I have plenty of pictures in my high-resolution desktop background and lock screen slideshow rotation – 3,209 photos and 2.7GB to date – but I’m always adding more, confirming that I’m a rather visually-oriented person. This latest addition is Sergio Tapiro Velasco’s 2017 NatGeo Travel Photography contest winner of Volcán de Colima in Mexico.

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Almost as good as Carlos Gutierrez’s photo of Chaitén in Chile back in May 2008:

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Here are some more images from my wallpapers folder – several taken by me. Click on any one to enter the gallery, then there’s a “View full size” button for each picture at the lower right, which you may have to scroll down to see.

Bumblebee at my office

Myrna Loy, William Powell, and Asta in one of the Thin Man films

NY Times chocolate chip cookies in my kitchen

Ginger Rogers & Fred Astaire in Swing Time (1936)

Apollo 4 test vehicle on the pad

Slow-cooked bacon

York Beach, Maine

Sparrow at my office, puffed up for warmth

Boeing 747, RA001 Boeing Photo Number K16491

William Powell and Ginger Rogers

The salt marsh at J.T. Farnham’s, Essex, Massachusetts

One of my favourite photos of Rita Hayworth. I’ve only ever seen it on this French postcard I found in a shop in Hollywood years ago.

Sourdough boule in my kitchen

Uh, Dave, wear that helmet next time you go out, too.

Ermine/stoat in winter colours

Ginger Rogers

Water vole

A view from the ISS

Homemade Swedish meatballs with homemade pasta