![]() Made me regret not being interested in them as a kid. It was funny and touching and engaging on many levels. Travers‘ Mary Poppins books and decided that it might be worth reading. a few years back I came across a large single volume that contained all of author P.L. But even so, the magic of both remained intact. I never saw Mary Poppins as a kid nor did I read the books. I hope that is what one gets from this piece, whose image is sized at 10″ by 16″ and framed and matted at 16″ by 22″. It’s a wonderful song that aptly captures the idea of putting aside your problems and releasing yourself to soar with your kite high above and far removed from worldly problems. The title of this piece is Let’s Go Fly a Kite, borrowed, of course, from the song of that name from the 1964 Walt Disney film, Mary Poppins. The idea of flying a kite seems so much more preferable than going into the closet and screaming into the darkness. But given the many current events– or should I say disasters?– taking place in this country, I thought the painting here at the top would be a gentle starter. There are definitely different takes on a variety of themes in this show so deciding which piece should kick off the process was tough. I thought it might be time start showing some work from my upcoming solo show, From a Distance, that opens July 15 at the West End Gallery in Corning. Not that I tweet a lot, I'm more active here on my blog.–Let’s Go Fly a Kite, Richard and Robert Sherman Twitter doesn't embed properly in the sidebar anymore (thanks for nothing, Elon □), so for now that means clicking HERE to see my tweets. The Man from Rome The Mentalist The Netherlands The Slipper and the Rose The Sound of Music The Stranger The Vicar of Dibley Toby Jones Tom Ellis Travel Uncle Vanya USA US election Volunteer work Weather Work Yannick Bisson Archives Archives Woodside David Bowie Dawn French Digital Theatre Donald Trump Emma Thompson Fandom Fangirling Fan videos Fictional crushes challenge France Fred Astaire Gabriel Macht Garden Gregory Peck Happy New Year Health Holidays Hugh Jackman Ingrid Bergman International Women's Day interviews Israeli-Palestinian conflict Jane Eyre Joe Biden Livia Firth London Lucas Bryant Lucifer Mach' was Marta Dusseldorp Meet cutes Meghan Markle Michelle Forbes Miranda Hart Miss Fisher's Murder Mysteries Muse Music My daughter My family My father My husband My kids My mother My son Netherlands New year North and South Oscars Pierce Brosnan Pilgrimage Politics Pride and Prejudice Protests Quarantine Real life Refugees Richard Armitage Richard Chamberlain Ronald Colman Sarah Rafferty Simon Baker Spring Strike Back Suits Terrorist attacks The Crucible The Hobbit. Tags #renewannewithane #saveannewithane 30 Day Movie Challenge Alan Rickman Anne with an E Anniversary A Place to Call Home Audiobooks Audrey Hepburn Barack Obama Berlin Station Birthday Birthdays Blogging Books Brain on Fire Brett Climo Brexit Bridget Jones Call the Midwife Cats Charity auction Charity fundraising Christmas Ciaran Hinds Colin Firth Concerts Corona crisis Corona virus Covid-19 D.B. ![]() I haven’t seen Mary Poppins Returns yet (this post is now a reminder that I maybe should) but apparently she returns in that movie bringing along the kite that the Banks family had flown! She is not happy with the Hollywood treatment of her story, and never quite will be, but she does thaw somewhat when she hears the kite song played in rehearsals for the first time.Īpparently when the Saving Mr Banks movie was released there was also a little “Let’s Go Fly a Kite” flashmob singalong in Leicester Square. Travers (played by the excellent Emma Thompson), going to Hollywood where Disney is working on making the movie and can only do so with the approval of Travers. The movie is about the author of Mary Poppins, P.L. ![]() That in turn reminds me of a scene in the movie Saving Mr Banks. ![]() The only other kite thing I could think of is the kite flying in Mary Poppins! There is reference to kite flying a few times in the movie, if I recall correctly, but especially the end scene springs to mind when they sing that catchy tune. That lets me off the hook which is good in a way, because it’s been so long since I have read the book, I’m not sure I could have written anything sensible about it. Now I see that Nell has written about the book for this challenge and Herba has written about the movie for this challenge. I have never been able to watch the movie of the same name, because I already found the book so painful and didn’t want to put myself through that in film. I briefly thought about posting about the book The Kite Runner by Khaled Hosseini, a book I absolutely loved when I read it a long time ago but it was a painful book to read as well. So, I have no inspiration whatsoever to do anything with kites for the newest Mach Was challenge.
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