tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7185003219113250281.comments2014-03-16T15:20:16.603-07:00Pat the BlogTikiBirdhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01532659085473041387noreply@blogger.comBlogger22125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7185003219113250281.post-52865454351339707492014-03-16T15:20:16.603-07:002014-03-16T15:20:16.603-07:00Hello, I am in Southern CA. this "winter"...Hello, I am in Southern CA. this "winter" and as I tell people, I have spent A Year Above The Sea, in a beautiful home in Palos Verdes, with a Catalina Island to Malibu view, or views as things change by the hour. On a clif above it all and living in the weather as it ebbs and flows. Back in LA as my Mother, lived her last year hear among us. It has been a reflective and contemplative time of waiting and observations. <br /><br />I had to drive down to Dana Point, a few weeks ago and decided to take my time on the return trip up the coast on PCH. With the windows wide open and the ocean on my left. As I drove into Laguna Beach, I stoped at a red light and looked up to see a Wayne Thiebaud, poster in the Art Museum window. Parked and walked the show. Fantastic serendipity and a joy. Loved it out of the blue of surf and sand and into his world hung on the walls in multiple rooms. A fantastic representation of his life and work loaded on brush and presented. <br /><br />After the walk I sat a bit in front of a few revisted works and then I exited throught the gift shop. A good freind just had a new baby and I purchased this book on counying for both my friend and his baby. <br /><br />At San Francisco State, in 1985 I was an Art and Film Studen, having desgined my own course of study under August Copola, and had the great opportunity to study with Richard McCleain and Robert Bechte, I learned so much from them. I was able to attend the S.F. Museum of Modern Art, where McCain, Bechtel and Wayne Thiebaud were featured in a show on the SF Realist and were set to speak on opening night. As I walked up the center of the huge marble hallway about to enter the auditorium for the presentation, I head my named called out. I looked and saw my two intructors calling me over. I stepped over and said hello and told them I was excited to hear them speak and then see their work hung in the gallery after. Wayne Thiebaud, a gentelmen, pushed his hand out in my direction and asked Richard, who is this and then said to me hello, I am Wayne Thiebaud, I shook his hand and he then said to me, and I paint. He then did not let go having heard from McClean I was a painting student of both of them. Then still holding my grip he ask Richard, looking me dead in the eye.............is he any good ? I was on the spot now.........Richard said, he could be. Then still shaking my hand he looked at Robert and he said he has a good hand and is develping a style. <br /><br />Honored, to have met this man under these circumstances and in this way. <br /><br />I still pull out the water colors from time to time and have a box of paints and canvas that after stumbling into this show last week I am now motavated to place paint on canvas ...soon. <br /><br />Sorry this was so long. Donald C. ToddAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7185003219113250281.post-16459800035786936052011-02-08T21:45:34.837-08:002011-02-08T21:45:34.837-08:00The article is nice and
It is good for children t...The article is nice and <br />It is good for children to see what comes out. Sometimes they need to see it before they realize what is happening. Once they make the connection between what they feel and seeing the result, it's much easier to potty train.Animal books for Childrenhttp://www.doughtywarriors.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7185003219113250281.post-65254799144843493292011-02-08T21:44:11.394-08:002011-02-08T21:44:11.394-08:00I appreciate how this image keeps the same theme o...I appreciate how this image keeps the same theme of the Dali painting: from the mustached baby and the flat, unchanging "landscape," we can tell time is distorted in this baby world.Animal books for Childrenhttp://www.doughtywarriors.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7185003219113250281.post-71461475299857840722011-01-07T11:43:54.222-08:002011-01-07T11:43:54.222-08:00Dorothy Kunhardt
