Happy Birthday America

 

250 years old today.

Congratulations

Bonus - 48 Pictures from American History.

This Is The Way

 

Today's Tedious Tuesday is a goody. Some repainted traffic guidance, from 1965.

And that's it.

Why did some take this image?

Bonus - I may be not posting for a while...

Bonus 2 - Things were better in the old days. Maybe 

"Not Suitable For Sleep-Walkers"

 

This image depicts the Monastery of Great Meteoron, the largest and oldest of the six active monasteries in Meteora, Greece.

Situated over 415 meters (1,362 ft) above the Pineios valley floor, it was founded in 1356 by Athanasius the Meteorite.

The complex is part of the Meteora UNESCO World Heritage Site, originally built on towering rock pillars accessible only by ropes or ladders.

Or maybe it's Spalding in Lincolnshire. 

Bonus - Official US ‘Shellfish’ Definition Changed, Removes ‘Having a Shell’

Les Travelleurs

 

The blue beret's give these dudes a definite Gallic Flare.

Bonus - 

Chilling in the back garden

 

Yes, the heatwave continues.

Today, Pub Lunch with chums, then back garden (shady spot) for relaxation

Bonus - Too Hot

Cheers!

 

Another stinking hot day.

Another week at work completed.

Time for a chilled glass of something.

Cheers.

Bonus - Look-In Star Portrait Challenge

Phew, What a Scorcher

 

Yes, I said it.

The UK has just had its hottest ever June day, for the second day in a row.  A provisional temperature of 36.7C has been recorded in Merryfield, Somerset - making it a new record temperature for June in England  Locally, temperatures above 33°C were seen here in Slideville.

So, like these folks from 1970's America, I hop you all have a shady park to go and rest in.

Bonus - 

Graduated with a PhD in Misery

 

June is Graduation Season, so this slide for sixty-ish years ago seems appropriate.

I'm guessing that Hank (he looks like a Hank) is annoyed be something. Maybe only getting a 2.2. Maybe having to wear dark blue in the baking sunshine. Maybe his bow tiie no longer spins.

But...he's not happy.

Bonus - Whales in the Egyptian Desert?

Roadworks Ahead

 

Today's Tedious Tuesday slide is from 1968, and seems to be from China. And it's of roadworks, with a wooden bridge.

Why someone would photograph that....your guess is as good as mine.

EDIT - AI says "

This scene likely depicts a street in Vietnam, potentially Cholon or Danang, during the late 1960s.

The image features significant construction activity, including exposed rebar for what appears to be a bridge or drainage project.

The surrounding area shows traditional wooden structures and traffic typical of the era."

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Baby in Fresh Air

 As the UK heads towards "Phew, What A Scorcher" territory, let's turn back to 1966 and a wee babby enjoying the fresh air.

Bonus - 2 arrested after detective finds drugs in bag labeled ‘definitely not a bag full of drugs,’ sheriff says

 

Happy Fathers Day

 

Here, in civilisation, today is Father's Day, so a bit shout out to all great Dad's out there, past and present.

This slide is not my dad, but to that young girl, he's hopefully the Best Dad Ever.

Bonus - What I get Up To At Weekend

Weekend at the Cabin

 

It's hot here in the East Midlands, and the idea of escaping into the forest to a quiet, off-grid cabin is rather tempting. But, probably just a dream.

This slide was marked "Atawhanee in front of our own cabin 1955", but could be almost anywhere, and anytime.  I'm not too sure where this is, but it might be At Ahwanee, in Yosemite.

Bonus 

Cool, Restful End to the Week

 

According to AI ...

This image depicts the Upper Falls of the Yellowstone River located in Yellowstone National Park, Wyoming. The scene shows the river cascading over a rocky cliff face, surrounded by a dense forest of evergreen trees. 

In the background, the Chittenden Memorial Bridge can be seen spanning the river above the falls. This specific vantage point is commonly known as Artist Point

StreetView

Bonus : Lost WWII submarine discovered off the coast of Japan

The Swing ... OF DEATH!

