"The Grasshopper & The Ants" (1 Viewer)

[PolarBear]

Rangers Nathaniel Jenkins and Benjamin Ives busy unloading supplies from the patrol's whaleboat find their compatriot Jack Spratt sitting under a tree enjoying a cup of rum. His response to their obvious displeasure most likely will be: "All work and no play make Jack a dull boy."

 

[pugio]

Great photo as usual. Mr. Spratt is obviously an officer......

 

[aujj65]

He's a malingerer! There’s one in every unit

Randy, great scene are all the accessories JJD’s?

Jeff

 

[mestell]

Great picture as always Randy. The title of this one drew my attention. Nice picture portraying one of my favorite fables.
Mike

 

[PolarBear]

He's a malingerer! There’s one in every unit

Randy, great scene are all the accessories JJD’s?

Jeff

Mix of JJD and BAR (matte barrels and boxes)

Randy

 

[PolarBear]

Great picture as always Randy. The title of this one drew my attention. Nice picture portraying one of my favorite fables.
Mike

I was looking at the rangers this AM and all of a sudden thought of Aesop--maybe he was in the Greek Army.

 

[Jagdpanther]

Awesome Randy!

 

[thebritfarmer]

Delicious !!!

Your vignettes are right up there with the very best of them Randy, it is always a joy to view your photos. You manage to pack a lot into each photo without it being overdone.

Thanks for sharing your work with us.


Perhaps we can throw out some more titles and see what you come up with

 

[mikemiller1955]

Perfect backdrop Randy, that's a stunner for sure.

Great poses, great groundwork, great shot too.

"The Grasshopper & The Ants".

Randy, I don't know if you have ever seen "Thing's Change" (comedy/drama), with Don Ameche, but he plays a little old Italian American shoemaker, that agrees to take the fall for a Mafia Don that resembles him.

While awaiting trial, he tells a version of "The Grasshopper & The Ants" to a couple of prostitutes and Joe Mantegna, where in the end, he just says, in broken English,

"Da grasshopper..................he atta da ants".

A different ending, but profoundly hysterical when he tells his version.

Great shot, very cool.

Please answer..........what is the fine groundwork, thanks.

 

[PolarBear]

Perfect backdrop Randy, that's a stunner for sure.

Great poses, great groundwork, great shot too.

"The Grasshopper & The Ants".

Randy, I don't know if you have ever seen "Thing's Change" (comedy/drama), with Don Ameche, but he plays a little old Italian American shoemaker, that agrees to take the fall for a Mafia Don that resembles him.

While awaiting trial, he tells a version of "The Grasshopper & The Ants" to a couple of prostitutes and Joe Mantegna, where in the end, he just says, in broken English,

"Da grasshopper..................he atta da ants".

A different ending, but profoundly hysterical when he tells his version.

Great shot, very cool.

Please answer..........what is the fine groundwork, thanks.

Mike
Thanks for the story. The ground work is something I found in a train shop in Syracuse, NY in the late 70s and I have never been able to locate again. It is great stuff for woodland scenes. I have a plastic box of it that I recycle. I no longer have any label info. I think it came in a plastic bag with a label stapled at the top. It might have been Bachmann. That is a brand I recall.

 

[Hadrian]

Rangers Nathaniel Jenkins and Benjamin Ives busy unloading supplies from the patrol's whaleboat find their compatriot Jack Spratt sitting under a tree enjoying a cup of rum. His response to their obvious displeasure most likely will be: "All work and no play make Jack a dull boy."

Brilliant ! just brilliant

 

[REVWARBUFF]

Awesome Randy!! Very well done.

 

[Lewey Gun Vick]

Nice one Randy!

Vick

 

[Andanna]

Excellent, Randy. A real treat.