Hey, let's try that Japanese Restaurant on Fifth and Hawthorn

 

Seems surprisingly adventurous for Seventies Suburban America,.

Bonus : Six chances to guess a capital city

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

Photography - The Old Fashioned Way

 

Before iPhone's 99 Terapixel camera...

Before Sony Mavica digital cameras

Before Kodachrome

Before 35mm film format.

THIS is how photographs were taken. And No, that's not a pair of iPhones at the photographer's foot.

Bonus - Mondrian painting has been hanging upside down for 75 years

Happy Valentine's Day

 

Whether you are starry eyes young teens, or grizzled old prunes, have a great day.

Here, Edgar and Molly spend their 60th St Valentines Day together, revisiting the dockside when Molly worked, and Edgar found out that she could do .... that .... thing.... with he tongue.... just like his mother used to do.

Ahhh. Memories.

Bonus - 

Valentine's Day ???

The Badlands of Lincolnshire

 

Lincolnshire, England, has generally been portrayed as a flat, boring featureless park of these septic isles. Nothing could be further from the truth.

Just outside Spalding is "England's Grand Canyon", a 34 mile stretch of the River Tiddle, carving it's route through the sandstone hills of The Kersal Massive".

This slide shows Mt Monty Nodule, at one of the viewing platforms. 

Bonus - Lawyer Quits To Become Pet Psychic... Makes More Money

Happy Birthday Andy

 

Yes, today is Andy H's birthday. Happy Bidet dude.

Bonus - Also a birthday boy - Alice Cooper. Dan "Potatoe" Quayle and Norman Wisdom.

Feeding Time

 

Nourishment direct from the bottle. 

Sixty years later, that hasn't changed.

Bonus - Man died from heart attack while burying woman he strangled, South Carolina deputies say

A Little Japanese Girl

 

Today's slide... well, you can figure it out yourself.

Or maybe I'll be accused for cultural imperialism, as it might be a little Korean Boy. I don't really know.

But, I can't figure out what she is holding. Two blue Macaroons? Yo-yos?  Amazon Alexa Dot things?

Bonus - More importantly, Wash Your Ass.

Social Distancing - 18th Century Style

 

Looks like he's some sort of Musician. Might be a Hurdy-Gurdy Player, and you don't want their sort getting too close.

Bonus - Learn How to Draw a Sloth Hanging on a Branch in 9 Steps

Bonus 2 - 

Myth Bingo

At Lovers Leap

 

Many parts of the world have "Lovers Leap" features. Either, where tragic lovers leapt to ensure that they would be together...forever,  or  where lovers leapt to escape from approaching parents / lawmen meaning they could make a new life far away.

This one is different. Harold (shown here) and Maude planned to leap together (type one), only for Harold to prank her, and not leap. He returned to Wyoming to marry Ethel, Maude's sister.

Bonus - The "Oxymoron Museum".

Vintage - Puppy and Kitten

 

I can't go wrong with a  cute Puppy and Kitten slide from, oh, looks like early 1960s.  And that voluminous outfit that Shirley is wearing - I suspect that there's another youngster on the way as well.

And Arnie's Shirt - interesting how men's casualwear never really goes out of fashion.

Bonus - You can't argue with Facts

Bonus 2 - The Zoo Economy