HAPPY 4th of JULY!
America is still a great country and it is in everyone’s reach or just a stone’s throw away.
In the 20th-century it produced:
5,603 novelists
2,505 composers
2,053 poets
4570 painters
1286 sculptors
There are 35,000 museums contributing $50billion to the economy each year.
1,368 performing arts centers. 73 million on average attend per year.
This is just a mere scratch on the surface.
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I left out sports because I can't throw a ball 10 feet without it bouncing 15 times.
Sounds like the right fielder for the Mets.
Hmm ... a job opportunity.
You couldn't be worse.
<<<<<<<It hurts being a Mets fan>>>>
It hurt being a Expos fan. In their last year they were by far and away the best team in baseball and then the League went on strike. Shortly thereafter they were sold to Washington, D.C.
A friend and I went to Montreal for a series of 3 Mets @ Expos games. It was great. Piazza was still catching and we had seats right behind home plate - I even caught a Rey Ordonez foul ball. My son has it in a ball case.
I had seasons tickets right next to Donald Sutherland, he always had a bottle of Scotch with him, a foul ball coming our way would have been a disaster.
Save the bottle....
We did need to catch it several times per game.
I feel ya pain!
I was a soccer player. No need for hands...
That's okay, I'm not so happy about the Tampa Bay Lightning these days.
One place I have never been is Chicago. Would love to see their famous museum.
Planning to get there in the next 2 years with my sister. This year it will be my 1st trip to NYC - lived all my life in NYS & have never been. Going to see the Rockettes - promised my daughter when she was 3 we would see them in person - 30 yrs later & I am keeping my promise. I want to see the American Museum of Natural History, One World Trade Center, the 9/11 Memorial & Museum and so much more.
Sorry to go on, but I am excited.
I would be too. So much to see.
I want to amble through Central Park, dine at Tavern On the Green.... I want to do it all, but time restraints will make me have to choose between things.
It's been 40 years since I was in Manhattan, but you will love Central Park. See if you have time to go into Chinatown and get a real Chinese meal.
I will add it to my list. Thanks for the suggestion.
Used to go to NYC every year the day after Thanksgiving. So much fun.
I would like to go back. I went there for our NHS annual trip. Had sooooooo much fun...but then got in-school suspension for 3 days for drinking. Bogus charges! I was 18 and the drinking age in NY at the time was 18
Oooh!!!! I love Chicago. Have been a few times. Would love to go back. The best pizza is Geno's East.
Spent a few years OTR and never spent as much time in a city as I wanted to.
So glad we broke an axle in Key West. Best down time ever! I wanted to stay.
I prefer the Brit version:
Happy Ungrateful Colonists Day LOL not
Happy Independence Day everyone.
That was kinda funny. Haha
Happy 4th Jim.
Happy 4th of July from Americas First People.
Painting by J.D. Challenger.
I've always meant to ask. What is the significance of the different colors of paint on their faces?
I actually thought the same thing. Well a little different. I saw Ravens pic in Mac's group and was wondering the significance of painting the horses.
Face paint can mean many things, Trout as do the colors. Some are personal others have meaning within the tribe. For example, if an Ojibwe paints black and red on their face it means war and death.
Face painting is considered to be an important tradition among Native Americans. It is much more than just a beautifying practice. It’s a sacred social act of distinction and a cultural heritage. On special occasions faces of the tribe members are painted to augment one’s appearance and power. Each tribe of the Indians has its own and unique way of face painting.
Here is a link to a good article on painting of horses by NA's.
Informative and interesting article. I was curious how they made the paint and now I know. I also liked how the article explained the art on the horse.
I never thought it was a beautification and that there was a lot symbolism regarding war, hunting, and the Spiritss.
Thanks, Kav!
Thanks, Hallux!
Happy 4th everyone!
Anytime Trout, my understanding of America is through her arts and artists.
Canada has a truly great composer and poet...Neal Peart, may he RIP
2112 was my favorite back in the day!
"Time Stand Still" WILL be played at my memorial or I will do horrible things in the afterlife to my so-called loved ones...like hide one sock from each pair
So that was you!
Every time I do a load of laundry I seem to lose a sock.
!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Freeze this motion a little bit longer
Make each impression a little bit stronger....
We originally used RIT dyes with a clear matte spray finish
but the sun bleached it completely.
We just finished restoring it with Sharpie "permanent markers" and rubbing alcohol as a spreading medium.
Just in time for the 4th!
We shall see how it ages this time.
Very cool, SP.
That's a lot of wine there bub...
Haha
Oh, like I haven't heard THAT before, LMAo !!
I think we used 796 corks
Some corks were donated, so I can't say each was personally 'absorbed' but most of them were mine over a 6 year
collection period.
The staff "members" are vinyl, and the top champagne cork is from our wedding bottle.
Looks great though. Restoration was a success.
Happy 4th of July! That's all. I really have something to say. . . but not the time or place.
U.S. National Anthem by Whitney Houston (Video Lyric)