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Rapunzel, or: Faerie Tale Theatre vs. The Big Flower Fight

Rapunzel, or: Faerie Tale Theatre vs. The Big Flower Fight

Alright, for this post, I really want to tell you about this awesome Netflix show called The Big Flower Fight. But first, I also need to tell you about how much I love the fairytale “Rapunzel”.  It’s possible that this will turn mostly into a post about fairytales (in their moving-picture incarnations), but I’m hopeful I’ll be able to stay on track enough to also tell you about The Big Flower Fight.  Stay tuned. So, “Rapunzel.”  Classic, famous fairytale.  It’s…

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Beloved Book of Trees

Beloved Book of Trees

(Warning, this post contains a lot of exclamation points.) Okay.  It is time to tell you about another piece of art that I really love. Ta Da! This wonderful book (Trees A Visual Guide by Tony Rodd and Jennifer Stackhouse) is an example of a niche art-form I will call Coffee Table Reference Books.  One might be tempted to label it as simply a Coffee Table book considering that it has such beautiful, glossy photos and such beautiful commitment to…

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Wonderland Art!

Wonderland Art!

Hello! Today I would like to tell you about an artist whose work I quite adore.  Kirsty Mitchell (website here) is an art photographer who, for her Wonderland series, built elaborate set pieces, props, and costumes and utilized the natural beauty of the English woods and countryside to create windows into her Wonderland. The details are so exquisite and the boundaries between the woods and the Wonderland so carefully blurred, that many of the pieces look like they must be…

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Goose footprints lightly on top of snow
Ode to Geese Feet

Ode to Geese Feet

Okay, so the building I work in is right by a pond, and the result is that there are a lot of Canada geese around, especially this time of year. The result of that is that I am not a fan of geese. They are messy, loud, threatening creatures, who like to walk down the road in front of your car at 1/2 a mile per hour. If I, occasionally, admit to any sort of a soft spot for them,…

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