tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-58519179170751779642024-03-04T20:22:37.936-08:00The Mr. Hunter WallFollow the adventures of Mr. Hunter, the wooden guy, as well as the wanderings of his flat friends.Janehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14351188758687294142noreply@blogger.comBlogger399125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5851917917075177964.post-68398905430348406142019-03-21T20:11:00.002-07:002019-03-21T20:33:57.675-07:00Welcome to a Room with a View<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
Mr. Hunter would like to share with you a bit of the bliss</div>
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How you pad across the darkened room, </div>
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how you reach up to unlatch the heavy white interior shutters,</div>
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and there, just outside your window,</div>
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the glory of your particular view.</div>
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The sun is rising over the bell towers, over the red rooftops of Florence.</div>
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You are on holiday here. You have the chance to ask yourself:</div>
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this time featuring a hint of the Duomo and the Palazzo Vecchio</div>
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<i>Florence, Italy</i></div>
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Flat Mr. Hunter was flat-out tickled to find this cucumber in the shape of a question mark at the farmer's market the other day. Fans of the film <i>A Room with a View</i> might understand his excitement.</div>
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"Make my boy realize that, at the side of the everlasting "why," </div>
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there is a "yes." And a "yes" and a "yes!"</div>
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<br />Janehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14351188758687294142noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5851917917075177964.post-22016417556343125512014-08-09T19:38:00.003-07:002019-08-28T19:23:59.459-07:00Mr. Hunter is on Instagram!Mr. Hunter has joined Instagram, and while he's still posting to this blog, he'd love to connect with you there, too.<br />
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So, Flat Mr. Hunter and his friend Gail flew to Ensenada, Mexico last fall, boarded a small boat, and headed far out into the Pacific Ocean. Their purpose? To go on a great white shark dive! </div>
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Gail's the one who actually did the diving. Flat Mr. Hunter is certainly intrepid and waterproof enough to go diving with great white sharks, but he didn't want his laminated self to end up causing any trouble for divers or sharks, so he stayed on the boat. He did pose for a few pictures with the shark cage and the home port of Ensenada, just so the rest of us could get a taste of their adventures.</div>
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<br />Janehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14351188758687294142noreply@blogger.com0Martin Luther King, Jr. Memorial, 1964 Independence Avenue Southwest, Washington, DC 20003, USA38.8862728 -77.04428669999998638.8847278 -77.046808199999987 38.8878178 -77.041765199999986tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5851917917075177964.post-89217511811661422382013-12-30T17:48:00.001-08:002013-12-30T17:48:41.340-08:00Senor Hunter and La Sagrada Familia<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Flat Mr. Hunter admires the gothic side of La Sagrada Familia, which has a nativity scene</td></tr>
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Mr. Hunter's keeper has longed to visit Gaudi's famed Barcelona cathedral ever since she saw Irving Penn's marvelous photo of a funeral procession passing in front of <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sagrada_Fam%C3%ADlia">La Sagrada Familia</a>.</div>
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Thanks to the <a href="http://pebblesfromparadise.com/damla-dali-gaudi-penn-picasso-and-la-sagrada-familia/">Pebbles From Paradise</a> blog.</td></tr>
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Beautiful! Mr. Hunter can't wait to see this cathedral with his own wooden eyes. A big "Gracias!" to Liz for taking Flat Mr. Hunter to Barcelona in the meantime.</div>
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Mr. Hunter and I had the opportunity to visit Washington, D.C., for the first time recently. And we were glad to have the chance to go out to Arlington National Cemetery while we were there. It felt right to visit the Kennedy family gravesite on Veterans Day weekend and as the country prepared to mark the fiftieth anniversary of John F. Kennedy's death.</div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Mr. Hunter and I paid our respects at the Kennedy family grave.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Mr. Hunter and one of JFK's most famous quotes.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The view from the Kennedy gravesite back towards Washington, D.C.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The grave of Jacqueline Bouvier Kennedy Onassis.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">To the right of Jackie Kennedy's grave, there is a headstone<br />that reads simply, "Daughter."</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The grave of infant Patrick Bouvier Kennedy.<br />John F. Kennedy, Jr.'s ashes were apparently scattered<br />in the Atlantic Ocean.</td></tr>
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Janehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14351188758687294142noreply@blogger.com0Arlington National Cemetery, Arlington, VA 22202, USA38.8781219 -77.07057250000002638.853399399999994 -77.110913000000025 38.9028444 -77.030232000000026tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5851917917075177964.post-81102282984146642082013-07-28T15:42:00.000-07:002013-07-28T15:42:28.933-07:00Self-Driving Cars and Trucks and Things That Go<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
