Here’s young Grace Bowers, for your delectation:






Girl cleans up pretty good, too:

Here’s young Grace Bowers, for your delectation:






Girl cleans up pretty good, too:

Proving that not all Austrians are short, dark-haired dictators with a sense of destiny, Senta Berger is simply exquisite:







Oh… did somebody say “color”?





Yeah, Hitler would have hated her too… because she’s Jewish.
I don’t know how much more of this I can stand:
The White House on Tuesday reportedly fired members of Washington, D.C.’s Commission of Fine Arts, which advises on architectural developments in the capital, including the White House.
The White House has fired all six commission members who were installed under former President Joe Biden, and whose terms were expected to end in 2028.
“We are preparing to appoint a new slate of members to the commission that are more aligned with President Trump’s America First Policies,” a White House official told The Hill.
So… does this mean no more government buildings that look like this?

Fire away, then.

This is Madelaine Petsch, who has appeared in some TV show that I’ve never watched before.






Here’s Brit actress Saffron Burrows, who enlivened the otherwise-dull movie Troy with a lovely, sexy appearance:






Maybe not so beautiful in the modern sense of the word, but in a classic sense — e.g. as she appeared in Troy… lovely.
I recently saw this SOTI:

…and I was immediately reminded of a pic of some medieval town I’d seen at C.W.’s place a while back, which triggered a similar response from me:

Add “Without aerial photography or observation” to the above list.
I don’t know how they did it, but they did, and it’s wonderful. I stand in awe.
This “Western civilization” is a fine thing, isn’t it?