Two Snoozles, September 1968
Today's Snoozles™ aren't that bad compared to some, but they're a little boring.
How about a closeup of faux flowers at the Flower Market? It's almost like looking into a tide pool full of anemones. A tide pool with a spinning wheel, right? That candelabra thingy is interesting, I wonder if that was for sale too? "I must have it! I'll give you one million dollars for it!". "I'm sorry sir, we don't care about money here in Disneyland". "Aw, sauerkraut".
Next is this perfectly-OK shot of Sleeping Beauty Castle. The lamps in the foreground would have done wonders for a stereo photo, but this is a dang mono photo. Meanwhile, there's THE STAIN, but we can't see THE DENT.
4 comments:
This is a nice picture. Although, the colors don't seem as vibrant as one would expect. But that slight dinginess gives it an antique look. And yes! They DO look like sea anemones in a tide pool! I like the small teacup-sized bouquets of tiny blooms. And we can see what appears to be hydrangeas in the background. I suppose it is appropriate that these are fake flowers. Disney excels at fake stuff; it's their stock in trade. Everything they do is 'fake'; an illusuion.
I suppose you're right about there being no Dent here, but I'm trying hard to convince myself that I can see it a bit anyway. A couple of those scaleless trees are as big as the Matterhorn! This one is also a nice picture. The photographer obviously tried to get an artsy composition here. It would've looked even better if the foreground lamppost was a liitle shorter, so as not to compete with the Castle. I don't see any Killer Swans, but we know they're lurking nearby.
These would have fit in just fine on any un-Snoozle day. Thanks, Major.
We had a spinning wheel planter exactly like the one in that first pic! I think my parents bought it in Colonial Williamsburg. My mom sold it some years back, when she and my aunt had a space in an antique mall. Too bad. I could sell it today on ebay, using this photo and claiming that it came from Disneyland! ;-)
We can't see the dent in the Castle roof, but we can see the dent in the top of the Matterhorn.
Thanks for the Snoozles, Major!
I like these pics. The Flower Market image has shade in the background which makes the flowers in front seem even more illuminated.
The second image has nice composition with the lamppost in front, castle in the middle and Matterhorn in back. I can see and feel the depth even without a stereo view.
Thanks, Major.
I agree with my fellow Junior Gorillas, these are very nice pictures and need no apologies.
I very much like the autumn toned flower arrangement. I see spider chrysanthemums and regular chrysanthemums, snapdragons, and hydrangeas, all of which we had in our garden, and some others I can’t identify. Yes, we know they are fake, that’s why we enjoy them so much, like the hippos in the Jungle Cruise. I’m sure that candelabra thing was for sale, and it would be expensive too.
And a perfectly fine photo of the Castle too. Everything appears well-composed, in focus, color is good, no spires cut off. All in all, quite nice. Bonus for the weird stain on the wall, which persists to this day. The more I think about it, it’s probably condensate from a furnace. Mine at home has a little vent pipe coming out of the wall that drips water when the furnace runs. The condensate is somewhat acidic as it has etched the sidewalk and made a little estuary on the way to the flower bed. The rooms in the Castle surely need heat and probably air conditioning too, and AC generates water in a similar way. Just one more odd little quirk that GDB has taken to heart. I think it’s funny because nearly everything in the Park is so carefully orchestrated that it’s unusual to see a mundane thing like this, and most guests never notice because of all the big amazing things.
Thanks Major!
JG
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