The Astonished Baby

 

That look on the baby's face?  Astonishment, deer in the headlights, or 2I've just pooed my nappy"?

Bonus - The Headline Game

Celebrate Mother's Day

That is not me in the picture, and that's not my mum...but it's somebody's mom. Celebrate your mother today, because Mothers Are Great !

The Young Mum

 

A young mum who could be a minor pop star or film actress.

Not really much else to say, really.

Bonus - 

...and Here's One I Made Earlier

 

This one is in honour of a work colleague Richard, who returned to work today, after Paternity Leave for the arrival of Toby.

This isn't Toby, nor is it Chloe. It's a random Mother and child from the past.

I'm digging those curtains, dudes.

Bonus : 

Scotty and his Mom

 

I was going to spend some time cleaning up this slide image. Fungal removal, colour correction, descratching and dust removal.

But is seems so evocative of the fifties in the current form.

No info, but but my guess is wee Scotty is on a trip to the Petrified Forest that hill in the background?.

Bonus - Well done Aberdeen.

A Walk With Mummy

 

On this slide was writ "1965-Jun-09-Ladum-Bay".

Heck, almost sixty years ago !   And I guess that they mean Ladram Bay.

Bonus - Henry the giant crocodile, who has sired 10,000 babies, celebrates 124th birthday

A Vision in Brown

 

A mother in brown fashion.

A baby in brown.

Furniture? Brown.

Gosh, the seventies were shitty.

Bonus - 

It's Mother's Day

Here in the civilised world, today is Mothers Day. My best wishes go out to all mothers everywhere. (No, this slide is not mine.)

Bonus - Things you never knew existed  - Dinosaur Erotica

Bonus 2

 

Thelma's Hideous Crotch-Spawn

 

I think this is Thelma, from yesterday's post, but seven years later with some ugly child in tow. let's call him Gilbert, named after his Grampa Gilbert.

Bonus - The ethical issues of Killing Baby Hitler

See My Beautiful Baby

 

Proud Momma with typical Churchillian crotch-fruit.

Nowt to add to that...

Bonus - 

Wise Words

Happy Birthday Mum

 

Today is my mum's birthday.  Congratulations Mom. 

While no-one in this slide is my mom, or even a known relation, I just liked it for today .

Bonus - Also sharing this birthday...Same day...weird

1946 – Joanna Lumley, English actress, voice-over artist, author, and activist

1946 – John Woo, Hong Kong director, producer, and screenwriter

The Mother's Day Mob

 

I don't know who they are or where  they are , but I can tell you when - August 1967  But that's just the film processing date. Maybe the Christening was on Mother's Day.

Bonus - 

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

Blankets, Baby Boy and Bertha

 

There's a lot of slides of this lady and her baby boy (Yes, definitely a boy based upon the bath-time photos), and this seemed appropriate for a lazy Sunday morning.

As an aside, 1971 was a time before duvets, or "Continental Quilts".  Blankets, sheets and suchlike ruled the day.

Bonus -When did duvets arrive in UK?

Bonus 2 -  Pallas's Cat uses tail to keep feet warm. 

 

I won it in a raffle .... can I keep it?

 

Baby Raffles were an occasional thing in rural Lancashire, and often teenage girls would return home after six months with Aunt Hilda with a baby that she'd won at the town fair.

Of course. That's the only possible explanation.

Bonus - Florida clown murder trial postponed after discovery of ‘clown sighting file’  In 1990 incident, Sheila Keen Warren is alleged to have dressed as a clown before shooting her employer’s wife in the face.

Bonus 2 - 

A Mom and A Son

 

Just a simple photo from, oh 1955 I guess.

As the weather here in 2022 gets chillier, I thought junior's winter weather suit, and mom's warm and practical corduroy dress and sweater combo seemed ideal.

Rock on !

Bonus - 

The Cowboy and His Mother

 

Oh Boy.  I'm sure a psychotherapist could have a field day with this image, and what exactly it represents.

Again, it's the small details that catch my attention.

• The flower patio arrangement
• The cowboy's cap-gun, with a paper trail dangling.
• That pink monstrosity - a swim-cap, I believe.

But, of course, we've been here before.

Bonus : 

A Mother's Day Punt

 

No, that's not MY mum, but it's someone's Mum. Probably.  Might be an aunt. Or a random stranger.

Point is, today is Mother's Day, at least in the civilised parts of the world.

Mothers are Great. 

Bonus : Why President Coolidge Never Ate His Thanksgiving Raccoon

Another Smiling Baby

 

I know it's Halloween Eve, but I'm happier swimming against the flow. So, here's a proud Mom and a happy baby.

Actually, this was also on the short-list for the 2022 calendar. But it didn't make it, and the calendars have been delivered.  No...you can't have a sneak peak.

Bonus - Japan ports swamped by pumice spewed from undersea volcano

Mrs Flowers, happy. Very Happy.

 Mrs Edna Flowers was, as expected, happy to be at her daughter's wedding.

But... THAT happy?

According to the prosecution, she had inadvertently consumed FOUR of the celebratory hash-brownies that her ister had prepared.

Bonus - How Odd.