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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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