The Summer Party

This is almost identical to my party last night.  Although Amanda's party probably featured more alcohol, weed and Coon-Skin Caps than mine.

Bonus -

The Star of the Night - Reg

The Other Star of the Night - Kenny

Here's to Outdoor Food

Whether you're whipping up some Candy Floss (Cotton Candy) for the speedboat races, or having a Pizza Party on the Patio (panic is setting in) or having a joint birthday party (Hi Liz and Alistair), we can all agree that outdoor food can be wonderful.

Bonus -  Gong-Master Sven

City Escape

A nice piece of trompe l'oeil there. Almost fooled me at the first glance.

Street name is Raamdwars Straat, so as per my obsession, I decided to track down where.   And I think I've found it as it is now.

Is this it now??

Bonus - Educating the british ignoramuses.. (Ignorami??)  Deciphering the Terms Dutch, the Netherlands, and Holland

Bonus 2 -

In The Days Before Gameboys....

...there were hours of entertainment in an empty brown paper bag.  And Food Fair bags were the bestest.

More intriguing, in the background. That mysterious object.

I suspect it's some stacking set of TV Dinner trays. Classy. I bet that modern hipsters would pay hundreds for those.

Bonus - What is the most dangerous drug?

Sofia and The Festival of St Cyril

Followers of any of the great religions will realise that Sofia is in the parade before the Feast Day Celebration of St Cyril (The Duck Saviour).

His unusual moniker comes from the miracle that he performed, when he re-animated a duck which had been killed, stuffed, roasted in an oven and served in shallot and grape sauce.
The duck then flew off, only to be caught and torn assunder by a passing osprey.

But the miracle stood, and Cyril was canonised and made the Patron Saint of Ducks and other aquatic Anatidae wildfowl.

Bonus - Impossible Cookware and Other Triumphs of the Penrose Tile

Build The Wall

Build The Wall   and

Spoil The View



(No, not a Trump-related post.)

Bonus - The remarkable survival of Juliane Koepcke and more info

Bonus 2 -

Come In, Child. You Have Nothing To Fear.

No.  Don't.

It's a trap.

That's Ethel Flaherty, the last convicted witch of North Salem, in Montana.  Burned at the stake in 1976, at the reputed age of 476.

Evil.

Bonus -

Oh George, Shall We Keep Him?

"We could smuggle him in, and give him a proper name.   Oh George....let's do it."

"No."

Bonus -:-)

Fisherman Fred - He Haz the Fishes

One for the laydeez.  Fred is a part-time sausage stuffer who enjoys trout tickling at weekends.

So, if you're and Old Trout, then Fred is your Man.

Bonus - ‘The Killer’ at 30: John Woo Explains How He Shot His Action Classic Without a Script

Marjorie assumed an Odd, Statuesque, Pose

Yes, I'm still on holiday, tho' the Maternal Unit has returned to the frozen North.

So I, like Marjorie, am chillin'

Bonus - Scientists at St Andrews University have taught seals to sing the Star Wars Theme.

I would welcome any theories as to why such a thing needs doing.

Tree !

Tree ?

Tree !

TREE TREE TREE !!!!

Bonus - What Beanie Babies taught a generation about the horrors of boom and bust

George!! For Goodness Sake!

How strange !

Bonus -

"So, what do you think of progress on Brexit?"

Mrs Ivy Slaghouse says - "Great. It brings us one step closer to global human extinction."

Mrs Slaghouse is addicted to Heroin. Obviously.

Bonus - Golden Gate Bridge under construction

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Supper and a Show

Calvin, on the left, doesn't look impressed.

Whether it's the "foreign muck" served as food, or the "Silly dancing" on stage...I don't know,  but he's not impressed.

Bonus -

Dutch Dock with a Duck Dock

Adrift on The Ship Of Fools

A bit late, but Shirley and Annie realised why the week-long cruise was such a bargain price.

It was carppy.

