We’re getting a nice little afternoon shower today. When so many summers of the past have proven rainless, we’ll take any we can get!
Category: Pics
Picasso’s Last Breath
Rare is the image depicting a celebrity’s last breath before his untimely demise. And yet here we see artist Pablo Picasso’s son (no, not his great-great grandson as one would logically deduce) Claude about to stab his elderly father for the crime of cubism.
Actually, the 74-year-old Picasso pictured here did not die until he was 91 in 1973, while having a dinner party with friends. And down he went. His then-wife, Jacqueline Roque, bitterly prevented son Claude (born of another woman’s loins) from attending the funeral. Not cool. Jacqueline made another bad decision in 1986 when she pointed a gun at herself and pulled the trigger. We don’t have a photo of that one.
Strut Out And Put It Out
According to the August 15, 1949 Life magazine, women all over America were losing their minds.
Listen, if your husband is wearing your girdle, that’s a serious red flag. Maybe divorce isn’t such a bad option. Maybe he’s just not that into you.
Further into the article, we have a pre-Munsters Yvonne De Carlo, sporting (we assume) a “gee-whiz string.”
Aha! So now we know where the term G-string came from. And where it went. Was this the same woman who played the wife of Moses in The Ten Commandments?
By the way, if you need proof that she wore G-strings in later years, you need look no further than pinterest. My blog’s a little too tame to post it.
Before They Were Feeble And A Hip Replacement Exceeded An Annual Salary
For patients without health insurance, a total hip replacement usually will cost between $31,839 and $44,816, with an average cost of $39,299, according to Blue Cross Blue Shield of North Carolina. (http://health.costhelper.com/).
If The Best Western Is Booked
“Tiggers Don’t Jump; They Bounce.”–Tigger
Starfish And Shells
It looks like this image would make a great puzzle, but it was actually pretty odd to see all this debris washed up on the shoreline in Rockport. Most of the shells were broken, but as you can see, this starfish was still in tact. We didn’t take it, as it needed to dry out. It was wet and squishy. We actually left it all just as it was.
I’d never seen so many things washed up ashore like this. See the leopard print?
However, it didn’t seem to bother these folks.
Seriously, who does that? Do you ever just lie, fully clothed on the beach like that, and chitty-chat with the sand and surf riding into your nether regions? People are strange.
Shells and crabs littered the entire area.
And there was this little guy.
Wonder how long it will stay that way?
Summer Sunset: Rockport, Texas
Toto, I Don’t Think We’re On Delta Anymore
These lucky fliers had the good fortune to be alive during the height of plane travelin’ glory in 1950. Can you imagine being able to extend the length of your arm above you, and not smashing into the overhead compartment?
The truth is–this is a Ted Solent flying boat, which made many Australia-England runs. They could carry 45 passengers in seven lounges on two decks. Doesn’t it look dreamy?
Below is a Short Empire flying boat, which made many trips prior to WWII. Have you ever been on a flying boat or known anyone who has?
For more images of flying boats, see my earlier post.
What A Day For A Sack Race
Ruby, Elsie, and Alison show their competitive skills in Wandin (a suburb of Melbourne) in 1957, representing for the Collingwood branch of the (before political correctness took the accuracy out of terms) Old Age and Invalid Pensioners’ Association. Way to stay active!
Early Man Buns
Americans were searching for missing flyers and presented gifts to the wife of a Lolo chieftain.
Yes, that does say the Lolos owned Chinese slaves. Hmm, slavery in 1947, and it still goes on today. No comment.
Your America
Yesterday we profiled New York Central railroad advertising, and today we focus on the Union Pacific. Again, these are all WWII era, as evidenced by the optimism above: “After victory…”
Montana shows us stout cows and wide open spaces.
The Nebraska one has an interesting choice of colors for the sky. 
California has ordered groves and fresh citrus. 
What a great ad campaign. I can’t decide which of the four is my favorite. Which do you enjoy?
I Don't Get It 