The snows are melting

 

As we head towards March, the threat of snow s receding. So, a  slightly appropriate slide.

Nice.

Bonus- selective attention test

Just Hanging About with Pals

 T'was a bit of a bleached washed out slide, but with a bit of jiggery pokery, it's sort of acceptable.

From Sept 1963, and I remember playground equipment that looked like this. Probably unacceptable to modern Health and Safety.

Bonus - Happy Birthday Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor.

Nice Scenery and Bridge.

Makes a change from the cold and wet of current Britain.

This image shows the Puente de San Martín (St. Martin's Bridge), a historic medieval bridge spanning the Tagus River in Toledo, Spain. 

Constructed in the late 14th century, the bridge features five prominent arches, with the largest central arch spanning 40 meters. It was built to provide access to the old town from the western side and is fortified with defensive towers on both ends. 

A popular legend tells that the architect's wife secretly set fire to the scaffolding to hide a structural miscalculation before the inauguration, allowing it to be rebuilt stronger. 

Bonus - It hasn't changed much

Bonus 2 - My neighbourhood barber was just arrested for selling drugs.

I was a customer for seven years.

I never knew he was a barber.

 

Far from the madding crowd

 

No info on this slide, but it does look like the foothills of the Himalayas / Hindu Kush / basically "Foreign".

There's something of interest on the slopes - looks like white rocks arranged to spell something, but the slide resolution is too poor to read it.

All in all, quite a dull slide.

Bonus - there's a place in Yellowstone Park where you could theoretically get away with murder due to a constitutional loophole discovered by a law professor in 2005

Perfect for Soaring

 

With the 2026 Winter Olympics in full swing, today's slide harks back to 1979, and a sight/site that appears to be Lake Placid in NY.

Or maybe it isn't.

But, probably the ski-jumping venue.

Bonus - People are weird. ‘Penisgate’ at the Olympics: why inject acid into your penis, and what are the health risks?

The Impossibility of Ecstasy in the Mind of Moira

 

Performance art time. This is Damian Hirst's debut art piece "The Impossibility of Ecstasy in the Mind of Moira". This features Bunty (Left) and Moira (Right" listening to Gene Pitney singing The Star Spangled Banner, and taking a pill of E every 26 minutes, until Thursday.

While Damian didn't win the Turner Prize for this, it did bring patronage from Potter's Pork Pies of Barnsley.

Bonus - 

Not Norfolk

 

No info on the slide, but in my opinion, this could be  the summit of Mount Sinai, also known as Gabal Musa, in the Sinai Peninsula of Egypt.

Maybe near here

Bonus - Poulsbo woman's home overrun by over 100 raccoons after 3 decades of feeding them

We're not in Kansas, Toto

 

'cos that sure ain't a Kansasian Hefferlump.

Bonus - Did you hear about the vampire who was going blind?

He had dracular degeneration.

Oh look - an Irish Castle !

 

AI tells me that this photo captures the ruins of a chapel within Blarney Castle in Ireland, specifically showcasing a stone wall with a small window and a sign labeled "CHAPEL". 

Location: The image shows a part of Blarney Castle, famously known as the home of the Blarney Stone. 

Signage: A sign on the wall is written in both Irish ("an séipéal") and English ("CHAPEL"). 

Visitor Activity: The upper level, often used for visiting the Blarney Stone.

AI doesn't really write engaging text, does it?

Bonus - Vintage wartime US public information posters 

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.