Bonus -  Music video - Music...Meh,  Video...WTF?

Time for some Hash Brownies

Kathy and Tom's dinner parties were turgid, tedious events, enlivened only by the anticipation of her famous, moist, luscious, satisfying Hash Brownies.

After a couple of those, the party rocked.

Bonus -

Dancing Cheek to Cheek

How romantic.

Bur,,,

...what extraordinary eyebrows.   Are they real?

Bonus -

Oh Yeah

Meanwhile, at Crater Lake

The members of the Portland Flat Earth Supporters gather for a group shot.

Bonus -

Home-Made Thermite Launcher

Nice Hat !

A little flamboyant for working in an undertakers, but ...hey...it's a free world.

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It's a hard life.

Big Empty Sky

Still not sure if this is Tedious or Excellent.


I suppose, it could be both.


Bonus - Bear Goes Inside Unlocked Car and Wreaks Havoc In It

Bonus 2 -

Mrs Sheila McFadden and Patch

When she is not on holiday, Mrs Sheila McFadden is the assistant PostMistress at Chorlton St Neots, and an active member of her local church.

Fair enough.


When he is not in the form of a dog, Patches adopts the form of Pazuzu, the Infernal Sub-Devil in charge of Direct Debit error. Or so Sheila believes.

Oooo-kayyyy !

Bonus - The Battle-Field- Deployed Steinway Piano.

Bonus 2 - Wow!

A Bride, and Three Reserves :-)

Wayne may well smile - A Beautiful Bride and Three Bridelettes. Nice.

 But remember - Four Mothers-in-Law.

Bonus - Derby Half Marathon 2019 -
A Gallery of Random Runners
A video of everyone - First to Last.   Can you spot yourself?

Disappointment

She may be smiling here, but on the inside Gladys is crying.  She's out here enjoying the morning sun on the beach.

Alas, her hubby Kenny is slumped in the back of a Marbella Titty-Bar, wallet emptied and a crust of vomit forming in his beard. Again.

Bonus - Animated Knots

The Happy Halls of Valhalla

With a dearth of brawling Vikings, the happy halls of Valhalla have succumbed to the visiting hordes of tourists.

What a comedown.

Bonus -

Ann Margret

6th June 1944

(Not one of my slides, but 75 years ago.)

Robert Capa's iconic photo.

Bonus - Hobart's Funnies

Sliding Esophageal Hiatus Hernia

Part of this blog's commitment to education and knowledge.

More details, courtesy of the NHS


Bonus - Yesterday was the fifteenth anniversary of Kill-Dozer

Bonus 2 - You want video???

The Vision, Dante and Beatrice

It's doesn't take a genius to recognise the hand of Ary Scheffer (1795–1858), or to recognise that wallpaper as  Wolverhampton Art Gallery.

Ary Scheffer (10 February 1795 – 15 June 1858) was a Dutch-French Romantic painter.[1] He was known mostly for his works based on literature, with paintings based on the works of Dante, Goethe, and Lord Byron, as well as religious subjects. He was also a prolific painter of portraits of famous and influential people in his lifetime. 

Bonus - Cat named Yoda was born with an extra set of ears
Bonus 2 -

Not Really a Surprise.

Jim and Moira at Our Edie's Wedding

A happy wholesome time for the whole family.


So why is it I'm inextricably drawn to perpetrating some head swapping edits?

Bonus - How to Draw a Horse. Unexpectedly sweet.

Mona's Theory

"Disney named the movie Frozen so when you search for Disney Frozen you don't read about cryogenically frozen Walt Disney. 

Princess Diana wasn't murdered. The chauffeur was the actual target and she was just wrong place wrong time.   

Grass is a hivemind that releases chemicals that control humans. Why? Because we tear up huge parts of the world, terraforming and destroying marshes and forests to put down neighborhoods with what everywhere? Grass.  "

Bonus - American King Tiger

Bonus 2 -