June 22, 2026

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Liverlips McCracken
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Reply to  nighthawks
17 hours ago

A double-decker horse-drawn bus!

SusanSunshine
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Reply to  Liverlips McCracken
13 hours ago

And a motor one across the street to the right.

Wish I could read the signs on it to see whether it cost more, or bragged of being more modern… or if the difference was ignored.

There are a few in the street ahead, that somehow look horse-drawn, but you can’t tell from the back… and a very tall one on the other side of the circus, that says “Maple”… I think it’s motorized too.

Crossing the street must have been fun.

SusanSunshine
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Reply to  nighthawks
13 hours ago

Oxford Street at Oxford Circus, London, 1912.

Traffic was still a mixture of horse-drawn and motor vehicles.

BTW… In re Oxford Circus, Piccadilly Circus and such… just in case it’s unfamiliar… a circus in Britain is what we call here a roundabout or traffic circle. No lions… and no clowns, except for, you know, that occasional one who turns the wrong way, or tries to drive too fast or too slow.

JP Steve
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Reply to  nighthawks
17 hours ago

It’s a daisy tree!

SusanSunshine
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Reply to  JP Steve
13 hours ago

And garlic clouds.

SusanSunshine
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Reply to  nighthawks
13 hours ago

Interesting…. this is India, from space… a composite of images taken from satellites.

The language describing it was very convoluted, so this is my attempt at figuring it out….

The reason for the colors is that three images, each from a different date are overlaid, each in a different color.

All three colors together make white light, so a place that is always bright at night appears white.
But if a place has more light than the other two on a particular date, say a regional holiday, it appears in the color of the image from that date. The light itself was not that color… It just represents light, in general, on that date.

They were apparently attempting to show how holidays and celebrations affect different areas when they occur.

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Reply to  nighthawks
17 hours ago

Think about it. Cypress is an island. People had to bring them there.

mr_sherman
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Reply to  nighthawks
13 hours ago

It’s interesting that the cat’s ears are also bone.

SusanSunshine
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Reply to  nighthawks
12 hours ago

To the best of my knowledge, there’s never been a fossil found in such a perfect, tidy condition, every bone intact and in its correct place, laid out just so.

This is a drawing, probably AI, done to illustrate the story.

I don’t know why they don’t just use a photo of the real site… They’re easy enough to find. Probably because it isn’t so cute

And right… there’s no way the cat’s ears would be preserved. They had to examine the bones to even tell it was a cat.

Here’s the real fossil:

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Arfside
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Reply to  nighthawks
7 hours ago

I recognise the eraser in her right hand. Haven’t seen one of those in probably 40 or 50 years.

Liverlips McCracken
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Reply to  nighthawks
17 hours ago

Wicked road rash, and he’s lucky to be alive.

SusanSunshine
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Reply to  nighthawks
12 hours ago

My first thought, just seeing the beginning, was OMG that person doesn’t have enough clothing on to be riding that bike .. and then it crashed.

Another Darwin award wannabe, who luckily didn’t get one this time.

Liverlips McCracken
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Reply to  nighthawks
17 hours ago

Clearly a Degas.

JP Steve
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Reply to  nighthawks
17 hours ago

Pssst: There’s some creepy guy looking at you from behind the drapes…

JP Steve
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Reply to  nighthawks
17 hours ago

Too bad they painted the “SLOW” sign upside down…

SusanSunshine
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Reply to  nighthawks
12 hours ago

Um…..

Arfside
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Reply to  nighthawks
7 hours ago

The fish will start to get pretty rank after a few days.

JP Steve
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Reply to  nighthawks
17 hours ago

Coulda been my Dad if he wasn’t busy fighting the Battle of the Atlantic. (He went back to proofreading after the war.)

SusanSunshine
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Reply to  nighthawks
12 hours ago

I don’t think they even have proofreaders anymore, judging by the mistakes I see, online and in print.

JP Steve
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Reply to  nighthawks
17 hours ago

Karen was always my favorite. (The others were too old!)

SusanSunshine
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Reply to  nighthawks
12 hours ago

Did everybody else

get….
43?

Or am I too sleepy again?

More_Cats_Than_Sense
Reply to  nighthawks
11 hours ago

I get:
Sweet = 11
Lollypop = 3
Chocolate = 5

So:

11 + 11 + 11 = 33
3 + (3 x 11) = 36
(5 x 3) + 5 = 20

Therefore:

(5 + 5) + (11 x 3) = 43

I agree with you Susan, so you were awake enough! 🙂

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Reply to  nighthawks
9 hours ago

Same.

Liverlips McCracken
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Reply to  nighthawks
17 hours ago

The splashing water is a nice touch.

SusanSunshine
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Reply to  nighthawks
12 hours ago

The Mustangs of Las Colinas… Bronze, 1984, by sculptor Robert Glen in Williams Plaza, in Irving, Texas.

Nine wild mustangs, 1½ times life size, run through fountains, giving the effect of water being splashed by their hooves.

SusanSunshine
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12 hours ago

You didn’t have to worry about rankles, Claude.

There are a good many people and at least one dog who’d love to straighten you out… probably even flatten you.

SusanSunshine
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12 hours ago

The other day Nighthawks posted a Saturday Evening Post cover by Neysa McMein… one of the few prominent female illustrators of the early 20th century.

I wrote about her, and her both patriotic and Bohemian lifestyle… she entertained troops in two world wars, painted recruiting posters, along with many magazine covers. She knew all the rich and famous, and was part of the Algonquin Round Table.

Earlier today, I was looking for something else, and coincidentally ran into this lovely, very early picture of her, carrying the flag in a women’s suffrage march, in 1917.

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More_Cats_Than_Sense
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11 hours ago

Corgi Cross.

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More_Cats_Than_Sense
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11 hours ago

Female Kingfisher.

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Reply to  More_Cats_Than_Sense
9 hours ago

Eisvogel.

Liverlips McCracken
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Reply to  More_Cats_Than_Sense
5 hours ago

Wouldn’t that make her a Queenfisher?

Tigressy
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Reply to  Liverlips McCracken
4 hours ago

Not if she’s entitled to become queen by marriage.

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