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Queensryche
I noticed on a blog today that I completely missed Victoria Day in Canada. I started writing a comment about a Canadian Queen experience I once had, and wisel
y, I think, opted to keep my comment to myself—which is to say, publish it on my own blog:
I was in Edmonton, Alberta, once, where I was given a tour of the State House (Province House?) in which there is an ENORMOUS full figure portrait of Queen Elizabeth II in the main lobby. We were brought before it and kind of given a moment of silence by our guide. As I recall, the painting was so large that they had to cut a hole in the ceiling and send it up into the mezzanine. In addition to a crown, I think she has a halo in the portrait. During our moment of silence I remember thinking—“Has the queen ever given a full sustained minute of thought to Edmonton Alberta?” I couldn’t help but wonder.
The Queen’s portrait here (not the one in Edmonton) is by Lucien Freud. She actually commissioned the portrait based on Freud’s reputation as “the greatest living painter” and the fact that he lives in England. She may have done well to check out some of his work first.
Pip ho!
Vanx
May 23, 2006 at 6:21 pm
ooh where would one find that? lizzie with bogies! yay*
you cad! athough queeny with a halo??!! gawd ‘elp us all!
toodle pip xx
May 23, 2006 at 7:08 pm
At first I thought that was a painting of Art Buchwald wearing a crown.
May 23, 2006 at 9:50 pm
Yikes. The old girl looks like she was rode hard and put up wet (Being a New Englander, I really have no idea what that saying means, but I love the sound of it). Of course, there’s not much that’s kind to say about the looks of our current supreme leader, so we ought not make light.
May 24, 2006 at 5:03 pm
Oh, now, I love Freud. He can be a little racy and it’s all a bit raw but I think he’s perfect for the Quoon and this is a good portrait, perhaps a bit more…honest, than she may have expected but I like that.
May 25, 2006 at 2:56 am
They have the BIGGEST Christmas trees at the Pine Tavern, here in Floyd. One year one was so big that they put a smaller one on the roof above the one inside by the fireplace. It looked like the inside one went straight through the roof! Fooled me for minute!
I get some good blog topics via comments.
May 25, 2006 at 9:33 am
Just how big is that painting??? I mean how many feet? LOL! That is funny that she chose him based on the fact that he has that reputation, but never really checked out his paintings? Help!
May 26, 2006 at 4:56 pm
She just looks PUFFY.