tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-290879582024-03-07T13:15:58.239-07:00The Sacred Tree of the Aracuan Bird"There is no art more fascinating than magic." - Walt DisneyTinker Bellhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06735289661082929269noreply@blogger.comBlogger125125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29087958.post-13916647967941678772012-04-24T12:05:00.001-07:002012-04-24T12:05:37.673-07:00Disneyland News Newspaper for Sale<p>Hello, all! Just to let everyone know, I’m selling a July 1956, Vol. 2 No.1 copy of <em>Disneyland News</em>. It recalls Disneyland’s first anniversary and is in excellent shape. I don’t usually sell any part of my collection, but I realized I had two of these, so if anyone is interested hop on over to this link <a href="http://www.ebay.com/itm/Disneyland-News-newspaper-July-1956-Vol-2-No-1-Disneylands-First-Anniversary-/330722494270?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_0&hash=item4d0098c73e#ht_5416wt_938">http://www.ebay.com/itm/Disneyland-News-newspaper-July-1956-Vol-2-No-1-Disneylands-First-Anniversary-/330722494270?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_0&hash=item4d0098c73e#ht_5416wt_938</a>. The auction ends on Sunday. </p> <p><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgdu56heL8wLDMPZiCujJcqCM6s2tEFjaWHpYzbJo4D12jMsENKiyd0ZF0iXKBKhwrVXhyJuifYvq9WCieNhUM-Nz6HhSCibbLMEy260IqpCWjEA2PJd9NpX7DcrvERfYYK_wwCGw/s1600-h/WP_000820%25255B5%25255D.jpg"><img style="display: block; float: none; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto" title="WP_000820" alt="WP_000820" src="http://lh3.ggpht.com/-sDG6VL8sDhw/T5b5gHxw1UI/AAAAAAAABpA/46ivbG8MQmQ/WP_000820_thumb%25255B2%25255D.jpg?imgmax=800" width="360" height="480" /></a></p> Tinker Bellhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06735289661082929269noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29087958.post-246342619585957532012-04-07T19:41:00.001-07:002012-04-07T19:42:21.982-07:00Thank You for Banking at Mouseketeer National Bank!<p>There are very few things I regret in life. One of them was not signing up for Partners Credit Union when I had the chance as a cast member. But, I have found something better. The Mouseketeer National Bank. Behold the charm! </p> <p>This fantastic set includes a book of checks, a passbook, and two covers to hold them both in. I’m currently trying to find a check company that will allow me to design my checks to this extent because I’m a little too crazy about them! </p> <p>I can just envision how cute a Mouseketeer National Bank would be. The tellers all wearing mouse ears with their names across their sweaters instead of name tags. Mickey himself would be the bank manager, the door upon exiting would chime a tune “M-O-UUUUU-SSSSS-EEEEE”, and if you ever bounced a check Jimmie Dodd would be there with a lesson-filled song about being financially responsible. </p> <p align="center">That’s how banking should be. </p> <p><a href="http://lh6.ggpht.com/-yVvfHSS_nk4/T4D62CbpliI/AAAAAAAABoU/8ZR_Rr8PJ2Y/s1600-h/WP_000620%25255B7%25255D.jpg"><img style="display: block; float: none; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto" title="" alt="WP_000620" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjrFfn4OP__Azm3ZNXAsgBItVdEsEpuJ15EVmkjhH3ujl8I-myDuVG62z1WVcK8co2lw3dCMncJJeLKoXezQQOD3PAd-HDIUFuSiiBG3Dd9MLru7qDEldjZnTarVURjXIKQdlyH7g/?imgmax=800" width="499" height="319" /></a></p> <p><a href="http://lh6.ggpht.com/-0tRh8quCV44/T4D64E9t9FI/AAAAAAAABok/iL3TZT0-YSc/s1600-h/WP_000621%25255B5%25255D.jpg"><img style="display: block; float: none; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto" title="" alt="WP_000621" src="http://lh5.ggpht.com/-sC4MjGBFJ2g/T4D647nxVMI/AAAAAAAABos/wiE86A1Gw-U/WP_000621_thumb%25255B2%25255D.jpg?imgmax=800" width="499" height="337" /></a></p> Tinker Bellhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06735289661082929269noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29087958.post-16329800061750191792012-04-02T19:52:00.001-07:002012-04-02T19:52:58.853-07:0072 Years of Waiting<p>Yes, it is April 2nd, and if any of you out there are into genealogy, you’ve been counting down to this day as I have. The 72 year long wait is over, and the 1940 United States Census has been released! </p> <p>For most of you this will probably mean nothing, but I thought all would benefit from seeing the census record on Walt Disney and his family. Why not, right? </p> <p>Do note the photo is very large so it might take a moment to show up. </p> <p align="center"><a href="http://lh3.ggpht.com/-Rf1iIzns0XA/T3pmA8w5x3I/AAAAAAAABoE/FKoN60nC50c/s1600-h/1940%252520United%252520States%252520Federal%252520Census%25255B8%25255D.jpg" target="_blank"><img style="display: block; float: none; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto" title="1940 United States Federal Census" alt="1940 United States Federal Census" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjK_zNHY5XkD8TSFOKTkdd9eHIW4PpzVzVRIAGAMcSUIjbebvlRCuwEq04wT1i5JyGWCQMEfqwRxFG1oj5z0NQZi5EKnpItBSp8e5I_kYnMk_curQvWGM40IwAhtVX4SgggXrPNXQ/?imgmax=800" width="424" height="436" /></a></p> Tinker Bellhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06735289661082929269noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29087958.post-78721159235128006642012-03-11T17:30:00.001-07:002012-03-11T17:35:09.309-07:00Plating up some Poppins!<p>I feel lucky to have grown up in a time that had some sort of at-home movie playback system. In the recent generation’s case, that would be Blu-Rays and DVDs, but in my case, it was VHS. </p> <p>Ahhhh, yes. The days of showing your kindness through a courtesy rewind. And the days of little me totting down to my video rental store to further wear out their sole copy of <em>Mary Poppins</em>. I would happily bring it home, pry open that ugly brown rental case, and pop it in my VCR. I’d watch the neon, mock 3-D Mickey turn around slowly in circles while the music played an anticipatory fanfare that to me was the audible representation of a heavy curtain being drawn back to reveal a magical place that I was going to get lost in for the next 2 hours or so. </p> <p>On the days when I was on my way home, mentally cursing the other fortunate child who had my coveted <em>Mary Poppins</em> VHS tape in their sticky little grasp, I would resort to my storytelling record of it. Full of wonderful illustrations, albeit an alternative cast, I was happy to get lost in another way… an artistic way. Whimsical, colorful drawings abound, and so did my imagination! I never forgot them, and they remain a happy part of my childhood. So when I happened upon this set of children’s plates recently with such reminiscent art, I jumped at them, and how cute they are! </p> <p>The 1965 set of eight feature four larger plates and four salad or dessert plates- kid sized, of course. They’re made of some kind of tin, but are in perfect condition. Bright, glossy, and glorious! I hadn’t seen these before, so I’m betting on the fact you haven’t either. I thought I would share. Take a gander. :) </p> <p align="center"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhHs-fD7_islrj0HhXyYe7bFEHMNOB8OXTrqnuO58j2GkpfFfhsJFhOWe1X8Cs4-IHqnHNsH8L0F63TypNLkZK8dfch5fSft_TzcbvDRGULmpephSise5u18rM7DQIC5ig-1sfmjw/s1600-h/WP_000615%25255B4%25255D.jpg"><img style="display: inline" title="" alt="WP_000615" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiRIrh6mQKsvf4pY05Mcf5yYDaCyHtVCFklGiVh5QGrBSNR9BDfX0RbvYqIG8YmWfTUZoG72K-v_dNarnfAgF8QZqY6ECTsdyO48PbtCt9uD2vuLs_aR_OTYd-cF9WfC7QmMeQhJQ/?imgmax=800" width="240" height="146" /></a></p> <p align="center"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiln2geXOZJq6RmSe9A1478mqgNG9obXM5AkwZINM19zkhMm2TlHdMgZRG6mx-bSc1ZLtLgc0wUIO0hNoCMdt0_pPvKcVwUJR7Fzux1BjfLkCk_a1dpusy8EWC1KdIdF7_W8AD9Lw/s1600-h/WP_000616%25255B4%25255D.jpg"><img style="display: inline" title="" alt="WP_000616" src="http://lh3.ggpht.com/-X6tbDy6tw3Q/T11Dfbr0gXI/AAAAAAAABm0/z17GxhyVjnM/WP_000616_thumb%25255B1%25255D.jpg?imgmax=800" width="240" height="228" /></a></p> <p align="center"><a href="http://lh6.ggpht.com/-E2WYKBOf5K0/T11Dfzsl3kI/AAAAAAAABm8/Ra3nrk_Pe5s/s1600-h/WP_000617%25255B4%25255D.jpg"><img style="display: inline" title="" alt="WP_000617" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgm2tXQu9mockZuyhI-Hmy8Z10yFwLp7OSd_sQKK0g5ShN2k7difUXtDloorvq7hGcV9VaSNXRfqL3n26Z6lPgS5Dbc2N3dzKQ41xABjd9DlZnaY-bguft70ffNmtdcJmdpvyJK5g/?imgmax=800" width="240" height="238" /></a></p> <p align="center"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEifUSfQbb6qBJ6hlwmvIynGBeszGZxvOQpxe94oioaBpcFlWmMBKyxQjEoPWv-BNcFwpiAXoeu20o-Ll1oHsUf-fPr0QQ1nnCaliCOsAsyPl6-48DQ4HUcPQWa27r66Gu8VQqnu2A/s1600-h/WP_000618%25255B4%25255D.jpg"><img style="display: inline" title="" alt="WP_000618" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiR9FRE0W_G_dOoaLAEvssQLHg5_dHakKurTeoiASf7pvtQJOCe0JRhjcH8_fG87RVZEmue1pjRbffhV7CWoZBdCzxydj7D8FgHsxBgmnMyYh6qnXboUpZeXb1vVeZRJ6Io45FKMA/?imgmax=800" width="230" height="240" /></a></p> <p align="center">I have also discovered they came with a tray! I don’t have this, but lemme tell ya… I will! If anyone out there has one that they would like to sell, you just let me know! :D</p> <p align="center"><a href="http://lh5.ggpht.com/-4hl8a1HaTcM/T11DiAZj7hI/AAAAAAAABnc/JgqeK4gE_x8/s1600-h/il_fullxfull.301313334%25255B3%25255D.jpg"><img style="display: inline" title="" alt="il_fullxfull.301313334" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjuWBWj2CrtsJcUKAPYUynGP7lpMVc4Q7uO20rRO5nTkHoo-zvKqX4LXDzLjLIYWszs-ideNZZfEVHQVxcXtJw47HRiasft4aW7kI7n3ng95ip9GGbA7WNZ_a0zVfnDo8j7yTtATg/?imgmax=800" width="240" height="160" /></a></p> <p>And for those of you too young to know about the revolving Mickey at the beginning of many Disney VHS films, this one’s for you! It just happens to come from the 1985 copy of <em>Mary Poppins</em>. That’s good stuff right there! </p> <div style="padding-bottom: 0px; margin: 0px auto; padding-left: 0px; width: 448px; padding-right: 0px; display: block; float: none; padding-top: 0px" id="scid:5737277B-5D6D-4f48-ABFC-DD9C333F4C5D:dc75a9a9-2618-4027-a2d8-e091718e59fd" class="wlWriterEditableSmartContent"><div id="a50c56ef-022a-42c0-b342-ca92e2a5f622" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; display: inline;"><div><a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P17xan_LTE8" target="_new"><img src="http://lh6.ggpht.com/-zn9Csl1zMYU/T11Dk0DxlqI/AAAAAAAABn8/j5i-avJb68U/videoe8978913745a%25255B20%25255D.jpg?imgmax=800" style="border-style: none" galleryimg="no" onload="var downlevelDiv = document.getElementById('a50c56ef-022a-42c0-b342-ca92e2a5f622'); downlevelDiv.innerHTML = "<div><object width=\"448\" height=\"252\"><param name=\"movie\" value=\"http://www.youtube.com/v/P17xan_LTE8?hl=en&hd=1\"><\/param><embed src=\"http://www.youtube.com/v/P17xan_LTE8?hl=en&hd=1\" type=\"application/x-shockwave-flash\" width=\"448\" height=\"252\"><\/embed><\/object><\/div>";" alt=""></a></div></div></div> Tinker Bellhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06735289661082929269noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29087958.post-49290711783160247312012-02-13T23:25:00.001-08:002012-02-13T23:34:31.394-08:00The Shopping’s Fine in 1989!<p>Ahhhh… 1989. It was a good year. I was stoked to be in the “upper grades”, wearing fluorescent colors, and hitting my friends with slap bracelets. Music was all about Michael Jackson, Tiffany, and Debbie Gibson. We were swooning over George Michael and never for one second did we think Milli Vanilli wasn’t actually singing. Politically, the Berlin wall came down and there was protesting in Tiananmen Square. Disney revived animation with the release of <em>The Little Mermaid</em>, Disney’s MGM Studio opened, the third generation of <em>The</em> <em>Mickey Mouse Club</em> debuted, and the best advice anyone could give you was “Don’t worry… be happy”. 