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Wallace & Gromit are Most Brilliant

For some, an anxiety bed or blanket to ride out a future of certain doom could be the answer. However, I have an option for you: Wallace & Gromit. Yes, Wallace & Gromit will save the day.

Wallace & Gromit

Wallace & Gromit: Vengeance Most Fowl represents the return of Academy Award Winner Nick Park to the top of the heap in 2025.

My favorite Action/Trillers in film are Odd Man Out, The 49th Parallel, Body Heat, Bridge Over The River Kwai, Goldfinger, The Fugitive, North By Northwest, and Wallace & Gromit: The Wrong Trousers.

Bridge Over The River Kwai, and Wallace & Gromit: The Wrong Trousers won the Academy Ward for Best Film. Both are as watchable today as when released.

Trousers debuted in 1994. I was beside myself with joy after a first viewing. The film was completely unexpected.

30 Years Later

Thirty years later, Wallace & Gromit: Vengeance Most Fowl comes to the scene. Some actors and voices have passed on. Therefore, new names appear. While they are integral to the result, this film adheres to its foundation. The Foundation established by Nick Park.

If you a are lover of film, watch (or rewatch) The Wrong Trousers. Then watch Vengeance Most Fowl.  I need not explain further.

The Greatest Chase Scene

The Wrong Trousers features what may be the greatest chase scene in film history. The scene can be viewed [here].

For background on Wallace and Gromit go [here].

February 7th, 2025 | Category: Movies | Comments are closed

Boxing Day Bloom at WaimeaBeachHouse

It is Boxing Day on the Island of Kaua’i.

Coming into full bloom this morning at the WaimeaBeachHouse, is a flower on our Kaua’ian hibiscus bush.

Boxing Day Hibiscus.

Kaua’ian hibiscus

Planted in 2021, the bush began flowering in February of 2023.  A Post about the plant is located [here].

The Kaua’ian hibiscus is endemic to Kauai. There are only five types of hibiscus native to the Hawaiian islands.

*** Jeff’s Thoughts and Other Worthless Trivia ***

Boxing Day is a national holiday in Commonwealth nations. It began as a day of gift giving to those in need. Concurrently the day is also called St. Stephen’s Day or Day of Goodwill. This day is not a national holiday in the United States. More on Boxing Day is located [here].

St. Stephen’s Cathedral, Vienna Austria in May of 2024.

December 26th, 2024 | Category: Kauai, PhaseOne, Photography, WaimeaBeachHouse | Comments are closed

Graceful Landing at Kawaiʻele Runway #3

The Kawaiʻele Waterbird Sanctuary in Kauai often looks like an airport. Its various ponds act as runways. Islands act as terminals.

Six ponds exist within in the sanctuary. The ponds are separated by sandy pathways. Waterbirds move between each pond throughout the day. The Sanctuary often resembles an airport, with the birds taking off and landing.

I notice a Hawaiian Stilt flying across Pond #4. The Stilt comes into clear view as it starts its bank onto Pond #3.

Kawaiʻele

Stilt on approach banking onto Runway #3

The Approach

I capture 10 images of the Stilt on approach as it crosses the pond. The color of the surface on the pond changes as the bird progresses.

The Landing

Similar to planes, the Stilt drops its feet in the same fashion as a plane’s landing gear. However, at the last moment, two other Stilts appear to be situated on the spot the Stilt is going to land. It is an optical elusion.

*** Jeff’s Thoughts and Other Worthless Trivia ***

A Post of mine on the Stilt is located [here].

A Post of mine on the Kawaiʻele Sanctuary is located [here] and [here].

December 20th, 2024 | Category: 800mm Z Lens, Birds, Kauai, Nikon Z9, Photography, Wildlife, Z9 400MM F2.8 Lens | Comments are closed
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