Ooh – ooh – I know that one: world’s smallest harbor. Great crashing waves, spouting horns. Whale watching tours. (Don’t forget to pick up some salt water taffy while you’re there.)
By Joost Boerman, from the 2017 National Geographic Nature Photographer of the Year competition.
According to my search, the soil is so black because this is what’s known as “muck farming” … the practice of draining swampland to grow crops in the rich, but usually shallow, humus left behind. Once thought to be a way of reclaiming useless land, this is now considered unsustainable, wearing out the soil and destroying wildlife habitat.
However, several sites facetiously referred to The Matrix, which I hate to admit I’ve never seen… so it must look like that too!
I’m not going to spoiler-box this cos I think many of us recognize Bette Davis anyway, and none of us have heard of her co-star, Warren William. Forgive me if I’m wrong.
This is from Satan Met A Lady (1936)… a very very loose adaptation (sort of) of Dashiell Hammett’s The Maltese Falcon, but played for laughs, five years before the deservedly much more famous Bogart film.
I’m running into quite a bit of information about the movie while searching the image, most calling it really bad.
All the names have been changed, and the object of their search is an ancient ram’s horn instead of a falcon.
One thing that piques my curiosity, but of course isn’t mentioned, is why, in such a fancy room, there’s no bedding on that bare mattress … Would a bedspread make them run over budget?
Meanwhile… I have to share my favorite review. Bosley Crowther was a great critic.
“So disconnected and lunatic are the picture’s incidents, so irrelevant and monstrous its people, that one lives through it in constant expectation of seeing a group of uniformed individuals appear suddenly from behind the furniture and take the entire cast into protective custody.” – Bosley Crowther, New York Times, July 23, 1936
I’m kinda torn… my first guess was the same as Mr. Sherman’s, for the same reason…
But then I noticed….
The woman in purple is wearing a wedding ring. It looks like it matches his, but then, the art isn’t that detailed. Then again, we see all three ladies’ left hands, and I only see one ring.
I think he wouldn’t bother to put it in it it weren’t significant. I guess I’m reluctantly picking the redhead in purple.
This puzzle reminds me of a woman I knew years ago… We were kind of friends but lost touch. She worked in my bank. A very nice, friendly person. Always neat and tidy, dressed up for the job.
Turned out that her father did the same flea market I was doing every Sunday for a while… I ran into her and her husband helping him one Sunday. Full on biker… leather jacket, tattoos, motorcycle boots. They’d been high school sweethearts, gone in different directions but still happily together in their 30s.
That was my initial guess for the same reason. However, the other two women have their thumbs over the ring finger, hiding what ring they might be wearing. I took the ring to be a possible red herring.
….the thumbs only cover a teeny bit at the base of their ring fingers… he drew the one wedding ring quite a bit farther up on the finger, where I think we’d see it.
As I said .. my choice was reluctant, cos I think you could argue for either way
Poor road craft of both the motorcycle rider (Going up the inside of an HGV is a big no-no) and the car driver who flung the door open without checking to see if it was clear to do so.
I have a photo of a beaver with dandelions and fluff on its nose. Not as dramatic as this, because it wasn’t nearly as well lit. But it was fun sitting on the side of the pond watching the critters swim around and come out and eat the dandelions.
Harry Bliss… that’s why the strip is called that, though the characters are rarely as blissful as this happy doggie, who might be Bailey, the dog from that strip.
He does quite a few cartoons for the New Yorker, too, mostly peopled by ascerbic sophisticates. I love his work.
Yup – Harry Bliss – I check that every day at gocomics.com. There’s a write-up for the cover at the New Yorker website. But alas, without a subscription, I don’t get much…
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You girls just relax. Leave the driving to me.
That’s how I look on road trips too!
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There is a lady that lives in Depoe Bay that takes her lab for an extended walk around the bay.
Te pup carries his/her toy the whole walk.
Ooh – ooh – I know that one: world’s smallest harbor. Great crashing waves, spouting horns. Whale watching tours. (Don’t forget to pick up some salt water taffy while you’re there.)
That’s the place!
Dont forget that the fishing scene was filmed there for One Flew Over the Cuckoo Nest.
Didn’t know that. Only saw that movie once, decades ago.
Honeymooned in Yachats, vacationed in Lincoln City and Newport. Love that whole part of the world, but Depoe Bay is my favorite.
Same. Anyplace along the PNW coast.
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Looks like a screen grab from Tron.
“The Matrix”
It took me too long to notice the farmworker!
By Joost Boerman, from the 2017 National Geographic Nature Photographer of the Year competition.
