Marilyn's Photos - June 20 2025 - Blue Nails

 

As I grow older, I become more adverse to makeup - to bright lipstick and bright finger nails.  I seem to notice a lot of light blue nails this summer.  Fingers waving in the air with these little light blue tips getting my attention.  I started to wonder about manicures, and checked online - one of the salons has published its manicure prices as ranging from $35 to $45. Especially if you aren't buying the nail polish.  It seems that nail polish is one of those things that soars above the sun when it comes to pricing.  "Red Carpet Manicure Amor 24 Polish gained global attention when it was worn by pop star Rihanna at the 2012 Grammy Awards. The metallic gold polish, which complemented the singer’s custom Armani gown, was the perfect finishing touch to her glamorous look. It is priced at $5,000."  I assume U.S At $5,000, that is the low end of the high cost of premium nail polish.   "The high price tag of $250,000 per bottle makes it the most expensive nail polish in the world, and a manicure using this polish can cost up to $25,000. Azature’s Black Diamond Polish is considered the most expensive manicure in the world. This luxurious nail polish is made with 267 carats of black diamonds, giving it a unique, shimmering effect. However, it costs a whopping $250,000 per bottle, and a manicure using this polish can cost up to $25,000. The high price is due to the rareness and high cost of black diamonds, known for their beauty and rarity. The polish has been worn by celebrities such as Kelly Osbourne and has become a symbol of luxury and opulence in beauty and fashion." Here's the promo picture - the finish reminds me of formica countertops from the 1950s - black with little flecks in them.  I don't think that's what we're supposed to be associating these nails with.

Here's one of the gazebos in the RBG Rose Garden.  Such a pretty structure that goes with the roses wonderfully.  I expect it cost less than the bottle of nail polish.

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Marilyn's Photos - June 15 2025 - Father's Day Humour

 

There are many Father's Day Joke headlines. They get attention and get clicked on.  What are the most popular types of Father's Day jokes?  They don't seem to think about that much. I guess research in this area would be sparse.  Research on jokes in general seems sparse.  Perhaps there are lots of Departments of Linguistics or Philosophy rather than a Department of Humour.  Although the University of Colorado Boulder has the Humor Research Lab, where they are researching the benign violation theory.  Doesn't that sound like a university sort of topic? As I sorted through various Father's Day jokes, this one came up and is  appropriately "groanful" even if it doesn't relate to Father's Day. Hey, I can’t stop singing the ‘Green Green Grass of Home’ “That sounds like Tom Jones syndrome” “Is it common?”   “It’s not unusual” And here's a visual selection of typical groanful Dad jokes. I suggest groanful is the most popular type of Dad joke.

I went to the Royal Botanical Gardens yesterday to see the Rose Show and the Rose Garden. This picture is from a few years ago during COVID when there were few people and the roses weren't as tall.  The sky comes from Skyrim - a nice colour match with the flowers.

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June 13 2020 - Dawn Chorus

Which birds sing all summer long?  Robins do. They are singing this morning as though they just got back from the south.  Robins only stop singing while they are moulting.  While robins can sing all day long it is in the earliest hours, typically starting at 4:00am that they sing louder, livelier, and more frequently.  If we were to follow robins to their winter homes, they sing all winter too.  They only stop singing at night, and are one of the last to stop singing each day. Some birds sing more when it is cooler in the early mornings or after a rain.  Others prefer the hot weather - goldfinches are an example of this.   We can expect birds to go on singing into summer and to diminish around August when they are moulting or foraging widely as food is abundant. Many of us have really noticed the bird song this year.  With less traffic noise and fewer people about this year, it is easier to hear them and birds are more active. More irises today, again taken at the Royal Botanical Gardens Laking Garden.  This is a messy flower in my view.  Even if it was allowable to pick or cut off the dead flowers, there would likely be damage to the overall stem.  So it is hard to get a picture of a grouping or mass of flowers.  Mostly one takes portraits of individual flowers.

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