you are great creator ,I definite...Dorothy Kunhardt<br />you are great creator ,I definitely judge more recently written baby books more harshly than the ones I remember from when I was little.I was so excited for the baby to do all the thingsfiction book for childrenhttp://www.doughtywarriors.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7185003219113250281.post-19059178495686371302010-08-04T10:42:44.405-07:002010-08-04T10:42:44.405-07:00This comment has been removed by a blog administrator.Paisley Bow Tieshttp://abcneckties.com/bow-ties.htmlnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7185003219113250281.post-78719652971099168282009-10-08T23:51:10.673-07:002009-10-08T23:51:10.673-07:00Thanks for posting it. Its too good and people wil...Thanks for posting it. Its too good and people will enjoy it a lot.RAMhttp://www.zoombits.de/ramnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7185003219113250281.post-79581155439039999512009-09-24T21:43:04.632-07:002009-09-24T21:43:04.632-07:00This comment has been removed by a blog administrator.jeu simulationhttp://www.zoombits.fr/jeux/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7185003219113250281.post-21841910274476061462009-07-23T15:40:50.132-07:002009-07-23T15:40:50.132-07:00That sounds like a wonderful experience.That sounds like a wonderful experience.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05225123062584976279noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7185003219113250281.post-5146029722410229652009-05-28T17:18:12.935-07:002009-05-28T17:18:12.935-07:00I happened past a KVIE show the other day where a ...I happened past a KVIE show the other day where a group of adults were sitting around what looked like a combination of a classroom and a talk-show set. I lasted all of ten seconds on the channel, because this was the line delivered by one individual (paraphrased):<br /><br />"It is good for children to see what comes out. Sometimes they need to see it before they realize what is happening. Once they make the connection between what they feel and seeing the result, it's much easier to potty train."<br /><br />That was SO not what I expected on KVIE. I expected a show about the horse whisperer. Sigh. I probably would be as grossed out as you and bluedog by the Penguin's Pooping spread. Eww.Rebecca Chastainhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15636968583309088356noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7185003219113250281.post-71106869696124126782009-05-28T16:28:04.645-07:002009-05-28T16:28:04.645-07:00Yay! I'm so glad you posted the penguin book! And ...Yay! I'm so glad you posted the penguin book! And so thankful you didn't post the Penguins Pooping page. That Penguins Sharing page is sooo cute. I also think it's awesome that Baby H likes books. Zoe likes them, too — to eat.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7185003219113250281.post-79653595809533592052009-05-03T08:28:00.000-07:002009-05-03T08:28:00.000-07:00Kate, I think there's a Thiebaud exhibit going on ...Kate, I think there's a Thiebaud exhibit going on (or maybe coming soon?) at the Crocker Art Museum. We were downtown yesterday and saw signs for it with Thiebaud's cakes and things on them.<br /><br />Also, I think the next book to be featured here should be the pooping penguins book! LOLAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7185003219113250281.post-81537439163935262312009-03-29T11:50:00.000-07:002009-03-29T11:50:00.000-07:00That's incredible that you got to take a class wit...That's incredible that you got to take a class with an artist you admire so much! That must have been so exciting! The equivalent for me, I think, would be to take a creative writing class from someone I adore reading, like Kim Harrison or Jacqueline Carey. However, I don't think either of them would wear a bowtie. Mr. Thiebaud sounds very, very cute.<BR/><BR/>I like his artwork, too. :)Rebecca Chastainhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15636968583309088356noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7185003219113250281.post-33209717144934169002009-03-28T19:45:00.000-07:002009-03-28T19:45:00.000-07:00Nice blog! I have never read Pat the Bunny. Can ...Nice blog! I have never read Pat the Bunny. Can you believe it? I'm thinking of rushing off right now to get a copy for baby's Easter basket.Karenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07398765438599269210noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7185003219113250281.post-26204106539278045212009-03-07T03:59:00.000-08:002009-03-07T03:59:00.000-08:00The Dali pic is creepy... I LOVE IT!The Dali pic is creepy... <BR/>I LOVE IT!Codyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13256058071386892873noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7185003219113250281.post-28522821148114197342009-03-06T19:22:00.000-08:002009-03-06T19:22:00.000-08:00The first thing I thought of when I saw the pictur...The first thing I thought of when I saw the pictures (before reading) was that the Dali spread was creepy, but that I bet Henry didn't think it was. Your comment that he's too young to be creeped out by funny pictures made me think of a Neil Gaiman interview I read, where he said that adults find Coraline scary/creepy, but children find it a fun adventure. It's very strange how and what we learn to find scary.