Fun of the Beach - Too

 

So, it wasn't a Sand Castle yesterday, it's a Sand Crab.

Yeah.

Bonus - 

Fun on the Beach

 

While the days are getting longer, it doe seem like summer is still along time off.

So, lets feed those pangs of nostalgia with a trip back in time to a sunny beach. It looks like some sort of Sandcastle competition, but ... it doesn't look like a castle to me.

Bonus - 

The Back of Brutal

 

In the same box of slides as Tuesday's brital architecture building was this slide...and it looks like a different view of the same location.

And, that mountain profile looks familiar.

So, with a little digging, I'm convinced that this is The Loews Hotel in Tucson, Arizone.

Bonus - 

"Mr Herriot, I've lost my watch!"

Unknown location

 

Yes, the punchline for an old joke/sketch, I expect.

But... the flat caps, the trench coats, the range of cows' posteriors.  The "All Creatures Great And Small" vibes are strong in this one.

Bonus - 

Another Taj Mahal shot

 

"...and this is Marjorie in front of the Taj Mahal, but Gustav wasn't beside her in this picture, due to him spontaneously combusting."

Bonus - Donald J Trump (the J is short for Genius) is at Davos in Switzerland for the WEF. He's just said  "Without us, right now you'd all be speaking German". Davos is in the German speaking part of Switzerland.

Bonus 2 - US House candidate buys nazis.us domain to redirect visitors to homeland security

Brutal?

 

At first view, I was unsure where this was just Brutalist Architecture, or a bombed-out ruin of an Israel/Palestinian conflict.

Google ASI says "This building appears to be part of the Ben-Gurion University of the Negev campus in Beersheba, Israel, or potentially the Asian Games Village in New Delhi, India. The Brutalist architectural style, characterized by its use of textured concrete blocks and geometric forms, is a common feature in both locations, especially within academic and large residential complexes designed to suit desert climates."

To me, it looks like something in South West of USA, so ...who knows?

Bonus - 

Dolly and the Dolphins

 

Dolly, resplendent in pink, as usual, takes a stroll along the boardwalk.  

In the background, "SEA WORLD" and "TRAINING DOLPHINS SCHOOL, so I'm thinking that this is possibly Rehoboth Beach, Delaware, USA.

Or, it could be Guilford in England.  I really dunno.

Bonus - 

The Power Of Rain

 In the middle of a set of very normal slides (Babies, parties, gardens, scenery, etc) was this title slide.

How odd !

Bonus - Mesmerising

He Looks Familiar

 

He looks a little like a bloke I used to work with - Alan Parker.  It's unlikely that it is, but .... maybe

Where is it?   Well, maybe I should have run this as a where in the world quiz, but it's a very well known location.

It's here.

Bonus - The marvel of Tessellations 

The start of an adventure...

 

"I remember that it was a Thursday that by adventure started. I was showing Dad my home-made Nuclear Clock, reflecting only slight un-ease about the geopolitical situation.

My brother has having his hourly de-bogey-ing, courtesy of Mrs Gladwin, our neighbour.

Mother was boiling some fish-fingers in the kitchen, little expecting the unscheduled arrival of the 47th Airborne Division a few hours later."

Bonus - 

Winter Scene number 529

 

Sorry.

A bit distracted this evening.

So ... some snow.

Bonus :

Where In The World? Quiz 738

 

Yes, it's a tricky one today.

Still, this slide from 1963 does seem to predate the "Hordes of numpties for the cliche'd "Holding it up" " image.

Thank heavens.

Yes, it is  the campanile of Pisa Cathedral.

Bonus - Either a lying bag of shut, or a dementia riddled buffoon.

Quack !

 

Nothing much to say, except that this male White-headed Duck (Oxyura leucocephala) is called Colin.

Bonus - A Jehovahs witness knocked on my door yesterday

So I invited him in and made him a cup of tea and sat him down at my table. 

I asked him what he wanted to talk about and he replied with “I’m fucked if I know I haven’t got this far before“