Monday, July 20, 2009

40 Years Ago Today. . .

Men from the planet Earth. . . .
Walked on the MOON. . . . .


They Came in Peace for all Humankind. . . .



You can see the imprint of Alan's moon-boot on several of these paintings. He also used moon-dust scraped off of his space suit as well.
You can see more of Alan Bean's art here:
http://www.alanbean.com/index.cfm

All Art courtesy of Alan Bean. All rights reserved

“Twenty years from now you will be more disappointed by the things that you didn't do than by the ones you did do. So throw off the bowlines. Sail away from the safe harbor. Catch the trade winds in your sails. Explore. Dream. Discover.”
Mark Twain


Aloha! Cloudia
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22 comments:

  1. AnonymousJuly 20, 2009 at 4:49 AM

    Cloudia -- Facinating paintings and site from Bean! Love the quotes...must get out from my "Kansas" harbor and set sail for MY dreams, although I have lots of red hibiscus and a few white ones bloomin' today! DrumMajor

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  2. magiceyeJuly 20, 2009 at 6:03 AM

    beautiful memories...

    namaste /\
    aloha!

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  3. AnonymousJuly 20, 2009 at 6:35 AM

    I remember this date well. My wife's uncle Ed swore it was all staged. Since he was quite old at the time nobody argues with him.

    Your visit will count and help me Make History.
    Pick a Peck of Pixels

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  4. AnonymousJuly 20, 2009 at 8:19 AM

    Excellent post - claps ! claps !
    The best - Moon lacks oxygen or men would have made boundaries existing.
    Thankyou God Thankyou !

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  5. TeresaJuly 20, 2009 at 10:06 AM

    I love the pictures and I love the quote, Cloudia. I remember sitting with my brother in front of the tv all day watching the moon landing.

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  6. SandeeJuly 20, 2009 at 10:32 AM

    I'm not regretting anything. I've thrown off the bowlines and am sailing into the sunset. Sometimes it's the sunrise, but you get the idea.

    Have a terrific day. :)

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  7. AkelamaluJuly 20, 2009 at 10:52 AM

    Fantastic paintings Cloudia. I remember the day so well - watching it on television. :)

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  8. DarylJuly 20, 2009 at 11:04 AM

    Aloha .. What fabulous post.. having been away at a blogfest which ironically had no wireless connectivity .. I have a lot to catch up on ..

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  9. Charles GramlichJuly 20, 2009 at 11:33 AM

    Days of adventure. And they weren't that long ago.

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  10. Mike GolchJuly 20, 2009 at 12:14 PM

    They departed on my wife's birthday.

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  11. AnonymousJuly 20, 2009 at 12:16 PM

    Love that Mark Twain quote!

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  12. CloudiaJuly 20, 2009 at 2:31 PM

    Aloha, Earth People!! ;-)

    Thanks for visiting today

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  13. AnonymousJuly 20, 2009 at 4:15 PM

    The moonlanding was faked. Why have we not been back? We had no such technology then. Signed - Area 51

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  14. AnonymousJuly 20, 2009 at 5:23 PM

    very cool as usual

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  15. Eric S.July 20, 2009 at 7:54 PM

    Great pictures as usual. I can remember just barely the launches of the Apollo missions. The imagination was set free by the space flight, especially in a young boys mind.

    I have my new computer up and running, so I'll try to visit a little more often.

    Aloha

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  16. CarolJuly 20, 2009 at 9:03 PM

    For the first time in my life I can envision a place for doing art in my life. It's too big to blog about yet so I'm sneaking it into this comment, like whispering "I'm pregnant!" to someone not seen very often. There have been 3 artists in my family, it felt like there wasn't room for me but now I see a path going into the woods that is whispering my name. Much whispering in this comment!

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  17. David CranmerJuly 20, 2009 at 9:14 PM

    Superb and inspiring Samuel Clemens quote.

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  18. claudeJuly 21, 2009 at 4:23 AM

    A great adventure for three men !

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  19. the walking manJuly 21, 2009 at 5:03 AM

    I don't look wistfully at the moon anymore nor wish to even travel there. It is enough to know I will die tomorrow having no regrets over the footprints I have left here on earth.

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  20. BubblewenchJuly 21, 2009 at 6:47 AM

    Great tribute.

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  21. CloudiaJuly 21, 2009 at 1:43 PM

    Big thanks for these intriguing comments, friends!!!

    Aloha

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  22. DeniseinVAJuly 21, 2009 at 5:33 PM

    Such cool images! Love this post.

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