tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8855510751016957422.post6876470141389257814..comments2023-09-24T09:46:20.734+02:00Comments on Magic Lantern Show: Bug-Eyed in BuglandOwenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12622587942009516590noreply@blogger.comBlogger51125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8855510751016957422.post-81126975757009412242011-04-07T11:58:14.010+02:002011-04-07T11:58:14.010+02:00So that's what happened to the Beatles.So that's what happened to the Beatles.Marginaliahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01175372147298306908noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8855510751016957422.post-82087679161901206092011-04-07T03:37:14.264+02:002011-04-07T03:37:14.264+02:00Hang in there everyone, in these troubled times, w...Hang in there everyone, in these troubled times, we can just take it one day at a time, one step at a time, one breath at a time... <br /><br />Thanks a million million for all your enthusiasm for these old bugs.<br /><br />Your bug-brained host...<br />:-)Owenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12622587942009516590noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8855510751016957422.post-16170905987430040102011-04-06T00:22:54.860+02:002011-04-06T00:22:54.860+02:00Recover, reclaim, and recycle! Think of modern ar...Recover, reclaim, and recycle! Think of modern art! Maybe not for the Philadelphia Museum of Art but for MoMA?Margaret Pangerthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09995968579194433270noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8855510751016957422.post-86416780546379599282011-04-05T21:21:36.731+02:002011-04-05T21:21:36.731+02:00Whoa! Those bugs are covered in Kudzu. I didn...Whoa! Those bugs are covered in Kudzu. I didn't know it grew that far north. Cool flicksMr. Charlestonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17497415823443875308noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8855510751016957422.post-25700190312347039002011-04-05T14:09:12.189+02:002011-04-05T14:09:12.189+02:00Owen, I loved this post. I've a fetish for the...Owen, I loved this post. I've a fetish for these little cars. I think it started when I was a child... and has stuck with me since. Poor cars remind me of the fragility of human emotion... and the fragility of life. And how we're here one day... shining and new... and old news the next. Sad.<br /><br />NevineNevine Sultanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08794887684860140819noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8855510751016957422.post-52927972894927188732011-04-05T11:59:32.904+02:002011-04-05T11:59:32.904+02:00the colours and textures are amazing, perhaps even...the colours and textures are amazing, perhaps even more so than in the first pennsylvania forest series (i remember it very well!). i was gasping for breath when i reached the last two shots, simply gorgeous. and Lydia is right, the last one must surely be among the most wonderful of their kind...Roxanahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05650840495095863057noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8855510751016957422.post-89244579508618363202011-04-05T08:12:48.550+02:002011-04-05T08:12:48.550+02:00Dear Mr. Owenslug,
Four years ago, Mr. Slug and I ...Dear Mr. Owenslug,<br />Four years ago, Mr. Slug and I had the opportunity to purchase a car... Not just any car mind you, but a nice bright yellow, round-fendered and quite splendored buggler that is a perfectly sporty slug-juggler, taking us to and fro, fast on the go (it's a turbo, you know..) Beep Beep! Beep Beep! Out on the heath! The rolling common! Cruising the Oregon Autobahnen, you will find the Mr. and Mrs. with the sunroof open wide, slug grins glued on, tentacles to the wind, smiling happily as we glide!<br />Your photos! Your bug prose! A fantastic tribute....to our little toot toot! Vee double you VW sliding machine! Covered with leaves, even better!!! Bravo Sir, you've done it again!!!<br />Very Truly Yours, <br />Mr. and Mrs. Slugbabblerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15485788524901242655noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8855510751016957422.post-28703732406312627162011-04-05T00:00:04.021+02:002011-04-05T00:00:04.021+02:00Makes me wonder what happened to the buggy I was d...Makes me wonder what happened to the buggy I was driving in the 60's! :-)PeterParishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09694538476960957295noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8855510751016957422.post-54001082920487648682011-04-04T11:50:30.215+02:002011-04-04T11:50:30.215+02:00Oh, not fair!! I'm NEVER here first anymore......Oh, not fair!! I'm NEVER here first anymore...gotta get back to work soon or I'll go nuts! (Again).<br /><br />At the weekend I found similar sights and will post soon, love these old cars...flat out, going everywhere and nowhere and already been everywhere, man!The Sagittarianhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05513045101496737031noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8855510751016957422.post-3790714663317341202011-04-04T02:26:04.132+02:002011-04-04T02:26:04.132+02:00Hi Pat, can join you on that, I had two VW buses, ...Hi Pat, can join you on that, I had two VW buses, at different times, some of the best moments of my life happened around those travelling hotels...Owenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12622587942009516590noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8855510751016957422.post-86903111682857620132011-04-04T02:24:18.583+02:002011-04-04T02:24:18.583+02:00Hey Clytie, a thousand thank you's... "ru...Hey Clytie, a thousand thank you's... "rust in pieces"... I like that a lot ! Seeking other levels is the spice of life.<br />:-)Owenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12622587942009516590noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8855510751016957422.post-43260633224270808672011-04-04T02:14:54.016+02:002011-04-04T02:14:54.016+02:00Merci Céline, suis content si ceci t'as fait r...Merci Céline, suis content si ceci t'as fait revivre quelques agréables souvenirs d'enfance. Il y avait des épaves comme ça qui parsemaient le paysage où tu as grandi ? Quelle chance... des scènes de théatre à l'intérieur, où on pourrait voyager loin, loin, loin...Owenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12622587942009516590noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8855510751016957422.post-38278528160306315272011-04-04T02:11:47.027+02:002011-04-04T02:11:47.027+02:00Hi Dee, many thanks !!!Hi Dee, many thanks !!!Owenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12622587942009516590noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8855510751016957422.post-40053360836268208392011-04-04T02:10:50.040+02:002011-04-04T02:10:50.040+02:00Hey James, glad you liked them, Pennsylvania is fu...Hey James, glad you liked them, Pennsylvania is full of hidden treasures... as you know well by now.Owenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12622587942009516590noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8855510751016957422.post-15922084109020841322011-04-04T02:09:35.296+02:002011-04-04T02:09:35.296+02:00Chieftess, me too, it always amazes me when I find...Chieftess, me too, it always amazes me when I find old cars abandoned in strange places, but I guess some of them reach the end of their trail, can go no further, and are too much trouble to haul off. These bugs left in the woods were on a piece of property belonging to a a VW mechanic, I imagine they had accumulated over the years as sources for spare parts, cannibalized such that other bugs might live a while longer... one could almost say they were the victims of a Volkswagen vampire... but I wouldn't go so far, he was a kind hearted soul, and very generously allowed me to visit and photograph as long as I wished that day, when he could easily have run me off and called the police about a trespasser, as I had sort of wandered in out of curiosity... (see post at end of this past December)Owenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12622587942009516590noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8855510751016957422.post-16539234057313587802011-04-04T02:03:09.888+02:002011-04-04T02:03:09.888+02:00Hi Paredes, a vision of the future ? Or to that ef...Hi Paredes, a vision of the future ? Or to that effect ? Yes, most probably...Owenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12622587942009516590noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8855510751016957422.post-89599833672924572622011-04-04T02:01:04.543+02:002011-04-04T02:01:04.543+02:00Dear Stickup,
I don't know whether I found thi...Dear Stickup,<br />I don't know whether I found this site, or it found me, but that we did manage to find each other, as unlikely, as totally impossible as such an event could seem, simply serves to powerfully reinforce my longstanding belief in the miracles of serendipity. Hazard, chance, chaos, are strong forces in the universe. There could be others, but those three are already more than enough for this traveller.<br /><br />One just has to keep one's eyes open, wide open...Owenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12622587942009516590noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8855510751016957422.post-47753197491547983412011-04-04T00:06:12.532+02:002011-04-04T00:06:12.532+02:00Fantastic photos!
Mother Nature slowly reclaiming ...Fantastic photos!<br />Mother Nature slowly reclaiming what is hers...<br />My favorite car ever was a 1965 VW bus (camper). I drove it everywhere. Great post!Pat Tilletthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17699973774273291205noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8855510751016957422.post-14722998779712804452011-04-03T23:22:39.172+02:002011-04-03T23:22:39.172+02:00I think it's all been said ...
Except maybe R....I think it's all been said ...<br />Except maybe R.I.P. ... (Rust In Pieces?)<br /><br />Seriously, Owen, those are wonderful shots. You've brought graveyard art to a whole new level!Clytiehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03869657234201857627noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8855510751016957422.post-81435674781634396412011-04-03T21:52:29.897+02:002011-04-03T21:52:29.897+02:00Quand j'étais petite, j'ai passé de longue...Quand j'étais petite, j'ai passé de longues heures à jouer dans des épaves de voiture, mieux conservées que ces pauvres coccinelles. Que d'histoires nous nous sommes inventés alors... Voilà à quoi me fait penser ton post de ce soir. Et sans doute qu'il y a plein d'anges ici :-)<br />Une bonne semaine Owen !Célinehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07036395957642873447noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8855510751016957422.post-12347358523196011782011-04-03T21:38:59.794+02:002011-04-03T21:38:59.794+02:00As always – great photos and reflections.As always – great photos and reflections.Dee Newmanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10610598460257919321noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8855510751016957422.post-6740849476786505632011-04-03T21:28:03.736+02:002011-04-03T21:28:03.736+02:00Very cool shots! I've always liked photos of o...Very cool shots! I've always liked photos of old abandoned cars. You've given the bug a sort of new artistic life. Well done!Jameshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13938841714182436845noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8855510751016957422.post-45222305586087614282011-04-03T20:15:16.665+02:002011-04-03T20:15:16.665+02:00From me to Me, merci...From me to Me, merci...Owenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12622587942009516590noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8855510751016957422.post-9371824467021913032011-04-03T20:05:33.482+02:002011-04-03T20:05:33.482+02:00Hi Priya,
Dreams are meant to come true... are the...Hi Priya,<br />Dreams are meant to come true... are there any VW beetles still running around India ? In a town the size of Bangalore there must be a few, no ? Maybe someone could let you borrow one for a day or two ? Or did you mean you'd like to try driving one of these bashed and battered shattered forest Bugs ? Even just in imagination it can be lots of fun...Owenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12622587942009516590noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8855510751016957422.post-45904660278094938462011-04-03T19:59:44.041+02:002011-04-03T19:59:44.041+02:00Laurie, let it rest, let it rest, the reason will ...Laurie, let it rest, let it rest, the reason will make itself known to you... Maybe you just need to debug the software ?<br />:-)Owenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12622587942009516590noreply@blogger.com