You may have heard we've got a little fire going here in L.A. Here it is in timelapse:
Thanks to "Doodles" Cuden for the heads-up.
Showing posts with label communing with Mother Nature. Show all posts
Showing posts with label communing with Mother Nature. Show all posts
Monday, August 31, 2009
Friday, July 3, 2009
Kaboom.
The June 12th eruption of the Sarychev Volcano off the coast of Japan, as seen from the International Space Station:
Sunday, June 14, 2009
Where's that Doodle-Doo!?
Today we went walking in Hyde Park, through to the adjacent Kensington Gardens. We walked along the Serpentine and watched the ducks and swans, all of whom are extremely good at begging for food.
Kensington Gardens is home to the famous statue of Peter Pan. The park has many connections to Peter; J.M. Barrie lived across the street from the park, conceived his idea of a story for a boy who wouldn't grow up while walking through the park, and met the family who was the model for the Darlings here.
Our ultimate destination was this circus-tent-like theater, where a new production of Peter Pan is being staged, literally on the spot where it was conceived.
The production is a new version of the story, presented in the round, and the cone of the tent serves as a screen on which is projected a continuous 360-degree, 3D computer graphic backdrop.
The children are portrayed by young adults, which means we get a male Peter for a change. Ciaran Kellgren is great in the role, as is Jonathan Hyde as Hook.
Eschewing Disney glamour, Tinkerbell is played as a scruffy, semi-verbal urchin. (She does light up, though.)
All in all a memorable time, with an incredibly noisy audience, most of it under eight years old.
Kensington Gardens is home to the famous statue of Peter Pan. The park has many connections to Peter; J.M. Barrie lived across the street from the park, conceived his idea of a story for a boy who wouldn't grow up while walking through the park, and met the family who was the model for the Darlings here.
Our ultimate destination was this circus-tent-like theater, where a new production of Peter Pan is being staged, literally on the spot where it was conceived.
The production is a new version of the story, presented in the round, and the cone of the tent serves as a screen on which is projected a continuous 360-degree, 3D computer graphic backdrop.
The children are portrayed by young adults, which means we get a male Peter for a change. Ciaran Kellgren is great in the role, as is Jonathan Hyde as Hook.
Eschewing Disney glamour, Tinkerbell is played as a scruffy, semi-verbal urchin. (She does light up, though.)
All in all a memorable time, with an incredibly noisy audience, most of it under eight years old.
Wednesday, June 10, 2009
No escape from Disney.
Audry's dad met us at the Frankfurt Airport, and after the two-hour drive to their house in the Black Forest, immediately scooped up his wife and Audry's brother Clarke and whisked us all off for a FOUR hour drive to the Edelweiss Lodge & Resort in Garmusch, in the foothills of the Alps near Berchtesgaten. The Edelweiss is an Armed Forces Recreation Center, and Audry, Clarke and I were among the very few civilians there.
Oh, and the whole place was designed by Disney.
It has the feel of a lodge, but the Alpine/Tirolian theming is laid on lightly, since most of the guests are soldiers (and mostly fresh from Iraq) looking for a taste of home. The restaurants serve mainly American food, and have a vague theme-park feel.
Disney theming in one of the restaurants:
The view from our window. I was almost expecting to see the Disneyland version of the Matterhorn.
Poster in our room, celebrating one of my favorite hobbies.
In the next post, we'll see some places that weren't built by Disney, but might as well have been.
Oh, and the whole place was designed by Disney.
It has the feel of a lodge, but the Alpine/Tirolian theming is laid on lightly, since most of the guests are soldiers (and mostly fresh from Iraq) looking for a taste of home. The restaurants serve mainly American food, and have a vague theme-park feel.
Disney theming in one of the restaurants:
The view from our window. I was almost expecting to see the Disneyland version of the Matterhorn.
Poster in our room, celebrating one of my favorite hobbies.
In the next post, we'll see some places that weren't built by Disney, but might as well have been.
Thursday, May 28, 2009
While you were sleeping...
Audry was up at 5 in the morning today, and the song of the birds in the front yard so impressed her that she whipped out her Flip HD and shot this.
Meanwhile, I was upstairs, sound asleep, dreaming of -- Dan Quayle? Yaaaaugghhh! No more MSNBC before bed!
Meanwhile, I was upstairs, sound asleep, dreaming of -- Dan Quayle? Yaaaaugghhh! No more MSNBC before bed!
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