Linkety-link-link

[vilakins]

And here are the links I mentioned, collected over the past weeks and presented in chronological order.

I'm all for the local campaign to stop kids smoking, but putting the messages on the back of school buses really didn't work that well.
One ad that misfired
And another

Some really cool yarn-bombing from a group of crocheters: the solar system.

Huge cats in tiny boxes - you know how they are. I have photos of Ashley in her birthday box, but in her case the sizes are reversed.

Snake on a plane! I love the last comment: "Until we find the snake, it's not good for business."

Self portraits in the Flemish style - an artist who whiles away long flights taking photos of herself in the loo with paper towels.

Cats imitating art - well, not really. I think they just looked for photos that matched a painting, but the three odalisques and the last two amuse the hell out of me.

South Miami Beach retirees 1982-85 - I love this: wonderful, wonderful characters enjoying life. The 4th one could be my grandfather complete with hat, and the woman blowing smoke out of her nostrils reminds me of my (now dead) keen smoker Aunt Joy; that's even her hairstyle.

Spitfires found in Burma! This is huge news for those of us who love old planes (and especially those so obsessed as a kid they were nicknamed Spitfire...)

And for the DW-fan crafters among you, a TARDIS shawl.

Comments

[vjezkova.livejournal.com]

Thank you, this arrived just in time for me, such a bleak rainy day here, I enjoyed your links between cooking. Oh yes, cats and Spitfires, hahaha!
*Hugs*

[vilakins.livejournal.com]

I knew you'd be interested in the Spitfires! I just watched a film about a Spitfire pilot. :-)

[zoefruitcake.livejournal.com]

Loved the cats in boxes, thought the paintings weren't too bad either
Love the solar system!
Laughed at the Flemish style pics ;0)

[vilakins.livejournal.com]

Isn't the last cat-in-a-box wonderful! Is that one of yours in the icon? My late cat Petra used to curl up in pot plants and flatten them.

Those Flemish-style pics look surprisingly effective. :-)

[sheenaghpugh]

Love the "quit school" poster! People don't look at things properly, do they?

[vilakins.livejournal.com]

They must have given the kids (and following drivers) a good laugh.

[linda-joyce.livejournal.com]

Very interesting links, especially the Spitfires. The pictures of South Beach reminded me of a Trip to Bournemouth I took nearly 40 years ago. And the cats were delightfull. Thanks for the links.

[vilakins.livejournal.com]

Bournemouth was full of colourful retired people?

Glad you liked them!

[linda-joyce.livejournal.com]

It was then, the south coast of England is renowned for its balmy climate and , at the time,cheap housing and Bournemouth was the favoured destination of thr colourful retired. Then they discovered Spain in the late 80s and now it seems to be Cyprus and North Africa.

[vilakins.livejournal.com]

I'd certainly be happy with Spain or Cyprus when the time comes, but not any of the Anglicised resorts; I'd want to live a more exotic life.

I doubt it's an option unless Greg gets his Bulgarian passport. Australia or one of the islands are probably my only options.

[linda-joyce.livejournal.com]

If you ever ended up in either of your European destinations be ready for a visitor, I could leave the girls, if they are still around, with Beth.

[vilakins.livejournal.com]

One can dream...

[imhilien.livejournal.com]

Great links, thanks. Love the cats in tiny boxes. :D

[vilakins.livejournal.com]

The last one is classic!

[reapermum.livejournal.com]

As a follow up to the Spitfires read this about a lost Kittyhawk (http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/aviation/9256879/WWII-fighter-plane-hailed-the-aviation-equivalent-of-Tutankhamuns-Tomb-found-preserved-in-the-Sahara.html)

[vilakins.livejournal.com]

That's very sad, both the pilot's fate and the locals stripping it for junk. The British government should retrieve it ASAP.

[jaxomsride.livejournal.com]

Love the cats in boxes.
The cats imitating art one didn't work for me.

[vilakins.livejournal.com]

Yeah, only a handful amused me.