that’s just more of the mysterious hype…. Other stories say she was already married to someone else. She trained and showed lions for over 25 years.
It’s all Hollywood (or wherever they moved the moviemaking now). It’s staged. The guy with the paint on his smock put some red paint on the rug, and painted the knife. When the director yells, “Cut”, the actress will get up and they’ll need to reshoot it about a dozen more times.
So I found the purported answer online, something I rarely do, because I much prefer to solve them… and to me, it makes zero sense.
(Another thing that makes no sense is C and D smiling happily at a murder.)
I’m not really spoiler boxing this to hide the answer, but just so you can enjoy looking for one, and then see whether this makes any sense to you….
so does it?
They say you can tell it’s D, because her shoe heel is broken, and you can see the pieces near her foot.
Are they saying she hit the victim with her shoe and killed her? They don’t say.
There’s no other way to break your heel? Again, why is she smiling?
They also say that we should be able to tell that the fellow with the knife and the one the splattered apron are just distractions.
Carl Switzer as Alfalfa,, and
George McFarland as Spanky… on either side of
Rosina Lawrence as Miss Lawrence.
In the somewhat
weirdly titled …
Our Gang comedy, “Hearts are Thumps”.
I didn’t recognize the title but I do remember…
the plot…
This is a famous one, where the boys form the “He-man Women Haters Club” to reject Valentine’s Day…
And where Alfalfa is tricked into eating soap, so when he tries to sing for the class, loads of soap bubbles come out of his mouth.
The filename gives another name for the teacher, but I don’t know why.
I want to do it for mine as well. They’re into music (supposedly), and I’m thinking it will introduce them to not only different instruments, but how the instruments can be combined to be more than just one sound.
Depending on their ages, maybe “Peter and the Wolf” might be a better choice. It walks you right through the use of instruments to depict various characters.
I would not suggest Peter and the Wolf, especially for little children. The wolf scared the crap out of me as a tyke, and I have seen it do the same to other children. Benjamin Britten’s Young Person’s Guide to the Orchestra can be helpful. Ravel’s Mother Goose Suite is another option.
That warrants a corrective stance. Fantasia is one of the greatest artistic achievements of the 20th century. Walt Disney was guilty of many things, but he paid for Fantasia to be made. Every single frame of that film had to be hand drawn and colored. No CGI, no motion capture, no AI, really no computers to speak of, but each frame of film being shot and shown at X fps, to create the look of natural movement. That is extraordinarily painstaking, time-consuming work and should be an object of awe for us mortals.
It appears there’s a river in the background, and it’s filling its banks. I wonder if these cranes were driven up here waiting for the river to subside. A tidal surge could do that easily, twice a day. (Yeah, always over-analyzing). 🙂
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Oh yeah, that tall grass tickles.
Another “outstanding in his field” hound!
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Not to worry, I’m here to protect you big guy.
My master’s girlfriend is a real dog!
By Elliott Erwitt, Dog Legs in New York City, 1974
He’s actually well known, if you know that sort of thing, which I don’t… But I had a box of note cards with this and others of his dog photos in the 80s, and IIRC they were from a museum exhibition of his work.
I bought a box for my MIL for Christmas, because she loved dogs too, and we sent each other our favorites, when we needed a thank you card or some such, so we’d have an excuse to keep them, and they wouldn’t be gone when we used them up. LOL
…
Kiss my grits!
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My Spidey sense tells me there’s a bug in there somewhere…
And something tells me it’s bigger than I think, cos I’m only recognizing bits of it.
Show yourself, bug!
Don’t be leaping out at me when I don’t expect it!
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Google Lens says:
“The image depicts a satirical or speculative scenario featuring a UFC octagon staged on the South Lawn”
“This is what Trump’s done to the people’s house: a third of it is rubble. Another third is a cage match. What a metaphor.”……………. Hilary Clinton…
Don’t believe everything you see. Always remember that a lie can run all around the world while the truth is still putting its pants on.
Classy .
Next month: World Championship Ladies Mud Wrestling
I would not put it past him.
The fountain is not that close to the house.
The whole thing is AI. Somebody’s idea of how to cause Americans to hate each other more by exaggerating every difference and expecting the gullible to believe it.