1989… Heck yeah! </p> <p>1989 also had some beautiful Disney art you could collect! Just feast your eyes on this catalog from <em>The Disney Gallery Collection</em>, courtesy of reader Steve “<a href="http://www.blogger.com/profile/10957907641202141611">sb-illustrations</a>”. (The copyright is from 1988 but it seems to have been used in 1989.) Inside you could purchase a Blaine Gibson maquette of Cinderella, posters by John Hench and Herb Ryman, and a Ken Anderson and Sam McKim concept painting for Haunted Mansion. Do note that you were ordering directly from The Disney Gallery inside of Disneyland. Pretty cool! </p> <p>The prices were still… well… “Disney” back in 1989, but if we take our flux capacitor-equipped DeLoreans back with a full wallet of cash, I think we’d be feeling like we scored, more or less! Have a look! </p> <p><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgUiyz7v5-caJa7nFBcv15adQ4-ahmr88xSbJpye_2AsHqCXPKpSv7l_ySbz3lwKjdHs3cXFU3M9dRs7eBwQ9muXFadzVRtMOoHE1pti6ETYEtPnV_18ic2i09QyBECjvaT8vM_Qw/s1600-h/Gallery_Cover%25255B3%25255D.jpg"><img style="display: block; float: none; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto" title="" alt="Gallery_Cover" src="http://lh6.ggpht.com/-0aO6c6FCnig/TzoMO8r8yDI/AAAAAAAABlE/iNw-jc1N62E/Gallery_Cover_thumb%25255B1%25255D.jpg?imgmax=800" width="165" height="240" /></a></p> <p align="center"><a href="http://lh6.ggpht.com/-DStK39IHcgI/TzoMQ34k13I/AAAAAAAABlM/1LOGvjq-p1o/s1600-h/Gallery_1-2%25255B3%25255D.jpg"><img style="display: inline" title="" alt="Gallery_1-2" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj-6RRQ12CtaBVAp80rq8R9mczIILoUUVwGak58f0BsLyg09hYgvQulDVDGGRYpJAcV1ItkDIvMiSrixhfyo8zVc6sNgadQcjqYTOzdLlv7QPHq5bnwJDvRw35PdudBwjaIO_e3KQ/?imgmax=800" width="240" height="181" /></a></p> <p align="center"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhRje3HzUHue2YWn9LTBFKhreLn_vwK0cZC7ItYduSbjG98DD2JVANU4kwcTQaWjpxbjYmcQ5ERxHmj3ZXcblcYKPhlIKJaM9iMfWS4jcqTSlonPuweU95fmA7fuNK0lFM62SsTaA/s1600-h/Gallery_3-4%25255B3%25255D.jpg"><img style="display: inline" title="" alt="Gallery_3-4" src="http://lh3.ggpht.com/-D_u6pznBa7A/TzoMVN64N-I/AAAAAAAABlk/vYVtQKA7hNI/Gallery_3-4_thumb%25255B1%25255D.jpg?imgmax=800" width="240" height="183" /></a></p> <p align="center"><a href="http://lh5.ggpht.com/-NFEOjRmj_kk/TzoMWAfKDDI/AAAAAAAABls/T3kz0Zv-NKo/s1600-h/Gallery_5-BC%25255B3%25255D.jpg"><img style="display: inline" title="" alt="Gallery_5-BC" src="http://lh4.ggpht.com/-JNGNcsl3H48/TzoMX7HKRHI/AAAAAAAABl0/eYk8R4d2e0I/Gallery_5-BC_thumb%25255B1%25255D.jpg?imgmax=800" width="240" height="197" /></a></p> <p align="center"><a href="http://lh6.ggpht.com/-7aBqy7MyI_4/TzoMZ08sejI/AAAAAAAABmA/q3nWHuqeL3M/s1600-h/Gallery_Order%25255B3%25255D.jpg"><img style="display: inline" title="" alt="Gallery_Order" src="http://lh5.ggpht.com/-I8Lgk2gUcG4/TzoMaq0A4dI/AAAAAAAABmI/pxMGdK49sKw/Gallery_Order_thumb%25255B1%25255D.jpg?imgmax=800" width="240" height="154" /></a></p> Tinker Bellhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06735289661082929269noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29087958.post-37659963039915914702012-02-07T18:15:00.001-08:002012-02-07T18:15:32.115-08:00Classroom Safety Posters–Part 2<p>Here is part 2! I’m surprised there isn’t a poster for not playing ball in the house. The Brady boys could have used that one! “Mom always says, ‘Don’t play ball in the house’!” That vase would still be in one piece, if so. </p> <p align="center"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgnDYBbpZSTLe7df5fYC4CEsHk_EO716x1rxAOT3t88KKLOSaX7WMf6gsAMzmlVzo3EbYCktel_O7HzP_Y8VNSbkZmUbab76Z4-2CPRhhki86tJBW5XlCv6uzv1fOlN9-RKzwXIOQ/s1600-h/il_fullxfull.2691949314.jpg"><img style="display: inline" title="" alt="il_fullxfull.269194931" src="http://lh4.ggpht.com/--z-hBqY6sWg/TzHamfxl-HI/AAAAAAAABjE/2AvsnLiG5hU/il_fullxfull.269194931_thumb1.jpg?imgmax=800" width="240" height="165" /></a></p> <p align="center">I’d like to pass this poster out to a lot of people in my area. </p> <p align="center"><a href="http://lh3.ggpht.com/-fM1XfvLVynA/TzHanZ6QPsI/AAAAAAAABjM/YbU1nqdvy-M/s1600-h/il_fullxfull.2691955614.jpg"><img style="display: inline" title="" alt="il_fullxfull.269195561" src="http://lh6.ggpht.com/-xdyyJjDgab0/TzHan3q57_I/AAAAAAAABjQ/C_xQC9lyGu0/il_fullxfull.269195561_thumb1.jpg?imgmax=800" width="240" height="158" /></a></p> <p align="center"><a href="http://lh4.ggpht.com/-Yihlzi0T5UE/TzHapO3uj1I/AAAAAAAABjY/as-hw6UPjkU/s1600-h/il_fullxfull.2692255944.jpg"><img style="display: inline" title="" alt="il_fullxfull.269225594" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEibv7PfvriC90A0YEkzGnYQUzWlE6Inz2PAkDztOuIGIASbNeIlIJZbDbJ5Hj2DKjcwrAJZVwhh334zXDge4MA_6SaTaFo_vtzSonz1i_38DkJqabUH0_LtQelBcexbjynGzDOTKw/?imgmax=800" width="240" height="157" /></a></p> <p align="center">Jiminy is proud! </p> <p align="center"><a href="http://lh3.ggpht.com/-OtiH3UMUxN8/TzHaqmkLbpI/AAAAAAAABjs/g8QSzQ0jzos/s1600-h/il_fullxfull.2692258864.jpg"><img style="display: inline" title="" alt="il_fullxfull.269225886" src="http://lh4.ggpht.com/-xvBzh_CC7tw/TzHarCtaCaI/AAAAAAAABj0/s2Z8NzNgMFs/il_fullxfull.269225886_thumb1.jpg?imgmax=800" width="240" height="173" /></a></p> <p align="center">She’s way too mature for you. </p> <p align="center"><a href="http://lh6.ggpht.com/-Nl7wsJ20Fwo/TzHasDS8-6I/AAAAAAAABj8/vnBVu8pk5kk/s1600-h/il_fullxfull.2692262204.jpg"><img style="display: inline" title="" alt="il_fullxfull.269226220" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj9U4qXoKWglZwtTV_KP1hrqDyuOQopFh3I_5ysP_3HliI_P_ms8uDPuKhvQF0XZRSqm1IVzVJdQTT0ZfbyBnpdEWbKDMB0A5JKtjTOhFgYJXYEzf2mMjqs_y-gX90GC1PMnsXnAw/?imgmax=800" width="240" height="160" /></a></p> <p align="center">Stick to the ball, kid. </p> <p align="center"><a href="http://lh6.ggpht.com/-eVsWkcP8V5Y/TzHat-KhldI/AAAAAAAABkI/27og8IN3H2k/s1600-h/il_fullxfull.2692269224.jpg"><img style="display: inline" title="" alt="il_fullxfull.269226922" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh0MXfSLvcAPCe4RdYi6Yl0UX3huvlcMgOnjl5Pgg2JqcAEfAZxNow9mt6o4hHqEnaIMh_qQwjg8yyYXJNnV8k33DV6BkFZrQ_I-hTu4K8wnXjfvWrgvTZ8PUO5DLfCJ03ACb3HwQ/?imgmax=800" width="240" height="162" /></a></p> <p align="center">Everyone is stunned at Billy’s ability to rotate his head 360 degrees. </p> <p align="center"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjQiGQrdoUdHeELATfa4zCvbu4pac-4J51XUr_uy8N5GNX5_TRxhUiiTMj5j9rfHzG7_xMfU3CDnqiV69Q7dG6xhZx8Dg9Pk3o0Sj2aIs8jYcLc-i6Hb6dHuCC1PdFioJCs8F1YrQ/s1600-h/il_fullxfull.2692270784.jpg"><img style="display: inline" title="" alt="il_fullxfull.269227078" src="http://lh4.ggpht.com/-2h8SSymRmB8/TzHavjvUzCI/AAAAAAAABkk/M35qEmze_58/il_fullxfull.269227078_thumb1.jpg?imgmax=800" width="240" height="161" /></a></p> <p align="center"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiXupy_Jm6V3H8ti-JIrXmPNLhp7c_iOQjmlubVnZ5RYcc2JdJClbjwKgnzNXaSP6uOhgRMepEav20CtJ5BpI0t7xICLhYmZjWhGq4jFRFiHdnL6ZSmwxGSvl11W0-fGvp3fFFQTA/s1600-h/il_fullxfull.2692282724.jpg"><img style="display: inline" title="" alt="il_fullxfull.269228272" src="http://lh5.ggpht.com/-HWyYaemiLw4/TzHawvcJ2cI/AAAAAAAABkw/b6S-6YGysl4/il_fullxfull.269228272_thumb1.jpg?imgmax=800" width="240" height="165" /></a></p> <p align="center">We end with my favorite! Perhaps for obvious reasons. Why ride when you can fly, right? :)</p> <p align="center">I hope you’ve all enjoyed these! Be safe out there!  </p> Tinker Bellhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06735289661082929269noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29087958.post-63094106704851697862012-02-06T22:41:00.001-08:002012-02-06T22:41:09.768-08:00Classroom Safety Posters–Part 1<p align="left">A few years ago, I was watching an old game show from the 50s, in which the panelists were supposed to guess something significant about a contestant. A man walked out and the object of the game was to guess his unique name. The man’s last name was First. Any guesses to what his first name was?? Anyone? Anyone? 10 points to whomever said “Safety”. Yes… his real, legal, given name was Safety First, and he seemed to take it to heart because he was rather old at the time and looked to be in good shape. </p> <p align="left">For those of us who did not have parents quite so eager to teach us a life-long lesson, we had school posters to remind us every day. I didn’t have ones that are this great, which is probably a good thing because I would have paid more attention to their great graphics than to my teachers. Most definitely.</p> <p align="left">They’re colorful and fun, each featuring a Disney character, some relative to the lesson and some not. They’re great fun to look at! </p> <p align="left">(Note: The few I found in old auction photos have some of the areas cut off. I have restored them as best as possible.) </p> <p align="center"><a href="http://lh5.ggpht.com/-r7Y9BWjuTos/TzDHGw3JGqI/AAAAAAAABd8/tA2an0a51l4/s1600-h/il_fullxfull.151973553%25255B7%25255D.jpg"><img style="display: inline" title="" alt="il_fullxfull.151973553" src="http://lh4.ggpht.com/-XefzoOB3M-A/TzDHHZjOBfI/AAAAAAAABeE/qP1l9i448NU/il_fullxfull.151973553_thumb%25255B1%25255D.jpg?imgmax=800" width="240" height="160" /></a></p> <p align="center">I love the multi-cultural people depicted in these. </p> <p align="center"><a href="http://lh4.ggpht.com/-L-gel4kaP9A/TzDHILzDbXI/AAAAAAAABeM/EgLx1xopzXw/s1600-h/il_fullxfull.153229021%25255B7%25255D.jpg"><img style="display: inline" title="" alt="il_fullxfull.153229021" src="http://lh5.ggpht.com/-atnd_y_dvEs/TzDHIkTqv6I/AAAAAAAABeU/6gE95oUE49M/il_fullxfull.153229021_thumb%25255B1%25255D.jpg?imgmax=800" width="240" height="166" /></a></p> <p align="center">Don’t make Donald mad! </p> <p align="center"><a href="http://lh6.ggpht.com/-pQowfezRc4s/TzDHJQpMF4I/AAAAAAAABec/drTPSTTGWK4/s1600-h/il_fullxfull.153235185%25255B7%25255D.jpg"><img style="display: inline" title="" alt="il_fullxfull.153235185" src="http://lh3.ggpht.com/-KTiyOo0pJiw/TzDHJ-jXAFI/AAAAAAAABek/i1rsxQcQbDk/il_fullxfull.153235185_thumb%25255B1%25255D.jpg?imgmax=800" width="240" height="160" /></a></p> <p align="center"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiyNpO1MIxP9rZm-u9gwpEq22Kjp8Jsdd4DjHTb3o8efwCcvd3re_jxQ3RbDzXSZPyR6BUKaNIDYXhe9Sn2VIBMXBKKMfK0-rafT3YNVaCaj_xHLe6aPnQhZEmFfHyY7OXdrTGG7w/s1600-h/il_fullxfull.158970304%25255B7%25255D.jpg"><img style="display: inline" title="" alt="il_fullxfull.158970304" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjM3wl3bLm40R7oi3tYeBsEGr_MkpYRwzDSB0gwo7C-I3FnP6gegmzWe5RHBUlWryeSuPWWdO02Zj6RUMLXa7oZkNJkpj_o3MlhxLInX_FzYhEIQgkEKBuLlQG_hEFRN2uTUcx1HQ/?imgmax=800" width="240" height="174" /></a></p> <p align="center">Love this one! </p> <p align="center"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEji7OVaRRfFV1yaTlLLF6LQRN9e7QasRB7pia35TkMfc2iDSkMEMdTYYji8-IYA_M8l1baBsbDTfnl94eulggltoJ1eN7Tf8WmwA8PSG3GWRAMglzt8xUgVV9OEULKNLDH-E4oVrg/s1600-h/il_fullxfull.158970632%25255B7%25255D.jpg"><img style="display: inline" title="" alt="il_fullxfull.158970632" src="http://lh5.ggpht.com/-1rmtYNMtJuo/TzDHMo66QXI/AAAAAAAABfE/nwLiSwymaCU/il_fullxfull.158970632_thumb%25255B1%25255D.jpg?imgmax=800" width="240" height="172" /></a></p> <p align="center">And put Pluto on a leash! </p> <p align="center"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgMs0s3exCCQbDYbgLV4ffOmgBcviNm-oPzw455ZXX9k4e-kvTAFzu3N0EWPNuc_4-Rd-0P8mJiGJ59APMjoz2j5CT4THrlZhW5PUbPc-3_N-E5zUn7KGulGyHMW13oNMkJr4BebA/s1600-h/il_fullxfull.158971232%25255B7%25255D.jpg"><img style="display: inline" title="" alt="il_fullxfull.158971232" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh7M6_SxK4j97nVRBaj9Hf35gadq8BuhFt9aIUj_l_ddWQ00hDOkPMqew1UwkPoHczIdSWP3VakzF19xOCxLyxkEedbYzB9Y-9bN-kwgXtWPDKmnYqrhf62XLv2B_5OuDSHmsmfEA/?imgmax=800" width="240" height="162" /></a></p> <p align="center">Don’t worry about the old green lights. </p> <p align="center"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgVPlZLKS6qdRE2GdaopwLzjJ2DhaQS9K_gri25tkfUHqakCB5TBk4cnIbgB1bHFibl2rHreIdP4BSNMt7_Fw6tazDQKkk8Eet1JxLmB9e_ICvqWinCXXpPlQuxZp5pJvAHlUXR2g/s1600-h/il_fullxfull.158971748%25255B7%25255D.jpg"><img style="display: inline" title="" alt="il_fullxfull.158971748" src="http://lh4.ggpht.com/-t8Ph4NhbTko/TzDHPc3GZOI/AAAAAAAABfk/RaFGqdXdGlM/il_fullxfull.158971748_thumb%25255B1%25255D.jpg?imgmax=800" width="240" height="164" /></a></p> <p align="center">I love the styling on this one! </p> <p align="center"><a href="http://lh3.ggpht.com/-vJwlw_BnDpw/TzDHQX1BcCI/AAAAAAAABfs/TvOnXxW0V5w/s1600-h/il_fullxfull.165221301%25255B7%25255D.jpg"><img style="display: inline" title="" alt="il_fullxfull.165221301" src="http://lh5.ggpht.com/-YTfOHAVX1gE/TzDHQgdqLLI/AAAAAAAABf0/yBkAmG-t-5Q/il_fullxfull.165221301_thumb%25255B1%25255D.jpg?imgmax=800" width="240" height="180" /></a></p> <p align="center"><a href="http://lh4.ggpht.com/-8pfT22NpmYw/TzDHRmFVIjI/AAAAAAAABf8/K2pMRaWl8gY/s1600-h/il_fullxfull.165223627%25255B7%25255D.jpg"><img style="display: inline" title="" alt="il_fullxfull.165223627" src="http://lh6.ggpht.com/-BUMNu1nLZV8/TzDHSPvNveI/AAAAAAAABgE/XGFjEXG4cQ4/il_fullxfull.165223627_thumb%25255B1%25255D.jpg?imgmax=800" width="240" height="169" /></a></p> <p align="center"><a href="http://lh5.ggpht.com/-OxIZRw-9wzM/TzDHTMLwYJI/AAAAAAAABgM/FC7Qde58o0M/s1600-h/il_fullxfull.165224574%25255B7%25255D.jpg"><img style="display: inline" title="" alt="il_fullxfull.165224574" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgGzqnUspTflaDG-JaLHOLBxcwaUmgXCScEPm55104up-FclVqU5EcsAkIL8AXlauA2ApEG9FwrdC4K2H_492Vsb72LWCvnQcRYibexLw7OqFcIYpZBxh9xn29-s6DgeLEbf9eOVw/?imgmax=800" width="240" height="170" /></a></p> <p align="center">The White Rabbit is watching! </p> <p align="center"><a