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Image by BethanyWeeks
Lenin in Fremont
The Statue of Lenin in Seattle is a 16 foot (5 m) bronze sculpture of Bolshevik Russian Communist revolutionary Vladimir Lenin located in the Fremont neighborhood.
The statue was constructed by a Slovak Bulgarian sculptor, Emil Venkov, under commission from the Soviet and Czechoslovak governments. While following the bounds of his commission, Venkov intended to portray Lenin as a bringer of revolution, in contrast to the traditional portrayals of Lenin as a philosopher and educator. His Lenin marches ahead fiercely, surrounded by torrid flames and symbols of war.
Lewis E. Carpenter, a resident of Issaquah, Washington, who was teaching English in Poprad, found the monumental statue lying in a scrapyard ready to be sold for the price of the bronze. In close collaboration with a local journalist and good friend, Tomáš Fülöpp, Carpenter approached the city officials with a claim that despite its current unpopularity, the sculpture was still a work of art worth preserving, and he offered to buy it for ,000. After many bureaucratic hurdles, he finally signed a contract with the mayor on March 16, 1993.
The Carpenter family continues to seek a buyer for the statue. The asking price as of 2006 is 0,000, up from a 1995 price tag of 0,000. - en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Statue_of_Lenin,_Seattle
Fremont
Looking for my Christmas Card Picture
December 8, 2011
What's a Dalek have to do with it?
Image by Caro's Lines
An unusually festive Dalek holding one end of the line for hanging Christmas cards.
Merry Christmas!
Alex and Matt
Image by ocherdraco
Alex came into the dining hall today and said, "This is going to sound weird—can you take my family's Christmas card photo?" So I did. And this is the result.
I like this one significantly more than the first one: Matt is smiling, Alex is leaning in, and you can see Matt's hands. (And Mom, you'll be glad to know I made him take off his coat. It hadn't occurred to him.)
