Little Laura's very big head, with a small Oslofjord behind her. Taken at Holmenkollen, Oslo, by Betsy.

A water seller's big head in Essouira Morocco. Don't you think he looks like David Bowie? Morocco, 2004

My beautiful goddaughter Elizabeth's big, cute and determined head. Austin TX

Failed attempt at "big head in mirror self portrait", with my friend Jennifer. Halloween 2001. This was before I painted the bathroom black.....

Tower of London Beefeater's Big Head. July 2003

My big head in Prague

Julias' Big Kraut head. We were on the Mainz river, Germany.
By the way, I can say "Kraut" cuz I am one.....

Van Gogh's big head and mine. I have both ears, however. Amsterdam. (Honestly, though, the Van Gogh museum was AMAZING. I had no idea.....)

Hello Amsterdam! Big head little Hard Rock. Talk about being between a Rock and a hard place......

Party night in Amsterdam big heads, June 2004.
I hope I meet these guys again while I am here...

Rich's big head and a small plane. I like this one. Serendipity baby!

My friend Karen has a big head. It has to be big to fit her big mouth! This is her in front of Tower Bridge, London. She and I will be in Amsterdam this weekend, so watch out Netherlands! Here we come!

My big fat head in front of a statue of Ramses the 110th, or some such Egyptian King. Hatshepsut's Temple, Egypt.

Colleen's big head, with small tourist in background, in Edfu, Egypt. She's getting her knee replaced today, so I send her lots of love and good wishes....

Another one sent from a blog buddy! This is from Katy, a picture of her Sidekick. They were in France, in the Alps near La Plagne. See how the head is bigger than the mountains? We like that! (Her blog is funny, by the way. Her descriptions of her murderous lingerie are priceless.)

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Dan's big head at Enchanted Rock, in the Hill Country of Texas. Dan is a fellow Royal Order of Pythons member, and proud owner of a big ol' bean.

Double baby bighead. Sent in by Lindsay.
Not strictly big head as per Big Head Rules, but so cute I could not resist. That's Anne Olivia and her little brother Anderson, from Austin. Mom and Dad have big heads, too.....REALLY big heads. Hint hint.

Blogger Big Head Bother

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brother's big head, cochem castle, germany

Mom's big head (and hair) and the houses of Parliament, London. I think it was lawyer class picture day.

Young Ellie's big head with tree and house in background. From Austin. The first Big Head via email!

big head small London Eye

double drunk big head copenhagen

Reverse double head: Big camel head, small Karla head, Egypt 

Austin's big head, small Bergen, Norway 

My big fat head, small fjord. 

Big Head Pictures!

Welcome to my new blog.

Back story:

When my brother and I were kids, our favorite thing to do was to jump and hop on our parent's bed. (Eventually, as we got bigger, they got us a trampoline so we wouldn't break their bed, smart parents that they are!)

When jumping, we noticed that the lamps reflected our shadows on the wall, making us look way bigger than we actually were. Especially our heads. Our heads were huge.
So, being the 4 and 5 year olds we were we thought that was hilarious and started shouting "BIG HEAD! BIG HEAD!" whenever we jumped and saw our inflated craniums shadowed on the wall.

Big Head. It's just kind of funny.

So, it's been a family joke for years to take Big Head pictures. We have lots of them.

The rules are startlingly simple:

Your big fat head (and as a family, big fat heads are not in short supply with us) needs to be the focal point of the picture. It's best if your big fat head is posed with a large, recognizable monument, landmark, mountain or planet that looks smaller than your big fat head. Your big fat head should take up the majority of the frame, with something interesting behind. We need something to compare your big fat head with.

Get it? I'll be posting a Big Head picture every day or so. For starters, they will mostly be of me, or people I know. But I am sure you will get the idea pretty fast. Once you get the Big Head Mojo, send me your pictures of your big fat head, and I will post them if they pass Big Head muster. Just tell me who's big fat head it is (I am not picky about species of big head, by the way) and what it is posed with. (If you send anything OTHER than a big head picture, something with a FACE, not only will it be unceremoniously trashed, but you will also go to Blogger Hell and nasty karma will follow you forever until you die. So there, Karla does not brook naughtiness.)

Send them to me at:
karlagodwoman at yahoo dot com

Go take pictures! The world is waiting for your Big Fat Head!