"And the winner is ....!

 

...Miss Suburbia...Miss Shelly Martinez-Frankenheimer!"

It's October now, and probably a little late in the season for the outdoor line-up of flimsy eveningwear.

Bonus - Crazy Train Stunts

Bonus 2 - 

Chicago - revisited

I love it when there's something written on a slide. In this case "Aug 17 1952, Isobelle, Ola (?), Mabel, Bill and Vera front of 7439 St. Lawrence".  Damn. 70 years and 12 days ago.

It also gives me a chance to go hunting on Google to figure out which State and/or City this was.

And lo and behold - it's 7439 S St Lawrence Ave, Chicago, Illinois 60619, USA.  Thanks to, Google Streetview, we even have a picture of the property.   How cool is that ?

2019 on Google

1952 and 2019

Bonus : Music - Meh. Animation - Yeah.

Hank's Birthday

 

Hank always felt aggrieved that his birthday was in the Christmas Week. Something about going 51 weeks without presents annoyed him.

But he's not alone. Other's have experienced that, and moved on.

Like...Jesus.

Bonus - 

Scene from a Southern Noir movie

 

It's the sort of slide that prompts my brain to ask "What?","Why?" and indeed "When?"

It appears to be Christmas, and something dramatic is happening, but.... I'm mystified.

Any suggestions?

Bonus - 

Portrait with Racoon and Lawnmower

 

A great homely image to celebrate this Saturday. One of my favourites.

Bonus - A Spell of Peaceful Calm

A moment in time...

 

I like this image.

I'd LOVE this image if the photographer had actually focused his camera on the two love-birds, but I can't alter history.   That's something that modern folks won't have to worry about with their digital cameras and camera phones. Autofocus massively reduces that issue.

The slide, however, is labelled as "1966 Oct Jon Hill  Nadine". So, that's nice.

Bonus - 

The Engagement

 I'm extrapolating from the lovey-dovey eyes and the subtle display of her ring that this may mark the engagement of Miss Ivy Flapwhackett and Mr Kevin McDonald.I wonder what they may have been thinking at that moment....

• Ivy - "Garlic Breath?  Ewwww !"
• Kevin - "That scarf.....does she have an Adam's Apple?"

I'm also intrigued by the chrocketed lamp-doily-thing.   How retro...

Bonus - Cinema SFX 101.