Google Doodles

[Fran]

Hey, Roland, you're way faster than me at doing this.

[Sheriff Roland]

I cheated!! 

[Penthesilea]

  When Fran said there are 16 different ones, I thought, oh great, let's see if we can catch them all over the day, between the few of us.
And bang, there they were, posted by Roland.

I cheated!!  

How?

[Sheriff Roland]

How?

Just posted two and noted the difference

google.ca/logos/2011/hargreaves11-hp-11 .jpg

the last two numbers (11) is the number of the image. I just changed them to 1 or 2 or 3 ...

[Penthesilea]

Just posted two and noted the difference

google.ca/logos/2011/hargreaves11-hp-11 .jpg

the last two numbers (11) is the number of the image. I just changed them to 1 or 2 or 3 ...

Tricky you!

[Fran]

I loved reading these little books to my girls! 

I particularly liked the Mr. Lazy book.  Here's an excerpt:

Mr. Lazy lives in Sleepyland, which is a very lazy-
looking and sleepylike place.

The birds in Sleepyland fly so slowly they sometimes
fall out of the sky.

The grass takes so long to grow that it only needs
cutting once a year.

Even the trees are lazylooking and sleepylike.

And do you know what time everybody gets up in
Sleepyland?

The answer is, they don't get up in the morning.

They get up in the afternoon!



And in case anyone is wondering who's who in the Doodles, I think:

#1 features Little Miss Chatterbox
#2 features Little Miss Curious
#3 features Little Miss Magic
#4 features Little Miss Naughty, who stole the hat of Mr. Uppity
#5 features Little Miss Shy
#6 features Little Miss Sunshine
#7 features Little Miss Tiny
#8 features Mr. Bump
#9 features Mr. Dizzy
#10 features Mr. Forgetful, who apparently left the "e" in Google outside
#11 features Mr. Funny
#12 features Mr. Bounce
#13 features Roland Mr. Messy   
#14 features Mr. Rush
#15 features Mr. Slow
#16 features Mr. Tickle

Thanks, Roland, for posting the series.

[Fran]

[youtube=425,350]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iT-1YO1GGxU[/youtube]

Martha Graham's 117th Birthday

From Wikipedia:

Martha Graham (May 11, 1894 – April 1, 1991) was an American dancer choreographer regarded as one of the foremost pioneers of modern dance, whose influence on dance can be compared to the influence Stravinsky had on music, Picasso had on visual arts, or Frank Lloyd Wright had on architecture.  Graham was a galvanizing performer, a choreographer of astounding moves. She invented a new language of movement and used it to reveal the passion, the rage, and the ecstasy common to human experience. She danced and choreographed for over seventy years and during that time was the first dancer ever to perform at the White House, the first dancer ever to travel abroad as a cultural ambassador, and the first dancer ever to receive the highest civilian award of the USA: the Presidential Medal of Freedom. In her lifetime she received honors ranging from the Key to the City of Paris to Japan's Imperial Order of the Precious Crown. She said, "I have spent all my life with dance and being a dancer. It's permitting life to use you in a very intense way. Sometimes it is not pleasant. Sometimes it is fearful. But nevertheless it is inevitable."

[Meryl]

[youtube=425,350]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iT-1YO1GGxU[/youtube]

Martha Graham's 117th Birthday

Love it! 

[Kelda]

More googles than you can count, today ...

#1
#2
#3
#4
#5
#6
#7
#8
#9
#10
#11
#12
#13that's me, Mr Messy
#14
#15
#16

cool!

[Kelda]

At my computer at work the animation didnt work - I did wonder why it was one wee figure on the right hand side.. now I know!

[youtube=425,350]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iT-1YO1GGxU[/youtube]

Martha Graham's 117th Birthday

From Wikipedia:

Martha Graham (May 11, 1894 – April 1, 1991) was an American dancer choreographer regarded as one of the foremost pioneers of modern dance, whose influence on dance can be compared to the influence Stravinsky had on music, Picasso had on visual arts, or Frank Lloyd Wright had on architecture.  Graham was a galvanizing performer, a choreographer of astounding moves. She invented a new language of movement and used it to reveal the passion, the rage, and the ecstasy common to human experience. She danced and choreographed for over seventy years and during that time was the first dancer ever to perform at the White House, the first dancer ever to travel abroad as a cultural ambassador, and the first dancer ever to receive the highest civilian award of the USA: the Presidential Medal of Freedom. In her lifetime she received honors ranging from the Key to the City of Paris to Japan's Imperial Order of the Precious Crown. She said, "I have spent all my life with dance and being a dancer. It's permitting life to use you in a very intense way. Sometimes it is not pleasant. Sometimes it is fearful. But nevertheless it is inevitable."