I found this on the side of a Gelateria.
I think the blue beads are not beads, but rather blueberries.
How refreshing is lemon gelato, in the summer?
Adore this face, big time!
Pics taken by Resa – February 28, 2023
Toronto, Canada
The artist:
Tag: Amateur Photography
Springing Forward aka The Dreaded DST
Timothy Price wrote a song about the Dreaded Daylight Savings Time. He then made a video for it using AI.
The song and video are funny & entertaining. To view the original post and the video in its full glory, click on Tim’s AI pic above! The video didn’t reblog, so I am reposting a lower resolution here.
The Dreaded DST
Lyrics and Music by Timothy Price
Inspired by Marina Kanavaki
Daylight blinds fools who have no skills
They create silly rules they are so unreal
Daylight’s scarce, why don’t we care?
We save it eight months out of… every year
Bedtime at ten feels like nine
Don’t feel sleepy? Have more wine
It’s midnight damn, the bottle’s empty
I’m still awake… I’m feeling pretty cranky
Now we’re on the dreaded DST
Body clocks are broken why can’t we see
That hour we save every single day
Is two-hundred forty hours of daylight that we have… stashed away
Alarm at five it feels like four
Like a zombie, I hit the door
Preparation-H on the old toothbrush
Toothpaste up my… Whew! What a rush
No time to shower, sleepin’ on the job,
Stinkin’ up the office, what a slob
Head bobs up and down, fishing at the screen
My boss is cranky… making quite a scene
Now we’re on the dreaded DST
Body clocks are broken why can’t we see
We can look forward to falling back
We get one hundred twenty hours of daylight from… our stash
We’ve changed to DST for 56 years
That’s six-thousand seven-hundred hours, my dear
Of daylight, we’ve been banking away
So let’s go spend it on our… sanity
Now we’re on the dreaded DST
Body clocks are broken why can’t we see
That hour we save every single day
Is two-hundred forty hours of daylight that we have… stashed away
Visit Tim’s blog for more Original Music, Parodies & Videos. There is also fab Photography, Art, Nature Delux, Seven Cats and More.
Blue Break
How did I get so busy? I need to chill!
I’m going to take a couple of weeks to work more diligently on Charlotte’s Art Gown, finish reading a couple of books, including John Howell’s “The Last Drive”. (lovin’ it!)
Visit blogs and do some reblogs, do the dentist and doctor thing, prepare my taxes for the accountant, catch up on emails and recover from the sling and arrow of last week.
There’s more for sure, like earning some $$$ and working on my film daze humorous anecdotes. Perhaps a beaver mural would have worked better?
Pics taken by Resa – December 21, 2022
Toronto, Canada
Anne Boleyn
Is it street art, or art in the street?
I instantly recognized the portrait of Anne Boleyn, set in a cold vortex of high rises.
Queen Consort Anne Boleyn was King Henry VIII ‘s second wife. She was beheaded for adultery (charges trumped up by Cromwell) on May 19, 1536. Anne Boleyn is the mother of Queen Elizabeth I.
The portrait in the street is a copy of the famous and only officially verified portrait of Anne Boleyn, that was painted in her lifetime. (Shown below) It is believed that images of her were destroyed to please the king. This is the sole survivor.
Even until today, paintings surface claiming status, but all are renounced.
Photo of the original (left) compared to my photo of the one in the street (right).
I had to go in on an angle to get a close up of her face.
Alongside Richard Burton as Henry the VIII, Geneviève Bujold played Anne Boleyn in the movie “Anne of the Thousand Days”
Elizabeth Taylor, wanted to play Anne Boleyn. At 37, she was rejected as too old. Elizabeth took a small walk on so she could be present at the shooting of the final Tower of London scene. She feared Richard Burton, and Geneviève Bujold were having an affair.
For that tidbit and more trivia about the movie, click on the pic of Elizabeth below.
Here is the infamous 20 second walk on.
Anne Boleyn’s sister Mary was Princess Diana Spencer’s 13th great-grandmother on her father’s side.
So then Mary Boleyn is William and Harry’s 14th great- grandmother on Diana’s father’s side? Does that mean Anne Bolyen is their 14th great-aunt on Diana’s father’s side?
There is a ton of history available on Anne Boleyn. I’ve included 1 link for ease.
In January 1973, Rick Wakeman released his debut solo album, “The Six Wives of Henry VIII. The 36.36 minute album has a piece for each wife. Here is Anne Boleyn.
Pic taken by Resa – February 28, 2023
Toronto, Canada
A Deere Deer
OR a Deere Dear. Turns out deere is not just a tractor brand, but an archaic spelling of both; deer and dear.
I can’t help but think of Timothy & Dale, as I write this. Tim because we were gagging around in comments with the word “deer/dear/deere”. Dale because she posted some pics of deer in her Wordless Wednesday spot on Marc’s blog.
Anyway, this is one of those high up murals that I had to try hard to capture.
It is a unique dear deer deere!
Pics taken by Resa – February 20, 2023
Toronto, Canada
TheArtist:
Hand detail
Mercury and Psyche
I went gaga when I laid eyes on this mural.
The translucency of of colours over words is intriguing to me.
The gods never looked so great!
Rising over 10 stories into the Toronto sky line, this tall boy was difficult to shoot with my IPhone.
Oh, and there was this ugly billboard four feet in front of it, so I had to shoot on an angle.
Ah, I get it! Pave paradise, put in a parking lot. Rectify with gorgeous art. Put bad asp billboard 4 feet in front of art. Next!
Pics taken by Resa – February 20, 2023
Toronto, Canada
The artists: PichiAvo (Pichi & Avo) – Valencia, Spain
Click on photo below to visit their website.
Spirits Moving
Found this in the entrance to the parking of a high rise.
It’s a mural, and a paste-up. It’s the biggest paste-up I’ve ever seen.
Pics taken by Resa – February 13, 2023
Toronto, Canada
The Artist:
Happy Valentine’s Day!
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