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Alexikakos
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2 years ago

Valley With Ploughman Seen From Above ”      By:  Vincent van Gogh (title in translation as he was Dutch)

 

(about 10 minutes later) I went looking for the ploughman and couldn’t find him until I found a full copy of the painting.

 
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SusanSunshine
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2 years ago

I could see his toesies…

Alexikakos
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2 years ago

 
Accepting the perspective as correct and the house window width as two feet.
Horse:
Five feet from ground to base of tail (hind leg).
Seven feet from ground to top of head (fore leg)
Ploughman:
Nine feet from ground to top of head (standing him upright.).

 

dennisinseattle
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2 years ago

I didn’t know Vincent had a drone.

SusanSunshine
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2 years ago

I know… noon is such an ungodly hour to have to be up already.

dennisinseattle
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2 years ago

Great to see those prisoners enjoying their exercise.

Good song by Don McLean.

Greyhame
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2 years ago

Fun to play.

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2 years ago

I guess I was 8 or 9 when “Pink Shoelaces” was on the radio. I remember it well.

Greyhame
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2 years ago

Same

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2 years ago

Cleo has, you might say, the acting “chops” to bring a lot of pathos to the role.

SusanSunshine
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2 years ago

Yes, Cleo… you’re there.

Unfortunately.

Cos “there” isn’t a great place to be… you’d rather be here, or anywhere outside of there.

Be good… behave yourself so we can try to get you out of there.

We have to get a good dog lawyer… so, what was it that you did?

I mean, that you did to get yourself in there?

Did it have anything to do with, say, bazookas? Or missiles, or torpedoes? Tanks?

Stolen kibble trucks or taco carts? Or… um…

Wow… there’s such a long list….

SusanSunshine
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2 years ago

I’m curious about the Dodie Stevens “video”, cos AFAIK nobody had made any music videos in 1959.

In fact analog videotape may have been invented but was barely in use… digital was years away..

This was probably a TV performance, preserved on film or Kinescope.

I went to the YouTube site but saw nothing about what program this was on.

But Dodie is singing live, with a band behind her, hence the bulky mic around her neck…

And she’s only 13 years old!

She was still 12 when it was recorded, and became a huge hit, earlier that year.

Which does leave one to wonder why she’d be dating a guy who went into in the service, and owns a limo, a submarine, a helicopter, and a yacht… though it is only a 12 foot yacht.

And her close girlfriend knows nothing about it?

Yeah… thank goodness… it’s just a song.

Alexikakos
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2 years ago

 
A two and a half minute retrospective with the lady herself.
Still nothing concrete on the where the video was recorded, but the only television show mentioned is Dick Clark’s.
 

 

P51Strega
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2 years ago

I’m glad I gave little thought to lyrics growing up. I always liked that song. Nice melody, pretty voice.

SusanSunshine
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2 years ago

I love Van Gogh’s paintings, and have always appreciated his innovations in brush strokes depicting color, texture and light.

But that one self portrait, above the music videos, to my mind, makes him look like a wolfman, maybe even a werewolf, though it seems more benign.

….

I’ve always wondered whether that was on purpose… did he want to look rather furry?

I sort of doubt it… but who knows. After all, his mental state was always changing.

I’ve never seen it discussed… but then, I haven’t really looked.

And it could just be me.

Alexikakos
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2 years ago



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happyhappyhappy
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2 years ago

I love the stuff!

Alexikakos
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2 years ago

 

@ —comment image    MontanaLady

If you think this is worthwhile, please pass on to JanLC my method of preserving soup in serving sizes.

 
AAAAA   Buy preserving jars with rings and lids (wide mouth ones are best, but it’s preserver’s choice) of a size to hold a serving and its expansion when frozen. Either thaw the jars at room temperature, or remove the lid assembly and put the jars on a metal tray and put in a preheated 200° F. oven until thawed (from past experience do not microwave even at low power / I’ve lost jars). Heating pot to soup bowl from there . I still haven’t gotten around to asking for reinstatement at GoComics. There’s no guarantee I would be anyway; the third user survey has come and gone, and still nothing changes).
 
P.S. I cut and pasted the relevant paragraph, beginning after AAAAA, of this directly to a GoComics comment box and it was accepted (although formatting was lost). I can see me, but no one else can, as you no doubt know.
 

MontanaLady
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2 years ago

thanks, Alexi. will do.

MontanaLady
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2 years ago

jan responded to your anchor-hocking idea. do you want it here, or can you ‘read’ the posts?

Alexikakos
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2 years ago

 
I’ve seen your post and went to GoComics.
I can read all posts there as long as the person isn’t banned, like me.
So I saw JanLC‘s answer.
Thank you for passing my message on.
P.S.
Wheel chair burn outs are flashier if you oil the tires (they’re hard on carpets and floors though).
 

MontanaLady
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2 years ago

so far i only use the wheelchair when i go somewhere.

MontanaLady
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2 years ago

i always enjoy a good van Gogh. Cleo’s addition is very unique. my guess, is that without Cleo’s question, we’d NEVER know!

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