Art, music, whatever
This is my current screen backdrop. It’s the Scottish town of Inverary, with its castle in the foreground. (right-click to embiggen)
It will come as some surprise, perhaps, to learn that because of the whole hereditary thing, some childlessness and tangled family trees, the current (and next) Duke of Argyll is South African.
I see with some regret that the exquisite Veronica Carlson, star in many a drive-in horror movie of my youth, passed away last week at, it should be said, a respectable age, of natural causes.
Who she? you ask. Let the camera do the talking:
She was unusual among actresses of her time, in that she steadfastly refused to appear naked in her movies — “often nude, always covered” as one critic wrote of her.
I don’t think she needed nudity to be sexy: 
I’ve made passing mention of Brit TV personality Claire Sweeney before now (on her 50th birthday), but I thought it may be time for a refresher (all pics taken since her birthday):
I have to admit: for some reason I have the serious hots for this semi-centenarian chick.
One of the best things to come out of the demise of Teh Covidiocy is that horrible sights like this:
…have turned back into visions like this:
Yup; that’s Royal totty beauty Queen Letizia of Spain. And despite the fact that she needs several extra helpings of paella, she’ll do just fine:
And anyone who was born in the town of Oviedo can’t be all bad. Why Oviedo? Because that’s where 1893 Mausers (7x57mm) like these were once made:
Like Letizia, they’re slender, elegant and (by my estimation) quite deadly. I’ve had one and not the other, but I’d take either in a heartbeat.
With only a few exceptions, anyone who knows anything about history and aviation has respect (at worst) and love for the extraordinary De Havilland Mosquito fighter-bomber-reconnaissance airplane.
As a number of my Readers fall into the history/aviation dork genus, here’s an hour or so of the restoration of a Mozzie. I loved every minute of it.
Even better, in Canada (????). Brilliant stuff.
