Everyone whose ever had hayfever and blamed it on Goldenrod (instead of Ragweed) should know that those yellow flowers come out in late summer! There's no need to be a hortifuckingculturist to figure that one out. /plantgeek
Willow: Yes. Hi. You must be Angel's handsome, yet androgynous, son. Connor: It's Connor. Willow: And the sneer's genetic. Who knew?
'A Hole in the World'
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Juliebird - Apr 29, 2010 5:46:04 pm PDT #8092 of 30000
I am the fly who dreams of the spider
bon bon - Apr 29, 2010 5:46:47 pm PDT #8093 of 30000
It's five thousand for kissing, ten thousand for snuggling... End of list.
Yeah, yeah, but they'd gone to such lengths to cast the horses playing the main part, to get the look right... and then to just toss it away with the younger version???
Doesn't this indicate they couldn't find the right foal, then?
Juliebird - Apr 29, 2010 5:49:20 pm PDT #8094 of 30000
I am the fly who dreams of the spider
Didn't they spraypaint the horse for Hidalgo?
Zenkitty - Apr 29, 2010 5:50:02 pm PDT #8095 of 30000
Every now and then, I think I might actually be a little odd.
Surely it couldn't be that hard to find a chestnut foal.
P.M. Marc - Apr 29, 2010 5:50:34 pm PDT #8096 of 30000
So come, my friends, be not afraid/We are so lightly here/It is in love that we are made; In love we disappear
Having just checked myself following Wikipedia links, I find that there's at least one painting depicting a horse with blanket-Appaloosa markings in 1727 in Austria (even though the breed itself didn't exist at the time). There were leopard-spotted horses all over the world since forever, but I thought the Nez Perce tribe created the blanket pattern. So, I was wrong. And - you don't care. Never mind. Just wanted to set the record straight. Carry on. Movies, is it?
The Knabstrup! [link]
Yes, the Appy's not the only spotted horse (and not all Appys are spotted): [link]
To tie it back to the movie, First Secretary, Secretariat's first foal from a test breed, was an Appy. His name cropped up a lot in the Appy Sport Horses.
P.M. Marc - Apr 29, 2010 5:53:06 pm PDT #8097 of 30000
So come, my friends, be not afraid/We are so lightly here/It is in love that we are made; In love we disappear
Yeah, chestnut's not rare or exotic.
Steph L. - Apr 29, 2010 5:55:08 pm PDT #8098 of 30000
this mess was yours / now your mess is mine
Until I saw a picture of the whole horse. D'oh. That thing could eat a palamino and have room for dessert.
Palomino's actually a color.
No kidding? I didn't know that (obviously).
All right, that's the New Thing I learned today!
Sophia Brooks - Apr 29, 2010 5:57:18 pm PDT #8099 of 30000
Cats to become a rabbit should gather immediately now here
Isn't one of the lyrics from "Greased Lightnin"- "She's got a palomino dash board and dual muffler twins, oh yeah"? Although have no idea what a palomino dashboard might be.
Zenkitty - Apr 29, 2010 5:58:59 pm PDT #8100 of 30000
Every now and then, I think I might actually be a little odd.
First Secretary, Secretariat's first foal
His dam was an Appaloosa, though, right?
Palomino draft horses - you'd think there'd be a market for giant golden horses!
Hidalgo - quoting Wikipedia, "Multiple American Paint Horses were filmed as the horse "Hidalgo"; actor Viggo Mortensen later bought RH Tecontender, one of those horses in the film. Screenwriter John Fusco bought Oscar, the main stunt horse and retired him at Red Road Farm, his American Indian horse conservancy."
Zenkitty - Apr 29, 2010 6:02:45 pm PDT #8101 of 30000
Every now and then, I think I might actually be a little odd.
You know what bugged me about Hidalgo? At the end, when Hopkins releases him to go free with the herd of mustangs, you can see a glint of metal as he runs off that shows he still has shoes on. Wouldn't that be dangerous for the horse?