Flat Mr. Hunter and I spotted one of Google's self-driving cars the other day. Every other time I've seen one, I haven't had a chance to see if there was someone in the driver's seat. (I think I was hoping there wouldn't be!) </div>
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But this time I saw the self-driving car close-up, and there was indeed a driver at the helm. He was getting ready to parallel park, and I felt a little disappointed somehow when I saw this driver turning the steering wheel. Oh well! Flat Mr. Hunter and I were still glad to have a closer look at the, um, newfangled contraption. </div>
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And Mr. Hunter was especially intrigued to hear about this sighting, considering that it's the kind of car that he could <i>theoretically</i> drive around in on his own. </div>
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Each time I've seen these self-driving cars, I've noticed a spinning, bucket-shaped thing on top. With the car parked, I got to study what this gray object (part of the car's laser radar system) looks like when it's still. </div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The friendly yellow car in the logo reminds me the <a href="http://jameysimpson.blogspot.com/2007/05/find-goldbug.html" target="_blank">Richard Scarry character, Goldbug</a>.<br />Which is appropriate, since Goldbug plays a pivotal role in Scarry's classic book<br />Cars and Trucks and Things That Go.<br /></td></tr>
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<br />Janehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14351188758687294142noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5851917917075177964.post-79140819968303568712013-07-16T08:28:00.000-07:002013-07-16T08:28:00.372-07:00Le Hunter et Le Boulevardier<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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You may have noticed that Mr. Hunter has an affinity for busts and other sculptures of <a href="http://themrhunterwall.blogspot.com/search/label/heads" target="_blank">heads</a>. And when he encountered this fellow at the Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Mr. Hunter felt an even stronger kinship. The pointed chins, the long noses... they could be cousins!</div>
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Mr. Hunter's new friend in the top hat is called <i>Le Boulevardier</i>, and he was created by the Polish-born American sculptor <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elie_Nadelman" target="_blank">Elie Nadelman</a>. </div>
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<br />Janehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14351188758687294142noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5851917917075177964.post-2566725031270319592013-07-15T18:27:00.000-07:002013-07-15T18:27:00.238-07:00A Field of Painted Polka Dots<div style="text-align: center;">
Back when Mr. Hunter's caretaker worked as a web surfer, she created <a href="http://dir.yahoo.com/arts/visual_arts/sculpture/sculptors/masters/kusama__yayoi__b__1929_" target="_blank">this directory category</a> for polka-dot specialist Yayoi Kusama. So Mr. Hunter had to pose with this Kusama painting, which is called No. C.A.9.</div>
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Mr. Hunter (aka Monsieur Chasseur for the purposes of this post) got a kick out of posing with Magritte's famed painting, <i>The Treachery of Images (This Is Not a Pipe)</i>.</div>
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*chasseur = hunterJanehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14351188758687294142noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5851917917075177964.post-80519084085425624002013-07-14T08:02:00.000-07:002013-07-14T08:02:00.114-07:00Where In the World Is Mr. Hunter? - East Ninth Street Edition (The Answer)Which museum was Mr. Hunter visiting when he <a href="http://themrhunterwall.blogspot.com/2013/07/where-in-world-is-mr-hunter-east-ninth.html" target="_blank">stood before this lovely Abstract Expressionist painting</a>? Well, he wasn't on East Ninth Street, but the painting he was admiring is called East Ninth Street. The piece is by Joan Mitchell, and you can see the entire work in all its glory if you go to the <a href="http://www.lacma.org/" target="_blank">Los Angeles Country Museum of Art (LACMA)</a>.<br />
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Ten years ago, Mr. Hunter and family went to LACMA for the first time--to see a show about <a href="http://irresistibletargets.blogspot.com/2010/08/sargent-and-italy.html" target="_blank">John Singer Sargent in Italy</a>, actually--and it was in the permanent collections of LACMA that Mr. Hunter's caretaker discovered the seemingly endless pleasure of taking photographs of paintings and details of paintings. There's a sort of conversation that takes place for me, a particular kind of deeper engagement as I zoom in on aspects of artworks that have spoken to me.<br />
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I have synesthesia, and one type of synesthesia that I experience makes it so that I hear what I see; the things I'm looking at create an experience of sound in some other dimension. As I focus on different points in a painting, I've noticed that particularly pleasing compositions in my viewfinder will change the sounds of that painting for me, like an alignment or a kind of harmony.<br />
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In doing some research on Joan Mitchell and her painting, I've just learned that Mitchell also had synesthesia! This <a href="http://www.wwd.com/eye/people/freedom-of-expression-3567028?full=true" target="_blank">WWD article</a> by Lorna Koski recounts that "Mitchell was notably bright and shrewd and had the unusual quality of
being a synesthete, someone for whom sounds, letters, numbers and
personalities had colors, flavors and shapes." I shall have to investigate further. And this illustrates another of the pleasures of taking photographs of works of art: revisiting those photographs can lead you down new paths so that your experience of the paintings and sculptures broadens to include new stories.<br />