href="http://lh4.ggpht.com/-bLxOK15OCTE/TzDHUU-qlcI/AAAAAAAABgc/posF-MFc1Vs/s1600-h/il_fullxfull.165304187%25255B7%25255D.jpg"><img style="display: inline" title="" alt="il_fullxfull.165304187" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhLjk4JSS6U0LEH5-uqOR10PDnLFWH8LTXAm79dXmg38wBZE0PUBXcmJNiwHZaTPhuRO9yyhEx_iDsYWUsjTUyUhKTjQke5DyfDT90ExhyUIG5pE3AaVSDYgQkSbKzctEdjngWDCw/?imgmax=800" width="240" height="148" /></a></p> <p align="center">This bus driver looks too cool for school… which is why he became a bus driver! </p> <p align="center"><a href="http://lh4.ggpht.com/-z7B5pKeL_Tw/TzDHV2-MQhI/AAAAAAAABgs/eJXTyqosOos/s1600-h/il_fullxfull.165305534%25255B7%25255D.jpg"><img style="display: inline" title="" alt="il_fullxfull.165305534" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhpkSfvnHsl1PmNI5ky9nPKgpr9kr79gvbod96l8u9ba80MZ0LAs9CTkpIGnBemej9KtGswNnxWriTwyiSemvf02vdMGlfdnWucnEOzEktPVw157i5DDgYrdxncAst_Ge1tlbstBQ/?imgmax=800" width="240" height="180" /></a></p> <p align="center">The truck driver needs a set of these posters. </p> <p align="center"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj3PoF3sHhU6E3WD5sHa03NjOsQmuj3AjMP9m0HuSlMLbGRFIJoC6t7W98aMIolYdfbavJM65vKrsqoHhz-qAv82V1jgHDeYknsjTiuNrDnt7eVp8ppWBx8lmHcudvgHS1KbgT68A/s1600-h/il_fullxfull.165307052%25255B7%25255D.jpg"><img style="display: inline" title="" alt="il_fullxfull.165307052" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEifzmfOtYBIVrPbyqb-8ZzOVuGmQzZ49b9hdVdWiZNYDqBveeOnjQOVi_dYteJBzwakw8qvIUjiokiPmCj9LfC632UOnW9cAxHjL2hl5GPXhJ-WGhkTU7REii02-vVNUUtB5dec-A/?imgmax=800" width="240" height="173" /></a></p> <p align="center">Steal hats outside, instead. </p> <p align="center"><a href="http://lh5.ggpht.com/-Z9PQtsfx-Yw/TzDHYieS_NI/AAAAAAAABhM/E982BQA2WqQ/s1600-h/il_fullxfull.165315217%25255B7%25255D.jpg"><img style="display: inline" title="" alt="il_fullxfull.165315217" src="http://lh5.ggpht.com/-C8vWEpFLg-Y/TzDHY7KZ13I/AAAAAAAABhU/vkffMIgsQxM/il_fullxfull.165315217_thumb%25255B1%25255D.jpg?imgmax=800" width="240" height="160" /></a></p> <p align="center">I don’t remember animals at my school… though there was evidence of cats. They thought the sandbox was one giant litter box… </p> <p align="center"><a href="http://lh5.ggpht.com/--qYpodux1Jo/TzDHZ-IVyCI/AAAAAAAABhc/ZutSWlx-hhI/s1600-h/il_fullxfull.165336287%25255B7%25255D.jpg"><img style="display: inline" title="" alt="il_fullxfull.165336287" src="http://lh5.ggpht.com/-S5Z_6xge_y0/TzDHaVrPxAI/AAAAAAAABhk/D9WVAlxNwo4/il_fullxfull.165336287_thumb%25255B1%25255D.jpg?imgmax=800" width="240" height="153" /></a></p> <p align="center">Evidently the kid in the red does not like the kid in the stripes. </p> <p align="center"><a href="http://lh4.ggpht.com/-DZzyUdLf1bs/TzDHbT4akuI/AAAAAAAABhs/SWTAXpj8_aE/s1600-h/il_fullxfull.165337048%25255B7%25255D.jpg"><img style="display: inline" title="" alt="il_fullxfull.165337048" src="http://lh5.ggpht.com/-iEmWSPaNfcE/TzDHbkkCzqI/AAAAAAAABh0/BoDBDGVJcAc/il_fullxfull.165337048_thumb%25255B1%25255D.jpg?imgmax=800" width="240" height="180" /></a></p> <p align="center">Where you could find me for the bulk of my early childhood! </p> <p align="center"><a href="http://lh4.ggpht.com/-p66Ox4V0wOc/TzDHco-J_gI/AAAAAAAABh8/cAoaXMzO-nw/s1600-h/il_fullxfull.165337720%25255B7%25255D.jpg"><img style="display: inline" title="" alt="il_fullxfull.165337720" src="http://lh4.ggpht.com/-EDHkDxzbklk/TzDHdCvDoHI/AAAAAAAABiE/YOjxoL7_-8k/il_fullxfull.165337720_thumb%25255B1%25255D.jpg?imgmax=800" width="240" height="175" /></a></p> <p align="center">Remember fire/earthquake drills at school? Any time out of class was a good time!</p> <p align="center"><a href="http://lh6.ggpht.com/--CTqoJfC-oo/TzDHeMYRyPI/AAAAAAAABiM/JhuUXPcJCUE/s1600-h/il_fullxfull.165348733%25255B7%25255D.jpg"><img style="display: inline" title="" alt="il_fullxfull.165348733" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhGwoPk4UB0Rg7h6t8PWRN2DrUIzrXsXwap7OikGJPwqwfQGdjKuUA9PXa9kGFSZtT1a0deVTp6u_fE2s-yubbeeSO6xKxRW_RKK-SebLKkYGJcJ71IDrwtCyZjMSjT2nXqYHxVhg/?imgmax=800" width="240" height="159" /></a></p> <p align="center">Some more bus safety.</p> <p align="center"><a href="http://lh3.ggpht.com/-B6prturOubI/TzDHfohY6iI/AAAAAAAABic/X073Z9wL2Sk/s1600-h/il_fullxfull.263255433%25255B7%25255D.jpg"><img style="display: inline" title="" alt="il_fullxfull.263255433" src="http://lh4.ggpht.com/-vmHhPILuF9U/TzDHf7Vwh7I/AAAAAAAABik/nC5KhkO1-xs/il_fullxfull.263255433_thumb%25255B1%25255D.jpg?imgmax=800" width="240" height="158" /></a></p> <p align="center">I hope her mother is taking her shopping after school for some longer skirts! </p> <p align="center"><a href="http://lh3.ggpht.com/-Xb5u4w0EaSc/TzDHg6En2VI/AAAAAAAABis/wEmAlaShRZg/s1600-h/il_fullxfull.269194165%25255B7%25255D.jpg"><img style="display: inline" title="" alt="il_fullxfull.269194165" src="http://lh4.ggpht.com/-ViRCBoyqeUY/TzDHhJEv9qI/AAAAAAAABi0/8ihvc8kqZ8o/il_fullxfull.269194165_thumb%25255B1%25255D.jpg?imgmax=800" width="240" height="164" /></a></p> <p align="center">Mom does not look remotely concerned about her house being on fire. I think she has some explaining to do. </p> <p align="center">More to come! Check back for part 2! :)</p> Tinker Bellhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06735289661082929269noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29087958.post-89709120605560162092012-02-03T00:24:00.001-08:002012-02-03T00:24:59.709-08:00Bags, Take 2<p>Here’s a new addition to my bag collection that I had not seen before: </p> <p align="center"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhSEoY3ql5Z5FngshcENIDBgQWyX5OKAUirJMtoJG_vlzoUEWG3CbGz7yFu70DTGPaWBcpw9aLZljX7_OwgzNCTr6xAdJYTLv1FRQHx2duXnmCNs7TEmGlJEsJaPtl7JzSkMpz-5g/s1600-h/il_fullxfull.284458187%25255B1%25255D%25255B3%25255D.jpg"><img style="display: inline" title="il_fullxfull.284458187[1]" alt="il_fullxfull.284458187[1]" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjjREEagSbMGjgXHs5XWGMhSEy9tKZ_agxXMFXLVYN7Nh7rf13shlPSK4dn51QEh2YQehoJSACtwxFDa7I1UsHLTcH4y7GUcqAC-tuChLprvLWcxN_fKfuOub5nweJ0CKGMnb8Q1w/?imgmax=800" width="171" height="240" /></a></p> <p align="left">It looks to me to be from the early 1960s. It has the effect of being woven, so I’m wondering if it was from the Adventureland area, or if it was a bag used park-wide. Either way it’s pretty darn cute. I could imagine any purchase made at the Adventureland Bazaar or Tropical Imports to feel that much more special because of such a cute bag! It’s all in the details, you know! </p> <p>Reader “<a href="http://www.blogger.com/profile/10957907641202141611">sb-illustrations</a>” has sent me some photos of his bag collection from the 1980s and 1990s. I share them here for you now! </p> <p align="center"><a href="http://lh6.ggpht.com/-PGKdIPy-TDM/TyuZy1z_DvI/AAAAAAAABc8/HEThki-Uhpc/s1600-h/img008%25255B7%25255D.jpg"><img style="display: inline" title="" alt="img008" src="http://lh6.ggpht.com/-wnhggaM38wA/TyuZzT1VM7I/AAAAAAAABdE/xaUWONbQboE/img008_thumb%25255B3%25255D.jpg?imgmax=800" width="162" height="240" /></a></p> <p>This lovely one came forth in the late 1980s to replace the bag that featured pastel-colored versions of Disneyland attractions. </p> <p align="center"><a href="http://lh4.ggpht.com/-5LOPLhmj7t4/TyuZ0P_4EbI/AAAAAAAABdM/ZL7g2gGdiEM/s1600-h/img007%25255B8%25255D.jpg"><img style="display: inline" title="" alt="img007" src="http://lh3.ggpht.com/-vphm_gyN9fA/TyuZ0Rky-ZI/AAAAAAAABdU/HE661O6eHno/img007_thumb%25255B4%25255D.jpg?imgmax=800" width="159" height="240" /></a></p> <p>After which arrived this bag in the early 1990s. It came after the bag commemorating Disneyland’s 35th anniversary. It is very bright and colorful, reminding me of the graphics on the MMC which was airing at the same time. That Starspeeder looks like it’s going to crash into the Mark Twain! Watch out!! </p> <p align="center"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhpioPLq-cgJqQEKUC_88jtUDgyIfWRO-nxXmQ6SPW5TxbmwDv_vc-EKp6kdB6481xp8L-NdM7vFYdV8WOMtIFEHi-pUw_eaptnGNP2WPimb-SylxICYQ2qjr8LBsIQ71CxupmCAA/s1600-h/img004%25255B7%25255D.jpg"><img style="display: inline" title="" alt="img004" src="http://lh5.ggpht.com/-ErYwlabHomg/TyuZ1bmQ5HI/AAAAAAAABdk/VnW17jjtwS8/img004_thumb%25255B3%25255D.jpg?imgmax=800" width="174" height="240" /></a></p> <p>And here is the bag I spent so much time with back as a cast member in the late 1990s. If I had a nickel for each time I was asked for 50 of these small bags… oohh boy! </p> <p align="center"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEghMCJ-wyJIhVnbtLnY0Na6s3lf_ShQQi39cbsZ5vEKLfmIzoTT_XsU3-G5d7ZTO6aSMG-OLmd-zdh3JwncpeVacbFnjaA_YDVDWHhT6nS2t6W37W4cYT5gNRpRAz-yPOtrT8R5Lg/s1600-h/img005%25255B11%25255D.jpg"><img style="display: inline" title="" alt="img005" src="http://lh4.ggpht.com/-Kaq5X2TaFD4/TyuZ2kJ6QpI/AAAAAAAABd0/mE756yFWy58/img005_thumb%25255B5%25255D.jpg?imgmax=800" width="174" height="240" /></a></p> <p>And finally, to commemorate the opening of Disney’s California Adventure in 2001, there’s this bag, which is meant to look like it’s covered with old travel stickers as one would adhere to an old steamer trunk. I think a more authentic look would have actually made this concept quite cute, instead of being so… well… early DCA. </p> <p>Thanks, Steve, for all the great scans! </p> Tinker Bellhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06735289661082929269noreply@blogger.com8tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29087958.post-43182907988654126602012-01-29T20:19:00.001-08:002012-01-29T20:19:39.019-08:00Disney Meets Westinghouse–Part 2<p>Here are the remaining pages from the <em>Electrical Living</em> booklet. What great rooms! I need me a time machine… </p> <p align="center"><a href="http://lh4.ggpht.com/-ZOBTOdNtKTw/TyYaAJF9IvI/AAAAAAAABY0/8lKchep3qBU/s1600-h/WP_0002354.jpg"><img style="display: inline" title="" alt="WP_000235" src="http://lh4.ggpht.com/-LR9qxj_EjlY/TyYaAuTfi-I/AAAAAAAABY8/vh_mCzgDYsU/WP_000235_thumb1.jpg?imgmax=800" width="240" height="177" /></a></p> <p align="center"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgzZydAFKylrnp73ZactcLUh_YTQTPDMrgGcHCctPImS5aO65WmIDeDsA06nCPJNY_Rd7kcocA3pUhmpG4JS9n2Yu9Bun66fc2ODgDkrX16pz0EpcgrGQrcTErsh7-IzhCeTb2vkw/s1600-h/WP_0002364.jpg"><img style="display: inline" title="" alt="WP_000236" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjDhHsgUt7-lrKQNR3DojbAd34YmkaBhJyScWsMlmLr_iJTajxPCLZnqFZMDdLkiVEiD1d2V43IuOy05rVVYPUfTE-0sj4cFuUBjhgfJV1bI8j_fponLT4QF0fmYezYitQn1qnIiQ/?imgmax=800" width="240" height="180" /></a></p> <p align="center"><a 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title="" alt="WP_000248" src="http://lh6.ggpht.com/-zY76TQItRlw/TyYaVa62PiI/AAAAAAAABcQ/fImjE1Hvsww/WP_000248_thumb1.jpg?imgmax=800" width="240" height="178" /></a></p> <p align="center"><a href="http://lh3.ggpht.com/-zw2dUBr4iRg/TyYaVyrFKWI/AAAAAAAABcY/Wbvj8N7J-bM/s1600-h/WP_0002494.jpg"><img style="display: inline" title="" alt="WP_000249" src="http://lh6.ggpht.com/-K2Cbx8O1uig/TyYaWR9-aFI/AAAAAAAABcg/FgRPe_NPFus/WP_000249_thumb1.jpg?imgmax=800" width="240" height="178" /></a></p> Tinker Bellhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06735289661082929269noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29087958.post-17311141448123799682012-01-27T20:19:00.001-08:002012-01-27T20:24:10.940-08:00Mary Blair Ad<p>I found <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/wishbook/4917170625/sizes/l/in/photostream/">this</a> in my online travels today and simply had to share! What is better to see while flipping through the ads in a magazine than a two page spread of Mary Blair artistic gorgeousness?! I can’t think of anything! </p> <p>This ad features one of the two <em>The Spirit of Creative Energies Among Children</em> murals Mary Blair designed for the 1967 New Tomorrowland<em>. </em>This mural was on the north side of Tomorrowland, covering the uppermost portion of the CircleVision-360 building.  I have left this ad LARGE so you can look at it all in all its glory. See below.