Cagoule vs Weather

 Here in Slideville, the weather is a bit grey, misty, moist and yeuch.

Just like this bloke's visit to the majestic scenery of .... checks slide..

"Schartz Zee 1972"

Maybe they mean Schwarzer See, but that don't look like no sea to me.

Bonus :  

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At Home With The Hunter

 

As is often the case, it's fascinating trying to build a narrative from the small details in the slide.  In this case, there's a host of little observations.

The elephant tusks around the fireplace, the (possible) buffalo head above the fire, the zebra skin cushions, the cushion with a giraffe, the Desert Pattern Camo curtains. Yes, I'm sure that that plaid shirt guy is one of those "I shoot wild animals for sport" nutters. Showing off to a couple of visiting relatives.

Bonus - Slide Image 7000

Bonus 2 - 

A Guide to Non-Birds - The Crane

 As an Engineer, this sort of stuff- purely mechanical contraptions - fascines me. I remember something like this on the harbour / pier at Cove Bay. That one was wrecked, but this looks OK.

Bonus - Huh.  ShowerDay. :-(

...and turn

A Summer Evening's Wander

 

Yes, It's out of focus... I Know.

But, for a sunny evening, George and Hilda loved to lace up their hobnail boots, and have a walk to Old Hobb's Groto, the scene of much of their courting.

Bonus - If this was real, I'd buy it/them.

In Action Figures

Not Escher's Belvedere

 

There must be something wrong with my brain, but when I look at this slide, I immediately thought of MC Escher, the Dutch artist.

There are elements of Belvedere  in there, and the stairs obviously evoke Ascending and Descending, but overall.... it's not impossible.

Bonus - Remembering When Americans Picnicked in Cemeteries

Ralph and Daisy and ... Inga

 

Just to make things clear, Daisy is wearing a daisy print dre4ss because she was christened as Daisy,   NOT that she is known as "Daisy" because she habitually wears floral print dresses.

Glad that that's been clarified.

Inga, however is the au pair, and nothing else.

Bonus - Dutch torture container ‘shows cocaine users the consequences of their habits’

My Simple Winter Retreat.

 

Today was spent over at my wintertime retreat, supervising the restocking of the cider fridge and cookie vaults. And interviewing replacements for the second assistant valet, and the fire-stoker. 

Do people realise just how tricky it is to get good staff for my little cottage?   Some of them even seen to expect payment AND accomodation.

Sheesh.

Bonus - 

What CAN I say?

 

Some slides are just irredeemably dull, and this one is.... very dull.

What do I say about it?

...ummmm....

Well, the direction of the spiral staircase?   Generally, proper defensive castles had a spiral in this direction, so that the defenders (upstairs) would have a better sword-fighting stance than any invaders (below). Honest.

Perhaps

Bonus - French King Charles VI suffered from glass delusion which is a delusion in which people believe themselves to be made of glass and thus liable to shatter. He was reported to have wrapped himself in blankets to prevent his buttocks from breaking and had iron rods put into his clothing.

A Patch of Amalfi that is forever Doncaster.

 After the death of Yorkshire poet Ephraim Hardington, the staff at his Summer Villa on the Amalfi Coast persuaded the local mayor to declare this spot as being part of Doncaster in perpetuity.

However, Doncaster City Cleansing Department refuse to do their duty and empty the dog shit bins in the garden. Lazy Beggars.

Bonus - the Tour de France has a team that drives each days route and turns genitals graffitied on the road into owls and butterflies.

Bonus 2 - 

The Arrival of Spring

 

The 27th February (Happy Birthday Christine) and Spring has arrived in the Slide Guy's world.

Makes me want to strip down to my Hiking trousers and head out into the Derbyshire Alps for a wander.

Alas....Lockdown.

Bonus - 

Name That Plane - Fighter Edition

 

Another random slide of an un-named aircraft?

You may think that it's British, but you could be mis-led.

It's   one of these.

Bonus - Jarvis Cocker and Michael Jackson - what really happened.

Bonus 2 - Donald Sutherland 1970.