Pelis-can’t~

On By cindy knokeIn Birds, Conservation, MY PHOTOGRAPHS, REVERIES, Wild Life

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Take a bad photo.

Every Peli day is portrait day,

even when they shy away.

Two Pelis,

are twice,

as much fun,

in the sun,

but five pelis, well they stun!

Cheers to you from The La Jolla pelis who can~

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266 thoughts on “Pelis-can’t~”

  16. Used to the grey head variety in Monterey; never seen reds before. Pelicans, odd looking bird, but on the wing, majestic. One of my favorites to see in person. Thanks Cindy.

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  28. You capture their characters in so many ways. Amazing pelis. A peli in Spanish here is the short word for a film- pelicula which no one seems to say anymore. Great peli work on the pelis!

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    1. I’ve seen some of his murals which I associate with the arts and craft movement in California and the midwest. I had no idea he was from Wales. What a small world. Thank you for the link დ

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      1. I am not sure that he was “from Wales” as such. I think his father might have been of Welsh descent. The panels were painted for the House of Commons/Lords but they were rejected and Swansea asked to have them in their Guildhall.

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        1. Good for Swansea. I would really like to know more. I, of course, had four grandparents, not like many people today who have eight, or possibly more. One of my grandparents was Anne who emigrated from Scotland, Mackay Clan. I think her origins were really poor. I was fully engaged with eating her homemade white bread and tales of Scotland, and all the things she knit me which I wore, and the dried heather her relatives sent, which she gave to me. I had two other grandparents, from Eastern Europe. They dominated. But I will always remember Anne.

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          1. Anne sounds wonderful – lots of poor people moved looking for a better life (they still do) – many of my family moved around Britain (and lots of distant cousins travelled the world to USA, Canada, South Africa and Australia. It was common for the people of Donegal in the north of Ireland to work in Scotland. Many only worked there for the season but plenty settled there. There are quite a few Scottish accents in the north of Ireland and the Antrim accent (Northern Ireland) just sounds Scottish anyway. I love that your garndmother knitted you clothes and bread. She sounds lovely.

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  40. These are glorious photos, Cindy and the detail is amazing. They remind me of our stay in Florida when every morning a group of five (is this their favourite number?!) would fly past the balcony, almost like having a private fly-by! Truly wonderful!

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    1. Smiling. I love the imagery in your comment. Thank you. They are such amazing creatures. Often on land, they come right up to you, looking like someone’s goofy uncle, but once they fly and fish in the sea, they are the most impressive creatures დ

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  41. Deborah

    There aren’t too many “Peli-can’ts” mostly “cans.” We’re in Thermal for two weeks, for a pair of horse shows.

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    1. Yes. They are grace in the sky. In the caribbean, I sat under a tree, and watched many them fly out to sea from the tree, dive bomb vertically into the water, come up with a fish in their pouch, and fly back to the tree to swallow it. I was transfixed დ

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      1. We are headed for Jamica at the end of winter…can’t wait to watch those pelicans. Our most interesting sight was the one who sat on the bow of a small fishing boat every day. It was amazing…I think I need to write a story about it in some way.

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  43. I just so love your photography. Those “Pelis”… one would like to caress them. (Probably not a good idea. Strong beak.)
    I hope you are well. I have posted my first California movie… Hope you can tell me whether it’s Santa Monica or La Jolla.)
    Cheers Cindy.

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    1. You rock! Your post is like the most remarkable deja vu for me. How amazing is it that you kept these photos! The photo with you and your sister playing croquet hit home the most. She is airborne. She is clearly winning! Reminds me so much of my brother and I. I think I see my parents green chevy station wagon in the right corner of the fourth photo (smiling). It was the car my best friend and I washed to help out, with brillo pads. I got in a lot of trouble for that. I don’t think the photo is La Jolla. But who actually cares. I think we should meet up at that diner. I want halibut steak and hash browns for $1.09. (Actually, don’t tell them, but I’d be willing to pay a bit more!) Thank you so much for this amazing walk down memory lane. I hope you are safe and well. Thank you so much for this wonderful post დდდ

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        1. WOW. There is going to be more! Please don’t let me miss it. I love the person who made these videos. My grandfather made videos too. He sort of bought a bit of La Jolla in the olden days and developed it. He took videos of his world travel, none of La Jolla. We just sold his last house.

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          1. I’ll let you know. bear in mind those were 8mm movies. So your grandfather probably shot 8mm movies too. Did you keep copies? Even somewhere in a trunk, they’re precious.
            (One tends to take “exotic” pictures and movies. LOL)
            Last house? Wow. Another part of history gone. At least you remember… That’s good.

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            1. My grandfather took movies all over the globe, from the 50’s to the 70’s. His last trip was to The Galapagos. I especially remember the Africa videos. We watched all his videos as kids. He brought back stuff for us which I still have. To this day, when I am traveling, I will see something similar to what he bought in a store window and I think I am walking in his footsteps. Those movies would be precious. They were donated to UCSD.

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              1. So your grandfather travelled about the same time as we lived abroad.
                He brought you wonderful memories.
                Well, if the movies were donated to UCSD, then they are still… “around.” Can you get a “copy” back? (Am I crazy or what?)
                Matter of fact, I have thought of donating the digital copies I’ve made of my mother’s 8mm movies. To someone. Just no idea who.
                France… is not really at par with my expectations. LOL.
                I have movies of Hong-Kong and Singapore from the 50’s. Singapore I thought of donating to the National Museum of Singapore. Now the others?

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                  1. She started making 8mm movies in 1949, when she and my father were “posted” in Karachi, Pakistan. Kept on filming in all the countries we lived in. She edited, mounted the movies. Even did separate audio tapes with my father. They would turn the projector on and the tape player at the same time.
                    What I’ve done is digitize and re-mount every movie plus put an audio track. (Not always respecting their audio choices though. e.g. California movies, I picked totally different songs. More in line with the place and time.

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