</p> <p>It reads: </p> <blockquote> <p>“Welcome to the bright, new <u>world</u> of telephone communications! </p> <p>This is the theme… and the promise… of the 88-foot-long mural that greets visitors to the new Bell System Exhibit in the new Tomorrowland at Disneyland, California. </p> <p>The artist is Mary Blair, well-known illustrator of children’s books and a designer of the ‘it’s a small world’ exhibit at the New York World’s Fair and Disneyland. Miss Blair interpreted the promise of world-wide communications in a colorful tile mosaic of a children’s orchestra sending music to friends in other nations. </p> <p>But the mural isn’t the only thing that’s new about the Bell System Exhibit. There’s a larger, expanded display area that shows you telephone communications of the future. </p> <p>Feature of the Exhibit is a Walt Disney film, ‘America the Beautiful’, in CircleVision 360, the motion picture that surrounds you and puts you in the center of the most beautiful scenery in the world. This is the new year to discover America <u>in</u> <u>person</u>. If you and your family get to Disneyland, you’ll be warmly welcomed at our new building in Tomorrowland.” </p> </blockquote> <p align="center"><a href="http://lh6.ggpht.com/-SeC5JbA2m40/TyN4Zetxw6I/AAAAAAAABYo/WDmwUIt674Q/s1600-h/Mary%252520Blair%252520Ad%252520July%2525207%2525201967%25255B11%25255D.jpg"><img style="display: block; float: none; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto" title="Mary Blair Ad July 7 1967" alt="Mary Blair Ad July 7 1967" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgB6kW36eyEyMFN4HEy5_3wi1UOITPV45wEdnuXm1PrOBHTg2z9Gcp8BAvKMH5AglIJN7Fb_dE3BACJcHJOaL62zb5NtiNSfGlUed14rAzjZfyevi-ymo8nRhcz8eD-dnuFOzr3Gw/?imgmax=800" width="466" height="186" /></a></p> <p align="center"><font size="2"><em>From </em>Life<em> magazine dated July 7, 1967.</em></font></p> Tinker Bellhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06735289661082929269noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29087958.post-75192400240159349912012-01-26T00:06:00.001-08:002012-01-26T00:07:23.851-08:00New Paintings!<p>For those of you who have been following my Disneyland paintings, I have updated my website with two more you have not seen. If you would like to, hop on over by clicking <a href="http://www.devynsamara.com/theart.html">HERE</a>. They include paintings of the Skull Rock area of Fantasyland as well as the third installment to my Storybook Land series, Pinocchio’s Village. I hope you like what you see! </p> Tinker Bellhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06735289661082929269noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29087958.post-61576686433666815972012-01-25T23:59:00.001-08:002012-01-26T00:01:57.547-08:00Disney Meets Westinghouse Pt.1<p>On May 28 of 1945, Disney delivered a 16-minute long animated short entitled <em>The Dawn of Better Living</em> to Westinghouse Electric. The short illustrated the improvements of electrical innovations from the log cabin era up through modern times.  </p> <p>To accompany the short, Disney produced a booklet, <em>Electrical Living</em>,  featuring, what I can only assume (because I haven’t seen the short), images from the animation, or something close to it anyway. It’s a really nice booklet and I’m sure the Westinghouse - or Westin<em><strong>ghouse</strong> </em>if you saw <em>The</em> <em>Lucy-Desi Westinghouse Special </em>("Now, look Lucy. It just so happens that I studied English grammar in Cuba.  Lemme 'splain something. When the G is followed by an H-O, like in G-H-O-S-T. Ghost. G-H-O you say, ‘Go’ there is no H.") – people were proud to hand it out to their potential customers. For me, a huge enthusiast of all things 1930s-50s, I can’t choose which kitchen I like best, so Westinghouse would have had a fantastic customer in me! </p> <p>The illustrations in the book are just fantastic, a couple having a certain feeling of the <em>Ave Maria</em> sequence in <em>Fantasia</em> and concept paintings of <em>Bambi</em>, in my opinion. The other illustrations are informative and at times whimsical. But why tell you when you can just look for yourself, right? Have a gander and enjoy!</p> <p><a href="http://lh4.ggpht.com/-zd1OYdU4vI4/TyEHoUmxCvI/AAAAAAAABTk/fiifCr-GRHg/s1600-h/WP_000213%25255B4%25255D.jpg"><img style="display: block; float: none; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto" title="" alt="WP_000213" src="http://lh3.ggpht.com/-Dx-vS3k5fQs/TyEHojCzWHI/AAAAAAAABTs/wHECNgYFu_M/WP_000213_thumb%25255B1%25255D.jpg?imgmax=800" width="240" height="176" /></a></p> <p><a href="http://lh6.ggpht.com/-JrsV1zaI6cE/TyEHplfio2I/AAAAAAAABT0/YSFm9VQPDBE/s1600-h/WP_000214%25255B4%25255D.jpg"><img style="display: block; float: none; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto" title="" alt="WP_000214" src="http://lh5.ggpht.com/-H4RbBIwtaSI/TyEHqMzfdPI/AAAAAAAABT8/QkDV6esz3Xs/WP_000214_thumb%25255B1%25255D.jpg?imgmax=800" width="240" height="166" /></a></p> <p><a 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style="display: inline" title="WP_000234" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhGIi9n6Zqr8JrVzk_VTdfmS1sVpdJUmppemz7-bl9O8X7w5rFlkM731INZ0Tb6bgF64Hi69lWCBa2izXjImAhyanMD91GctL9zot1almh8nd9E2lqOJPJ0SSyEAwhW-TMnDInEeA/?imgmax=800" width="240" height="186" /></a></p> <p align="center">Remember to check back for part 2! Have a great day, everyone! </p> Tinker Bellhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06735289661082929269noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29087958.post-4567602430469836112011-10-22T20:24:00.001-07:002011-10-22T20:29:30.121-07:00It’s my bag!<p>I just returned from a fabulous trip to Disneyland and Club 33 this week and my nitpicky brain picked up on something that I had not thought about in a good while- bags. </p> <p>Show of hands! Who misses bag individuality in the park? I sure do! I will let my Disney dork flag wave and admit that I actually do keep most of my Disneyland shopping bags (because I keep everything from that place), but I will say that I’m not a fan of them. I was especially disappointed that even Club 33 doesn’t have their own merchandise bag; they have their own tissue paper, but not bag. </p> <p>Normally, I preach the need for the flow and cohesion of storytelling in the park, but this is one time where I do not like it. I would really love to see some specialty, land-specific bags back. Granted, some of the individual bags came from the lessee establishments, but I feel that it would really create more of a realistic experience, especially to Main Street. It might also subconsciously divide Disneyland up so that it didn’t all feel like one large shopping experience. While we’re on the topic, I would also like the return of land-specific merchandise. But, that’s another blog entry. </p> <p>To refresh everyone’s memories of merchandise bags of the past, I stumbled on this wonderful <a href="http://www.flickr.com/groups/classicdisneylandsouvenirs/">Disneyland Flickr Pool</a> and found the following artifacts of consumerism (unless otherwise credited), before it all went to one design around 1990 for the 35th anniversary. Great stuff! </p> <p align="center"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiBZbpRVevYxMiDhS9HIzwDOL0Nv27HFgzAtvKDmqNHaOSprvSXScX2gOSPY4M7U3i8NLwk4Bkg0L7rHo6_bRAOJLPAm2Ai1UmGF2ab-uLa8Ru4-1rwjnyiAblllFlfkzg8mBkB5A/s1600-h/80s%252520bag%25255B6%25255D.jpg"><img style="display: inline" title="Best. Bag. Ever. " alt="" src="http://lh5.ggpht.com/-nl5F9u8dhO0/TqOIskg7BoI/AAAAAAAABP0/R-l5chDETNI/80s%252520bag_thumb%25255B2%25255D.jpg?imgmax=800" width="157" height="240" /></a></p> <p>My personal favorite, circa late 70s-80s. I actually made stationery out of this. Word files look a lot more fun now! <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/60585948@N00/255767524/"><font size="1">Photo credit.</font></a> </p> <p align="center"><a href="http://lh4.ggpht.com/-e0Ly5wdcGDQ/TqOItfLXFTI/AAAAAAAABP8/pNjE-vFd3Jo/s1600-h/art%252520corner%252520bag%25255B6%25255D.jpg"><img style="display: inline" title="Looks like Mickey's painting something for Halloween!" alt="" src="http://lh6.ggpht.com/-Q2PZ3oIHUEw/TqOIuGiy05I/AAAAAAAABQE/7wEisPP3M8w/art%252520corner%252520bag_thumb%25255B2%25255D.jpg?imgmax=800" width="160" height="240" /></a></p> <p>It just makes your purchase from the Art Corner a little more special! :)</p> <p align="center"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjqPcZtaQDRV96OO7pqmpMABaX_0Tl19KW0O1fwm5LeRT4urkIHhK0rSy0bAA8RoT6FWI7_9_lTUGoEqCOPETsn6DmdPpCzDORuAiL_tfwe5EnotYv5Bf4umkXZsRx-gg8vMRjvoA/s1600-h/bag2%25255B6%25255D.jpg"><img style="display: inline" title="I want to look at these with some 3D glasses. " alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhVfgm-9Y1Po6Y9wYW5ZlD3XewitAkHHx_s7RBmGcVuiWDY5G5jUZhUspC6tAct4Y4aO8u2-tSxuLqpPM7qlaaUI4aeFM-kvfWX3Ik2dqiX6j9XmQJ9kAc-Zvb0cndSH2Cs9TDP_w/?imgmax=800" width="240" height="180" /></a></p> <p>Bags from the 1970s. <font size="1"><a href="http://daisysdisneyana.blogspot.com/2011/05/disneyland-paper-bags-1970s.html">Photo credit.</a></font> </p> <p align="center"><a href="http://lh3.ggpht.com/-lif7GTp9KKU/TqOIv0ZU0TI/AAAAAAAABQc/mVrdfXMgJC4/s1600-h/bag%2525201955%25255B6%25255D.jpg"><img style="display: inline" title="Pixie dusted bag." alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh_W1pwoPq39kz79dfvJLzX3ZMMgHsQNAYAZdOshc0XYBzNNTzN5LQt4exAeRf3yWZ0C_CS1daeV3X_tmnfuiHDzHY60sTOTTCkznnPIFScuUyG2UOLqlAhVR4r4GfyrkmjC-t3DQ/?imgmax=800" width="165" height="240" /></a></p> <p>Original bag from the 1950s. Love the atomic styling of it! </p> <p align="center"><a href="http://lh4.ggpht.com/-ul38wIMfePU/TqOIw92BgEI/AAAAAAAABQs/aGOGoBLDMBk/s1600-h/Candy%252520Palace%252520bag%25255B6%25255D.jpg"><img style="display: inline" title=""Let's go fly... a balloon!"" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgd9uAAKlEXB6_Pvffu9ZqRBLu4W3seSIWFTfuJx6rocgUub4N6I_hy_BAGeFE9rWjxT8UXl0JFWb4A6JTqkjSPlgB3-Yl3ZIPMNdkgqKMSrESnct-OvQAmeOj4ZfpxpPi2YY-kEQ/?imgmax=800" width="157" height="240" /></a></p> <p>This is also one of my favorites! Look at the charm!! </p> <p align="center"><a href="http://lh6.ggpht.com/--J-6kDsWIgc/TqOIyy5XwTI/AAAAAAAABQ8/EeVelHKE5mA/s1600-h/Disney%252520Gallery%252520Bag%25255B6%25255D.jpg"><img style="display: inline" title="The color of N'Awlins." alt="" src="http://lh5.ggpht.com/-a-oiHf6Q9J8/TqOIzHHFYjI/AAAAAAAABRE/4U9bR-Qkt1o/Disney%252520Gallery%252520Bag_thumb%25255B2%25255D.jpg?imgmax=800" width="216" height="240" /></a></p> <p>Yep, they had their own, too! <font size="1"><a href="http://www.laughingplace.com/News-ID511690.asp">Photo credit.</a></font></p> <p align="center"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiWgWtoHnMOXeTpCTBUOWym0eP01ffIsHD-fXnBwOQVizzUcxacjuYAr7ZvVHWjnvInu0k1VUh1MaNQ-qgqHtXlwLbsRM_jDFcGXRJsAEmyg_iH1BkCLE1IOzkgru4YZBvsLT7EZw/s1600-h/hallmark%252520bag%25255B6%25255D.jpg"><img style="display: inline" title="These flowers make me think of The Bradys. " alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjQQ_FUc5xYGPcfQTsy-eVx6LcszRV56KWJG50PkLCzMNsRx_gjKdn1EUL6odClcdpEK8ZbQM5sWpoez8Kf89HEDRpajDV8j8kMy3Jeux6e9Zn_W9sDYID7chyphenhyphen6dUjEL6LGzGSQ-Q/?imgmax=800" width="160" height="240" /></a> </p> <p>Small wonder what decade this represents! </p> <p align="center"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjlG6zVGmiA9C9QwG8fO2qgRk04fl5muA29DqN4N0B4_9Niwh4C2ZC4M4-5bl_3T51JOG8EqFeUA133fzvP06Wdl0rO9b_BuAFCVVBme5pHO-UwDxlwtEW9q8v5tnF_ggQoz2p8Aw/s1600-h/hotel%252520bag%25255B6%25255D.jpg"><img style="display: inline" title="Look at that Monorail station, will ya? :) " alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjDu1PRFrKI2PrmylyFq78cZenOW9LffPcE-g2D3c57RHNk61WKoOgRLsKTvm03qYoTwUe7JDAJZH9YmAmjFVCmhV7sXRZOrDQ7k8MRNeIP3bFY-Ofzxl6KGKRRfhcCnK-Iyoo6yg/?imgmax=800" width="157" height="240" /></a></p> <p>The individuality spilled out into the Disneyland Hotel, too! </p> <p align="center"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgEIBullprjEqDhyphenhyphen8ILwNqjCPLY68FiVDDhY8Wlw91pviIo4uQePGEiEZ1e8722-Oo7-jXt__lPph7oMqp4fBmnIJOGVd650gYYnXStl9plqW6WfLMMbvgPOX7Ot8Y8sBi201Erug/s1600-h/NOS%252520bag%2525202%25255B6%25255D.jpg"><img style="display: inline" title="There's everything to love about this!" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgYVlIm-ltyzlqxKZjrugL17UTgEG-dHo03AIbMgZfIyKikmWP68-ixcSpdIAoZP1wsnc0s0Qv2O06NIxFbfbiiU8EvKTRGVBXn8-wfKcLfLV3g7GPnpqeV_s5p5lVcby8RJ0Bl8Q/?imgmax=800" width="157" height="240" /></a></p> <p>This is also a great bag! I can only assume that perhaps it contained a little something from the One-of-a-Kind shop?</p> <p align="center"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjqVzkG6DeyZLjzc50jcxNj0SC8H9Xcy3vE4fFVvaUUsqU9ablwoH-73ozOwv4LkFWsMpw30y_b4FtHjcILXXjuhV3JlYwZAvU1JNgRRO5TI25I4Qi4TqOw7rihcMA93ESIHsYa3w/s1600-h/Swift%252520bag%25255B6%25255D.jpg"><img style="display: inline" title="What was in here?" alt="" src="http://lh4.ggpht.com/-pVjvbVomV4A/TqOI3j6e3xI/AAAAAAAABSE/mAre8iE3k2U/Swift%252520bag_thumb%25255B2%25255D.jpg?imgmax=800" width="157" height="240" /></a></p> <p>The styling on this bag is great. I love the red accents! </p> <p align="center"><a href="http://lh3.ggpht.com/-wgVvnBKJ6Xg/TqOI4JVLw6I/AAAAAAAABSM/CYR8i1yGBGM/s1600-h/60s%252520bag%25255B3%25255D.jpg"><img style="display: inline" title="Swirly goodness." alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjcMy-ciYtCM0EMtRmWXv3-AKftElAxN7z_VeHiJGbM3zE-n2qzE9oH7ibQe3FPEGy_ZYujJDTnGegdGNr_tdaTrBExFwGvmSkUf4z3AwsrX4TOs4JaTix1xlp8_2ee2-c4-Mocag/?imgmax=800" width="180" height="240" /></a></p> <p>For your psychedelic purchase. <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/scrubbles/239882758/"><font size="1">Photo credit.