Sunday Links

The spinning saxon, flying pigeons, polka batteries, jumping jacks and firecrackers, squibs and salutes, Aztec Fountains, Bengal Lights, and Egyptian Circlets, bangers or bungers, cakes, crossettes, candles, and a Japanese design known as kamuro (boys haircut), which looks like a bobbed wig teased out across the stratosphere. . . Flowers of Fire: Illustrations from Japanese Fireworks Catalogues ca. 1880s (photo above) (via Perfect for Roquefort Cheese)

Five buildings by famous 20th-century architects realised decades after their deaths

The untold story of the big boat that broke the world (Thanks Bruce!)

I'm sure you're all wondering what became of Miss Continuous Roller Towel 

I am always drawn to very old houses with a lot of character. I must be a glutton for punishment.  The Old Manor in Croscombe, Somerset is thought to have been built in 1460. It is just over a mile away from the medieval city of Wells. ($1.7m CAD)

The Body Language Project is a perfect blend of art and science that shows how to "Get what you want - From ANYONE you want." It is not free but since it will also teach you to "master the art of seduction" I am sure it is worth whatever price they are charging for it. (via perfect for roquefort cheese)

 Hotel in Iceland will give you a Northern Lights wake-up call 

Our next-door planet is similar to Earth in size and composition, but extreme conditions made Venus a hellscape. Researchers want to know what caused their wildly divergent paths. The inside story of the new NASA missions to Venus (Thanks Bruce!)

Public Key Cryptography: Diffie-Hellman Key Exchange  (via Memo Of The Air)

You can buy this off-the-grid witch cottage in California. At 300 square feet it's more like a 'witch shed' but it's only $299,000US.

7 Novels In Which The Dead Step In To Solve Their Own Murders

Saddest rally ever drew tens of admirers to the sweltering parking lot of a closed outlet mall in St. Louis County to celebrate the one-year anniversary of the time he pulled a gun on a crowd of people who otherwise would never have noticed or cared he existed.

Clothing for automotive enthusiasts: Ferrari Fashion

An overview of life in pre-World War I Paris using old French newsreels, theatre programs and early silent films (Via  Internet Archive)

Breaking News: Round hot dogs exist

Don McLeish is a seahorse whisperer. The saga of Lucy is a great story with lots of photographs.

Thirty-one talented photographers share their personal views of three of the most urgent global health challenges: mental health, infectious disease and global heating: Wellcome Photography Prize 2021 

Popcorn Monsoon (via Kraftfuttermischwerk)

 Musical Peas This kitty is our Carmen's doppelgänger.

Summer's here and people are itching for a change of scene but air travel is still kind of scary for many and some borders are still closed. Here are 15 beautiful US campsites  that my American readers might want to check out. (Thanks Bruce) 

Docks 

How Studio Ghibli Interiors Would Look In Real Life

Paella is something I make every now and again and I like to vary the recipe so I was interested in watching chefs at different skill levels make paella. The last one I made was for a crowd and it had it all - mussels, shrimp, chorizo and chicken. 101 Cookbooks vegetarian paella is a current favourite.

Making umami inside 2,000-year-old Roman ruins.