Saturday, July 28, 2012

A Photo and A Quote

Dinosaur in the garden: Run!!!!

Failure teaches us that life is but a draft, a long rehearsal for a show that will never play - (Quoted from the movie Amelie)

Photo and quote are totally unrelated.

10 comments:

  1. love the dino :)
    was watching the series 'once upon a time'. its based on all the fairy tales we grew up with. quite entertaining and it's got some powerful qoutes too.

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    1. Sounds good... I think i saw them advertising it on astro lately. MAybe I'd try to catch it sometime.

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  2. Oh my that dinosaur is brilliant. That must have taken some skill. Plus I love dinosaurs, and gardens. Two of my favourite things have come together. I don't totally agree with the quote though. It's more like failure is the draft and the rehearsal for when we get it right. We're performing for ourselves at least.

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    1. I thought so too, but it seemed a bit out of place because there were no other signs of topiary in that garden.

      As for the quote, I actually watched the movie this afternoon, and randomly picked it up because it had a nice ring to it.

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  3. Completely unrelated, yet both are oh so relevant. Love the quote, too!

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  4. That dino is awesome, surely took tons of skill to do, or maybe it was a fluke, we'll go with skill.

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    1. I'll go with skill too, and perhaps a quirky sense of humour!

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  5. Amelie is a delightful film...but I've seen much better works of topiary than that.

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  6. You're right. It's a bit messy. I saw some really good ones on google images. This dinosaur was the only one I've seen in person.

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