Yeesh! YEESH, do you hear?? I've got this batch of photo prints (possibly from 1965-ish) from a bunch that really only had one that was of particular interest - which you've already seen. Now I'm stuck using up the others - they might be terrible, but you get a lot of them! After today, there are another six, but some of those are at least a little bit of fun.
Here's a familiar group of crocodiles - you can only see two of them, though there is a third lurking behind that bush. My favorite pictures of these crocs are the ones with ducks taking a well-deserved (?) rest on the reptile's scaly backs. I hope they never flew over to the nearby Alligator Farm and tried the same stunt, because they would be ex-ducks.
The sheer number of critters in the "African Veldt" scene can't help but impress, but there are a lot of photos of them, many that are better than this humble snapshot.
I can't be mad at this old mill, part of Alice's village in Storybook Land. Alice bought flour from the mill to make her famous flapjacks. YES I READ THE BOOK!
Speaking of Storybook Land, you could see it from a Canal Boat OR from a Casey Junior Circus Train. Just do both, for gosh sakes. I never dreamed of running away to join the circus, but I'm always up for a ride on a circus train.
Major-
ReplyDeleteCheers for the old mill.
I've always heard stories of Toby Tyler (Kevin Corcoran), "Mister Stubbs" and you causing copious amounts of mischief on set of Toby Tyler, but shamefully all your scenes never made the final cut. (You can share the secret with me... I won't tell a soul-!)
Thanks, Major.
"I hope they never flew over to the nearby Alligator Farm and tried the same stunt, because they would be ex-ducks."
ReplyDeleteMajor, the alligators would be "ex-d," if those were AED's.
At first glance, the Casey Junior Circus Train photo looked like a real action shot - with the gal's blonde hair flying back. But upon closer inspection, I can't tell what I'm seeing flying off her head?? Maybe someone else can tell.
Fun fuzzy fotos! Thanks, Major.
"They might be terrible, but you get a lot of them!" Wow, such a deal! I feel so privileged! ;-)
ReplyDelete1) Hmmm, I wonder if the ducks could tell that these crocs weren't the real thing? And, like you said, would they try it on real crocs/gators?
2) This one is actually quite good, as Jungle Cruise photos go. But the composition isn't all that great. All the critters are looking to the left... where we can't see.
3) I don't know why, but the old mill looks like the small model that it is. The illusion of seeing something real just isn't there. Maybe it's because we're looking down at it, not at eye level?
4) The gardeners need to get busy and eradicate that infestation of White Spiders in the flower bed. I like that blue and gold 'dragon car'(?). It would've been nice if we could see more of the train, but I guess the photographer would have had to step back about 50 feet or so to get it.
Sue, I almost went the AED route in my comment as well! I'm not sure what that white stuff is flying from that girl's head, but it isn't hair. It looks like gauzy cloth; a scarf perhaps?
Ah, now that I've had my fill of snapshots, I feel satiated. Thanks, Major.
Out of all the many visits I made to DL in the 70s and 80s, I don't think I ever saw a duck standing on one of the Jungle Cruise alligators until the 1990s. I also never saw them walking around the houses in Storybook Land either, until around that same time. Was I just missing out on this kind of thing, or did the ducks tend to stay in the Rivers of America for the first several decades of the park? After all, the alligators in the first pic are the ones that used to be in the connecting waterway between the Rivers of America and the the Jungle Cruise.
ReplyDeleteAlice bought flour from the mill to make her famous flapjacks.
Major, you forgot to mention the tree next to the mill, which Alice would tap for syrup. And mucilage.
I'm not sure what that white stuff is flying from that girl's head, but it isn't hair. It looks like gauzy cloth; a scarf perhaps?
JB, if it is a scarf, hopefully it won't "Isadora Duncan" her!