What Humpty Dumpty Said

Saturday, as we sat at Seder
I sought to borrow Simon’s seeder.
Simon had a super seeder
It superseded that of Peter.
I sought to borrow Simon’s seeder
As just that day I’d bought a cedar.
I sought to spread some seed around
To spiffy up my soiled ground.

Simon said he understood
And said he’d help me if he could,
“But as it is the Sabbath, sir
And so to such we mustn’t stir,
I suggest you bother Peter
For your Seder cedar seeder.”

Humpty Dumpty Easter Egg Fiasco

Humpty Dumpty Rhymed on the Wall

We appear to be seeing the well red egg reading his own story.

New Sketches

The secret room...
It's no secret that the secret room has its origin in C.S. Lewis' "The Lion, The Witch, and the Wardrobe." But this closet is not Lewis' wardrobe. The owners of OzHouse love books. They love children's books especially--and write and illustrate them professionally. And so in their elaborate house they create an homage to Lewis by using a closet as the doorway to a playroom that is filled with books and toys and decor representing all sorts of fairy worlds. And if the doorway happens also to be magic.... Well that can happen when imagination takes over.

Humpty Dumpty's Fractured Mother Goose Rhymes

Wait For Winter

Happy floats the little lark

Gently flows the brook
A blessing falls on all the earth
 And yet—you’re reading a book!

 

Young Grimes

Young Grimes was alive.

He kicked  up his heels.
He kicked up his heels,
And fell on his head
Young Grimes was alive,
But he wished he was dead.

 

At Huntington Cross

At Huntington, Huntington, Huntington Cross

Where all the people, the people are lost
The high and the low, the left and the right
They wander all day; it’s a terrible sight
At Huntington, Huntington Cross.

 

The Pumpkin Eater’s Wife

Peter, Peter Pumpkin eater

Thought a pumpkin shell would keep her.
He would close the door and lock it
And hold the key in his own pocket.
And every night to sleep he’d go
And never dream of the window.

 

Oz the Great and Powerful, a quick review

Finally got to see "Oz the Great and Powerful." Quick review: It was better than feared, not as good as it should have been. The good stuff: The visiuals, the outlines of the story, the moments of homage to the classic film, the development of the Wicked Witch of the West--I loved the irony that the Wizard was the last straw that truned her Wicked. Nice use of smoke and mirrors too. The problems: The pounding of Hollywood's favorite cliche themes into the film: just believe and we'll triumph, we're all in this together, all we need is love, it's all about family. Another missed opportunity to make a movie about something. The romance between Oz and Glinda (another Hollywood boiler plate moment). This is not Baum's Glinda, which would be fine if the re-envisioning were clever, or interesting, or even original. The Wizard's acting. All I could think was "What would Morton Downey Jr. do in this role! And now I see how fabulous Frank Morgan was in this role." The telegraphing of the big balloon effect. The lame gift giving scene. And what was the point of the cyclone? A guy in a hot air balloon could just be blown to Oz.

As for the missing ruby/silver slippers/shoes--well, there is room for them to show up in a sequel now that the emerald jewel has been destroyed (though how an Emerald could be broken so easily is beyond me).