Good morning, Newdists! Please to have a cuppa and a nosh, and join us for some chat and such.
OK...I’ll admit I was in a strange mood when I put this together. So I took a mental road trip, back to the 70s, before I’d ever heard the name Trump, and had NO idea how weird life was going to get for all of us!
Please to enjoy!
Mel Brooks is one of the Treasure of my lifetime. And my favourite movie by him is Blazing Saddles followed (with disrespectful, shambling closeness) by Young Frankenstein.
Thus, he has ‘ruined’ both westerns and horror films for me….God Bless you, Mel Brooks!! In the midst of a “very serious scene” I’ll flash to a BS scene and start laughing, “Darn you, Mel Brooks!!!”
At THIS LINK you can read about Blazing Saddles, and some of the quirky things that happened during filming, among other things.
One of my favourite scenes….could be used to describe some of our fellow citizens today:
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There are other treasures, though. This made me tear up a bit, but I smiled, too. You’ll have to click on it to see the whole pic:
Of course I’m going to say it….these are simply stunning!
On the flip side, there are other treasures. Can you tell I live with a black cat?
We’ve all seen this photo, captioned so many ways. Until recently, I did not know it had a title: The Age Of Innocence. I simply love it!
That reminds me of this song, that I love so much!
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Another photo we’ve seen used in so many ways…
And the gentle way some humans can be treasures:
And finally….another redhead, attaining Treasure status:
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What would you like to talk about this morning?