 

Yes, the picture is slightly blurred, but it does remind me of how potentially dangerous life was in the 1960s. 

I'm sure that such a swing would be banned in modern " 'eff n Safety" Britain.  Or so the Daily Fail would have is believe.

Bonus - Man Makes Kebabs

Valerie Inspects a Greek Column

 

The slide was marked as Segesta, so obviously that means that Valerie and Debbie are visiting the Temple of Segesta, a remarkably well-preserved ancient Greek temple built in the Doric style around 430–420 BC.

Located in north-western Sicily, the temple is notable for being built by the Elymians, an indigenous people of Sicily, rather than directly by Greek colonists.

It is considered an unfinished construction project, as it lacks a naos (inner chamber) and was never given a roof, possibly due to conflicts with the neighbouring city of Selinunte. The structure consists of 36 Doric columns made of limestone, measuring approximately 61 meters long and 26 meters wide.

Which is nice to know.  

Bonus - A guy shows up at his local bar with a black eye. 

"What happened to you?" asks the bartender.

"I complimented my wife on her new pants. I told her the sunflowers on the ass were very pretty."

"So?" asks the bartender. "What's wrong with that?"

And the guy says, "Turns out they were daisies."

The Drive

 

Getting back into the rhythm, let's  have another Tedious Tuesday image.

Today : No Date, No Location. No Info. Quite a nice scene.

Bonus - 

Rumours of my Demise ....

 

...have been greatly exaggerated.

Yes, I have been away. Two weeks of various distractions, travels, activities and emotional turmoil.

But...I'm back.

So, please accept this triple hit of pure 1977's normality, and a hideous wallpaper.

Bonus? Nah. 

The Astonished Baby

 

That look on the baby's face?  Astonishment, deer in the headlights, or 2I've just pooed my nappy"?

Bonus - The Headline Game

Resting in the Sun

 

Another from the Ibiza 1973 School Trip.

Teenage boys doing what teenage boys do best - hanging around, doing nowt.

Bonus - 

"Where In The World?" Quiz - Number 822

 

Using your skill, judgement and knowledge, look at the adjacent image, and try and work out which American state that it was taken in.

Send your answer to "That's Hawaii, isn't it?" Quiz, PO Box 722, Bouvet Island.

Bonus - What?

Oh! ANOTHER historic church that we saw on our guided tour.

The image features the Oratory of San Bernardino in Perugia, Italy, a notable Early Renaissance building.

Façade Artistry: The colorful marble façade is decorated with bas-reliefs sculpted by Agostino di Duccio between 1457 and 1461.

Iconography: The central lunette portrays the Ascension of Saint Bernardino, while the tympanum displays a blessing Jesus surrounded by angels and seraphim.

Location and Context: It is located on Piazza San Francesco next to the Basilica of San Francesco al Prato and is considered the city's most important Renaissance monument.

Bonus - People who think stupid fictional characters are unrealistic or badly written have never worked in customer service.
 

TWANG!

 

It's interesting to consider the relationship between archery and the English language and surnames.

• Bowman
• Archer
• Fletcher

and

• Going for Gold
• A-quiver
• Straight as an Arrow
• etc.

OK, mildly interesting. To some.

Bonus - 

Oh ... A Flower

 

Technically, possibly just a weed.

But I guess that this weed struggling to flower in the parched scrubland of Ibiza made a pleasant change from spotty teenager acting like idiots on a school trip.

Bonus - 

Phew! What a Scorcher!

 

The traditional British Tabloid headline staple.

Tho' as today is a Bank Holiday, the other staple "Bank Holiday Washout" seems less appropriate. Britain has had it's hottest day in May EVER,

So, today's slide is sort of appropriate. It's been a while since the last School Goes Abroad For Easter Holiday image, and this is from the 1973 Ibiza box. Teenagers lazing on  beach, saving energy for fumblings in the evening.

