"be patient" is very good advice

I was working at my workbench yesterday and had Disney's Alice in Wonderland on in the background.

As a child, it was one of my favorites... and we really did have every Disney film.

Watching it now, I can see why.  Visually and artistically, it is beautiful, even ahead of its time.

 
down in the jungles lived a maid
of royal blood though dusky shade

a marked impression once she made
upon a zulu
from matabooloo
and every morning, he would be
down underneath a bamboo tree
awaitin' there his love to see
and then to her he'd sing
(to her he'd sing)
if you like-a me
like i like-a you
and we like-a both the same
i like-a say this very day
i like-a change your name
'cause i love-a you
and love-a you true
and if you-a love-a me
one live as two
two live as one
under the bamboo tree

ELLIOT

He's a man from outer space and we're taking him to his spaceship.

GREG

But.. Can't he just beam up?

ELLIOT

This is reality, Greg

And the tree was happy.

figment - journey into imagination, epcot center

I was watching old family videos and came across one of our trips to Disney World.

I loved Epcot Center.

I don't know why, but as a child I was obsessed with Figment, the little creature in the Journey Into Imagination ride. I am sure that seeing the image above along the video below, along with hearing the Imagination song may make you feel similar feelings of happiness and nostalgia ;-)

swings in january

friends academy school

locust valley, ny

a wrinkle in time

"But you see, Meg, 

just because we don't understand 

doesn't mean that the explanation doesn't exist" 

Madeline L'Engle

whistle down the wind

love

pippi

the little house

jabberwocky

through the looking glass

Growing up, I spent half my time in our Southampton home and the rest on the north shore of Long Island.

So many memories I have there-- in that Southampton home (and Southampton before it became so crazy in the summers and developed as it is now)-- and particularly with with my sister and cousins. Without cable (i.e. no nickelodeon or disney channel...) and no real VHS VCR, we resorted to the Beta tapes my grandfather had in this wooden cabinet the shape of an octagon. Throughout the years, he had taped his favorite movies off the television. 


Three of these movies were for us children: a made for tv version of alice in wonderland, ewoks: battle for endor, and disney's bedknobs and broomsticks.

In the Ewoks movie, Terak was terrifying. In fact, there is a ton in that movie that was and still is simply terrifying for a five year old to watch...

I just could never get enough of that version of Alice. Back then it was so magical. 

The below scene from Alice in Wonderland had the strong impact on me by far. I don't know why. The jabberwocky seemed so scary then...