Woman feeding swans…. A well known fashion photo by Toni Frissell, for Harper’s Bazaar, July 1951
I couldn’t find anybody mentioning the clothing designer. Perhaps Ms. Frissell is the more famous of the two.
It’s rather Dior-ish looking, but every designer was trying to make clothes that looked Dior-ish in 1951., with his New Look in full swing. If it were actually his, I’d think some caption would say so.
Anyway, I know the artistry of the photo is the focus here, and the swans, not the clothes. I just like knowing about those, too.
Again, one of each please! The only one I’ve never had is the Australian meat pie, but I’m sure I’ll like it…. And the rest.
Except, strangely enough, for most of the American ones they chose. It’s not that I don’t love American pies… I do! I even had a pie shop on Ballard Street.
Apple, berry, cherry, coconut cream, banana or chocolate cream… lots more. How they hit on the very ones I don’t like, I don’t know.
Lemon, lime, pumpkin, pecan… I’ll eat them all, in a very small slice… but with the rest of this feast spread before me, why bother.
Anyway, I hope they don’t mean I can only have them each once! I don’t plan to stop.
I’ll go for the Rhabarberkuchen any day of the week! Or as a stewed (only) dish. With a nice wedge of extra-old sharp cheddar cheese, accompanied with a glass of whole milk. My rhubarb patch survived our winter, and is growing nicely. Soon, there will be enough for stewing, and I’m the only one in my immediate family cohort that likes it… YUM!
Interesting; I had never heard of nor experienced it as a relish. Googled the recipe — all-spice, cinnamon, cloves, all things that I like, sounds like a mix that would bring out the tartness. Recipe didn’t state the amount of time before opening and enjoying, but I would imagine that one month dwell time would be enough to allow the spices to fully intermix.
Sheets of super-thin phyllo pastry, brushed with tons of melted butter, layered with sugar syrup and chopped nuts, baked golden, and cut into very small squares.
Great stuff. Chewy, not really gooey. Okay a little gooey, but pastry, not a pile of goo like pecan pie.
This is Clathrus Archeri, “Devil’s Fingers” … a type of mushroom that resembles a hand coming out of the ground. It even has the remnants of its tattered sleeves attached to the wrist.
It’s either related to or is another stage of one that has red “fingers”, spread open… descriptions disagreed… and is a species of “Stinkhorn” mushroom. All the Stinkhorn family have an egg shaped base (which you can’t see here cos the hand is closed) that emits a foul odor, to attract flies that spread its sticky spores.
There’s another Stinkhorn I’ve seen before, that I don’t think I’ll post an image of, that very much resembles a different body part, and apparently smells so bad people have thought there were dead rats in the garden. It’s scientific name is Phallus hadriani, if that’s a clue.
And where do you suppose you’ll find these?
Of course… Australia.
Land of not just weird fauna, but flora as well.
But loss of habitat there has driven them northward (I’m not sure how a plant knows to move north, but that’s what I read.) They’re now becoming settled in India, and Northern Europe.
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one more time, in case the website isn’t cooperating
I love this animation….
And SuperBasset… «sigh»…
Someone’s been for a swim.
About the dog….
The photographer, Osvaldo Hamer, calls this “Portrait of A Happy Dog.”
Seems about right.
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From the Spanish comic Mortadrlo.y Filemon, called in English, vMort & Phil.
Edited info from Wikipedia…. Mort is the tall, bald master of disguise, and his bossy partner is the shorter, pudgier Phil.
Initially, they were private detectives, but now both serve as secret agents in the T.I.A. (a spoof on CIA), the Técnicos de Investigación Aeroterráquea (Aeroterrestrial Investigation Technicians).
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BTW..TÃa is the Spanish word for “aunt”… so they’re the Men from AUNT, instead of UNCLE
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Woman feeding swans…. A well known fashion photo by Toni Frissell, for Harper’s Bazaar, July 1951
I couldn’t find anybody mentioning the clothing designer. Perhaps Ms. Frissell is the more famous of the two.
It’s rather Dior-ish looking, but every designer was trying to make clothes that looked Dior-ish in 1951., with his New Look in full swing. If it were actually his, I’d think some caption would say so.
Anyway, I know the artistry of the photo is the focus here, and the swans, not the clothes. I just like knowing about those, too.
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And here’s the movie:
https://archive.org/details/darby-o-gill-and-the-little-people-1959-albert-sharpe-janet-munro-sean-connery
I never associated Sean Connery with that movie!
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Oh, dear! Maybe I shouldn’t have joined the Michael Palin Fan Club!
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Broadway chorus girls, posing on the street in NYC, 1930s.
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Okay! 👌
Again, one of each please! The only one I’ve never had is the Australian meat pie, but I’m sure I’ll like it…. And the rest.
Except, strangely enough, for most of the American ones they chose. It’s not that I don’t love American pies… I do! I even had a pie shop on Ballard Street.
