I'm taking part today in
Monday Murals hosted by Sami.
In honour of the Gold Medal in Men's Curling
and the Bronze Medal in Women's Curling won
by Canada in the Milano-Cortina Winter Olympics --
Here's a mural celebrating curling that is painted
on the Jasper Place Curling Club in
my city of Edmonton, Alberta.
It was created by local artist Jill Stanton.
[Photo from the internet]
The mural depicts the evolution of curling brooms
from the sport's original corn brooms
up to today's modern push brooms.
[Closeup photos © Debra She Who Seeks, 2022]
Original big mural is stunning, and yours is impressive 👏
ReplyDeleteI just listen radio and they speak there that always interest of Curling game 🥌 grows up after Olympics here. I watched also the finals of Swede and 🇨🇦, congratulations 🎊
...a wonderful mural about a sport that mystifies me.
ReplyDeleteA friend of mine took a curling lesson over the weekend with her ex-husband.
ReplyDeleteFun mural!!!!! I don't know I'll ever understand curling.
ReplyDeleteSo Canadian, I love it!
ReplyDeleteInteresting mural. A lot of work went into it.
ReplyDeleteVery curl... I mean cool. I don’t really understand curling and always find it silly when I watch. I need to educate myself.
ReplyDeleteBeautiful big mural.
ReplyDeleteAlso, I'm sure you know that all the curling stones are made from stones quarried on Ailsa Craig (like the tomatoes), a small uninhabited island in Scotland.
ReplyDelete@ Liz Hinds -- I know they are all made of Scottish granite, but I didn't know the precise location it is quarried, so thanks for that info! I know each stone comes in its own beautiful carrying case. My uncle had his own stone.
Delete@Liz Hinds -- A recent episode of "Repair Shop On The Road" featured the family-run curling stone maker that made all the ones for the Milano Olympics. It was fascinating!
DeleteI had a huge discussion with someone last week about curling and how I find it so fascinating because it's slow and precise, unlike so many other Olympic games.
ReplyDeleteI am going to share the mural with him today because I know it'll make him nuts:
"A mural about curling!??!?!?"
What a lovely and colourful mural. I have only heard of curling because of the Winter Olympics. Thanks for participating in Monday Murals Debra.
ReplyDeleteThat is quite beautiful!
ReplyDeleteCurling is a great spectator sport. The unbelievable precision of the shots combined with the strength of the sweeping keeps me in awe of those athletes.
ReplyDeleteThat's an awesome mural!
ReplyDeleteThose are great.
ReplyDeleteWhat a colorful mural!
ReplyDeleteI love how the northern hemisphere embraces curling. In the Olympics the early rounds start before the opening ceremony and the whole competition lasts longer than any other sport. Or maybe it just feels that way, lol
ReplyDelete🥳 Congrats to Canadian Curling! At the Olympics, the curling venues were sold-out every day!
ReplyDelete🥌 The US Nationals in curling start today at Bojangles Coliseum in Charlotte, NC!! And, a full-scale National Curling League is in the offing! Anyone who does not fully understand the sport (like me 😵💫) better get busy!! A fun start in understanding what the sport means to people is to watch "Men With Brooms" (2002 movie) starring Leslie Nielsen [Canadian Cutie! 🇨🇦]. 👍
@ Cleora Borealis -- Yes, "Men With Brooms" is a Canadian movie classic! The other male lead, Paul Gross, is a Canadian Cutie as well. Americans would know him best from the TV series "Due South."
DeleteWow, that is a gorgeous mural. What a talented artist!
ReplyDeleteA wonderful mural. I knew nothing about curling. But during these olympics I learned a lot about it
ReplyDeleteA perfect mural for today, Debra. I enjoyed watching the curling even though I don't understand all the rules.
ReplyDeleteLove the mural. The broom evolution is cool.
ReplyDeleteA beautiful mural indeed! I miss the "thwack, thwack, thwack" of the old corn brooms which made curling more fun to play.
ReplyDeletehttps://www.kaysscotland.com/curling-stones ...Their site has a short video of them making the stones.
ReplyDelete@ Mike -- Thanks so much for that link! The video is FASCINATING!
DeleteColorful and uplifting. Your artwork below's even more striking.
ReplyDelete@ Rawknrobyn -- Well, "my" artwork in the sense that I took the closeup photos of the individual scenes in the mural!
DeleteAh, just thinking of corn brooms. Remembering the sound of sweeping rather than loud blowers, those were the days! Beautiful mural!
ReplyDeleteLovely mural to celebrate curling and your close ups are very nicely done.
ReplyDelete@ CAAZ -- Two years ago when I took those closeups, I almost got frostbite because it was -30 windchill and I had to take my gloves off to work the camera. I should have waited until the summer, LOL!
DeleteLove the mural!
ReplyDeleteAnd Curling is such an under appreciated sport!
XOXO
That's very colorful.
ReplyDeleteThat is so cool. Love how colorful it is.
ReplyDeleteI thought that curling was something that happened in hair salons.
ReplyDeleteI love murals, especially when the celebrate something as outstanding as wins at the Olympic.
ReplyDeleteBeautiful mural. Bright, vivid colours.
ReplyDeleteThis is lovely!
ReplyDeleteThey use brooms? I like the murals.
ReplyDeleteThis is truly a masterpiece
ReplyDeleteI have yet to figure out the rules of curling, but the mural is stunning!!
ReplyDeleteOkay! That's cool!
ReplyDeleteOui, très cool :)
ReplyDeleteIl nous faut une murale comme celle-ci à Montréal.
Les grands Canadiens !
Monsieur Dupuis 🇨🇦
Beautiful mural...I never could get excited about curling but I did watch it!!
ReplyDeleteI must confess, I don't find curling to be very exciting.
ReplyDeleteI love a good mural. We have a couple in Sheffield by the city's celebrated artist Pete Mckee.
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