We have a match

 

As summer sunshine results in a dip in Blog Visitor numbers (daily visits are bellow 100,000 per day. WELL below.) I suppose no-one will complain if I have a few Punny Titles.

So, today's slide is another "Huh?  Why photograph that?" slide.

Bonus - 

Nick Cave. (Obviously.)

"What it don't get, I can't use"

"I want Money !"

Source

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Can you tell what it is...?

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Samara

Today's Word - Samara.

A samara is a winged achene, a type of fruit in which a flattened wing of fibrous, papery tissue develops from the ovary wall. A samara is a simple dry fruit and indehiscent (not opening along a seam). The shape of a samara enables the wind to carry the seed farther away than regular seeds from the parent tree, and is thus a form of anemochory.

This, I would suggest, is a Sycamore Seed which is a Samara.

Bonus 1 - The famous "Poop Knife" story.

Bonus 2 - Problem = Opportunity. Heatwave Edition

Tufty The Squirrel

Ah, Tufty.

A True Icon of a sixties childhood.

Bonus - Something I created years ago...

Bonus 2 - Tonight 

A Norange

People photograph the oddest things.

Before you try and correct me, I refer you to the interesting origins of the fruit's name.

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Sycamore Seed

See.   Occasionally there are some excellent slides.

Like this Sycamore Seed.

In-focus, well exposed and interesting.


Bonus -  pinched from B3ta

Handle. With Care

From the same box of slides as yesterday's, but I have no clue whether this is also from the Dunraven Arms Hotel.

Wherever it's from....my gawd.  What a dull slide.

I bet the neighbours were overjoyed to see this slide.

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...and this is your brain on drugs.

"Oooh.    lights.      Dude there's a moth up there.  It's so...wow. It's got a face like Tony Blair,"

Yes kids. All drugs are bad. Even aspirin.

Bonus - Tonight is Superbowl Sunday, and half-time will have some of the most expensive adverts ever seen.
But this one is good...

What Time Is It?

It's time for an odd subject for a slide.

A vintage Omega Seamaster watch.

What more could I say ?

Bonus - What Time Is It, Eccles?

Abstract Close-Up

Ummm...


Any suggestions ?

Bonus -

Bayonet Fitting

Why?

Why would anyone take this picture?

And why would anyone actually keep this slide for 40 years?

And which idiot would actually buy such a slide?

   Oh.    I can answer that one. :-(

Bonus - The Very Worst of Tripadvisor

Dude !!!!!

No, not a self-portrait of your 'umble blogger...just some random dude.

Bonus 1 - Strictly Come...Nirvana???

Bons 2 - Great Headline.  British Gas offered dead woman swimming lessons

The Future's Bright

Oh, come on.  It's not easy posting something every day.  Cut me some slack.

Bonus 1 - Quad Rotor Drone - You have to admire the maneuverability !

Bonus 2 - A Treasury of "Old" Music Videos. Be prepared to lose an hour or so...

Hands of a Craftsman

Top Tip for Holiday Photographers : Try A Close-Up.

Sure, you want to photograph that marvelous sunset, or that interesting church, or the dolphin you thought you saw 400 yards off shore, etc. But though in the occasional close up. See, variety is the spice of life.

Bonus. Just saw this illustration on a "random picture" site, and liked it.