Challenge #5 results
Hello all,
Well, the results are in. Each Challenge gets a little tougher it seems but the race does go to the... well, stubborn. Once again, the reigning queen of the Challenge pulls it off, this time without the hint of a movie she had seem too many times by chance. So, ever more the accomplishment.
First the answers:
1. Frank Lloyd Wright
2. Taliesin (rebuilt twice after fires)
3. Taliesin West, the snow bird school for architecture in Arizona (hence the reference to Jackie's recent migratory departure).
And the winners are:
1st: Quilldancer! I already gave her victory introduction above.
2nd: Bazza! The music hint created an instant bridge over the troubled waters (pun intended) of this challenge for Him. The 1970 album, "Bridge Over Troubled Water," by Simon and Garfunkel contained a song entitled "So Long Frank Lloyd Wright," written by Simon. That album was one of the few to keep the Beatles off of number 1, competing with the Beatles "Let it Be" album. Now that is a high honor to come out number one in that field of competition. Bazza responded very quickly after that hint went up.
and 3rd goes to Kat who pulled this one out of the hat to make it into the winners circle again. Congratulations Kat!
Frank Lloyd Wright is worth a look as there are so many amazing things about his career. Considered a has-been by the time he was in his sixties, Frank made a come back and created his most amazing work after retirment age until his death at the age of 92. the Guggenheim Art Museum in New York was nearly completed at the time of his death and Frank was right in there during the construction up until he reported stomach pains. After surgery to remove an obstruction, he slipped away.
I highly recommend the Ken Burns documentary, Frank Lloyd Wright. It is a stunning piece of work and will keep you captivated through its entirety. Like Descartes and scientific method, we owe as much to FLW and his approach to architecture and design.
Thans for playing and I'll see you in the blogosphere.
Tom
posted by Just Tom @ 7:11 PM
11 Comments
11 Comments:
Tom, don't build me up too much. Soon I will fail, and I'll just have that much farther to fall. Reality can deal a seriously hard jolt when one crashes into it.
How appropriate that Quilldancer should be the first to comment and me coming in second again!
A teacher and an ex-librarian is going to be a hard person to beat in this kind of game, especially one without kids at home to chase around once they do get home from work. You all may have noticed that I rarely arrive on the scene before 8PM PST, which is 9PM Quilly time (I think) and 11PM Sar time and 4AM the next day Bazza time.
and did I mention she's damned smart as well?
By the way, had fun watching the Housemartins vid at your place--typically, got called away to deal with kids before it ended so didn't make a comment. We squeeze things in between the cracks.
Congrats, you brilliant contestants! Do the happy butt shake everyone!
Woo Hoo! FLW is an interesting character, did you know, that shamefully, one out of every five of his buildings has been destroyed? Shameful.
Tom we are in the same time zone -- same, same, same, same. Yep.
Bazza, you crack me up. I love finding your comments on other people's blogs. It is like finding diamonds, rubies and emeralds carelessly scattered about.
Good job guys!
I wandered through and said to myself,
"Damn, that is hard!"
And went on my merry way
:P
I will just write another poem for Cindra and leave the heavy lifting to Quilly over here.
Good job you guys.
Oops. I missed this one.
Congrats to all of the winners.
I hate this time of the week. Missing you!
Kat, FLW is a very inteteresting character and no, I did not know that fact. Thanks for sharing. I am always interested in anything he's done and because he has doen so much, he's the historical gift that keeps on giving.
Quilly, you are so sweet that I decided to take a blog break in the middle of the maelstrom. See you at your place.
Logo: Well, some are harder than others, it's just a matter of if it hits a particular vein you have an interest in or some knowledge of and then it's "oh, oh, I know this one, pick me!" People like QD just looove a challenge and to research it and will take the time to sniff it out.
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