Picture Book

Or Martin has another Brainwave!
Match book titles to Photos. I have awarded Martin first pick. Please only post one idea per week for now. Thanks . I look forward to this one!

Thank you, I'm glad you liked my idea and I hope it's a success.

(This might not be the best one to start with but it's all I could think of this
early in the day.)

A little bit too much weaponry to complete the task but...
To Kill A Mockingbird - Harper Lee

This is a pretty obvious one but I thought I'd better get to it before anyone else did.

Flowers for Algernon - Daniel Keyes

Wow. Are those gorgeous flowers real flopsy? They seem too vivid to be real Anyway, here's Oliver Twist as seen in Auckland.

They were real, yes. They formed a suspended carpet of flowers - each stem went through a mesh and was inserted into a tube filled with water. The tubes were bound with thread so that they looked like bobbins - like this and this. The floral exhibition was in Salisbury Cathedral - the Royal Wilton Carpet Factory used to be in a neighbouring town, hence the association with carpet-making.

Edited to include second image.

LOVE the "Oliver Twist" Tizzabelle!

Another fun idea, Martin (as usual) : ).
Thanks Ren for permitting the new ongoing theme!


"Flamingo Road"
Book: Robert Wilder, 1942
Movie: film noir starring Joan Crawford, Zachary Scott and Sydney Greenstreet (1949)
Tv Series: shortlived soap (1980-82) supposedly based on both the book and the movie

Dandelion - By Gavin Hoffen

"Thank God We Kept the Flag Flying" - Kenneth Griffith



It's about the siege of Ladysmith during the South African War (Second Boer War).

Thanks for another great photo thread, Martin and Ren.

The Ship of Adventure - Enid Blyton
It's what my 7 year old cousin called the cruise ship when he saw some of the photos.

I have just discovered this thread - Fantastic pictures everyone!!!

Papillon - Henri Charriere

Oranges...




...Are Not The Only Fruit

~ Jeanette Winterson

The Lost Symbol - Dan Brown

Here's my recently "gone to God" feline resting on a metal garage covering.. otherwise known as a "Cat on a Hot Tin Roof". Apologies for the poor photo. I took it with my mobile phone while I had the chance. Scout loved sleeping on the roof in the sun. It's a hard life being a pampered cat.

The Merchant of Venice - William Shakespeare


(It's on the Rialto bridge in Venice, if you were wondering. )

LOL, why does it always rain in Venice? Still, I did buy a very snazzy umbrella there so the downpours weren't a total disaster - apart, that is, from being soaked to the skin before we got to the umbrella shop.

From Here to Eternity by James Jones



All Saints Cemetery Newcastle

Ha ha , these are great!

The Egg and I - Betty McDonald.
The movie adaptation of this book introduced the characters of Ma and Pa Kettle to the silver screen.

Treasure Island - Robert Louis Stevenson


A scene-ette from Babbacombe model village.

The Scarlet Letter -- Nathaniel Hawthorne

Lilies Of The Field

So I went up to the lookout in Christchurch, NZ, with the aim of taking lots of lovely snaps of the city and surrounds. You can see a board in the foreground which shows exactly what I was supposed to see. Instead all I saw was...

The Fog by James Herbert..



And aren't I happy I can use that photo for something other than a laugh!

We aim to please Tizzabelle!

Colours of My Rainbow - Himani Verma

Beautiful shot, Dawn.

True Blue - David Baldacci

This house is in an old suburb full of houses with character and features. This new house is cold, unwelcoming and reminds me of a Dickensian work house or an prison. My best friend thinks of it as "cold". I think it's perfect for ..

Bleak House by Charles Dickens

The Black Swan - Rafael Sabatini.



Just like many of us -calm and serene on the surface, but paddling like the clappers to keep afloat!

Breaking Dawn - Stephenie Meyer

Red Dragon- Thomas Harris

"Crocodile Tears" by Anthony Horowitz



(It's really a caiman from the Baltimore Aquarium)

Great choice of book, Ren!

The Bridges At Toko-Ri

On The Beach - Nevil Shute


(It's only a model!)

Lord of the Flies - William Golding

Ring of Bright Water - Gavin Maxwell

"Lee's Lieutenants" Douglas Southall Freeman



(Alternative title: "The Red Badge of Courage")

The Invisible Man - H G Wells

Bwahahaha! That literally made me laugh out loud!

Me too.

I rather liked Ring of Bright Water. Same sort of concept and a book I loved dearly as a pre-teen.

Lady Windermere's Fan - Oscar Wilde



Ah, who can not love otters? Ring of Bright Water was lovely. I love Louis the Fly as Lord of the Flies! Brilliant as a retirement send off for him.

I'll Walk Alone - Mary Higgins Clark

A Power of Roses - Ruth Park

In The Shadow Of Man - Jane Goodall, Hugo van Lawick, Stephen Jay Gould

Rose Madder - Stephen King

How lovely!

For Whom the Bell Tolls - Ernest Hemingway

Take me to the Vet again and you die!


Photoshop

Oh pooh it didn't work

On the Road - Jack Kerouac

Oh it was book titles we had to do!

