Yotting (spelled "Yachting")

 

One of the strangest spellings in the English language, but ... whatever.

Looks like a decent way to cool down in this heatwave.

Bonus - Today, 67 years ago, Quake Lake formed.

Roadworks Ahead

 

Today's Tedious Tuesday slide is from 1968, and seems to be from China. And it's of roadworks, with a wooden bridge.

Why someone would photograph that....your guess is as good as mine.

EDIT - AI says "

This scene likely depicts a street in Vietnam, potentially Cholon or Danang, during the late 1960s.

The image features significant construction activity, including exposed rebar for what appears to be a bridge or drainage project.

The surrounding area shows traditional wooden structures and traffic typical of the era."

Bonus - 

Mozumdar Temple

 

"Mozumdar Temple " - That's what was on the slide, and it was obvious that was in, or near, India.

But it isn't. This, surprisingly, is in California, and it still exists. Mozumdar Temple . Google Streetview

Bonus - 

First Fish of the Year

 

I think that everyone is aware how much American's love taking photographs of their fishing catches. (If not, try the Fish category on the sidebar).

This is the first such image of 2026, and it features someone who's thrilled by the prospect of skinning and gutting this here fish.

Bonus - 

A Party For Peg

 

Possibly the last of the Christmas / New Year slides.

Today's was marked as "Party for Peg  Jan 64", so I guess that's Peggy being manhandled by strange old Uncle Herb.

Bonus - 5 Things People Often Get Wrong About the Arctic

Virginia Bluebells

 

Sounds like te name of a US State's Cheerleading Team, but no.... That's the flower in the image.

Pretty.

Bonus -

  

Is Your Tree Up?

 

I'm doing my decorations, limited tho' they will be, tomorrow.

Back in 1965, I'm sure this aluminium Christmas Tree would have been the height of fashion.

Bonus - Aluminum Christmas Trees and Wiki

Today's Yule Lad - Giljagaur Gully Gawk Hides in gullies, waiting for an opportunity to sneak into the cowshed and steal milk.

Giljagaur

The Bride of Röthis

 

All that was on this slide was "Rothis Bride", but I'm 97% certain that they're referring to Röthis in Austria.

Probably just a grabbed image from a passer-by photographer. Who and when?  I dunno.

Bonus - The way these cats react

The Common Clay of the Frontier

 From their faces, I just know that this pair fought and scraped and battled their way through the US Stockmarket Crash, Depression and the Dustbowl.

Alas, I also hear "You've got to remember that these are just simple farmers. These are people of the land. The common clay of the new West. You know... morons."

Bonus - Source

Bonus 2 - To cheer you up

1st August 1959

 

That date was the only info on the slide, but I'm making a wild stab at a location, based purely upon.... notHIG MUCH.

Panama Canal.

What do you folks think?

Bonus - 

Cadet Captain Bob.

 

One for the ladies, perhaps.

Alas, I suspect that Bob no longer looks like that.

Bonus - The mesmerising beauty of packaging machines. Butter Stick Packer.

Eggy Greetings

 

Yes, technically Easter Eggs are appropriate for Easter Sunday, but 

A. I don't care.

B. Considering the pagan origins of Easter

Bonus - 

The Swingers' Xmas, 1960

 

It's always nice to see other cultures, and other times.

Like this view of Hank Favreau's basement - the venue of the Grand Rapid Swingers Group's Christmas Orgy for 1960.

Nice.

Bonus - "Hey Slide Guy. Why no mention of the death of Queen Elizabeth II?"

Simple. I have been away on holiday for the last 12 days. Recent posts were stacked up, ready to post automatically. 

Bonus 2 - So, here's a picture of Wigtown Harbour.

Some Sort of Mechanism

 

Something seems to have rekindled my intgerest in scanning in more slides.

Yesterday, this one caught me eye, and it's quite clearly ....

... some sort of mechanism. Possibly steam powered.

Bonus - Giant Medieval Manuscripts!

Bonus 2 - dance, Dance DANCE !!!