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About LinkBacks...as a child I always loved dioramas -- planning them, building them, looking at others', and coming up with new ideas for them. Life was rich in popsicle sticks, Elmers glue, and imagination.
At the same time I was inordinately fascinated by real-life "little worlds" such as tide pools, rotting stumps, scummy pond edges, wasp nests, ant colonies and the like. And with healthy regular helpings of the Davids (Suzuki and Attenborough) I couldn’t help but fall in blissful wonderment (read: love).
As time passed I was overtaken by confoundment and dismay when I realized that diorama-making was not on par with reading, writing, arithmetic, or even physical education.
“’There are no dioramas in highschool?’ What do you mean there are no dioramas? …How else do you interpret scenes from pictureless novels? (Why are there novels without pictures?) I mean, how would you convey your understanding of the salmon life cycle?”
“Well, not using shoeboxes and construction paper. You might have to write.”
…as it would turn out, there were no dioramas at work, or even in university either!
Needless to say, it is indeed, as Mr. Orzabal suggests, a very very mad world.
p.s. I live in Vancouver, like long walks in the intertidal zone, and catching small flies to feed to my Betta (She says I spend too much time at the beach checking out at all the other fish. It’s true that I spend too much time there… I told her I only look, but I don’t think she believes me.)
…oh ya, and it was my diabolical nemesis the evil "rickwaines" and his dastardly tricks that fooled me into using this forum.
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This is a discussion on Dioramas within the Introduction Area forums, part of the BCA Main Navigation category; ...as a child I always loved dioramas -- planning them, building them, looking at others', and coming up with new ...
- 07-11-2011 #1
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That was one of the best introductions ever! Small aquariums are a lot like dioramas - unique little worlds with subtle surprises. I suspect you may be a future shrimp-keeper :-)
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- 07-11-2011 #3
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Welcome to BCA, thanks for the humorous intro.
Cheers,
Chris
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welcome to BCA
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- 07-11-2011 #5
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Welcome to BCA, Mr P.
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We are an amalgamation of many different hobbyists here. There are dwarf shrimp, planted tanks, cichlid, goldfish/koi, pleco, catfish, betta, oddball, community, marine (FOWLR), and reef enthusiasts to name a few.
Enjoy your time here
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Stuart27 Gallon High-tech Light-limited Planted Tank
Lots of assorted plants and fish
15 Gallon High-tech Light-limited Planted Tank
L10a's, and Spotted Blue Eyes
22 Gallon Long Iwagumi Style Tank Without CO2
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- 07-11-2011 #6
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Welcome! I'm sure you will find this forum as helpful a place as I have.
And you've set the bar high for future posts! I look forward to reading them!
Rich110 gallon Mixed Peacocks & Mbunas.
65 gallon - 2 Koi Angels, misc. cories, BN pleco, zebra danios, rummynose and cardinal tetras
10 gallon Swordtails, betta, dwarf frog
15 gallon Aulonocara baenschi fry tank
Tango, the golden labrador
Salty, the panda bear hamster
2 kids (my favourite pets)
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