I eventually catch up.

oooh, Mike. Lovely capture of which I'm sure Jack would approve of
zorba: If there was a nomination for best representations in themes, you should surely win. Love ALL of your contributions!

Thanks for the nice words, Jake. Kyle's Trivia Race has taken up all my spare time these last 2 months. Just trying to catch up on the rest of FT now.

Yes me too Zorba. You folks are probably finished already, we're still waiting (this is day FIVE now) for our second quiz of leg 5 to even get online - so I'm trying to distract myself by revisiting other areas of FT as well (it's either that, or I'll have no nails left by tomorrow LOL). We already realise we'll be last, but we'd like to at least FINISH ; )

206 Bones - Kathy Reichs

oh MY, Christinap - absolutely perfect!

Thank you

The wait is nerve wracking! I can't believe how much time I spent refreshing the Buzz during the Race.

"Eight Cousins" - Louisa May Alcott

The Twits - Roald Dahl

Christina: those Humboldt penguins are SO cute. I know they look like "clowns" but they're pretty intelligent for birdbrains. We were very lucky to visit the Calgary Zoo quite early in the morning (so no lineups!) this past week to see their newly opened Penguin Plunge exhibit/habitat. I got the impression they were even more curious about "us" LOL.

"Red Rock Mysteries" (series by Jerry B. Jenkins and Chris Fabry)


photo taken at Red Rock Canyon, Nevada USA. It's only about 25 miles from Vegas, so if you get bored losing money, it's well worth the short sidetrip.

The White Tiger = Aravind Adiga

oh my. Gorgeous tiger!

"20,000 Leagues Under the Sea" - Jules Verne


Captain Nemo's submarine was named "Nautilus"
Photo taken at SeaWorld San Diego

That's fabulous.

"The Mirror Crack'd from Side to Side" - Agatha Christie

Black Beauty - Anna Sewell

The Ugly Duckling - Hans Christian Andersen

"Monkey Grip" by Helen Garner



The macaque is on the outside of the 'cage' (actually a small building) being fed by people from within - Kyoto Japan.

Thanks Christina

SpanishLiz: I DO hope that wasn't one of your OWN mirrors!

love the horses, Christina!

Mike: am very jealous. Haven't been out of my own hemisphere yet. Excellent photo and
interesting concept that the people are sort of in a cage too lol.

"The Eagle Has Landed" - 1975 Jack Higgins (pseudonym for Harry Patterson)

It was. Just jumped off the wall in my downstairs bathroom when nobody (including the cat) was near it. As it broke itself, I choose not to be superstitious about it

lol, well yes, suicidal mirrors should never be taken seriously ~ (and whew!)

"Dubliners" - James Joyce

Dragonflight - Anne McCaffrey

Lovely Dragon!

"Just After Sunset" -- Stephen King

Thanks ertrum.

Windmills of the Gods by Sidney Sheldon

Red Dragon. Thomas Harris

"How Green Was My Valley" - Richard LLewellyn

That's beautiful, where is it?

I agree with Christina; it's a breathtaking view, ertrum!

Thanks! This is in the Canadian Rockies, taken while we were on a train from Vancouver to Calgary.

Wild Dogs - Helen Humphreys

"The Sphinx" - Oscar Wilde

Daddy-Long-Legs Jean Webster

CmdrK: Haven't checked in this particular thread very recently, but (a delayed) Welcome to you! Hope you'll post more : )

Gees: Fits the song PERfectly. (not that anyone cares, but "daddy long legs" is usually a nickname for a certain spider on this side of the pond. Some folks over here (with the possible exception of the Maritime provinces) are more likely to call the insect in your photo a 'mosquito hawk'. It's actually a crane fly). Cool post Gees!

"Searching for Bobby Fischer" - Fred Waitzkin

Impressive photo of the Sphinx, Cmdrk.

"Remember Me" by Mary Higgins Clark



The Holocaust memorial outside the Great Synagogue in Budapest.

That is wonderful, quite spectacular

The Secret Garden - Francis Hodgson Burnett

Oh I love that! This thread is so clever! Is there no end to our ingeniousness?

I'm so glad that wasn't a typo, it could have been ingenuousness with one mere letter exchanged lol

FABulous photo Christina - where was it taken?

Thanks ren and Jakeroo. It's the old knot garden at Hatfield House. You can't go round it as it's part of the private gardens, but they've got viewing points every so often, which is better in a way as you need to see a knot garden from above to appreciate it.

The Owl and the Pussycat Edward Lear
Rosie hates this doorstop owl my cousin made.Say no more.

ren: somehow I feel afraid for the owl lol

"Waterlily" - Ella Cara Deloria

What a lovely photo, Jakeroo!

That is a fabulous photo Jakeroo, love the way it all looks silver in the sun,

Squirrel Nutkin - Beatrix Potter

Alexx and Christina: thanks! Sunlight is magic. Those sparkly bits are actually duckweed lol

Christina: Squirrels are so cute!

Gorillas In The Mist - Dian Fossey

okay, to be honest, this one isn't in the mist at all.
He was sitting in a "corner" and couldn't be seen from the actual viewing area, but I caught a reflection of him in the glass.