There's something about that sand ...

 

It's the contrast between the (moist) shoreline and the (dry) beach sand. It's TOO contrasty.

Is it possible that the whole beach has been dusted with DDT to keep the sand-flies down ?

Bonus - “Palm Springs Bears” – Capturing the Soul of Palm Springs’ Bear Community”

Meanwhile in Moscow...

 

I'm sure you'll recognise Moscow University, and I'm certain that you're already thinking - "What a hideously tedious picture."

And you'd be right. So, In an effort to add some interest, I've imagines what it would look like if Vlad Putin explodes due to touching anti-matter.

You're welcome.

Bonus -     

‘Oh my God’: live worm found in Australian woman’s brain in world-first discovery

Hot Summer in the South

 No info on this slide, but as it's Late Summer Bank Holiday Monday here in Slideville, I'm assuming this is a hot Southern USA family gathering. Georgia, or Alabama, or similar.

Bonus - HOW THE MOST ICONIC ALBUM ART OF THE 70S WAS MADE ON A SHOESTRING BUDGET

Amalienborg Palace

 

The Changing of The Royal Guard

Amalienborg is famous for its royal guard, known as The Royal Life Guard. Every day you can watch the changing of the guards as they march from their barracks by Rosenborg Castle through the streets of Copenhagen to Amalienborg, often accompanied by music. The changing of the guard takes place at noon.

..and the same view on Streetview

Bonus - I Fits, So I Sits...

Where in the World???

 Actually, it's quite easy.  It's East Kilbride, in Scotland.

Or , more likely San Giorgio Maggiore (church), Venice.   A 16th-century Benedictine church on the island of the same name in Venice, northern Italy, designed by Andrea Palladio, and built between 1566 and 1610. The church is a basilica in the classical Renaissance style and its brilliant white marble gleams above the blue water of the lagoon opposite the Piazzetta di San Marco and forms the focal point of the view from every part of the Riva degli Schiavoni.

Photographed from somewhere like here.

Bonus - 

"Your Lupins or Your Life!"

 

Actually, these might be Hollyhocks. 

Or Delphiniums. Or...I dunno. I'm not much of a gardener.

But the title / quote - I do know that. Monty Python and the highwayman Dennis Moore.

Bonus - 

The Orange Man Go Jail

Cruising with Lucy and Judy

 

Rescued from their marooning on a Pacific desert island, Lucy and Judy seem none the worse for wear.

Bonus - ‘Frozen Finger’ in Treatment of Anal Fissures. Yes, Improbable Research.

The Haggerty's Cultural Trip to Europe

 

Imagine the scene. The Haggerty family return from their three-week tour of Europe, and invite all their friends and neighbours to see the slides of what they saw.

And there's four hours of .... this. 

Agony.

I'm sure you'll recognise the work of Georges Rouget (1784 1869), and more precisely "Cupid Pleading Venus to Forgive Psyche" (1827).

Bonus - Logan Paul, an American YouTube personality, purchased a rare ‘Bumblebee’ 0N1 Force NFT for $623,000 back in 2021. Today, it’s worth $10.

Meanwhile, in a back street in Albi...

 

The only info on the slide was "Albi", and immediately my brain started wondering - The Italian One or The French One.

Looking at the slide..."Yeah, that looks like the French Cathedral."

In fact, this seems to be close to the modern view on Streetview.

Also quite interesting, a closer look reveals the restaurant La Case Creole. And that's giving me a hunger for some Jambalaya...

Bonus - 

Oops.

The Return Of The Triffid

 

Honeysuckle or wisteria growing around the cottage front door...it sounds quaint and picturesque....but beware.

Bonus :I got 50 quid from my mom...

She told me to take my brother to the movies, but not to bring him home before 6, so they had time to prepare his surprise birthday party.

That's the day I realized he was the favourite twin

Bonus 2 - 

Beauty Pageant Queens in Swimsuits

 

Well .... Hello!

As promised, some of the Miss St Petersburg 1974 contestants, pose in their Swimsuits, just for me.

And what a lovely gaggle of fillies they are. 

Bonus - George Melly: Sounds That Saved My Life (homage to K.S.)

Bonus 2 - 

"And our next contestant... a little lady from..."

 

A return to the "Miss St Petersburg 1974" box of slides.  Maybe if you're good, you get one of the Swimsuit Round slides tomorrow. Maybe.  (Edit. Damn. A duplicate.)

I can find nowt about Miss St Petersburg competition in 1974, but googling did remind me of America's obsession with Booty, sorry Beauty Pageants, such as this page.

