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This slideshow I found on YouTube purports to be “Ringo Starr photos at his home in Weybridge – August 17, 1967,” and I have no reason to think otherwise. My guess is that Richie was hanging around the house waiting for his wife (who is absent from these photos) to give birth to their second child, which would happen two days hence.
These shots catch him at an awkward point in the transformation from moptop to hippie. His hair seems to grow straight up, his sideburns look pasted on, and his moustache is porn-star skeezy. But he will grow out of it.
One of the photos apparently shows cartoonist Gerald Scarfe drawing a picture of Ringo onto a wall. Prophetic, that, as Scarfe would go on to work on Pink Floyd’s The Wall. He would also, as previously mentioned, end up married to ex-McCartney paramour Jane Asher. They will celebrate their 36th anniversary soon (though they’ve been together since 1971). And that’s all I got for today. Carry on, people.
Down to seeds and stems … ? It’s ok, been there …
Not saying I’m in a different boat, but mentioning seeds is now a way of dating yourself. I think the last time I got a seed in a bag Bush #1 was president.