<BR/><BR/>The book looks really cool.Rebecca Chastainhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15636968583309088356noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7185003219113250281.post-5311599127770363662009-02-21T20:18:00.000-08:002009-02-21T20:18:00.000-08:00Aww! Pat the Pony would totally have been my kind ...Aww! Pat the Pony would totally have been my kind of book. It might even still be my kind of book...if, as Cody pointed out, I could get it in my house. :)Rebecca Chastainhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15636968583309088356noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7185003219113250281.post-83681321820865518442009-02-20T22:39:00.000-08:002009-02-20T22:39:00.000-08:00Pat the Pony book must be enormous...Pat the Pony book must be enormous...Codyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13256058071386892873noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7185003219113250281.post-693800008212615892009-02-20T14:41:00.000-08:002009-02-20T14:41:00.000-08:00I'll still update, but I wanted to have another bl...I'll still update, but I wanted to have another blog to update more frequently than the Beetle's blog. But this reminds me I need to post an update to the Beetle blog, too!<BR/><BR/>Agreed about the addiction to books. We already have enough to keep me going for more than half a year, if I do one blog per week! (And in reading other blogs, I found even more I want to get! I mean, more I want to get for Henry, of course.) ;)TikiBirdhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01532659085473041387noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7185003219113250281.post-29185861728227078522009-02-20T14:38:00.000-08:002009-02-20T14:38:00.000-08:00MoS: A new Telephone Book?! RC: I changed the blog...MoS: A new Telephone Book?! <BR/><BR/>RC: I changed the blog's wording, so it's now more inclusive. I don't want to exclude you from enjoying Pat the Bunny at any age. :) Although I think you might enjoy a "spinoff" called Pat the Pony (http://www.amazon.com/Pony-Touch-Edith-Kunhardt-Davis/dp/030712164X) even more.<BR/><BR/>You bring up an interesting point about enjoying books for nostalgia. I will have to consider that as I have read books. I definitely judge more recently written baby books more harshly than the ones I remember from when I was little.TikiBirdhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01532659085473041387noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7185003219113250281.post-59316481219996212422009-02-20T12:56:00.000-08:002009-02-20T12:56:00.000-08:00"Everyone who's grown up in America since it was o..."Everyone who's grown up in America since it was originally published in 1940 knows what it is."<BR/><BR/>I grew up in America and I'd never heard of this book until you pointed it out to me last year. Even then, I think I missed the window of when I would have fallen in love with it. Too bad. I'm sure I would have loved getting to pat the bunny when I was a kid.<BR/><BR/>I think you need to invent some interactive ability with this blog, so I could pat the blog for real. :)Rebecca Chastainhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15636968583309088356noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7185003219113250281.post-59231063952779276662009-02-20T12:49:00.000-08:002009-02-20T12:49:00.000-08:00Does this mean that Beetle and a Baby will no long...Does this mean that Beetle and a Baby will no longer be getting new updates?<BR/><BR/>I like this new blog--I like seeing people addict others, especially the young, to reading. It's a good, healthy addiction.Rebecca Chastainhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15636968583309088356noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7185003219113250281.post-25308720774963155802009-02-20T12:07:00.000-08:002009-02-20T12:07:00.000-08:00I still think the Bunny's name should be Pat, but ...I still think the Bunny's name should be Pat, but I guess it isn't. Maybe someone will be able to find a new copy of The Telephone Book for you ;)ManOfStealhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02047581852149021578noreply@blogger.com