</font></a></p> <p><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiK22cgHskzsRiKTNFXY4MrMY_cKFWEy48cvrcZJtD54RS6fs0OD1XJtRGOtD_ZJdt5j9D7-Be97drKPtLRBmPJUV3vk5u4sK89hclR2Xv0Oc1EiLTBdUOrxcb_h0qllCnGIPIzbA/s1600-h/60s%252520bag%2525202%25255B3%25255D.jpg"><img style="display: block; float: none; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto" title="Such fun!" alt="" src="http://lh6.ggpht.com/-Z_kk_OjVZj0/TqOI5unkHvI/AAAAAAAABSk/mtnMsoX9Zb4/60s%252520bag%2525202_thumb%25255B1%25255D.jpg?imgmax=800" width="173" height="240" /></a></p> <p>This bag is also from the 60’s. Be sure to enlarge it so you can see the wonderful line drawings. <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/34443508@N08/3281266765/in/set-72157613822474137"><font size="1">Photo credit.</font></a></p> <p align="center"><a href="http://lh5.ggpht.com/-phBr8WSJVL0/TqOI6SToUeI/AAAAAAAABSs/OXvzHWM2r5U/s1600-h/70s%252520candy%252520bag%25255B4%25255D.jpg"><img style="display: inline" title="Mmmm... churrrooos... " alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjLNdtZPEf9FmGfMjlD34fScqTXwkWzcvKaQ0dBRjALt2mbgfM7IMAiuExN5H3kK-DVdhi0S3QJg3bwnGx83y3vyih_JwgVNoH54gNWA2d6LttmTJT53YeUwJtPuQvDHq7m3JDGmw/?imgmax=800" width="151" height="240" /></a></p> <p>Looks to me like 2 delicious churros would fit in here! Great piece from the 1970s. </p> <p align="center"><a href="http://lh6.ggpht.com/-NgXIFUclYC4/TqOI6xYPofI/AAAAAAAABS8/nmF2ukqj6gE/s1600-h/nywf_bag_1964%25255B3%25255D.jpg"><img style="display: inline" title=""Come to the Fair" was part of the song from the 1939 World's Fair. Who remembers it?" alt="" src="http://lh4.ggpht.com/-rI8Mc7JsXQs/TqOI8CP8vFI/AAAAAAAABTE/yZ2JLk4cyco/nywf_bag_1964_thumb%25255B1%25255D.jpg?imgmax=800" width="240" height="181" /></a></p> <p>And, just for fun, because I found it in my travels, a bag from the 1964 World’s Fair. <a href="http://disneyfunfactoftheday.blogspot.com/2011/07/disney-influence-and-1964-1965-worlds.html"><font size="1">Photo credit.</font></a></p> Tinker Bellhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06735289661082929269noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29087958.post-6408819609320380212011-07-26T18:54:00.001-07:002011-07-26T18:54:04.415-07:00Disneyland Maps in High Rez!<p>Do check out all of the <em>extremely</em> high resolution goodness of some vintage <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/wishbook/5954366219/in/photostream/">Disneyland maps</a>! 1962, 1964, 1976, 1983, and 2000. </p> <p>One thing’s for sure… it’ll make you wish that Edison Square and Liberty Street had been built. I still think they’re tremendous editions that would be wonderful in the park today. </p> <p align="center">Have a look! </p> <p><img style="display: block; float: none; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto" title="Ain't it perdy?" alt="" src="http://lh4.ggpht.com/-Z7vEwf_gzd0/Ti9vuobiPvI/AAAAAAAABPA/QYPUgkVLJxA/5954366219_bae9912d17_z%25255B6%25255D.jpg?imgmax=800" width="440" height="291" /></p> Tinker Bellhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06735289661082929269noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29087958.post-48864161715577954372011-07-24T20:07:00.001-07:002011-07-24T20:08:09.615-07:00The Disney Cottages<p>I found <a href="http://surrealist.org/travel/cottages.html">this</a> interesting little article that I thought to share. It’s about the eight Disney-leased cottages in Los Feliz. Something you don’t hear about very often.</p> <blockquote> <p>“…this property is significant in the history of Hollywood. When Disney's artists lived here in the 1930s, they produced the world's first full-length animated feature, "Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs," using these buildings as models for the dwarfs' cottage.”</p> </blockquote> <p>For more photos, check out this <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/joebehr/4721709433/in/photostream/">Flickr</a> stream. </p> <p><img style="display: block; float: none; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto" title="cottage1" alt="cottage1" src="http://lh4.ggpht.com/-B5HiL5hfDrQ/Tizd7sQRXUI/AAAAAAAABO8/wL14k_NCV0A/cottage1%25255B1%25255D.jpg?imgmax=800" width="400" height="287" /></p> <p align="center">Aren’t they charming? :)</p> Tinker Bellhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06735289661082929269noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29087958.post-34469554715943472152011-07-23T20:46:00.001-07:002011-07-23T23:34:28.313-07:00Enchanted Tiki Shakers<p align="center"><font size="4"><em>“Mon ami! I am always ready, as you say, to put on the…”</em> flavor!</font> </p> <p><a href="http://lh6.ggpht.com/-90DDOjRVQ_4/TiuVciLQ4UI/AAAAAAAABOU/gIJ4Anzyd5w/s1600-h/Tiki%252520Front%25255B6%25255D.jpg"><img style="display: block; float: none; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto" title="Tiki Front" alt="Tiki Front" src="http://lh5.ggpht.com/-dIcbFhtjrCg/TiuVdNzdDvI/AAAAAAAABOY/TjbIPydiQLM/Tiki%252520Front_thumb%25255B3%25255D.jpg?imgmax=800" width="160" height="240" /></a></p> <p>Yes, though quite difficult to work into a nice table setting (but fantastic for an outdoor summer barbeque), these little tiki gods of flavor are just about as nifty as they come. They don’t represent any of the main tikis out on the lanai of the Enchanted Tiki Room, though they look like they could very well be related. I suppose the gods of salt and pepper weren’t as worthy as the gods of wind, rain, and earth balancing. But here at the Sacred Tree, we think they’re just as important! After all, what is a good mirepoix without them? </p> <p><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjOKLuAFo6ruvYn_-dblpfmJiAXlW9l70u9V9BP3t5mwBKaRziLSX1rSqbd6AhQjLruuz7CmkKeIdW_vbSzWIXKkiOPgOHwQ_G227dOrGB7HuGsSfGOZ3MhhQf-F1oeNu_REQ9XFQ/s1600-h/Tiki%252520Back%25255B5%25255D.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px 18px 7px 0px; display: inline; float: left" title="Tiki Back" alt="Tiki Back" align="left" src="http://lh6.ggpht.com/-Pj0kJaPiu3g/TiuVeOXG5lI/AAAAAAAABOg/Xupjc2VQFNQ/Tiki%252520Back_thumb%25255B2%25255D.jpg?imgmax=800" width="229" height="240" /></a></p> <p>In actuality, they appear to be replicas of Easter Island Moai, which were carved out of stone. Here they are painted to look somewhat like weathered bamboo or wood, which is a very nice effect that ties in a bit more with the tikis of the attraction, </p> <p>Made of a fairly hard ceramic and glazed to oblivion, these shiny little gods are like a little mid-century time capsule, in my opinion; very late 50s –mid 60s. Early Gilligan, I will call it. <a href="http://lh5.ggpht.com/-YU5IpdGu2bc/TiuVfD09zzI/AAAAAAAABOk/q-Slg8DcO9s/s1600-h/Tiki%252520Top%25255B9%25255D.jpg"><img style="margin: 14px 0px 0px 4px; display: inline; float: right" title="Tiki Top" alt="Tiki Top" align="right" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiTBNJ0DFJe5bDXCLadBVQrzrCosfuNSuavdiLC40pvpyYz8l00j1ocpSxtcIAjHzwRjTzkMTyjy9wDxagOhg9gGil3SFzFsuO0TQxrZxrCn8Ijnp_17glTL3Ix1zKxavptPCUJpQ/?imgmax=800" width="240" height="191" /></a></p> <p>On the back, in a fine tiki font reads “Disneyland” so that you may better explain their presence between the plates of chicken and mashed potatoes. </p> <p>On top, there is a convenient “P” or “S”, so you don’t get confused in the act of spicing, since the gods are identical.  On the bottom is one of the familiar old “Disneyland” production marks. Oddly enough, not in the common green color of the period. </p> <p><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgPvJbpIPYav5s2mXo8bN_N-y70eNC3teatNkQkgEa56JzbkwXWybVXRAn1SRDI4YvhaQodIHDtuw0b2cnpxghRjE-vh3LGodHFO5PbOdxU6a3TxbrhvR62akEveJHDLTZSiBZFxw/s1600-h/Tiki%252520Bottom%25255B4%25255D.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px 10px 4px 0px; display: inline; float: left" title="Tiki Bottom" alt="Tiki Bottom" align="left" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi2fHB9AE8hvG2HMx_etT6VxMoeKJUorvICAHpy5LB2LlhAxRXYPD_FByaNu_bPvvH0kjlJ10ex8PE_Tq2kjS1uls7z-nYs00Cl3mVweVfMAmpFs9qoubBZG0bP04ryRyRdoQ4lIw/?imgmax=800" width="240" height="140" /></a></p> <p>I think they’re a fantastic piece of Disneyland merchandise history, and absolutely nothing you would see nowadays. I very much wish odd little pieces like these were still for sale in the parks. I miss Adventureland stores being well stocked with odd artisan pieces from other countries. It made the land feel so special and very realistic. No shots or bug repellant required!! </p> <p align="center"><em><font size="4">“Farewell, and aloha to you!</font></em> “</p> Tinker Bellhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06735289661082929269noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29087958.post-65459829652912549452011-06-10T23:59:00.001-07:002011-06-11T00:04:38.756-07:00My Friend Ferdy<p>I <em>love</em> Ferdinand. Truly. It is one of my all time favorite stories and Disney shorts. It’s simple and beautiful and reminds us all to be in the moment, to be at peace, and to be grateful for all that surrounds us. It is pure, effective, simple, unaffected storytelling in its best form, in my opinion. It’s one of those ideal finds that appeals just as much to adults as it does to children. The perfect Walt discovery. </p> <p>In honor of that perfect discovery, here is my perfect discovery: Meet Ferdy. <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhjUohSU8CYe4SBAgJeGOU5ch8zutBZzvHFdoxQ7AF-uH0Oot69XgIhOr1q8g_RKacDEuHH1lDCC7kRQS2Fjr6XJ8RPEOiP9mI9hgEYqh-Bm8yoPAv559UyFSVqyvGjLO6SS4KICg/s1600-h/Ferdy%252520Face%25255B8%25255D.jpg"><img style="margin: 17px auto 0px; display: block; float: none" title="Who could resist that face!!" alt="" src="http://lh3.ggpht.com/-0e2q78dD36Y/TfMSKsLp6ZI/AAAAAAAABKs/JdtAa9Ixewk/Ferdy%252520Face_thumb%25255B2%25255D.jpg?imgmax=800" width="240" height="225" /></a></p> <p>Ferdy sits atop my desk, totally clashing with its Queen Anne style, but I don’t care and neither does he. <a href="http://lh5.ggpht.com/-RT3WVepDXnU/TfMSMAWV6-I/AAAAAAAABK4/nvthODR6Fn8/s1600-h/Ferdy%252520Front%2525202%25255B26%25255D.jpg"><img style="margin: 15px 3px 0px 6px; display: inline; float: right" title="Quite the model! " alt="" align="right" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiDGCXyzs5DAdAeiJCUookvlVYVmMz-6dILyT4_R0Nxu8VMqbPP8z0C4SKYX9A66tDB9a2D6nRtI38RmiN0NjYPy-_YtmkwLTIXw1Uy-CkSMW-cW2UvchOVRE_1T9VQY_d3MbYvYA/?imgmax=800" width="172" height="250" /></a>He is forever gazing at me quite happily with his floral offering, reminding me to take breaks from whatever I’m working on, and to be present and mindful. He also encourages other more enjoyable activities, especially while I pay bills. I always follow him up on his sage advice! <a href="http://lh3.ggpht.com/-fpabN0w9JjI/TfMSLFnf64I/AAAAAAAABKw/Xc86wz2hyEo/s1600-h/Ferdy%252520Back%25255B6%25255D.jpg"><img style="margin: 15px 19px 0px 5px; display: inline; float: left" title="From the back." alt="" align="left" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgGnCpIDfKvEIykvRdTX62Lao4PBzlRrgcg5H0i6wpDv-YpP-a5Zp9q8RIIVuxaxj3HROy2JKhLS0IjIh6tU92EGKA-gVVdFs2S-bOqbLFLQp1UeCyIRjBDjCO8eAocsMBVn4uKWg/?imgmax=800" width="190" height="250" /></a></p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p>Ferdy dates back to the release of “Ferdinand the Bull” (1938), and is in excellent condition for his age. He has a few cracks in his paint, but otherwise he’s still a dapper fellow. His tail is made of a bunching of satiny type string connected to his backside, which I keep away from bees at all times. </p> <p><a href="http://lh5.ggpht.com/-V7PvkyVV5rc/TfMSM8mWZeI/AAAAAAAABLA/YjXjPgaJxLs/s1600-h/Ferdy%252520Stomach%25255B4%25255D.jpg"><img style="display: block; float: none; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto" title="Disney seal of approval on his stomach." alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhGnS7J5FA5Pr42TP1qV-Y7oDIUynpyHOcCSYd4zf19Yl-lNbCapq9fJZzjXjvhod5c_uC0XffhzshhdVGTJgm61m_XgZinqh8sF93wKHr-fkkGSvF7LawntDLi8Jt9rEw_lPANaA/?imgmax=800" width="240" height="107" /></a></p> <p>The flower he holds in his mouth is made of pink plastic and is still holding up nicely after all these years. Isn’t he a charmer!? </p> <p>I’m throwing in his film debut just because it’s a good thing to watch. It’s his gift to you! 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This is what you would see, more or less, back in 1958 or thereabouts. It’s my newest painting, the second in what is now the Storybook Land Series. It is also the second in my 2011 year of Disney paintings. Have a look! Comments much appreciated… especially the positive ones! hehe!