Saturday 26 June 2021

Favourite Photos 2010-2020 - Episode 12 - 'A Cast of Characters' Part 1




Above:- Merry-go-round. On the pier - Great Yarmouth - U.K.August 2011

Time to continue on with the best  of the blog project. This time I am sharing some of the wonderful photos I have taken of characters. Because there are so many photos I have broken this episode up into three parts. This first part is mainly fictional characters!

And I love taking photos of  Merry-go-rounds!   As you will discover as you read on....


Above:- Another Carousel Cologne Germany December 2017

Above:- Another Pier. Brighton U.K. New Years Day 2018

Above:- Another Pier, close  up of Caitin and Magie. The names are on the necks. 
Brighton U.K. New Years Day 2018
 
Above:- Christmas Merry-go-round at Blenheim Palace
Oxfordshire U.K. December 2017

 
Above :- Another Christmas Merry-go- round
This one has 2 levels! Leipzig Germany December 2017 
 

Above :- The same one, Christmas Merry-go- round
Leipzig, Germany. December 2017  

Above:- This ones for sale but out of my price range!
Lost in the 50's museum, Newcastle NSW  August 2018

 
Above:- My Little Friend, Mannequin Piss. Brussels, Belgium. September 2011
 

Above:- My Little Friend, Mannequin Piss in Orange Rescue Squad gear. 
Brussels, Belgium. December 2017

Above:- Mannequin Piss, this time in Belgian chocolate eating a Belgian waffle. 
Brussels, Belgium. September 2011
 
Above:- Tin Tin. Brussels, Belgium. December 2017

Above:- Character from Kung Foo Panda. Dreamworks exhibition.
National Museum of Australia. Canberra. September 2019

Above:- Do not feed the penguins!  From the  movie Madagascar. Dreamworks exhibition.
National Museum of Australia. Canberra. September 2019


Above:- Grommet's Garden. Dreamworks exhibition.
National Museum of Australia. Canberra. September 2019 
 
 
Above:- A good egg, Humpty Dumpty at Hunter Valley Gardens
NSW. September 2015

Above:- Kim Joins the tea party at Hunter Valley Gardens
NSW. September 2015


Above:- Gnomes. Floriade. Canberra. September 2019
 
Above:- Santa and Hansel and Gretel meet Mary and Joseph and baby Jesus in the manger!
Cologne, Germany. December 2017

Above:- Smurfs tea party! Brussels Belgium. December 2017

Above:- Betty Boop. Lost in the 50's museum, Newcastle NSW  August 2018
 
Above:- Waitress on roller skates!. Lost in the 50's museum, Newcastle NSW  August 2018
 
Above:- Hot chip man. Lost in the 50's museum, Newcastle NSW  August 2018
 
Above:- Tomato Koala at Ricardoes Tomatoes. 
Port Macquarie NSW. November 2016

NEARLY THERE...
 
IT'S TIME FOR THE BEARS!


Above:- Kim meets Paddington Bear.Paddington Station. London U.K. November 2011

Above:- Kim meets the Harrods Christmas bear - Freddie the teddy.
 Harrods. London U.K. November 2011


Above:- Kim meets even more Harrods Bears!
 Harrods. London U.K. November 2011
 
Above:-  A  truckload of Harrods bears 
 Harrods. London U.K. January 2018
 
Above:- Kim meets a big Stieff bear. Even has the button in its ear.
 Berlin, Germany. September 2011
 
Above:- Bears in Bern, Switzerland. October 2011
 

Above:- More Bears in Bern, Switzerland. October 201. The bear is their mascot.
 

Above:- Bears in Bern on the clock, Switzerland. October 2011
 
And finally...
 
Above:- Graham finds the Tardis and some other odd characters.
London U.K.  December 2017