Another circuit of the Sun

 

as we draw to the end of 2023...PARTY!

More Post-Christmas Mess

 

Yes, I have a LOT of slides, and many of them are Christmas-related.

Bonus : 

Happy Fish Day

 

As regular readers know, Americans love fishing, and photographing their success.

Here we have Gilbert "Gil" Gustavson, and the results of his Boxing Day exploits.

Bonus - 

I'm Back !

 

Yup. I've been away for a couple of days, but... I'm back now.

What?   You didn't notice ?? 

Oh. OK.

So, have another half-frame Christmas shot.

Bonus - For The Smiles ...

Not Opening Presents Yet

 

I know it's the 27th December, and "everyone" has opened their Christmas Presents.

Well, Almost everyone.

"You're not opening your presents until Derby County secure promotion!" Could be a long wait.

Bonus - 

A Christmas Haul

 

Hope you all got something you loved.

Merry Christmas Everyone

 

May you get what you want.

A Quiet Moment for Christmas Eve

 

The Christmas break can be rather hectic...

...so just have a quiet moment of reflection.

The Christmas Choristers

 

From the days when an impressive outside Christmas decoration display was a bunch of cardboard cutout choristers (rather that 100,000 twinkly lights and a 12ft Animatronic Santa.

Druids at Wetton C Hall

 

That was all that was on the slide, and the slide was in a box of Wetton - Then and now slides.

Probably a slide of an earlier photo...but could just be a modern recreation.

Anyhoo, I suspect the location is the carpark of The Royal Oak pub.

Happy Winter Solstice, Druids !

Bonus - Unexpected Winnie-The-Pooh. 

Are You Almost Ready For Christmas?

 

Have you looked out you special new Christmassy Outfit?

Decorated the Tree yet?

Post for that creepy photographer from next door?

Bonus - 

Travel Safety !

Waiting For Santa

 

Full disclosure. This slide was date-stamped July 1964, and the yellow balloon says "You are Always Welcome At The May....".

But, she looks so Christmassy in her red velvet dress.

(And sitting beside her cutprice vamp mother.)

I'm assuming that she's waiting for a chance to tell Santa what she wants for Christmas.

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Huh?

 

So, yes, yesterday's slide was a little tedious. Mundane Monday??

So, posting another Tedious Tuesday slide could be viewed as uniquely unfair on you, they loyal viewers of this blog.

As a result, today's slide is from the "Huh?" side of teh tracks.

Being cultured users of Google, I'm sure that you've worked out that this is the Inscription Rock from El Morro National Monument. 

Bonus - 

I'm Sure That You Recognise This...

If you're struggling, it's from the Russia     1985 set.

Oh...come on.

It's easy.

  Pavlovsk Great Palace, St Petersburg

...and that's Sergei The Pigeon in the foreground.

Bonus - 

Never Give Up !

Swinging on a Swing

 

Even in Mid-December, playing outdoors in the best.

Here, Audrey gets some exercise swinging. Which is ironic, considering her proclivities later in life.

Bonus -  Cats are Stupid

Before The Christmas Ball

 

After yesterday's Evening Wear of 1987, here's reminder of what the well-dressed Ball-Goer would be wearing in 1958.

For Hank - a White Tuxedo, Black bow-tie (pre-tied) an a buzzcut.

For Lorna (a real "go-er, to ne honest) - a black evening gown and white over- the- elbow gloves.

Fashion standards that I still adhere to. Except for the white tuxedo. And  bow-tie.

Bonus - 

Hollings - Evening Wear

 

It's been a while since we visited the "Hollings in 1987" collection, so let's have reminder of what we were all wearing back in those days for intimate Dinner Parties. Yes, and I do mean all all of us. 

Classy and Sassy.

Bonus : We Asked The Creator Of 'Rotating Sandwiches:' Why?

Bonus 2 - Aluminium reacts with Mercury 

Girls Christmas Playtime

 

Well, it is December. And only 12 days until Christmas.

So, you gotta expect some kids playing with Christmas Gifts slides.

Bonus - Turkish Lawmaker Declares Israel Cannot 'Escape The Wrath Of God,' Instantly Collapses From Heart Attack

Road Swine

 

I was browsing the collection for a suitable Tedious Tuesday slide, when this one caught me eye.

Not really very tedious... more of a warning  of the surprises when driving around the countryside.

Bonus - Tesla’s Pigeon

An inventor, a bird, and a plan to connect all the minds in the world.

Bonus 2 -

Christmas Shopping Season - Pre-Amazon

 

There's no info on this slide, not even a date, but the image does remind me of the days before the iBehemoth Amazon.

A trudge around the shops and malls of the heaving city centre, hoping for inspiration.

Better days?

Bonus - Could humans have babies in space safely?

Rodrigo's Rushing Rapids

 Just south of my home in Slideville is this.  The locals don't really appreciate it, referring to it as RoRuRa and ignoring it (apart from the annual midnight raft race (death-toll 274 and rising)).

Bonus - ‘Kiss ur cuzin’: Redneck Christmas Parade brings cheer, charity to Louisiana town

Bonus 2 - Happy 30th Birthday Doom

A Timeless Scene

 

This slide was dated April 1984, but it could really be for anytime in the past 100 years. A snowy lane, a dramatic sky, and a simple composition. Classic.

Bonus - 

Camouflage can be useless

 

...depending upon the environment that your in.

Bonus - One Swedish zoo, seven escaped chimpanzees

Bonus 2 - 

< no words >

On This Day...

 

I could have chosen a more iconic image for today, I have quite a few from someone's visit to the famous location.  But this one is relevant, even if the location "The Punchbowl" is lesser know.

For those who haven't twigged, this marks a date that will live in infamy.

Did You Know: The United Kingdom declared war on Japan nine hours before the U.S.

Bonus - The naming of snow-ploughs

The Knitted Foot Blanket of Saint Gregory

 

Allegedly, this is one of the most valuable items in the Victoria And Albert Museum's Coptic Church collections.

The Knitted Foot Blanket of Saint Gregory. Knitted by the Nuns of Saint Brenda, it was used to apply the Blessed Athlete's Foot Cream to the Gout-ridden foot of St Greg.

Bonus - Tonight is KrampusNacht.

Oops

 

No info on this ere slide, but .... Oops.

Sorry.  Meeting of the Neighbourhood Watch committee tonight, so I have to head off and hide the stuff that I nick from neighbours' gardens.

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Meanwhile in Ipswich...

 

Today, our Nostalgia-o-meter goes back to 1962, and the Ipswich branch of the Lion's charity group ill-fated decision to build a scale model of Niagara Falls, as a charity fund-raiser.

Alas, the scale chosen was 1:1, and the water meter charges were monstrous, and the fund-raiser turned out to be a fund-reduced.

Bonus - 

 

Outdoors in Plaid

 

I wonder what the reason  is that outdoors folk, particularly in the 1950's and 1960's (like the folk here) seemed compelled to wear plaid. Trousers or shirts.

Bonus - 

December? Hell !

 

Every year, December sneaks up on me and makes me think "December?  But I'[m not ready for Christmas "

But, at least I should have  few Christmas-time slides to choose from.

Bonus - 

Unexpected Human

World Class Sneakiness