Gift From the Far North

Yes, it snowed.  All day Tuesday.  It's gone now, thanks to a bright (but cold) sunny day.  We got about two inches, one of the latest snowfalls I can remember.  We can get flakes anytime in April, but enough to stay on the ground overnight is rare this late in the season.  The birds were not impressed, nor the flowering trees and regular flowers.

Our poor daffs.  taken with my good Fujifilm camera. 

 

I have a really old Polaroid camera, which still works (mostly).  It is being replaced by a newer model, on its way as I write.

I also have a much better Fuji Instax.  The scan is not very good compared to the original, which is very sharp and clean.  

 There is big news regarding Deb's mom and her move down to our area.  Hopefully tomorrow I will have good news.

 

And Mogi is making a remarkable recovery, now in day 12 since his surgery.  A new pic of him coming soon.  You won't believe how well he has healed.  What a guy! 

 

Deb's two weekend movie choices were The Bad and the Beautiful, from 1952, and David and Lisa, from 1962.  Other than both being in beautiful black and white, they have nothing else in common.  Bad is a Hollywood film about Hollywood, directors, writers, actors, and producers.  It stars Lana Turner, Kirk Douglas, Dick Powell, and Walter Pidgeon.  Though this is not my kind of movie, it is enjoyable as it is broken down into three separate stories revolving around Douglas's producer character, as seen through the eyes of three people whom he has worked with previously.  Loosely based on some real Hollywood legendary people, it easily passes the time.

 

Now showing on Criterion.

 

Leaving April 30th was a beautiful little film, David and Lisa, about two mentally unbalanced young people attending a special boarding school.  Headed by a caring doctor and staff, the picture focuses on the two young people as they try to cope with their surroundings in their own way, and are slowly drawn to one another as well.  An award winning film that still holds up well today, it is recommended viewing.  Keir Dullea and Janet Margolin are the teens, and Howard Da Silva is the doctor.

 

Leaving Criterion on April 30th.  

 

And lastly, more Spring celebration from the collection of the DIA.  What was spring like in Europe in 1617?  How was it greeted?  Check out this etching by Jan Van de Velde to find out.  I'll drink to that.  And maybe dance, too.

 

Spring, 1617, by Jan Van de Velde, Dutch 1593-1641.  Etching and engraving in ink on laid paper.  11.5" x 17".

 

Detail of left side.

 

Detail of right side.  

I have started a new photo blog, devoted to road trips and images taken from the road and/or of the road.  Stay tuned for more info on this exciting development.  I miss road trips.

Mapman Mike