</p> <p align="center"><img style="display: inline" title=""Dwarfs' Cottage", by Devyn Samara 2011" alt=""Dwarfs' Cottage", by Devyn Samara 2011" src="http://lh4.ggpht.com/-UlRHlp1a8HQ/TedNKG1QPAI/AAAAAAAABKU/dayEgJtoJO0/Dwarf%252527s%252520Cottage%25252C%252520by%252520Devyn%252520Samara%2525202011.jpg?imgmax=800" width="500" height="380" /></p> <p>“Dwarfs’ Cottage, Storybook Land”, oil on canvas 6” x 8”, by Devyn Samara 2011.</p> Tinker Bellhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06735289661082929269noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29087958.post-47689398113860502912011-05-03T15:48:00.001-07:002011-05-03T18:14:48.939-07:00Riding Disneyland History<p>This past weekend (April 30) I attended the 2011 Pacific Coast Railroad Roundup at the historic Santa Margarita Ranch, just north of San Luis Obispo in Santa Margarita, California. The annual event, to benefit the <a href="http://www.slorrm.com/">San Luis Obispo Railroad Museum</a>, was supposed to be held for one day only, as per usual, but an extra day was added on May 1 to accommodate the demand. </p> <p>I have been meaning to make this event for years, but my schedule has never allowed it until this year. Having never been to the Santa Margarita Ranch, I was pleasantly surprised by the beautiful, natural surroundings and minimal structures on the land. </p> <p>Driving over a wooden bridge with a flowing stream underneath , I followed the path down to a large historic barn and train loading area. There I was greeted by two original, beautiful, yellow Retlaw 1 Disneyland passenger cars. <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjEgXEbSv8cwxrx5aOwsrUKGlBKxyx_gb9i59k2cCq5SUAdYMW8xZ5wg-VQRbF-KPLRgLqp8VeT1kJ5Omx-MGUUFgGTfm9_y3cgMGcXRG9dQa6XXa1-16q2-4TcHeZAyjTSABit9Q/s1600-h/IMG_58952.jpg" target="_blank"><img style="display: inline" title="A beautiful greeting." alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjOyP3QJGEstyHUCS4WGuF5Lb6_1rl6-AUj3MMU6CQlaxaP-OYO5tHP64gTy1i7sqvO-HwSCpxTXjMu3DP7yn17HypjT8F1HxOhzqMTr-IR5FPeMyy2tK3z5dohTuQNh4R_a3JCLA/?imgmax=800" width="240" height="160" /></a><a href="http://lh4.ggpht.com/_uxusb0mOf_Y/TcB0mjbNdeI/AAAAAAAABJs/oqJTMcXNl_s/s1600-h/IMG_58931.jpg" target="_blank"><img style="display: inline" title="Bright and happy!" alt="" src="http://lh3.ggpht.com/_uxusb0mOf_Y/TcB0nF9WfuI/AAAAAAAABJw/WhxJxqc4Zfg/IMG_5893_thumb1.jpg?imgmax=800" width="240" height="160" /></a></p> <p>Though three of the four coaches (built in 1955 at the Walt Disney Studios) are in need of a good restoration, (coach 105 <em>Painted Desert</em> has been restored) they are still so charming and their paint colors are still bold in the bright sunlight, which is surprising since they were retired in the mid 1960’s. (The Pacific Coast Railroad plans on restoring the other three cars, so I have been told.) Incidentally, there seems to be some confusion on the official retiring of these cars. I have seen 1958, mid 60s, and 1974. I’m not clear on which is correct, but those at the event were saying mid 60s, so for now, I’ll go with that. </p> <p>Four engines were pulling the various coaches on Saturday, all with an interesting history:</p> <p> <a href="http://lh5.ggpht.com/_uxusb0mOf_Y/TcB0n_yxTKI/AAAAAAAABGM/lnx8tcogbDI/s1600-h/IMG_5929-2.jpg"><img style="margin: 4px 10px 0px 0px; display: inline; float: left" title=""Caroline"" alt="" align="left" src="http://lh6.ggpht.com/_uxusb0mOf_Y/TcB0ofQ8ecI/AAAAAAAABGQ/K3_tgwt3MqE/IMG_5929-2_thumb.jpg?imgmax=800" width="155" height="240" /></a>The No. 1 “Caroline”, named after the Railroad owner’s granddaughter, is a 5/8 scale replica 1860s 4-4-0 built by Disney Imagineer Bob Harpur of Wilmington, California in 1968. Its former residence was in Astroworld in Houston, Texas. This engine was not running at the time I arrived, but was visible on the train ride around the ranch. </p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p> <a href="http://lh5.ggpht.com/_uxusb0mOf_Y/TcB0qRK_C3I/AAAAAAAABGU/bXvPi9YDKKY/s1600-h/IMG_5897.jpg"><img style="margin: 7px 0px 10px 2px; display: inline; float: right" title="I want this." alt="" align="right" src="http://lh6.ggpht.com/_uxusb0mOf_Y/TcB0q80-B6I/AAAAAAAABGY/wbmyP-1r-a0/IMG_5897_thumb.jpg?imgmax=800" width="240" height="160" /></a>The No. 4 “Deanna” of the Sanstone Crag Loop Line, an 0-4-2T built by Baldwin in 1891 for the Kaiwiki Sugar Co. in Ookala, Hawaii was pulling a charming passenger train. This beautiful engine was shiny, bold, and stunning! In my opinion, perfect for a back yard railroad, Ward Kimball style! Which, I might add, I totally want now!! </p> <p> </p> <p><a href="http://lh6.ggpht.com/_uxusb0mOf_Y/TcB0rhLnZbI/AAAAAAAABGc/uaQpQKAkqCc/s1600-h/IMG_5894-2.jpg"><img style="margin: 4px 8px 0px 0px; display: inline; float: left" title="All aboard!! " alt="" align="left" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgjXoHZEXz0c1KTt8RpO7IEmlM5cfJ21fjO4Oi1F07W2VxEbQBPwBbhZC_O9vfPiv_OFVBAJ2SiYJ9nv1J-QadRLhvzVXN1IIubJzE0raute4MxX03OQTJ9sI3eoSzgAotuVKRsSw/?imgmax=800" width="240" height="223" /></a>The No. 3 “Melodia” was built as an 0-6-2T by H.K. Porter in 1897. It was purchased by the Barker & LePine Sugar Cane Co. of LaFourche Crossing, Louisiana. After her retirement in 1953, she was rebuilt in 1964 as a 2-6-2 and worked in several amusement parks. This day she was hauling two of the four Disneyland cars: the 102 <em>Navajo Chief</em> and the 105 <em>Painted Desert</em>. </p> <p> </p> <p>The No. 2 “Roger Linn”, the most famous locomotive on the Pacific Coast roster, is a 1922 Vulcan 2-4-0 and was featured in the series <em>“Dr. Quinn: Medicine Woman”</em>. It was originally a quarry engine in Lehigh, Illinois until1960.  The “Roger Linn”, a jet black engine which reminded me of a less fancy E.P. Ripley, was pulling Disneyland coach 104 <em>Land of Pueblos</em> that I rode in, <a href="http://lh3.ggpht.com/_uxusb0mOf_Y/TcB0srs43xI/AAAAAAAABGk/pwI0Rtq9nH0/s1600-h/IMG_5901.jpg"><img style="margin: 7px 0px 0px 5px; display: inline; float: right" title="Ooooohh... " alt="" align="right" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhObLR0SopCwVgNR8qjRCIVE7JP3Rm1AM96tkUXlzcnvBbC18zzevbb3kjZehy3lo4I-xjiW53ljxhHBuzGEcn6HYRNLXtt8t4oQfbjgD2nA1GUmRFfQ1GT_sB3l3PxYfbSP4cBzg/?imgmax=800" width="240" height="160" /></a>and I was literally so excited to get in the coach, that I did not take any shots of the exterior of the engine, but I got some nice interior shots, which you’ll see below.</p> <p>I boarded my <em>Land of Pueblos</em> coach and was very pleased to see that so much has remained of the interior of the coach. </p> <p> </p> <p align="center">Running along the top of the coach are beautiful panels of etched glass which are still in tact and lovely. </p> <p align="center"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg_XpdJ-r5A5sReWqBiwy071lnETR7ag4NxHvf6xKShv3UvUZUdDjKB200uCUi6tdENJcD2tiHwE8D7bCnnCSBq67sngLTNKSargT-hsSFYzMYZ9X9Iz-9GGIyvE9wHLQBccmxXCQ/s1600-h/IMG_5902.jpg"><img style="display: inline" title="Ahhhhhh... " alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiKb6nxLloDAJyAE8zafLG6mcS1PagcDhx0fx_t8Md1vq4H1PydHLJSGuzfMR1oLLMV2LXAQN2Eq6gtPY32URi0s0OB7nCIY7eWX4QgHiNQkU8xPGwdwocHC-cjKBEZZE0vwu9eQQ/?imgmax=800" width="240" height="160" /></a></p> <p align="center">The wood in the interior was still in quite good condition, save for some water damage here and there and worn flooring.   </p> <p align="center"><a href="http://lh4.ggpht.com/_uxusb0mOf_Y/TcB0u4LU1bI/AAAAAAAABG0/OgKgMfiKziM/s1600-h/IMG_5945.jpg"><img style="margin: 7px auto 0px; display: block; float: none" title="On board!" alt="" src="http://lh3.ggpht.com/_uxusb0mOf_Y/TcB0vJ1mSNI/AAAAAAAABG4/AXQynTmSADE/IMG_5945_thumb.jpg?imgmax=800" width="160" height="240" /></a></p> <p align="center">The painted  peachy pink flourishes have faded out some, but are still visible and very beautiful.</p> <p align="center"><a href="http://lh6.ggpht.com/_uxusb0mOf_Y/TcB0_IoFAqI/AAAAAAAABG8/00WkwN_l_H4/s1600-h/IMG_5905.jpg"><img style="display: block; float: none; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto" title="Were they always peachy pink?" alt="" src="http://lh3.ggpht.com/_uxusb0mOf_Y/TcB0_mK8qEI/AAAAAAAABHA/rdpMZIf6Kyo/IMG_5905_thumb.jpg?imgmax=800" width="160" height="240" /></a></p> <p align="center">The lighting I found especially lovely and in great condition. The speaker, which no doubt narrated the guests’ tour around Disneyland on opening day and beyond was looking superior as well. </p> <p align="center"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEixLhZ1Qnjuj7kAXVW4dQAofFgF4qLdxzBZ-D4cnPoiNx6UQSYzTR_g82GeaT66jABvdHJwzbn9KxRI-8A4SeIRJNNxL6kIBJoseEfA-JZ_iTZVQe6WVJlap-S9lc9-DZn_q8Bv4w/s1600-h/IMG_59049.jpg"><img style="display: inline" title="Oh the sounds that came from that!" alt="" src="http://lh6.ggpht.com/_uxusb0mOf_Y/TcB1At1LWZI/AAAAAAAABHI/kRJJ-ZcC-is/IMG_5904_thumb3.jpg?imgmax=800" width="160" height="240" /></a></p> <p align="center"><a href="http://lh3.ggpht.com/_uxusb0mOf_Y/TcB1A1fzdNI/AAAAAAAABHM/zjeSsa7ELU4/s1600-h/IMG_5944.jpg"><img style="display: inline" title="Beautiful lighting!" alt="" src="http://lh3.ggpht.com/_uxusb0mOf_Y/TcB1Bfw12gI/AAAAAAAABHQ/CpiPASNaD6E/IMG_5944_thumb.jpg?imgmax=800" width="240" height="160" /></a></p> <p align="center"><a href="http://lh6.ggpht.com/_uxusb0mOf_Y/TcB1B9-qMRI/AAAAAAAABHU/t_fJVnEITS8/s1600-h/IMG_59034.jpg"><img style="display: inline" title="" alt="" src="http://lh6.ggpht.com/_uxusb0mOf_Y/TcB1CFpd3XI/AAAAAAAABHY/ssayDIaqpuk/IMG_5903_thumb1.jpg?imgmax=800" width="160" height="240" /></a></p> <p align="center">Seating in the coach reminded me of the yellow school buses I used to ride as a small child, only shorter. I am assuming these are original, but if they are not and somebody knows better than I do, please let me know. The seats ran down the length of the coach, but near the door they were placed lengthwise as such: </p> <p align="left"><a href="http://lh5.ggpht.com/_uxusb0mOf_Y/TcB1CiQ6yAI/AAAAAAAABHc/-E87CmekNEk/s1600-h/IMG_5907.jpg"><img style="display: block; float: none; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto" title="Space saver seating." alt="" src="http://lh5.ggpht.com/_uxusb0mOf_Y/TcB1DKIIXAI/AAAAAAAABHg/kNfbvzSfXNc/IMG_5907_thumb.jpg?imgmax=800" width="240" height="160" /></a></p> <p>Even behind the doors at both ends! No waste of space was permitted, evidently! </p> <p align="center"><a href="http://lh3.ggpht.com/_uxusb0mOf_Y/TcB1Djrga5I/AAAAAAAABHk/B2xG9cMqNok/s1600-h/IMG_59204.jpg"><img style="display: inline" title="Hey, Mr. Engineer!" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgGLk-Wxvfh_eNMjX1KZVRqrwZbjJPBmw6yfEws74w77DlavkiXgiJ7I8niCtgEqli_q6Qgn4i6Mr92MqBprOI8tAqWLohNcYXl-mwyvnj78LLPhekgCXly8FNW7yjUEJxtDSFy3A/?imgmax=800" width="160" height="240" /></a></p> <p align="center">I got some weird kick out of the windows, which to me felt so authentic. They were a bit like an old school bus only not- I wasn’t in fear of chopping off a digit as I was on a school bus. They push upwards, and the latches were great. </p> <p align="center"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh25FXx9EfBhCVPSiSQNp89QBPSXJOTohMPqxNjv0HV0719Ve3cL_e3SK97CJWbW2dQBVMPVvMrIvo0x4pNhb5k9I61v7WmpWGIrOTtm1515JJaswUPP9vTOGWatbCtvcjrXNwMMQ/s1600-h/IMG_59234.jpg"><img style="display: inline" title="Lovely landscape." alt="" src="http://lh3.ggpht.com/_uxusb0mOf_Y/TcB1E7ofqsI/AAAAAAAABHw/9zTPBrWiiaA/IMG_5923_thumb1.jpg?imgmax=800" width="160" height="240" /></a></p> <p align="center">Here are some interior shots of the “Roger Linn”. I loved seeing them dump the coal inside and stoke the flames. Great stuff!! And check out that woodwork!! Completely gorgeous inside! </p> <p align="center"><a href="http://lh5.ggpht.com/_uxusb0mOf_Y/TcB1FfELyHI/AAAAAAAABH0/6r5TRCAILw4/s1600-h/IMG_5913%5B1%5D.jpg"><img style="display: inline" title="Cherried." alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjDgSR8LGrT_wZ8vgyClqORsOzBNNGbl0ECSCRG95E6bgy7CY3t6VdwafyyYJ93rpbbPD5-MqrQOQy3EN0F7UOx5jgtf4yc1NZ9GpxdcODJFw6tO_oaHvYtCD9Ck_EZWveJs3iGRw/?imgmax=800" width="240" height="160" /></a></p> <p align="center"><a href="http://lh4.ggpht.com/_uxusb0mOf_Y/TcB1GejmJPI/AAAAAAAABH8/HlWaDyjki7c/s1600-h/IMG_59144.jpg"><img style="display: inline" title="" alt="" src="http://lh3.ggpht.com/_uxusb0mOf_Y/TcB1HDd2QpI/AAAAAAAABIA/1H3pveHx-0g/IMG_5914_thumb1.jpg?imgmax=800" width="160" height="240" /></a></p> <p align="center"><a href="http://lh6.ggpht.com/_uxusb0mOf_Y/TcB1H_sGhcI/AAAAAAAABIE/wqv4Z9nwMxQ/s1600-h/IMG_5917.jpg"><img style="display: inline" title="I've been workin' on the railroad..." alt="" src="http://lh3.ggpht.com/_uxusb0mOf_Y/TcB1IFXGAdI/AAAAAAAABII/2d8RIdwOTIY/IMG_5917_thumb.jpg?imgmax=800" width="240" height="160" /></a></p> <p align="center"><a href="http://lh4.ggpht.com/_uxusb0mOf_Y/TcB1ImxJPXI/AAAAAAAABIM/8JUP4OSSTP8/s1600-h/IMG_59094.jpg"><img style="display: inline" title="Stoking the