Anyway.... the fashions .... wow.  And it appears that the chap in the centre is Dave Miller. OK.

Bonus - Institute of Illegal Images in San Francisco, California, and their collection of Blotter Acid.

Friday Afternoon Musical Interlude

 

As usual, no information on this one, but I'm getting Austrian vibes from this one. Maybe Germany, maybe Switzerland, but ... somewhere there-ish.

Bonus - 

Luckily, they both read at the same speed.

...some more Folk-Dancing

 

Dancing the Hungarian Garotte, accompanied by the East Nottingham Medieval Micro-Orchestra.

Bonus - Recompose human composting facility "transforms your loved one's body into soil"

Then, some of those things that Rarely Happen on a Wednesday...

 

... suddenly started to happen.

Which was odd.

Bonus - 

I can explain, sort of.

Bonus part 2 - Beijing Silvermine. 

It's Tuesday, and You Know What That Means...

 

Tedium.

I suppose I should appreciate that the photographer actually managed to get the horizon horizontal, but ... 

Pretty but Dull.

Bonus - Ah, Derby

Furious Pensioner.

Bonus 2 - Cyanide and Happiness, bringing me joy.

The First Attempt At The Channel Tunnel

 

After 25 weeks of digging in Folkestone, Rajiv and Gunther had managed to get almost 34 feet towards France.

Sad, but innevitable.

Bonus - 

Q

UK Car Nostalgia

 

Cars of my youth. Ah.

From 1978, this slide clicked so many buttons for me...especially as I owned an Austin Princess.Oh yes !

Bonus - 

Saturday on the Silty Shoreline

So, I recently relocated the slide scanner, and simultaneously rediscovered by joy in scanning slides. (A lot depends upon the subjects of the slides - there are good boxes and bad boxes.)

So, this one was one of yesterday's scans and there are a LOT of this family. Today's is from a trip to the beach, possibly on / near the Isle of Wight.  Ah, memories. Building damns and structures to retain the tidewater.

Bonus - 


 

Perfectly Pleasant Pheasant

 

I believe that his name is Edgar.

Edgar Obviously.

Bonus - Persian Demons from a Book of Magic and Astrology (1921)

Bonus 2 - Pranking the Library

Meal on the Move

 

From other slides in the box, this is probably a 1958 train, travelling across the western states of America. 

Back when aircraft were only beginning to challenge as a transcontinental transport medium.

Bonus - 

Vietnam Abstract

 

Maybe there's something wrong with my brain, (yes, you can keep your sarcastic thoughts to yourself) but every time I see this slide image, it takes me a few seconds to process the image and understand what / where / what's in front of what / etc.

Bonus - 

 

A Gathering of Deer

 Sadly, a perfect illustration of the differences between human eyesight and camera optics. 

In real life, the photographer would have seen the herd of deer at the end of the field, and his focus would have been on them, seeing great detail in them.

Alas, the standard camera lens...doesn't. A wide angle view, and the deer are  .... microscopic.

Bonus - 

Alternatively... 

Bonus 2 - However...Small Cows

A Walk along the Coast

 

August is prime Summer Holiday season, you can tell by the shops having "Back To School" supplies. So, here's a cheery summer slide. The slide was marked "1965-Jun-Ladram-Bay", so that's some info for a change.

Bonus - New York City Is Building a Wall of Oysters to Fend Off Floods

Bonus 2 - 

My Cabin In The Country

 

Well, it's a dreich, wet, miserable day here in Slideville, so Here's a slide of my weekend retreat in the Lincolnshire Alps. Mongo Lodge was some sort of hunting lodge for rich weirdos in the 1890's, and I purchased it as a retreat from my weekday Panda-Breeding business.

Alas, as you see, the hoi polloi have found it, and insist on visiting and photographing it.

Bonus - Obituary for a Quiet Life

Bonus 2 - Unappreciated workplace prank.

Harry The Potter

 

Mr Harry Langdykes, chief vase thrower at the matlock and Repton Pottery Company, in action.

Definitely not a clickbait blog title to ail it's dwindling numbers.

Bonus - Karma 

Bad things happen to bad cats.

Trash Pandas

 

I've always liked the name Trash Pandas as an informal name for Raccoons. 

Alas, racoons seem to be much maligned species in the US of A, and the Trash association doesn't really help.

I wonder what the equivalent for UK wildlife would be...

Bonus - https://www.reddit.com/r/trashpandas/

Bonus 2 - 

In The Stocks

 

Joan's punishment for Not Having Henry's Martini Ready When He Came Home - 3 Hours In The Stocks.

The 1950's were tough.

Bonus - 

Yikes