Bonus - Utterly Pointless

And the band played Happy Birthday

 

Nothing like a bit of improvised truck-bed trad-jazz to enliven the mood.

Incidentally, today is the 62nd birthday for two Olympic Gold Medallists : Liz McColgan and Adrian Moorhouse

Bonus - The Story of Colours

Baby Girl

 

AI guesses 

This image shows a vintage photograph of a child smiling while sitting on a foldable outdoor chair. The style of the white frilled dress and the background setting suggest the photograph was taken in the 1950s or 1960s.

The child is wearing white socks and white shoes, a common children's fashion style for that era. The photo appears to be a personal snapshot or family photograph.

Reality - Yup. Image is from April 1962.

Bonus - 

The Duchess and The Dog

 

It might be nothing, but this set of slides does feature a bunch of slides from Chatsworth House and other Derbyshire attractions.  And some from a Mobile Home on some moorland.

And this lady does have an aristocratic bearing...and does look a bit like Debs, The Dowager Duchess of Devonshire   .

So, I'm NOT saying it is...but .... I have made a career out of being wrong.

Bonus -  Underwater Snow Exists All Over The Globe – And Beyond

( Not ) The Chelsea Flower Show

 

This week may be the Chelsea Flower Show at ...(checks)... Chelsea, but this image doesn't appear to be from there.

So, it COULD be the Saffron Walden Women's Institute's Ornamental Garden...but ...I dunno.

Bonus - https://reformornot.uk

Sky, Sea, Bloke, Sand, Log

 

The only remotely interesting thing about this slide is that the bloke's name is Gaylord.

Maybe.

Bonus - 

Roofless and Awesome

 

This slide is probably of the interior ruins of Tintern Abbey in Monmouthshire, Wales.

• Historic Significance: The abbey was founded in 1131 by Cistercian monks and became a prominent Gothic masterpiece.
• Dissolution: The abbey fell into ruins following the Dissolution of the Monasteries by Henry VIII in the 16th century.
• Cultural Legacy: The ruins inspired famous artistic works, including the 1798 poem "Lines Composed a Few Miles above Tintern Abbey" by William Wordsworth.
• Yay for AI

Bonus - America Made Its Most Toxic Lake. Now We Need What's Inside.

Geoff's Defiant Pose

 Remembering his catwalk model training, Geoff struck a pose.

Bonus - 

I wonder where this is...

 

Ah.   Bath.   In the city of Bath.

Nice.

Bonus : BREAKING: Reform UK Candidates Lambast the State of.... Reform UK Candidates

The Mysterious Girl

 

Alas, this was a very under-exposed slide, so getting any sort of image out of it was difficult.

So, why did the photographer keep this one?

There's a clue written on the slide - "1964 Me in Waterlow Park".

We photographers didn't take many self-portraits back in the days of  35mm slides.  Nowadays, with digital images, it's an epidemic.

Bonus - 

The Long Gallery

 

This was an Ektachrome slide that suffered from extreme colour deterioration,  giving it a heavy red cast. So, this images is just the blue component.

According to the slide, this was Parham Park, Sussex and the Long Gallery. Fare enough.

n architecture, a long gallery is a long, narrow room, often with a high ceiling. In Britain, long galleries were popular in Elizabethan and Jacobean houses. They were normally placed on the highest reception floor — the uppermost level designed for entertaining guests (usually above the hall and other ground floor rooms) — of English country houses, usually running along a side of the house, with windows on one side and at the ends giving views, and doors to other rooms on the other. They served several purposes, and were perhaps especially used by the women of the family. They were used for entertaining guests (probably only the more favoured ones), for taking exercise in the form of walking when the weather was inclement, for displaying art collections, especially portraits of the family and royalty, and acting as a corridor.

Bonus - 

What ARE the doing behind that fence?

 

Today's Tedious Tuesday slide might be more mysterious than tedious.

They might be building a road, but they could be mixing the world biggest pancake mix.

Interesting (-iah.)

Bonus -