Author: Paul

Posted on

Contest #600

For each image, enter your guess in the comments and be sure to include the image’s letter. You enter multiple image guesses in each comment or do a new comment per image.

As always, you can click the image to see a larger version of it.

Good luck!!

A. From Garfield

A

B. From Horvath

B

C. From Garfield

C

D. From Krenek

D

E. From Garfield

E

F. From Lighthouse

F

G. From Garfield

(what can we say, she sent in a BUNCH of really good ones!!)

G

H. From Phil Ower

H

I. From Garfield

I

J. From Sasha

J

K. From Krenek (you thought I was going to say Garfield, didn’t you?)

K

L. From Phil Ower

L

M. From Steve Willis

M

Posted on

Contest #599 – Parc Samà, Cambrils, Spain

The Samà family were renowned politicians in the kingdom of 1800’s Spain. Savador Samà i Martì lived and helped govern Cuba, his son Savador Samà i Torrents followed in his political footsteps in the continental kingdom holdings — among other titles, he was Mayor of Barcelona.

In 1881, the younger Salvador Samà commissioned a vacation house to be built in the Catalan countryside near the town of Cambrils. He wanted the home surrounded by gardens that reminded him of his childhood in Cuba. He found Josep Fontserè to manage the project. Mr. Fonserè had a long history of association with the great architect Antoni Gaudí, and he convinced the master to provide him with his genius and vision.

Gaudí was deep into the design of Sagrada Familia but broke some time free and helped his friend with the design.

Those who found the park before the hint were:

  • Phil Ower
  • Garfield

and after the hint:

  • Paul Voestermans
  • Martin de Bock
  • Lighthouse
  • Abcdefg Hijkl
  • Ashwini Agrawal
Posted on

Contest #597: Sendai Daikannon, Sendai, Japan

In Sendai there is a massive statue of the Bodhisattva Kannon, or Guanyin as she is also referred. The statue is exactly 100 M tall, making it one of the largest statues in the world.

Sendai Daikannon

Kannon is a highly revered Buddhist Divinity, the transporter of the souls of adherents to Sukhāvatī, and is often referred to in English as “The Goddess of Mercy”. In 1934, the Precision Optical Industry Company of Japan produced Japan’s first 35 mm camera which the company named after Kwannon after the Bodhisattva. Later, after the war, the company changed its name to Canon Camera Company, reflecting the success of its premier product.

Those who found her included:

  • Garfield
  • Eloy Cano
  • Phil Ower
  • Lighthouse
  • Walter_V_R
  • Abcdefg Hijkl
  • hhgygy
  • Sandworm
  • Martin de Bock
  • Paul Voestermans
  • Ashwini Agrawal
  • Yusef Yakub Hoca Fendi
  • Chris Nason
  • David Kozina

and after the hint:

  • Gillian B
Posted on

Contest #592: Peacebunny Island, Newport, Minnesota, USA

logo

When Caleb Smith was 10 years old, he was looking at Craigslist and found in excess of 350 bunnies for sale. Appalled about the cycle of impulse buying and abandonment of these creatures, he decided to do something about it.

4 years later, in 2018, he negotiated and purchased an island in the Mississippi River and created a sanctuary there.

“My vision for Peacebunny Island started several years ago when an endangered American Blue rabbit named Paxton Peacebunny decided to adopt me … I told Pax that I knew it would take a bunch of dreamers with a pure heart to create such a special place. And it took some work, but I found them.” (from one of the island’s website)

Caleb has another website, the one for the non-profit he founded, STEM Bunnies. In this he discusses the aims of the foundation, which include “Hands-on, Minds-on learning”.

Those who hung with the bunnies, all before the hint, were:

  • Walter_V_R
  • Paul Voestermans
  • Lighthouse
  • Abcdefg Hijkl
  • hhgygy
  • Garfield
  • Phil Ower
  • Martin de Bock
  • Eloy Cano