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Post by Deleted on Aug 7, 2014 19:29:19 GMT
It's true that in the south, I always see lots of the fields at different stages. They must have a 4-to-6 week window for planting them, with the only important thing being for the crop to be ready by the end of September.
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Post by bixaorellana on Aug 11, 2014 4:25:17 GMT
Glorious! The visual treat of this thread was made even more interesting by having photos of three different people. Beautiful presentation, Htmb & Kerouac's contributions truly add to the whole. Yes, it would be super if Tod adds some autumn views!
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Post by htmb on Aug 12, 2014 10:34:43 GMT
Yes, for sure! We need to get Tod to Auvers.
Along the line of a little bit weird, I had a calendar made featuring a few of the photos I liked from the Paris portion of my trip. Each month has one large photograph (10 inches wide, 8 inches high) on the top portion of the hanging wall calendar. I received the calendar in the mail yesterday and on at least one of the pages I had placed pictures of the wheat fields in Auvers-sur-Oise. One particular photograph has revealed a surprise, and I assume it is due to either a flaw in the digital file, or an error in the printing process. The photo (which may even be the one I see Flickr is now refusing to show) is a wide shot of the fields. On the right portion of the calendar page, off into the distance, it looks like a beam of light is shining from down inside the wheat, up into the blue sky. The beam angles out just like it would if you were shining a powerful flashlight or other light source off into the distance, but the light beam goes straight up. I'll have to see if I can capture a picture of the page later to better explain what I'm seeing.
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Post by htmb on Feb 15, 2015 1:09:02 GMT
I recently watched the film Lust for Life, the adaption of Irving Stone's book about the life of Vincent Van Gogh. I thought it might be more appropriate to put mention of it here rather than bury it in the "recent small screen" thread. The film was made in 1956 and stars Kirk Douglas as Vincent, so it's a bit cheesy, to be sure. However, many different art museums cooperated in the production by allowing photographs of their Van Gogh collections, so the film is full of photos of colorful masterpieces. Anthony Quinn played the part of Paul Gauguin and earned an Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor. Some of the film was shot on location, including a scene showing "Vincent" descending steps leading down from the church in Auvers. Watching the film was not unpleasant and I feel I now have a better perspective of the time-line of events happening during Van Gogh's adult life.
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Post by htmb on Apr 8, 2015 2:25:01 GMT
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