….
Hey! I was already getting hungry!
Dang! I have to rush out and start that Santa Maria marinated tri-tip!
More Italian food…. this is “street food” in southern Italy (I didn’t see a city name in my search.)
It’s street food because it’s sold outdoors… But it’s not for walking around eating with your hands.
The ceramic dishes, according to comments, are serving platters. The stacked paper plates are individual servings, which you eat with provided utensils, at their outdoor tables.
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What a BLAST! Let’s do it again!
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Billed as Madame Adjie and her trained lions, shown here in 1899, Adjie Castillo was said to have been born in Saginaw, Michigan, on December 25, 1867. She was presented as an exotic beauty… Female animal trainers were popular, sometimes considered a bit risque.
But according to newspaper reports, her mother was a Pueblo Indian and her father was a Spanish Jew. The times being what they were, who knows what is true.
Apparently one or both of her parents performed with animals, and Adjie was welcomed into the Bostock show when she was a young child, where she learned how to train all kinds of animals.
She sang to the lions in Spanish, and wore ruffled Spanish costumes; when the lions tore them, she said, “Well, they paid for them.”
One story that may or may not be true, was that in 1914, 6 of her lions killed and partially ate her then fiance. I’m hoping that’s just more of the mysterious hype…. Other stories say she was already married to someone else. She trained and showed lions for over 25 years.
,,.,
Reminds me of the Monterey Bay Aquarium.
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I think we gotta talk about spoiler boxes 🙂
It’s all Hollywood (or wherever they moved the moviemaking now). It’s staged. The guy with the paint on his smock put some red paint on the rug, and painted the knife. When the director yells, “Cut”, the actress will get up and they’ll need to reshoot it about a dozen more times.
No clue.
So I found the purported answer online, something I rarely do, because I much prefer to solve them… and to me, it makes zero sense.
(Another thing that makes no sense is C and D smiling happily at a murder.)
I’m not really spoiler boxing this to hide the answer, but just so you can enjoy looking for one, and then see whether this makes any sense to you….
Are they saying she hit the victim with her shoe and killed her? They don’t say.
There’s no other way to break your heel? Again, why is she smiling?
They also say that we should be able to tell that the fellow with the knife and the one the splattered apron are just distractions.
I agree, Susan, their provided solution is rather weak and porous.
,
Didn’t all of our early elementary school teachers seem like that?
I recognize the guys.
Of course….
George McFarland as Spanky… on either side of
Rosina Lawrence as Miss Lawrence.
In the somewhat
I didn’t recognize the title but I do remember…
And where Alfalfa is tricked into eating soap, so when he tries to sing for the class, loads of soap bubbles come out of his mouth.
The filename gives another name for the teacher, but I don’t know why.
I recently put on Fantasia for my grandchildren … they weren’t impressed.
I want to do it for mine as well. They’re into music (supposedly), and I’m thinking it will introduce them to not only different instruments, but how the instruments can be combined to be more than just one sound.
Depending on their ages, maybe “Peter and the Wolf” might be a better choice. It walks you right through the use of instruments to depict various characters.
I would not suggest Peter and the Wolf, especially for little children. The wolf scared the crap out of me as a tyke, and I have seen it do the same to other children. Benjamin Britten’s Young Person’s Guide to the Orchestra can be helpful. Ravel’s Mother Goose Suite is another option.
That warrants a corrective stance. Fantasia is one of the greatest artistic achievements of the 20th century. Walt Disney was guilty of many things, but he paid for Fantasia to be made. Every single frame of that film had to be hand drawn and colored. No CGI, no motion capture, no AI, really no computers to speak of, but each frame of film being shot and shown at X fps, to create the look of natural movement. That is extraordinarily painstaking, time-consuming work and should be an object of awe for us mortals.
I guess that you have to be an adult to appreciate dancing hippos.
Shadows.
Sandhill Cranes.
Obviously looking about for some sand and a hill.
“We’re not flat grass cranes, you know.”
It appears there’s a river in the background, and it’s filling its banks. I wonder if these cranes were driven up here waiting for the river to subside. A tidal surge could do that easily, twice a day. (Yeah, always over-analyzing). 🙂