Almost Got The Parade

I guess the photographer didn't have the best location to shoot this parade, so trusted to luck.

Orth's Mayflower Warehouse is an interesting phrase to google for...and it turns up this thread....featuring a parade with Orth's in the background.  Uncanny !

Bonus - Interesting, but slightly disturbing. This is how Rotationplasty turns your ankle into a knee joint.

Bonus 2 - 74 Years Ago Today

Looking for Bigfoot

Ever since "that" encounter in 1937, Mrs Edna Turnblatt would scan the woods and forests around her home for a glimpse of Bigfoot.

Or her husband, who disappeared into the woods one evening.

Bonus - Love this Movie.  Hadn't seen this poster before.

Fort Randall Dam, July 1953

Yes, ANOTHER Fort Randall Dam slide.

Bonus : At What Age Is Our Sense of Optimism at Its Highest?

Bonus 2 -

Lucy's New Bicycle

A lovely birthday treat - a new classic cycle. 

And a proper bike...mudguards, Sturmey-Archer gears, Chain-guard and illustrating why girl's bikes are different.

Bonus - 154-year anniversary of the Sultana Disaster

Bonus 2 -

At The Bridal Veil Falls

Curious.  People seemed to dress up smartly when visiting major tourist sites.

If you don't recognise the location...the bridge in the background is the biggest clue.

As it is now.

Bonus - Every Person in Britain Mapped

Bonus 2 -

Old Man Gribble

Those eyes.

Those eyes have seen things.   Good things ... evil things ....   strange things.

But they've never seen things as f****ed up as Brexit.

Bonus - The Comic Book Crash of the ’90s

Another Lansing Parade

Newcomers to this blog may be surprised to see how many slides Americans seems to take of street parades, but they do seem to be one of the tropes of US life in the sixties.

Along with pictures of anglers and their catches.

Bonus - Courage in the face of Hate.

Bonus 2 - Bad Newspaper

Teen Bikini Time

While the fine Easter weather continues, it seems apposite to post another "School Trip At Easter" slide.

Today, it's from the 1971 Schoo, Cultural Trip to Majorca, and a shot from beside the pool.  Luckily,  Mr Walesby is there to keep an eye on the girls.   And, out of shot, Mr Tibbs kept a close eye on the guys.

Bonus -

Easter Bonnet Parade

Sunny Easter continues, and here's what the well dressed kid was wearing... sixty years ago.

Bonus -

Parasitic Wasp

Parasitic WASP

Happy Easter

Bunnies  ...   kids .... hats ...  Shoes.

It's gotta be Easter, innit?

Bonus - It's a Miracle. Hundreds of thousands of bees survive Notre Dame fire.

Bonus 2 - It's Not a Miracle. 'Church' to offer 'miracle cure' despite FDA warnings against drinking bleach

Waiting for the Pope Show

For Easter Saturday, I thought this might be slightly suitable. Looks like visitors visiting Rome (Vatican??), so perhaps they're here for the 1964 "Urbi et Orbi" gathering.

Bonus - Last Night :-)

Waving Flags

Springtime for Young Lovers

And the geriatric ones too.

Bonus - the United States anticipated so many casualties in the planned invasion of Japan during WW2, that it is still awarding Purple Hearts originally manufactured during the war and intended for troops of that invasion.

Bonus 2 -

Ibiza School Trip, 1973

Easter is almost upon us, so time to ramp up the number of Seventies School Trip Slides.

Today, it's from 1973 and Ibiza, and the little darlings from Form 4C are having a cultural visit to a bullfight.

Can't imagine that happening now.

Bonus -

The New House

Just a little cottage in the countryside :-)

Bonus - The Practice Mulberry Harbour of Garlieston.

Tiger Playing Cards

I never knew that tigers enjoyed playing cards, but it seems that they are rather good at Whist.

Bonus - Life is tough, kiddo

Bonus 2 - British nukes were protected by bike locks

Good Luck , Notre Dame

As I type this, the Cathedral of Notre Dame, in Paris is ablaze, and unlikely to survive.

While this slide probably isn't Notre Dame (I believe it is Brussels City Hall) it seemed sorta fitting.

Bonus - Gef, The Talking Mongoose.

The Retirees

After long careers Drug-Dealing and Engineering, these two third-agers are retiring to their quite cottage in the country. Nice.

Bonus -

There's Something Going On Here

The posing by the side of nondescript road.
The walk of shame by the lady in the woods.
   What's going on???

My theory is that a long cross-country family road-trip has lead to epic constipation. After 14 days, Cathy "felt the urge", and disappeared into the woods. An hour later, and 6 lb lighter, she's returning to find Ma n Pa marking the moment.

Prove me wrong !

Bonus - Who Pays the Price for Selling $10 Bills for $5?

Narcissus Nostalgia

At last.

A slide with some contextual info...

"Daffodil Time, Puyallup, Washington."

Bonus - 

The leg of Argentinosaurus

Big Scale Engineering

There's something satisfying about Civil Engineering on an epic scale.

Bonus -

Parking - Parisian Style.

Strangely, it took me a couple of seconds to see the pparked car, but once seen....

Bonus - TerrorTubby

Bonus 2 -

Not THE Boat Race...

...but certainly some sort of boat race. There, just visible in the distance....


Incidentally - Regarding the famous Thames / University Boat Race. How come no-one mentions the incredible consistency, when the same two universities make it to the final every year !

Bonus - Armadillo Skeleton

Where in the World?

Just the one quiz today.

Where in the world was this slide taken?

1. London, England
2. Great Wall of China
3. Machu Picchu, Pero
4. Marianas Trench, Pacific Ocean.

Answers on a post card please.

Bonus -  Hellcat and his Right Paw of Doom

....And Now, The Whole Party

"Oooh, look at her.  What a nerve, getting married in white"
"Of course, her Aunt wasn't invited because of what she said about Our Cheryl.."
"And the groom? ...  the sories I heard about the Stag Night...." 

Legends.

Bonus - Longest straight-line walk you could do without ever hitting the ocean, 13,572.5 km
Bonus 2 -

Brutalist Zoo

From a box marked "American Zoos". Hmmm, I can't imagine that these Polar Bears are having a fulfilling life...especially as the other slides suggest that this isn't a particularly chilly parts of the USA.

Pop Quiz - Are Polar Bears   Ursus arctos    or   Ursus maritimus  or  Ursus americanus  ?

Bonus - Betrayed by a Hooman

Bonus 2 - Meet the Rare Swimming Wolves That Eat Seafood

The Town of Rocky Springs

I'm guessing that this is the one in Mississippi (and not the one in Staffordshire.)

And it's a Ghost Town.


Waste some hours - GeoGuessr

Sightseeing with Jeff and Audrey

This wasn't going to be the slide for today, but I discovered that the selected item was a copy of a "photo-simulation".

Damn.


Bonus -

Not A Cephalophore

Thanks to this slide, I have today (accidentally) learned a new word.

A cephalophore (from the Greek for "head-carrier") is a saint who is generally depicted carrying his or her own head. In Christian art, this was usually meant to signify that the subject in question had been martyred by beheading.

Thru' the use of Google-Fu, I can positively state that this is from Nidaros Cathedral in Trondheim, Norway. More Info

Bonus - Picture of the day

The Art of Camouflage.

In this picture there are 14 ninjas, poised, ready to attack.

How many can you spot?

Bonus - Romsdalen, Norway 

Bonus 2 -

The Lizard (not Cornwall)

A little Natural World photo.

Bonus -