Up To The Roof

Yes, Tedious Tuesday again, and today ....well. Something.

Outwardly, a failed photo, with under-exposed details. While playing with the contrast does reveal some intricate details in the walls, it's still difficult to make out any real structure. Except, seemingly, a curving staircase leading ever upwards.

And I really like that original stark image.

I think the location is the US Capital building rotunda...but I could be wrong https://maps.app.goo.gl/VmeZZ4BpXb6zp6M4A

 Bonus - 

Superbowl Watch Party?

 

As the slide dates from 1979 (and probably England), they would have been watching Superbowl XIII. The Steelers defeated the Cowboys by the score of 35–31.

As said before, 1979 clothing wasn't all New Romantics and Post-Punk - A lot of fashion was ... unfashionable. Like the carpets.

Bonus - 

The Retro Deco Motel

 

After yesterday's accidental duplicate, here's a slide you definitely won't have seen.

Looking like a Wes Anderson film set, this image dates from 1979, but shows an older, art deco motel and swimming pool. An artfully empty-of-people pool.

Anyone know what/where?

Bonus 

Nice Ass

 

OK.  They're donkeys, but it's difficult to think of things to say for this blog.

Nostalgia Moment - I recall having an anorak with that sort of quilted diamond pattern.

Bonus - 10 Cold-Weather Misconceptions You’ve Probably Believed Your Whole Life

Bonus 2 - Scary Lion.

The Watcher at the Window

 

Strange lady, Mrs Cathcart.

Enjoyed nothing more that sitting at the window, watching the neighbours. Whether they waere having dinner, or watching television, or checking the kids' homework, Mrs Cathcart would pull up a chair, and look into their cottage.

Odd.

Bonus Man releases coyote from wire fence.

Remember...

 

"People photograph the oddest things."

Bonus -Situation is dire’ for Sicily town teetering on cliff edge after landslide ‘

A Load of Stone

 

What the heck is this?

...was my first thought. No info in the box of slides it came in, but other in the box from 1980 looked rather "Egypt-y".

And that was all the clue I needed. Yes, it's the Unfinished Obelisk, at Aswan.

Probably.

Bonus - 

Waiting for the drugs to kick in...

 Sue, waiting for that sweet, sweet hit to take effect.

Waiting

Waiting

Waiting

...

Damn it.

Bonus - 

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