DAISYPhoto Daisy, Painting Blue#1 (Signlanguage)

A flower. Also a name of the elephant havinga part in the movie Passion of Darkly Noon.

more about the photo: Daisy (Signlanguage)

 

DOM Photo (Signlanguage)

Dominic Monaghan, oneof the actors co-starring in LOTR. > www.imdb.com | wikipedia.org

more about the photo: Dom (Signlanguage)

 

DOUBLE TAP Photo (Recent Forgeries)

In martial games firing two blasts from the weapon to do double damage. > www.kaione.com

Firing two shots in quick succession

Two bullet wounds tightly grouped

The same as "mouse double-click"but made with a stylus on a touch screen

A roman by Steve Martini > www.amazon.com

US action movie 1997 > us.imdb.com

Hong Kong action movie 2000 > www.hkpc.150m.com

DUNEDIN Photo (Signlanguage)

City in the South Island of New Zealand founded by Scottish settlers. It stands at the head of the Otago Harbour on the eastern coast of the South Island. The name comes from Dùn Éideann, the Scottish Gaelic name for Edinburgh -- New Edinburgh is also how Dunedin was called in the past. Its Maori name is Otepoti. > World Book Multimedial Enyclopedia | www.cityofdunedin.com

City in Florida, USA > www.dunedingov.com

 

DUNK Photo (Recent Forgeries)

to submerge (plunge, sink) orbe submerged in liquid

Dunk Tank -- Obviously amusing way of getting wet / making others wet. By hitting a target with a ball you can plunge a person in a water tank, which usually has a translucent window, so the spectators can watch the victim diving. The more prominent the person is -- the more fun you have. > www.justforfunevents.com/g-dunktank.htm | www.celebrationauthority.com

 

DYNJANDI Photo (Linger)

means the roaring, the largest waterfall in the West Fjords, Island, and popular tourist attraction. It's 100 meters high, 30 meter wide at the top and 60 meters wide at the bottom. > www.exploreiceland.is

Photos of Dynjandi: > www.iceland.de | Devic-Essences | www.nordicphotos.com

 

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EDINBURGHPhoto (For Wellington)

pronounced EH duhn buh roh (pop. 421,213), capitaland second largest city of Scotland standing on the hills southof the Firth of Forth. The city was probably named for Edwinof Northumbria, an Anglian king who built a fort there in the600's.

Edinburgh has long been important as a cultural and educationalcenter. The University of Edinburgh and the Royal High Schoolwere founded in the 1500's. The Advocates' Library, where thephilosopher David Hume was once librarian, was founded in 1682.Major art collections are housed in the Royal Scottish Academy,the Royal Scottish Museum, and the National Gallery of Scotland.The annual Edinburgh International Festival of the Arts, a festivalof musical and dramatic productions, attracts exhibitors frommany countries.

Industries in Edinburgh include breweries and distilleries, and paper and textile mills. The city is also a banking and insurance center. > World Book Multimedial Enyclopedia > www.edinburgh.com

Viggo visited Edinburgh in August2003 to see Billy Boyd playing in San Diego, a play byDavid Greig at the Edinburgh International Festival. > Edinburgh News

town in Indiana, USA > placesnamed.com

 

ELENDIL Painting (Signlanguage)

A character from JRR Tolkien's Silmarillion > Tolkien Literature Resources with good description

 

ENTIERRO Painting (Signlanguage)

means "burial" in Spanish

 

ENVIDIA Song from One Less Thing to Worry About

means "envy" in Spanish,the title of tango written1936 by Francisco Canaro (Music), JoséGonzález Castillo / Luis César Amadori (Lyrics).Sung by Viggo on One Less Thing to Worry About CD

> www.todotango.com Lyrics and a sound file of Francisco Canaro singing Envidia
> www.viggophile.net Lyrics and English translation

 

EOMER

From Gaelic: eoh horse,maére famous. A character from LOTR -- Nephewto King Theoden, marshall and then king of Rohan.The name was also mentioned in an English epic poem Beowulf.

 

EXENEfrom photo Exene's World (Signlanguage)

Exene (Christine) Cervenka -- singer and poet, mostlyknown as a leader of punk band X. Married to Viggo from 1987to 1997, mother of Henry. > www.exenecervenka.com

more about the photo: Exene's World(Signlanguage)

 

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FALCONETTI, MARIA Painting (Recent Forgeries)

Birth name: Renee Jeanne Falconetti(1893-1946), stage actress, best known in her role as Jeanned'Arc in the silent movie The Passion of Joan of Arc (1928) > IMDb.com | The Passion of Renee Maria Falconetti

 

FLORENCE Photo (CoM)

(it. Firenze) city onbanks of the Arno River in central Italy, known as the birthplaceof the Renaissance. 1300 to 1600, some of the greatest painters,sculptors, and writers in history lived and worked in Florence.Capital of both the province of Florence and the region of Tuscany.Under control of the wealthy Medici family in the early 1400'sFlorence had become a strong and almost independent city-state.In that time, Florentine literature, theater, and opera thrivedin Florence and were imitated throughout Europe. Florence wasthe capital of Italy from 865 to1870, before the government movedto Rome.
> World Book Multimedial Enyclopedia

Florence was one of thefilm locations for the movie The Portrait of a Lady > IMDb.com

A book by Gerhard Richter with overpainted photographs > www.amazon.de

A popular female name, from L.Florentia, fem. of Florentius, lit. blooming, from florens (gen. florentis), prp. of florere to flower > Online Ethymology Dictionary

A city in Oregon, USA known for its Historic Old Town > www.oldtownflorence.com

another 73Places in the USA

 

FON Photo(Com)

Praphaphorn 'Fon' Chansantor,stunt/body double of Billy Boyd in LOTR, she wrote a bookabout her experiences while making of the movies, My Fairy Tale. > us.imdb.com | The Actors Compendium | some Pictures from the book (you have to scroll down to find them)

 

FOTOTECA Photo(45301)

Fototeca de Cuba - a galleryin Havana, Cuba, where Viggo had his exhibition Hueco en elSol in May 2003 > Fototeca Homepage