©Sun Sentinel
Today’s beautiful thing is the sweet/sad relationship between gay seniors, Chris and Richard, and their final weeks together. Continue reading
Love and Cancer
Shut Up and Take My Money
©Paul Michael Design
Geek jewelry designer Paul Michael has got to be the happiest guy in the world.
P.O.V. – Snail Edition:
©Vyacheslav Mishchenko
Let’s be honest. Butterflies are easy. Sure, you have to have a good eye and a steady hand and be in the right place at exactly the right time, but they’re beautiful, and we all grew up predisposed to believe there’s something magical about them, so it’s not terribly hard to take a good picture. Then there are snails.
Tuck and Patti Always Take My Breath Away:
©Tuck & Patti
My beloved and I were talking the other night about our favorite music, and I’m ashamed to admit this song didn’t come immediately to mind. It should have. Continue reading
OBI (One Beautiful Idea)
©GreenProphet.com
In 2012, after Hurricane Sandy hit the Northeast, we were displaced from our poor broken little house for 6+ months. We were fortunate enough to have the resources to find a place to live while we waited for our home to be restored, but not everyone in the world is so lucky. Continue reading
The Eyes of Tristan Eaton
Maybe it’s because it’s spring, but I’ve been on a real street art kick lately.
©Tristan Eaton
Comedy Isn’t Funny:
©The Economist
I May Ship Myself . . .
All About the Wall
Unthinkable Beauty
Chills
Tetanus Shots for Everyone!
This British steampunk circus company is so adorably au courant, it makes me want to punch them.
©TheCirculus.com
Spring and Other Horticultural Disasters
The calendar is turned to April, the weather is warming (albeit gradually), and the world is starting to smell like green things and hope and the promise of better days. And so my mind is once again turning to . . . dead plants.
©Elżbieta Wodała
Animal House (No, Not That One)
“Deserted buildings are so full of contradictions, I am fascinated by the way nature reclaims spaces that were, essentially, only ever on loan to humans.” -Kai Fagerström
©Kai Fagerström
People Are Looking At Me Funny
. . . Probably because I’m hooting loudly at these fantastic animal comics, drawn by Simpsons illustrator, Liz Climo. 
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Squee of the Week
Although I have always been a big fan of little things (hi, honey!), cute generally doesn’t get it done for me. However, these minuscule crocheted animals are so tiny and so perfect that I must make them mine. This one actually extracted from me the exact sound “squee!” Never really understood that before. Turns out it’s a thing.
©SuAmi
Love and the Art of Baby Helmet Painting
When OCD Produces Beauty, It Produces Really a Lot of It
Beauty in a Hopeless Place
Storai and Saeeda are budding jewelers and artist in Kabul AND THEY ARE WOMEN.
©Turquoise Mountain Arts
Sex, Teens, and the Art of Parenting
©Noriko Shiota Slusser
My OBT 