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<br />Janehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14351188758687294142noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5851917917075177964.post-59210558136307195202013-07-13T17:24:00.000-07:002013-07-13T17:24:20.776-07:00Where In the World Is Mr. Hunter? - East Ninth Street EditionMr. Hunter likes to visit art museums now and again, and when he does, he often finds paintings that speak to him. There's something about the contrast between Mr. Hunter's carved wooden angles and the varied and vivid colors and brushstrokes of paintings by artists from <a href="http://themrhunterwall.blogspot.com/2011/01/three-big-pieces-of-art.html" target="_blank">Eric Carle and Claude Monet </a>to <a href="http://themrhunterwall.blogspot.com/2012/05/summertime-number-9a.html" target="_blank">Jackson Pollock</a>.<br />
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Mr. Hunter is impressed and a bit envious after reading <a href="http://www.people.com/people/package/article/0,,20395222_20716590,00.html" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">this People Magazine account</a> of how a 7-year-old girl named Jessica Fitch persuaded Queen Elizabeth II to pose for a photo that features the girl's teddy bear. </div>
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<br />Janehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14351188758687294142noreply@blogger.com0Monterey Bay Aquarium, 886 Cannery Row, Monterey, CA 93940, USA36.618031599999988 -121.9020543000000336.616438599999988 -121.90457580000003 36.619624599999987 -121.89953280000003tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5851917917075177964.post-73369577710070147942013-06-17T10:00:00.000-07:002013-06-17T10:00:03.388-07:00Hall of Fame: Hilton Hawaiian Village Guards<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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When we were staying at the Hilton Hawaiian Village, the guards were part of a daily evening ceremony. One afternoon we happened by as the guards were lining up and preparing to make their big entrance. I asked if they would mind posing, and as you can see, they obliged. I love this photo! And it also makes me laugh to see the young man wearing the crown of palm fronds who snuck into a second photo of Mr. Hunter, the guard, and yours truly.</div>
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The Hilton Hawaiian Village Guards also <a href="http://archives.starbulletin.com/2007/05/06/news/story03.html" target="_blank">paid their respects</a> at a 2007 memorial service for Don Ho. Since 2009, this civilian drill team has been known as the Hilton Hawaiian Village Royal Honor Guard. </div>
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Janehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14351188758687294142noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5851917917075177964.post-73963996133179852332013-01-21T17:40:00.001-08:002013-01-21T17:43:08.862-08:00Flat Mr. Hunter at President Obama's Inauguration<div style="text-align: center;">
Mr. Hunter celebrates Inauguration Day 2013 by reflecting upon Flat Mr. Hunter's visit to Washington, D.C. in January 2009. He attended the inauguration with Mike and Mahlon. What an opportunity!</div>
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Mr. Hunter has been a guest at a number of turnip carving parties over the years. Originally, <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jack-o'-lantern" target="_blank">jack o'lanterns</a> (in Ireland and Scotland) were carved out of turnips rather than pumpkins, and one of Mr. Hunter's coworkers decided that our department needed to revive the turnip tradition for our Halloween celebrations.</div>
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I never managed to carve a turnip into a replica of Mr. Hunter, but Mr. Hunter always made an appearance at these events. After all, he enjoys the company of other carved items.</div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Michelle won a prize for her turnip, whose face was inspired<br />by the judge for the trial for which she had recently served as a juror.</td></tr>
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Janehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14351188758687294142noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5851917917075177964.post-46424924344826348382012-10-30T19:02:00.000-07:002012-10-30T19:02:00.184-07:00Mr. Hunter's Friend, the Farm Cat<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
As we walked at Hildene Farm, this enthusiastic black and white cat came bounding over to us. I set Mr. Hunter down so that they could get better acquainted, and the kitty reached out to give Mr. Hunter a handshake (or perhaps a pawshake) of sorts.</div>
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Janehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14351188758687294142noreply@blogger.com0Hildene, The Lincoln Family Home, Green Mountain National Forest, Manchester, VT 05255, USA43.140828 -73.08860843.1292415 -73.10834899999999 43.1524145 -73.068867tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5851917917075177964.post-84118992195713864212012-10-30T14:04:00.000-07:002012-10-30T14:04:00.555-07:00Hildene Farm<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
Mr. Hunter got a peek at the workings of Hildene Farm. Located on the grounds of the old Robert Todd Lincoln estate, the farm is home to Nubian goats, guard llamas, and some friendly farm cats.</div>
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<i>Manchester, Vermont</i></div>
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In Manchester, we stopped at Hildene, which was the Vermont summer home of Abraham Lincoln's son, Robert Todd Lincoln. We arrived too late in the afternoon to tour the estate. There also seemed to be some tempting walking trails on the grounds, so we intend to return someday when we have time for a bit of hiking.</div>
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Official site for Hildene - http://www.hildene.org/</div>
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