Faerytale Friday... Little Red

I could go all night... I love collecting pictures of Little Red Riding Hood. After reading Scarlette, I see the red as more... like blood. And the snow sets it off so beautifully. What a dark tale!!  Of course, I haven't read Scarlet by Marissa Meyer, yet. I can't wait!!

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Did you catch the awesome week? So much more of Little Red Riding Hood... check it out!!

Which picture do you like best?  
They all click back to Pinterest where I found 'em. *sigh* Gotta love Pinterest!!!

Faerytale Friday - The Princess & the Pea

Yay for Friday!! & Amber @ Down the Rabbit Hole!

This week, we're talking about The Princess and the Pea. One of my favorite faerytales. Peas are not "romantic" maybe, but the idea that a Princess cannot hide her beautiful essence - she is who she is regardless of her outward appearance... *sigh*

Of course, Hans Christian Anderson makes her sound like she's obnoxiously picky, which could be interpreted "brat", but I'm stickin' with my imagined version. He (Hans) wrote a Swedish tale passed down, so who's to say how it really started?

We begin with a girl in a Downpour who claims to be a Princess... but she doesn't look like one. The dissolutioned Queen Mother & Prince Royal come up with a plan to prove her identity...

1 - Alone in the Dark

2 - Seeking Shelter

3 - Seeking Companionship

4 - Facing Strange Kindness

5 - Planting the Pea

6 - Grateful, but... still alone.

7 - No Comfort Found

8 - Nor Sleep

9 - Deceptive Hospitality.

10 - Ouch!

11 - Admit to not sleeping?

12 - Claim Royal blood?

13 - Confronting the Hosts

14 - Compainship Found

15 - The Peas are Displayed

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Which picture do you like best?

I found most of these on Pinterest. You can find & follow these and more to their source from my Imagination Come to Life board (unless otherwise noted).

Faerytale Friday - Tarzan!

Tarzan of the Apes. I am so dissolutioned!!  Where did I come up with my dreamy vision of the jungle? I have been obsessed with the jungle and Tarzan and Mowgli since... a very, very early age! Where did that come from?!  'Cause I'm tellin' you now... it's not from the pictures I'm finding!!!!

For 1) These pix are all about how muscle-y Tarzan is, how huge and how muscle-y. He's bigger than human. Which... maybe shouldn't be a complaint, but I'm attempting to post pictures that won't get my husband all worked up over my opinions. Then again... the wimpy actors posing in ancient scenes aren't doin' it for me, either.

2) There are more pictures of him rippin' the head off apes rather than hangin' out with 'em. Which makes him, what? Worse than an animal. Opposite of my opinion of him being the KING of all the wild animals. More like FEAR of the jungle, or something.

3) Tarzan's woman is.... wussy with luscious curves. UGH. "Oh, help me! Help me! I'm in the jungle!"  Paleeeeeeze. This woman took on the KING of the jungle!!!  And WON!  Ha!

I must have dreamt up my version out of my (apparently vivid) imagination. I'll share a snippet of this and that ... but I'm sharing MY VERSION of Tarzan, which is TOTALLY AWESOME!!!  And not this animalistic, overly re-done, "authorized" and "not authorized" thing.

I mean... 25 sequels?!  Yea... the original has 25 sequels. No exaggeration. Wikipedia said it. Multiple TV shows and movies... MULTIPLE. This looks like a beaten idea. But there is hope. Maybe we needed a woman to rewrite the story. :-D

Enter to win Jane

I'm following Amber @ Down the Rabbit Hole. Hop over to see her Fairy Tale in Photos post of Tarzan!! Totally unique from mine!

1 - Growing up with the apes. "Family"

2 - At home with the wild animals.

3 - Jungle Beauty

4. Completely African

5. You could get lost out there

6. He knew every hidden corner

7. He understood a different set of rules

8. He knew what they were thinking.

9. He proved his valor

Pulp Hero - Tarzan

10. Um... sure.

~stvnhthr

11. Lord of the jungle... with knife & muscles.

11. Mrs Tarzan's first introduction

Top Ten most Adapted Characters

12. She soon won his heart

13. Because Jane, too, was fearless.

14. And adapted to the wild.

~jeftoon01

Obviously there's something wonderful about the story of Tarzan. It's captivated lots of imaginations. Do you have a favorite version? Which picture best captures Tarzan for you?

I like #5 & #13 best. She's standing so nonchalantly facing down that tiger. That's cool. And the jungle is so beautiful... I could dream about it all day!

(Pinterestistas weren't sure if #13 is in the Amazon jungle or in Africa. And one of these pix is titled "Mowgli". :-)  That's me doing whatever I feel like for my post. Let me know if you're on Pinterest! I'll follow you!!  As always... click the pictures to follow them to their source.)

Faerytale Friday - Pinocchio

Ha!!  Welcome Friday!!  Welcome coffee!  Mmmm.... I have cream and sugar in mine this morning. After getting four kiddledids back on school schedules this week, Friday morning coffee is delicious. If only the quiet calm before they wake up lasted a wee bit longer... *sigh*  I could get up earlier I suppose. Nah!!

I follow Amber @ Down the Rabbit Hole and I blame her for Pinocchio this morning. It's nice to blame someone. This is the one tale that's grounded in Disney for me, I suppose, and there's something about Bullies and Lying... just rubs me backwards.

1. Grrrr

2. Wow...

3. Mad Scientist - nice!

4. Eerie... I hate bullies!!

5. Brave

6. Lonely

7. Sad

8. Friend

9. Daring

Amber found some amazing pictures this week. CHECK 'EM OUT!!

My heart yearns for something with Pinocchio, darn it. I guess I dream about the impossible, too. We have that in common. Which picture do you like best?

My pix are pulled off Pinterest.