According to my search, the soil is so black because this is what’s known as “muck farming” … the practice of draining swampland to grow crops in the rich, but usually shallow, humus left behind. Once thought to be a way of reclaiming useless land, this is now considered unsustainable, wearing out the soil and destroying wildlife habitat.
However, several sites facetiously referred to The Matrix, which I hate to admit I’ve never seen… so it must look like that too!
A sense of humus is important.
I can dig that.
I think I’m pretty well grounded, in that respect.
In fact, some people think my humus is too mulch.
😮
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I can’t imagine training in a suit and street shoes.
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I know him! It’s Walter Plinge!
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Deco World (2012) by Francis Livingston… whose name is in the filename, but of course … sigh…. I searched it before I noticed.
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Definitely the Leader of the Pack.
Lotta doggie mouths to feed….
I’m glad bicyclists are safe.
I wonder what creatures aren’t. 😁
…squirrels?…
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I hate it when I get shot down there…!
I’m not going to spoiler-box this cos I think many of us recognize Bette Davis anyway, and none of us have heard of her co-star, Warren William. Forgive me if I’m wrong.
This is from Satan Met A Lady (1936)… a very very loose adaptation (sort of) of Dashiell Hammett’s The Maltese Falcon, but played for laughs, five years before the deservedly much more famous Bogart film.
I’m running into quite a bit of information about the movie while searching the image, most calling it really bad.
All the names have been changed, and the object of their search is an ancient ram’s horn instead of a falcon.
One thing that piques my curiosity, but of course isn’t mentioned, is why, in such a fancy room, there’s no bedding on that bare mattress … Would a bedspread make them run over budget?
Meanwhile… I have to share my favorite review. Bosley Crowther was a great critic.
“So disconnected and lunatic are the picture’s incidents, so irrelevant and monstrous its people, that one lives through it in constant expectation of seeing a group of uniformed individuals appear suddenly from behind the furniture and take the entire cast into protective custody.” – Bosley Crowther, New York Times, July 23, 1936
If Bette Davis had any regrets, I’d bet it was that.
In fact, she was known to be upset with almost all the roles she was being given at that point, and even tried to walk out on her contract.
A year or two later, she started being given better parts, and in better movies.
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Guys with ties. With a secret bond…
Yes, a Bond that unites them.
Do you suppose they have a secret handshake?
Shaken, not stirred…
“Bond” of Brothers?
Nah. Lousy pun. Oh well.
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Not me, or anybody I know.
I’m kinda torn… my first guess was the same as Mr. Sherman’s, for the same reason…
I think he wouldn’t bother to put it in it it weren’t significant. I guess I’m reluctantly picking the redhead in purple.
This puzzle reminds me of a woman I knew years ago… We were kind of friends but lost touch. She worked in my bank. A very nice, friendly person. Always neat and tidy, dressed up for the job.
Turned out that her father did the same flea market I was doing every Sunday for a while… I ran into her and her husband helping him one Sunday. Full on biker… leather jacket, tattoos, motorcycle boots. They’d been high school sweethearts, gone in different directions but still happily together in their 30s.
So you can’t go by the clothes.
That was my guess.
Yeah, I considered that too
As I said .. my choice was reluctant, cos I think you could argue for either way
What outdated BS is that?
I think that’s the best answer! 😀
The top-caption at the site (in translation) reads :
“They have the same rings.”
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I don’t think I like this one…
Poor road craft of both the motorcycle rider (Going up the inside of an HGV is a big no-no) and the car driver who flung the door open without checking to see if it was clear to do so.
Very fortunate outcome.
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Makes me want to sneeze!
I have a photo of a beaver with dandelions and fluff on its nose. Not as dramatic as this, because it wasn’t nearly as well lit. But it was fun sitting on the side of the pond watching the critters swim around and come out and eat the dandelions.
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Guess who?
Yup – the pooch from Bliss! Love that guy’s artwork. Nice to get a cover spot.
His name is Bliss.
Harry Bliss… that’s why the strip is called that, though the characters are rarely as blissful as this happy doggie, who might be Bailey, the dog from that strip.
He does quite a few cartoons for the New Yorker, too, mostly peopled by ascerbic sophisticates. I love his work.
Yup – Harry Bliss – I check that every day at gocomics.com. There’s a write-up for the cover at the New Yorker website. But alas, without a subscription, I don’t get much…
I’m a big fan of his and the dog, and his cat.
That is perfect!
Too stinkin’ cute! Love the mis-match on the ears.
LOL!
I love it when seasoned scientists start sounding like kids.
Of course, i would be too. 🙂