Celebrating the great outdoors in the month of May 2021!
Lush foliage... or something.
Actually were walking through the Moscow Botanical Gardens and some adjacent parks too.
Catkins of a large sprawling Manchurian walnut tree.
Lilac blossoms are still not over yet this part of the world.
Here is who else was walking.
And now some views from the Moscow Japan garden.
And here is a Japan garden outfit.
Here are some ambient sounds.
Cherry blossoms are all over the place this May 2021
California Tux
You do know of course that the California Tux (or Tuxedo) is an outfit consisting of a navy blazer and khakis... and preferably a blue shirt
Here are two recent additions to my menswear library since it now seems that I am into classic menswear (CM) on top of everything else... what have I done to deserve it?
Two classic tomes on men's style both from Alan Flusser - Alan Flusser, Dressing The Man, Mastering the Art of Permanent Fashion and Alan Flusser, Style and the Man.
The former is much more lavishly illustrated with many photos while the latter is more like a short basic manual.
I am going to study them and see if anything catches on.
Here is another low-key Adobe Stock portfolio with pictures to meet your obscure "no people" picture needs.
Pictures... for Your Adobe Projects
VHS Collection Part 2 aka another trip down memorabilia lane.
Further to my earlier post on some of my VHS tapes, here are some more video titles in that particular format.
This time the highlights include two Charles Bronson's Death Wish movies, 3 and 4.
I think they are now cult classics in the genre... if genre is the word.
Death Wish 3 with its urban battleground set somewhere in New York seems to be more fantastique than DW 4 although the latter is not far behind and both are a far cry from the original Death Wish.
An original VHS tape cassette and not some cheap knock-off.
Death Wish 4...
Also an original VHS tape cassette.
As regards Death Wish movies, I have the original Death Wish on a DVD, these two Death Wish 3 and 4 and am therefore missing only Death Wish 2 and Death Wish 5, of which I would like especially to watch and have the No. 5 Death Wish.
On a DVD, I also have Bruce Willis' Death Wish remake but it's not entirely satisfactory although there are moments too.
Here is pussy galore Octopussy which is good for an occasional viewing and having fun mainly at the expense of the protagonist and British film-making in general, a kind of brainless pretend acting and poor quality but bombastic filming.
Roger Moore is not too bad either and I believe still sports his trademark wart on the face (another one who comes to mind is Robert De Niro but he is a whole lot of different fish in the world of acting). Although some may claim what Roger Moore has is a mole but... careful now... whose mole could it have been?
I think it's only in his last JB movie, which would be A View To a Kill, that Roger Moore loses the wart much to the chagrin of his fans everywhere.
I must re-watch it soon as I seem to have forgotten what it's all about in detail though I do get the general picture which has stayed the same in every Bond movie.
And then there is this one which is fine but rather less memorable than the one before.
At least Roger Moore had his famous facial impediment (aka wart) to look out for, this one has nothing going for him in the way of visual interest.
Goodfellas... now this is a great movie of course.
I now have it purchased on the crappy youtube even - that's how much I like it and must have watched it dozens of times over the years.
Angel Heart is great and very atmospheric however I would prefer it to have been a more straightforward PI story with less of that supra-natural stuff with selling souls to the highest bidder although the woodoo seemed okay.
Killpoint is a guilty pleasure and a great bad move - a Leo Fong vehicle with a subdued Richard Roundtree, a menacing Stack Pierce and especially an erratic and temperamental Cameron Mitchell spending first half of the movie talking to his little dog, talking mainly to himself in the latter.
And Singin' in the Rain, a nice technicolor song and dance masterpiece and one of the greatest movies whichever way you look at it.
Sorry I initially forgot to flip it, here it is corrected:
