tilt it

via Neatorama

Pouring champagne into a glass is far from being consequenceless with regard to its dissolved CO2 concentration.
On the Losses of Dissolved CO2 during Champagne Serving

Apparently sparkling wine is best poured into a tilted flute, although I'm inclined to agree with the comment at Neatorama, that champagne

... is best poured into a slipper, while atop a round fur rug, in front of a fire, while listening to Al Green...

 

yes terday

cool

his coolness traverses centuries....

Update see


 

airwomen

A group of airwomen
 

funny familiar

Funny, Familiar...
 

imaginings

'horsey' is an attachable bicycle ornament/accessory which makes one's bicycle look horsey!
via the Presurfer

I have previously mused on one's childhood imaginings that would make one's bicycle look horsey, linking it to one's fondness for the TV show, National Velvet.
Which suggests that nothing much changes in blogging, but youtube keeps on giving.
Because now there's more data from one's childhood viewing habits, with part of this particular episode appearing:



One found this episode frightening. As did one's friends.

 

unamused

A rather useful tag from the WV gods.
(Nonha should be added to the Reactions list of Like, Dislike, Unlike, funny interesting cool.)
 

spring

one of the things we find endearing
about him is his spring
for a tiny dog, his four foot leap
at the door handle
bringing him almost level with the means
and the meaning, every day
he just about nails it


 

melb 59

From a fabulous flickr set: Australia 1959-1960 that features great street scenes of Melbourne including:

Collins st

Swanston Street

ICI house

Royal Women's

 

dog blog

New favourite dogblog - LabraDog Rescue and Rehoming

The photo of the full house reminds me of labradors past and labradors future, someday somewhere.

(and this yt clip is always an inspiration to that lab castle in the air)
 

low tea

Outraged of (West) North Balwyn sez:
Is there a greater disappointment when taking (Devonshire) Tea at Warrandyte to find that Tea means a small jug of boiling water served with a tea bag? I'm not inclined to spend $70 on High Tea somewhere, but a tea bag and hot water is very low tea. A Devonshire tea promises china and loose leaf to me - or a teapot at the very least.



 

strange combo

While browsing the Digital Music Collections of the NLA on behalf of a comment by Genevieve, I found this strange song combo. (Or an episode of Midsomer Murders, who knows)
 

no smoking

 

in the wind

Looking for Don't Bring Lulu led me to this definitive cover:

easy listening

bought this record cover for 20 cents when op-shopping last week:



then seeing it described as an outstanding record you must have, I have just played it.
The JRT X jumped at the scratch in Perfidia and barked at the bar-music from 1964.


Meanwhile, bar-music from 1938:


Tips for Single Ladies via The Presurfer
 

bifocal

 

decline

more on declining blogosphere:
The evolving blogosphere An empire gives way via As Above


and here I was actually feeling quite heartened seeing my latest search request:
elderly dacshunds* coughing and retching...

(nb I wonder which nation fits the bill?)


and also scoring this:




 

lasting

nothing lasts forever
said x
except that phrase



Well actually we were talking about blogging, you know, the blogging r.i.p. riff... [rant defending blogging since deleted] ...but today it may as well signify change of template
 

 

the k

New dog turns one today.

Relieved that he got to this milestone; his small size makes him seem vulnerable to the everyday fence-gaps and donkey-hooves of life.
(on holiday in the country, he was straight under the fence and in with the donkeys, who had 'form' apparently with straying small animals, and whose mad braying sent him scurrying back pronto, untrodden)

He is a dog that stares. I often catch him looking like this:


Not so much a philosophical air, but rather one of caution. As if he is still getting his bearings, four months on.

We all are.


click for larger view

but four months on, I think we are cautiously very happy with each other.



 

bat life

... and Ann O'D → Adam West → Batman and Robin

Same bat nostalgia.

Here, Batman is driving around central Victoria:



(the glimpses of Californian landscape that you'd catch on TV shows of the time did look familiar; sun, highway, eucalyptus)