Apple, berry, cherry, coconut cream, banana or chocolate cream… lots more. How they hit on the very ones I don’t like, I don’t know.
Lemon, lime, pumpkin, pecan… I’ll eat them all, in a very small slice… but with the rest of this feast spread before me, why bother.
Anyway, I hope they don’t mean I can only have them each once! I don’t plan to stop.
The Australian one: A ‘Pie Floater’. A meat pie, served upside down in a bowl, covered with mushy peas. Mainly found in Adelaide.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pie_floater
No German or Austrian pies?
Shame.
What are some?
Per definition of pie many kinds of Kuchen.
Käsekuchen, Zwiebelkuchen, Rhabarberkuchen, Zwetschgenkuchen,…
I’ll go for the Rhabarberkuchen any day of the week! Or as a stewed (only) dish. With a nice wedge of extra-old sharp cheddar cheese, accompanied with a glass of whole milk.
My rhubarb patch survived our winter, and is growing nicely. Soon, there will be enough for stewing, and I’m the only one in my immediate family cohort that likes it… YUM!
Makes a good relish, too.
Interesting; I had never heard of nor experienced it as a relish. Googled the recipe — all-spice, cinnamon, cloves, all things that I like, sounds like a mix that would bring out the tartness. Recipe didn’t state the amount of time before opening and enjoying, but I would imagine that one month dwell time would be enough to allow the spices to fully intermix.
Baklava is a pie?
I had the same thought. Google says it’s a pastry. I know it’s gooey, sticky, super sweet and best in small does
Well, not too small. It’s that tasty!
Sheets of super-thin phyllo pastry, brushed with tons of melted butter, layered with sugar syrup and chopped nuts, baked golden, and cut into very small squares.
Great stuff. Chewy, not really gooey. Okay a little gooey, but pastry, not a pile of goo like pecan pie.
.
This is Clathrus Archeri, “Devil’s Fingers” … a type of mushroom that resembles a hand coming out of the ground. It even has the remnants of its tattered sleeves attached to the wrist.
It’s either related to or is another stage of one that has red “fingers”, spread open… descriptions disagreed… and is a species of “Stinkhorn” mushroom. All the Stinkhorn family have an egg shaped base (which you can’t see here cos the hand is closed) that emits a foul odor, to attract flies that spread its sticky spores.
There’s another Stinkhorn I’ve seen before, that I don’t think I’ll post an image of, that very much resembles a different body part, and apparently smells so bad people have thought there were dead rats in the garden. It’s scientific name is Phallus hadriani, if that’s a clue.
And where do you suppose you’ll find these?
Of course… Australia.
Land of not just weird fauna, but flora as well.
But loss of habitat there has driven them northward (I’m not sure how a plant knows to move north, but that’s what I read.) They’re now becoming settled in India, and Northern Europe.
Thank you for your research – just one update: Fungi don’t count as plants anymore.
Okay…. I’d heard that, though it seems weird to me, and i forgot.
And I didn’t think about the fact that it also excludes them from Flora.
What do we say now… flora, fauna and fungi?
Yes. Plus https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kingdom_(biology)
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File under “Things you don’t see every day.”
Looks like somebody screwed up last time. Probably only allowed a squirt gun this time. An interesting punishment!
British soldiers manning anti aircraft guns in women’s clothes 1940. They were rehearsing for a show when the call to action came.
Well – “Entry of the Gladiators” gets misinterpreted a lot, but that’s ridiculous.
Trying to track this down is entering the funhouse…
It’s used in so many memes and as a joke on so many Facebook and IG pages.
But on one site, someone who didn’t seem to be joking said this was taken in Afghanistan, in 2009.
He wasn’t there, but he later knew the guy in the clown suit, who had sent him several pictures, including this one, and he posted several others.
The fellow had been sent the outfit, so when they were taking a break, they did a bunch of poses like this, for comic relief from the fighting.
True? Who knows. But plausible.
find the pizza
A couple of pictures up…
No fair – I only found one slice. I wanted the whole pizza.
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I pondered for a bit…
I mean… WTH? Star Wars… with a crown?
Storm Troopers… an At-At with dangling feet… and dancing girls??
Then I gave up and searched for it.
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This is a float from the 2019 Carnevale, in São Paulo, Brazil.
The parade theme was “The Empire Strikes Back”.
The crown is really the symbol for Império de Casa Verde samba school, which sponsored the float, and provided the dancers.
And the big “25” is cos they’re celebrating 25 years from their foundation.
It’s a frog!
SuperBasset?
Lisbon Tram.
Juvenile Northern Rough-winged Swallow.
I just hope SuperBasset doesn’t take a Super Dump while flying overhead…
Little bird flying high,
Drops a message from the sky,
Man looks up, wipes his eye,
And says “Bloody good job cows can’t fly!”
Poetry In Motion