flames." alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjWw4uuVG4qwJIEejj8oBGhxvT-4qpcx1xW7OzUnt3CwCAiuIaA9JsZUfkIkU6zEyUGvGxSFrEL6CUD4_IGt8vi2CKAUFBLTm30ZTm15oXQ5taVBnR9_TFNTF5ND3Xoye54JFPRXQ/?imgmax=800" width="160" height="240" /></a></p> <p align="center"><a href="http://lh6.ggpht.com/_uxusb0mOf_Y/TcB1Jo4T70I/AAAAAAAABIU/Pzrs83dOPtI/s1600-h/IMG_59374.jpg"><img style="display: inline" title="Big flames!" alt="" src="http://lh5.ggpht.com/_uxusb0mOf_Y/TcB1KPSgMFI/AAAAAAAABIY/mY3v3rpi7Dc/IMG_5937_thumb1.jpg?imgmax=800" width="160" height="240" /></a><a href="http://lh6.ggpht.com/_uxusb0mOf_Y/TcB1Kq_HJoI/AAAAAAAABIc/UgBJVGuJ5lY/s1600-h/IMG_59384.jpg"><img style="display: inline" title="A girl would have closed it with a pot holder." alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgus9kXp1W5g1dYchPYZ_fT1pHhUh42ME495sN0w-XtBiLORsvn1kMiZLGF8IVeNhWTF3OzyJup1Nnpm1xTBDDuXgUM5iO2XyPrLHfaWDhgFWLKZKG7E7toLcD9eIDHk89O9csiOg/?imgmax=800" width="160" height="240" /></a></p> <p>Overall, the trip around the ranch was incredible. I noticed a very large difference in riding that coach as compared with the cars currently at Disneyland. There was a feeling of total authenticity about these cars that isn’t present now. I understand the current cars are better to view the sights and diorama, but I truly felt like I had been transported to the past while I rode the <em>Land of Pueblos</em>. I felt really privileged to experience the ride on open land, as well. There was something about the natural environment, the distinct smell of the smoke coming from the engine, and the sound of the whistle (I could have bottled that!) that was so wonderful. It seemed like I could have been anywhere in 18whatever, traveling to some new and distant location. I felt like Clara on the train in the third <em>Back to the Future</em> film (not hanging off of it, no)! It was a remarkable experience that I would recommend to anyone who has the capability of attending next year.</p> <p align="center">Here are some final photos to end our little tour… </p> <p align="center"><a href="http://lh3.ggpht.com/_uxusb0mOf_Y/TcB2cvkAVeI/AAAAAAAABIk/krn3bQKEYbo/s1600-h/IMG_5931.jpg"><img style="display: inline" title="" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgCvxbV1lGsFPjljkQC_zVAv4jDFVzd_892x2uvg7_GPCOUY_HjVTapTXiJm73yg3bbtgDEyawq5qyguiXJ4-GG1sBGoNrSWjqLVJQBsDFbIm40bo6Nl9-ugb-giBP8Q6zxj5IsOA/?imgmax=800" width="240" height="160" /></a></p> <p align="center">Here is the fourth car, 103, which has been renamed. I would assume the original lettering reading <em>Rocky Mountains</em> still resides under the plaque that reads “Mary Frances”. I like how it kept the look of the original Disneyland signage. “If it ain’t broke, don’t fix it,” right? </p> <p align="center"><a href="http://lh3.ggpht.com/_uxusb0mOf_Y/TcCX6XhdfYI/AAAAAAAABJ0/hKAUpAmYLp0/s1600-h/IMG_5933%5B1%5D.jpg"><img style="display: inline" title="Avila? No. Disneyland, thank you. " alt="" src="http://lh4.ggpht.com/_uxusb0mOf_Y/TcCGM40MhYI/AAAAAAAABJ4/najzXCNLHUg/IMG_5933_thumb%5B1%5D.jpg?imgmax=800" width="240" height="160" /></a></p> <p align="center">Here is the back of coach 105 <em>Painted Desert </em>down the tracks.</p> <p><a href="http://lh3.ggpht.com/_uxusb0mOf_Y/TcCGNSMRQnI/AAAAAAAABI0/Sr24MsAxMEM/s1600-h/IMG_59694.jpg"><img style="display: block; float: none; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto" title="At rest... " alt="" src="http://lh6.ggpht.com/_uxusb0mOf_Y/TcCGNxTCmMI/AAAAAAAABI4/1hmMfUmRjz0/IMG_5969_thumb1.jpg?imgmax=800" width="160" height="240" /></a></p> <p align="center">Here is the back of <em>Land of Pueblos</em> and a side shot as well. You can make out the “Roger Linn” a bit, too. </p> <p align="center"><a href="http://lh3.ggpht.com/_uxusb0mOf_Y/TcCGOsNgfmI/AAAAAAAABI8/qUBDIVxVmUI/s1600-h/IMG_59474.jpg"><img style="display: inline" title="It's the backside of... train. " alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjqPZdVyEjPIzvHDTvTMM4lxU4SVYz_stH03Cqa3k1rj_QNpHjP9qlxCQZ7-t8IXt_xHqrLTBEOPS5D68XnGlH91oMLdHzwCapQY_cMcsDA9A4CyOkfGSP_HA2YZseUjBARI-utpg/?imgmax=800" width="160" height="240" /></a></p> <p align="center"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjMn01uwL0i7Jx-NGzAdqsZvH9LhVTovJ6BF6J4wE3RqaGsX_3XQeCBfZ45caeDdArY8xsb_Z8fEDmn8ISKvDw5h4eaoUoF3wq-rzqpfsisC7zIzrgg_If1i0dG1ijRrgQXKysLhA/s1600-h/IMG_5948.jpg"><img style="display: inline" title="I wanted to take this home with me. " alt="" src="http://lh5.ggpht.com/_uxusb0mOf_Y/TcCGP4sVu3I/AAAAAAAABJI/_ugNkWZN52E/IMG_5948_thumb.jpg?imgmax=800" width="240" height="160" /></a></p> <p align="center">In addition to the main railroads, the event had a barbecue, a brewery truck from Central Coast Brewing, wine from a local winery, and much railroad paraphernalia. What I really found fascinating was the inside of the Asistencia Barn, which was built in 1780 by the Chumash Indians  and was part of Mission San Luis Obispo de Tolosa and the first stone and mortar building in California. It served as a place of worship when padres from the Mission San Luis Obispo  came to visit. It looks like this down the entire length of the barn on both sides. </p> <p align="center"><a href="http://lh5.ggpht.com/_uxusb0mOf_Y/TcCGQeKD5XI/AAAAAAAABJM/tVx_vBPF3xs/s1600-h/IMG_5951.jpg"><img style="display: inline" title="Looks right off the Zorro set, no?" alt="" src="http://lh5.ggpht.com/_uxusb0mOf_Y/TcCGTAPgCfI/AAAAAAAABJQ/oO1FMycKp78/IMG_5951_thumb.jpg?imgmax=800" width="240" height="160" /></a></p> <p align="center">I thought this little train was adorable! I don’t know if it was for sale, but I could do with this for starters! </p> <p align="center"><a href="http://lh3.ggpht.com/_uxusb0mOf_Y/TcCGTqMQwPI/AAAAAAAABJU/ZSX-NrS3DmM/s1600-h/IMG_5962%5B5%5D.jpg"><img style="display: inline" title="I want the full size, but this might be more my speed right now." alt="" src="http://lh3.ggpht.com/_uxusb0mOf_Y/TcCGTxg7ChI/AAAAAAAABJY/tgUr3ubCkMI/IMG_5962_thumb%5B2%5D.jpg?imgmax=800" width="240" height="160" /></a></p> <p align="center">I bought a pin from these two, who were just adorable all dressed up in their gear. Do note how Disney their nametags look.</p> <p align="center"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjwD8om7RoLBpTWxghrjNXNXScUwz2daDPUQS00bvVfXSO66pv0BDZYgICVJzZyDDO0wzvvzCoqEpXnRni84Qy32fYSAsCiX5v4M8HP6na9G9AERGzt-tGZ6aAwoSdjXKf051efIA/s1600-h/IMG_5965%5B5%5D.jpg"><img style="display: inline" title="Thanks for a great event, boys! " alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi6dW191gKOgy_t0rBLXfBA0_tNWRZFud6QLb1-SOS3StIX5a9ADkmg-4wCgmhBRHFTcqOFMg_jd0B9syymsrA3WYI74rPlzKXEsUxUw7sbv2kb4VW4slAwocQT1CH4g_XLWhNycA/?imgmax=800" width="240" height="160" /></a></p> <p>For those interested in more info on the Roundup and the San Luis Obispo Railroad Museum, here is an excerpt from their literature: </p> <p><strong></strong></p> <blockquote> <p>Proceeds from the Railroad Roundup will benefit the San Luis Obispo Railroad Museum's efforts to refurbish its museum building in San Luis Obispo's historic railroad district. Museum members have been working for over a decade with The City of San Luis Obispo to refurbish the new museum home in the historic Southern Pacific freight house which is just south of San Luis Obispo's Amtrak Station. Plans are being made for the museum to be open on a regular schedule by the middle of 2012. The interior of the Museum is nearing completion and will open for a "sneak preview" for the first time for numerous activities during the Central Coast Railroad Festival on October 6-10, 2011.</p> </blockquote> <p>I hope you all enjoyed our little trip! If you’re interested in riding these, you might want to hop on over to this <a href="http://www.carolwood.org/event.html">link</a>. There is an upcoming event hosted by the Carolwood Foundation this month that will also take place at the Santa Margarita Ranch with the 4 Disneyland cars plus the Retlaw 1 Combine which was the first car in the line of coaches on the Disneyland Railroad. It is the first time they have been together in over 35 years. </p> Tinker Bellhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06735289661082929269noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29087958.post-85096654058991716592011-04-22T14:57:00.001-07:002011-04-22T14:58:04.416-07:00Snow White Meets Huell Howser<div style="padding-bottom: 0px; margin: 0px auto; padding-left: 0px; width: 514px; padding-right: 0px; display: block; float: none; padding-top: 10px" id="scid:5737277B-5D6D-4f48-ABFC-DD9C333F4C5D:fdc8984a-3c63-4f55-a265-8b57303a73e1" class="wlWriterEditableSmartContent"><div id="7ec55c5c-abf2-41d2-895a-45b5fea8bc41" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; display: inline;"><div><a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PFfgRmZXJT0" target="_new"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgm_JmyDHBja4PRMQfPNe7PfZ3qDajXQIKz4iSUgN-dAOB4NIUKUja3povTOVBBmtSjM7Qb3OawT5lOWz6zk6YB_eYJeAPgYfaybra54TEx07xkilFgfCZ4dDp5NeFRjwiKW1xyXg/?imgmax=800" style="border-style: none" galleryimg="no" onload="var downlevelDiv = document.getElementById('7ec55c5c-abf2-41d2-895a-45b5fea8bc41'); downlevelDiv.innerHTML = "<div><object width=\"514\" height=\"286\"><param name=\"movie\" value=\"http://www.youtube.com/v/PFfgRmZXJT0?hl=en&hd=1\"><\/param><embed src=\"http://www.youtube.com/v/PFfgRmZXJT0?hl=en&hd=1\" type=\"application/x-shockwave-flash\" width=\"514\" height=\"286\"><\/embed><\/object><\/div>";" alt=""></a></div></div><div style="width:514px;clear:both;font-size:.8em">Adriana Caselotti- The Voice of Snow White</div></div> <p>This is a great little video from 1986 featuring Adriana Caselotti, the voice of Snow White, and a very young Huell Howser. </p> <p>Adriana speaks of recording her part and the lack of instrumentation or other actors around her, which I was not aware of. </p> <p>Adriana is just as adorable as ever, and she can still hit the high notes beautifully in this segment. And Huell, any Californians with PBS will know him well. I would not have recognized him but for that familiar voice of his. </p> <p>Just a nice piece to take a look at. </p> <p>Happy Easter weekend, everyone! </p> Tinker Bellhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06735289661082929269noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29087958.post-51344965609937314042011-04-12T21:31:00.001-07:002011-04-12T21:47:23.501-07:00World of Flowers - Part 2<p>We are making the big jump from Frontierland to Tomorrowland today. If you’re totally lost, have a quick visit <a href="http://aracuanbird.blogspot.com/2011/03/world-of-flowers-part-1.html">here</a> to catch up with the rest of the class. </p> <p>California Poppies highlight the Monorail in this first photo. The use of color here is a little less obvious than it was for Frontierland. <a href="http://lh6.ggpht.com/_uxusb0mOf_Y/TaUnG7YFQoI/AAAAAAAABFk/_nKqUDV3VmU/s1600-h/006%5B6%5D.jpg"><img style="margin: 6px 9px 0px 0px; display: inline; float: left" title="Monorail Yellow-Orange" alt="" align="left" src="http://lh6.ggpht.com/_uxusb0mOf_Y/TaUnHWbfqyI/AAAAAAAABFo/jwX7kKQCTFY/006_thumb%5B3%5D.jpg?imgmax=800" width="236" height="300" /></a>In that land, the color mimicked that of the attractions, but here we have the color underscoring and supporting them. Orange and purple are very striking, energetic colors, especially when paired together. They suggest strength, an abundance of life, and percolating energy. They beckon the visitor by saying, “C’mon over! This is for you! This is where the action is!” Of course, Tomorrowland really was where the action was at this point. It was the hub of transportation, progress, and forward thinking. Everything was in motion. Using these colors together really gives the land an extra punch of liveliness, especially around the transportation based areas. Also note the contrast of the poppies against the aqua blue lagoon (not in the photo) as the Monorail would continue its journey over to Monorail Station. Do also pay attention to the  lack of dull, grey tones that convey no sense of optimism whatsoever. The grays used here around the landscaping are silvery due to their metallic nature. They reflect the light and thus appear to be energized; and of course, anything that reflects light is an instant attention grabber. </p> <p>Meanwhile, in another area of Tomorrowland, sat the House of the Future (HoF).  