Women in Trees

“I love pictures that aren’t perfect, that I know nothing about,then, stories immediately being developing in my mind. For me, the women happen to be taking a Sunday walk with their partners. They are well dressed, look happy, and some of them seem to be really in love. These are young people who went off with a camera, clowned around, and captured their happiness in a snapshot.”

Jochen Raiß (1969-2022), a photo editor based in Hamburg, Germany, found most of the vintage photos in flea markets, scanned them and published his collection in a book Women In Trees (2014).

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Sunny’s Gate

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Cows of Venspils

Via Google Translate:
“Ventspils [Latvia] is a city of sculptures. Naturally, the cows stand out among them, having become a sort of symbol of the city. There are about 30 cows in the city in total. Most of them (IMHO) can hardly be called ‘masterpieces.'”

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Koniscopic Hot Links

Sh-Boom (acapella version) – The Chords (1954) Rare acapella version of the R&B classic. The hit version (with instrumental) backup reached No. 2 on the Billboard R&B charts and peaked at No. 9 on the pop charts.

Fan fan.

いちご電車.

Mr. Jambo.

Long wave.
Short wave.

The new girl.

Cold & insane.

Team beatbox.

“Boy, this rain.”

See fingermath.
How fingermath.

Ancient astronauts.

Reusable food bags.

The danger of Flock.

“What time is it, Bert?”

“We’re getting closer.”

Remains of Tasmania.

A stamp for all reasons.

A major cause of AGW is...

The Eater of the Pack [h/t Serafina D].

One loo village [via Thompson, blog].

Real puffy portraits [via Everlasting Blört].

The houses aren’t amused [via Memo Of The Air].

The Fédération Internationale de Foosball Association playoffs.

[Image at top: High score found here; hear it here.]

From the Archives: 1 year ago. 5 years ago. 10 years ago. 15 years ago.

 

Saturday Matinee – Orianthi, Timothy James & Brady Goss, and Buddy Guy w/ The Rolling Stones

Orianthi Penny Panagaris, aka Orianthi, is a hard blues rocker from Adelaide, Australia. She began learning piano at 3, moved to acoustic guitar by 6, then at 11 got an electric guitar; by the time she was 24 she had released two albums and was listed as one of the “12 Greatest Female Electric Guitarists” by Elle magazine. Prior to going solo, she was lead guitarist for Carrie Underwood, and later, Michael Jackson.

Timothy James is a guitarist from Portland comes from a classic singer-songwriter culture with a bent for pop style lyrics.
Brady Goss (keyboards) is also from Oregon, began playing by ear as a child, and cites Jerry Lee Lewis as an early inspiration.

Buddy Guy had some fun with The Rolling Stones, on stage in 2009.

News of the Week: Trump said something, mainstream media flipped out, then Trump said something else, the media screeched louder. After that, Trump said something, so the media… well you know the rest.
Porch time? You got it. See you there tomorrow.

The .Gif Friday Post No. 965 – Beer Bummer, Pigeon Cream & Gator Payback

[Found here, here and here.]

Fire in the Hole

[Found here.]

Stuff I Do When I’m Bored

Just a pile of random unrelated stuff.

Ready to Roll

rrrroar / vroom / eatme

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When History Repeats

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