In honour for reaching his 1 millionth visitor to his blog, today is a Grumpy Old fart day at Erotixx. Reblogging galore for the day, hope you enjoy his blog post in all it’s glory. Since he does have so many post I did the only honourable thing and that was to put in the random command on his blog and whatever came up, is reblogged. Quite a lot of Rosaleen Young, hmm… wonder if he likes her at all.

Can’t remember how I first got hold of Summertimes blog but am sure happy that I did, it is an excellent blog of slightly oddish things, fetishes, maids and old postcards in a big great mix of happiness.

“If you talk to God you’re religious. If God talks to you, you’re psychotic.”

But his big love is Ms Gabrielle Ray and why not, she was a stunning girl, so do check out his other blog just about Ms Ray at the aptly named blog Gabrielle Ray, he must have thought hard on what to name that blog

Gabrielle Ray (Rotary 4820 D)

My collection of Miss Ray, although small is growing and this is one of  my favourite pictures of her. The photographer is able to manipulate the image through lighting, dress and expression. However there are times when, perhaps in an unguarded moment the subject is caught and the image produced conveys more than possibly intended. It may be that having read the final chapter of Miss Ray’s life, the heroes, villains, plot and ultimate ending is known and so our own interpretation of a particular image becomes coloured. For me this image shows Miss Ray as thoughtful, reflective but more than that, there is a sadness shown in her eyes. Has the photographer caught a prophetic image of the future, do her eyes give us a hint of her sad future? Hopefully not. When I saw this card I knew that I had to have it regardless of the cost. The post date is June 1908, Miss Ray would have been 21.