Fresh, funky, and geometric, the HoF served to set the stage and anchor the identity of the land. As you approached the hub and looked to your right, it was a “What’s that?!”  or what Walt termed a “weenie”- something that pulled guests’ interest and attention to it. <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhNtozHKcbKYUUkgAgnBYI3urKRE4rro18a12pB4uFHcADqSNUnORS-hjtZAd71KNAlhTf8xbIkYQbAN9FbG7YqOe-2jx1BQyKZoER5PUdXkZOOvuYTwnLAZ5Srl00GYqWD0PsIuw/s1600-h/007%5B15%5D.jpg"><img style="margin: 6px 9px 0px 0px; display: inline; float: left" title="HoF by the sea" alt="" align="left" src="http://lh4.ggpht.com/_uxusb0mOf_Y/TaUnIYLFi_I/AAAAAAAABFw/c0mFTZ4ZEUE/007_thumb%5B12%5D.jpg?imgmax=800" width="357" height="200" /></a>When you ventured over to the HoF, the landscape is not all poppies and energy as it is deeper into Tomorrowland. Doing that here would be far too shocking for the transition from Main Street into Tomorrowland. Something neutral was needed, and for neutral landscaping, green is the way to go. But, pay close attention to the greenery used in this picture. They are also funky and geometric in appearance offering “weird”, unexpected, and clumpy forms, not entirely unlike the HoF. Also note the variance of greens. The blue tones of some of the greenery are beautifully harmonious with the blue accents of the HoF and even keep your eye moving from landscape to architecture and vice versa. The abundance of green here also gives the audience a feeling of comfort and balance by injecting plenty of nature to an otherwise plastic and concrete, man-made location.The rocks placed around the small body of water mimic the flat planes of the architecture, while also supporting the greenery on top of them in a comfortably contrasting way. The water assists by helping to lend a sense of atmospheric comfort that helps “sell” the HoF as something just as serene as the ideal home they were already familiar with. Making a choice to omit the water would make this corner seem a little too extreme and more than a bit outlandish and uncomfortable.   Everything about this location is a balance between the stability we require in and around a home (nature, gardens, water, colors, shapes, and textures) , and the prospect of what home one day could be (concrete walkways, railings, geometric, flat, colorless, plastic panels). It works perfectly. Brilliance everywhere you turn!  </p> <p>More to come! </p> Tinker Bellhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06735289661082929269noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29087958.post-52672490007178218822011-04-09T19:15:00.001-07:002011-04-09T19:15:10.162-07:00Must not miss…!<p> </p> <p align="center"><img style="display: inline" title="1338797606_2215a14b51_o" alt="1338797606_2215a14b51_o" src="http://lh3.ggpht.com/_uxusb0mOf_Y/TaESrIY1rII/AAAAAAAABFQ/ZNGsUiI0N8E/1338797606_2215a14b51_o%5B11%5D.jpg?imgmax=800" width="439" height="300" /></p> <p>Just a super fast post today. I just wanted to direct all of you to make time in your day to view the 300+ fabulous vintage photos of Disneyland located <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/wishbook/sets/72157601900852423/with/1338206310/">here</a>. These are some of the best I’ve seen! There are some really interesting angles and views of the park that are rarely captured in other photos. It’s obvious that the person taking them was either a photographer, or just quite talented at taking some snaps. </p> <p>The photos are also very high quality (and very large if you like to zoom in and check out small details). Have at ‘em!! </p> <p>(If other people have noted these on their own awesome blogs, my apologies for the repeat. I don’t have a minute right now to check that out. But it’s always worth another look!)</p> <p>Happy weekend, everyone!</p> Tinker Bellhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06735289661082929269noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29087958.post-48111638005002504882011-03-28T23:04:00.001-07:002011-03-28T23:10:01.920-07:00Meet Walt.<p>Some of my wonderful readers have also become friends and we chat art now and then; for these people the following will be no surprise. </p> <p>For those of you who don’t know, I am a fine artist, and I’ve decided to dedicate 2011 to Disney-related works. I have just finished my first for the year which is a portrait of Walt Disney from a photo shoot dated October 1949. </p> <p>I am very happy to share this year’s worth of paintings with all of you and hope you enjoy the first installment: </p> <p><img style="display: block; float: none; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto" title="Walt Disney, 1949 - By Devyn Samara, 2011" alt="Walt Disney, 1949 - By Devyn Samara, 2011" src="http://lh6.ggpht.com/_uxusb0mOf_Y/TZF2iodWnJI/AAAAAAAABEE/mc2zXlICqZE/Walt%20Disney%2C%201949%20by%20Devyn%20Samara%2C%202011%5B35%5D.jpg?imgmax=800" width="358" height="480" /></p> <p>“Walter Elias Disney, 1949” oil on canvas, 18” x 24” by Devyn Samara.</p> Tinker Bellhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06735289661082929269noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29087958.post-21346387681897828592011-03-28T22:48:00.001-07:002011-03-28T23:07:22.763-07:00A World of Flowers! - Part 1<p>It’s great when your friends find fun Disney stuff for you at flea markets! One such find is a book I had been searching for for a while called <em>Walt Disney Disneyland World of Flowers</em> by Morgan Evans, © 1965. </p> <p>Making it that much more fun was the little find that was paper clipped inside: two samples of stationery from Walt Disney Productions detailing the journey this book has been on. <a href="http://lh4.ggpht.com/_uxusb0mOf_Y/TZFyr1izPrI/AAAAAAAABEI/tcSZ9TCxQi4/s1600-h/002.jpg"><img style="margin: 11px auto 0px; display: block; float: none" title="002" alt="002" src="http://lh5.ggpht.com/_uxusb0mOf_Y/TZFyt-3czGI/AAAAAAAABEM/LbuYoOrisfo/002_thumb%5B1%5D.jpg?imgmax=800" width="190" height="240" /></a><a href="http://lh5.ggpht.com/_uxusb0mOf_Y/TZFyuozp07I/AAAAAAAABEQ/aqauGQB0kJo/s1600-h/003.jpg"><img style="margin: 11px auto 0px; display: block; float: none" title="003" alt="003" src="http://lh6.ggpht.com/_uxusb0mOf_Y/TZFyu0m5L7I/AAAAAAAABEU/hdnifUZUHy0/003_thumb.jpg?imgmax=800" width="149" height="225" /></a></p> <p>Inside this book are some of my absolute favorite photographs of Disneyland in its early days. What I especially love about this book is how it brings the reader’s attention to the brilliance and importance of the landscaping in the park. I will be posting some of the photos from the book and talking a little about them throughout my next posts. </p> <p>First thing’s first, though. We must begin with the introduction, signed by Walt Disney: </p> <blockquote> <p>“This is the story of the landscape at Disneyland. </p> <p>In a sense, Disneyland is a stage- a most unusual stage. Members of the Disneyland audience, unlike the audience at a motion picture or a Broadway show, do not simply look on. They participate in the drama, the adventure, or comedy. They walk onto the stage. They move through the sets. They touch the props. They examine the set dressings. And so sets, props, and dressings must be authentic. </p> <p>At Disneyland, a jungle must have a jungle landscape. The Rivers of America must be banked by trees which are indigenous to American rivers. And a Living Desert must, in truth, appear as a living desert. </p> <p>To achieve the right effect, our Disneyland landscape architects combined their talents with those of builders and maintenance personnel and created a believable and authentic scene of nature’s own design. </p> <p>In giving credit for the landscaping at the Park, it is impossible to mention all who have contributed. Special plaudits are due to Ruth Patricia Shellhorn for her design of the formal Victorian plan for Main Street, the Town Square, and the Plaza. The trees and shrubs she selected in the spring of 1955 are still used. The late Jack Evans, to whom this book is dedicated, worked mightily to create authentic and delightful landscapes throughout the Park. Morgan Evans, a third generation horticulturist and brother of Jack Evans, has been supervising landscape architect at Disneyland since 1956.</p> <p>This book by Morgan Evans is the story of the living scenery at Disneyland. It is also a guide for those who wish to take a landscape tour of the Park’s unique international botanical collection.” – Walt Disney</p> </blockquote> <p>We will start with these two shots from Frontierland! <a href="http://lh5.ggpht.com/_uxusb0mOf_Y/TZFyvqEJHUI/AAAAAAAABEY/kD9KyHJsTjY/s1600-h/013.jpg"><img style="margin: 11px 15px 0px 0px; display: inline; float: left" title="013" alt="013" align="left" src="http://lh4.ggpht.com/_uxusb0mOf_Y/TZFywKVCegI/AAAAAAAABEc/q0Dx1i8THsE/013_thumb.jpg?imgmax=800" width="240" height="182" /></a>First off is the landscaping in the area around Fowler’s Harbor/soon to be New Orleans Square area. This area is probably closer to Fowler’s Harbor which would be towards the left of the photo.  Just walking around this area, you probably wouldn’t be that aware of the color play happening around you. Remember, this was pre- New Orleans Square, so even though certain elements are in place like the exterior of the Haunted Mansion, there were still plenty of retaining walls which are not fun to look at. Not only do the bright orange, peach, and yellow daisies pump this area up with visual interest, but they brilliantly match the bold colors and shapes of the Sailing Ship Columbia as she sails by; something the average guest would be quite aware of subconsciously. The intensity of the colors match the play of shadow and light on the ship beautifully. The white flowers soften the whole effect so it’s not too “in your face”, as well. Under the bright blue Anaheim sky, the contrasting appeal is definitely a winning combination! </p> <p>Moving east, just down a bit towards the bulk of the upcoming New Orleans Square area and the older New Orleans/Frontierland section comes this change in landscaping. <a href="http://lh3.ggpht.com/_uxusb0mOf_Y/TZFyxXsIk3I/AAAAAAAABEg/L5ztRjVvksc/s1600-h/016.jpg"><img style="margin: 11px 0px 0px 10px; display: inline; float: right" title="016" alt="016" align="right" src="http://lh6.ggpht.com/_uxusb0mOf_Y/TZFyxyoJTxI/AAAAAAAABEk/IcnWv2Awb1I/016_thumb.jpg?imgmax=800" width="190" height="240" /></a>There hasn’t been any major change in “land” as we’ve been walking, but the color switch is very evident. The  daisies have followed us on our walk and the white variety has led the way, increasing as we move east, now blending with a lighter shade of yellow and light lavender. The use of color in this area is also very interesting in that it mimics the Mark Twain in various lighting. The lavender picks up the cast shadows, the white obviously adopts the main color of the Mark Twain in the noon day sun, while the softer yellow daisies copy the highlights of color during dusk. The choice of flower is also sweetly frilly, adding to the charm of the area and details on the boat. Also note the pop of deeper reds and purples used very sparingly to break up the landscaping just enough to add a slight wild-grown quality to it and help begin the transition back up to the Fowler’s Harbor area. Fantastic! </p> <p>More to come! Check back soon. :)</p> Tinker Bellhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06735289661082929269noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29087958.post-41429302592986502452011-02-17T20:37:00.001-08:002011-03-28T23:08:16.800-07:00Disney on Ancestry… and in my own?<p><a href="http://lh3.ggpht.com/_uxusb0mOf_Y/TV33m8zym7I/AAAAAAAABEo/QA4e9cFxSr8/s1600-h/Disney-1910-census.png"><img style="display: block; float: none; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto" title="Disney 1910 census" alt="Disney 1910 census" src="http://lh4.ggpht.com/_uxusb0mOf_Y/TV33nfwl6pI/AAAAAAAABEs/GpUwjZ_FC6I/Disney-1910-census_thumb.png?imgmax=800" width="240" height="160" /></a></p> <p><a href="http://www.ancestry.com">Ancestry.com</a> is allowing free viewing of their newly updated 1910 US Census records through February 21. If you have not caught the genealogy bug as I have this won’t mean much to you, but as a “just for fun” I have attached the page listing Walt & family when they were living back in Marceline. It’s pretty neat to take a look at! </p> <p>As a side note… in my own ancestry lives a family named Swan from Ireland and Scotland. A family of Swans lives in Walt Disney’s ancestry, too. One such Swan, Maria (who married Arundel Elias Disney), is mentioned in both of our ancestries and I’d like to find out if they are one in the same and/or to which Swan family everyone belongs. Since Ancestry.com was no help to me last year on this matter, due entirely to lack of records from Ireland and Scotland, I’m wondering if anyone out there has done some more investigative searching into Walt’s genealogy, mainly the Swan family. If you have and would not mind sharing, I would love that dearly! Shoot me an email… art (at) devynsamara.com </p> <p>Have any of my readers connected their lineage to Walt’s? </p> Tinker Bellhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06735289661082929269noreply@blogger.com1