—in love

arpeggia: Brett Weston - Dune, Oceano, 1934

Sat, 18 May 2013 10:40:39 -0400

Brett Weston - Dune, Oceano, 1934

de-con-architecture: rhamphotheca: These Beautiful Bridges Are...

Thu, 16 May 2013 23:12:53 -0400

rhamphotheca:

These Beautiful Bridges Are Just For Animals

by Jess Zimmerman

If we’re going to keep putting roads in the middle of their habitats, animals are sometimes going to need to cross the road. But it’s better for everyone involved if they don’t have to push a button and wait for the light to change, because they don’t have thumbs and nine times out of 10 they’ll just careen into the side of your car. Which is why some highways have overpasses built specifically for animals like deer, elk, and grizzly bears.

Nobody teaches moose pedestrian etiquette like “look both ways,” but they figure out pretty quickly that crossing the terrifying asphalt river is safer if you take the beautiful grassy bridge. That’s just my guess at a moose’s internal life, but there’s data too: In Banff National Park in Canada, animals have used the six overpasses and 35 underpasses more than 200,000 times since monitoring began in 1996…

(read more: Grist.org)

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images:

Top - Highway A50, Netherlands (photo: Niels Verheul)

BL - France. BR - Banff, Alberta, Canada (photo: Joel Sartore)

This is absolutely beautiful.

Audio

Thu, 16 May 2013 12:37:00 -0400

aseaofquotes: Virginia Woolf, Night and Day

Thu, 16 May 2013 11:56:21 -0400

aseaofquotes:

Virginia Woolf, Night and Day

zackisontumblr: my soul mate is most likely a grilled cheese

Wed, 15 May 2013 23:44:20 -0400

zackisontumblr:

my soul mate is most likely a grilled cheese

humansofnewyork: In October I gave a TEDx talk at Columbia...

Wed, 15 May 2013 21:59:54 -0400

humansofnewyork:

In October I gave a TEDx talk at Columbia College. It just came online today. Essence of the talk is how our worldview is negatively affected by good stories.

Photo

Wed, 15 May 2013 15:34:49 -0400

Photo

Wed, 15 May 2013 15:19:15 -0400

jeffreymann: White Blue Peacock This bird is a crossbreed...

Tue, 14 May 2013 14:52:55 -0400

jeffreymann:

White Blue Peacock

This bird is a crossbreed between blue and white peacocks. The result is one spectacular creature.

“So we are struggling to express clearly what the Christian element in the work of a Christian is,...

Tue, 14 May 2013 00:22:51 -0400

“So we are struggling to express clearly what the Christian element in the work of a Christian is, what the Bible calls ‘fruit of the Spirit’ (Gal. 5:22). What has to be stressed is that it ought to be human, real. The Christian element never comes as an extra. […] I have the feeling that these questions are within a legalistic framework, as if the Christian element consisted of the following of some rules, usually of a negative kind. May I do this? Can that be done? But in that way we understand our own spirituality too mechanically. We are not human plus an extra called our Christianity. No, our humanity reacts to the world outside and the Word of God, in a way that is specific to our particular personality.”

Art Needs No Justification - Hans R. Rookmaaker

Photo

Tue, 14 May 2013 00:18:00 -0400

bopx: glsases: chuckle-w0rthy: i hope the shower isn’t too...

Mon, 13 May 2013 03:05:28 -0400

bopx:

glsases:

chuckle-w0rthy:

i hope the shower isn’t too toasty for you.

this is my favourite picture on the internet

I hope hundreds of years later this picture is found completely out of context by anthropologists and it’s the final tipping point before they completely give up on trying to understand the internet in this decade.

averypotterurl: neildegrassetyson: Who is the most attractive US president of all time? It’s not...

Mon, 13 May 2013 00:58:50 -0400

averypotterurl:

neildegrassetyson:

Who is the most attractive US president of all time?

It’s not the gorgeous Barack Obama or the zesty Bill Clinton or the tragically beautiful John F. Kennedy or either of the Roosevelts or even Baberaham Lincoln

THAT’S RIGHT FRIENDS

IT’S RUTHERFORD B. HAYES

#MORE LIKE RUTHERFORD B. HEEEEEEYYYYYYY HOW /YOU/ DOIN’

I’ve seen a lot of posts on my dash tonight about users who are...

Sun, 12 May 2013 22:56:00 -0400

I’ve seen a lot of posts on my dash tonight about users who are threatening suicide, with other Tumblr members posting in effort to try to get ahold of them. I think you all should see this:

IF THERE IS EVER A TUMBLR USER WHO HAS POSTED A GOOD-BYE MESSAGE, SUICIDE NOTE, VIDEO, OR ANYTHING OF THE SORT, PLEASE FOLLOW THIS POST.

1. Scroll to the top of your dashboard.

2. See the circular question mark icon at the top? It’s the third one over from your home symbol. Click on that, and a screen similar to the one in the picture will come up.

3. Where you can type in questions, the box with the magnifying glass at the top, type in the word “suicide.”

4. Click on the first link that shows up. It should say, “Pass the URL of the blog on to us.”

5. Type in the user’s URL and tell Tumblr admin that the user is contemplating suicide and has posted a message indicating that they are going through with it or will be attempting. Hit send! Tumblr administration will perform a number of actions to contact the user and take the necessary steps to prevent the suicide.

TUMBLR: THIS COULD SAVE A USER’S LIFE. PLEASE DO NOT IGNORE SUICIDE THREATS.

Reblog this to keep other users aware. Suicide isn’t a joke, and neither is someone’s life. If you didn’t know this, someone else may not, either. Pass it on.

In the secret, in the quiet place In the stillness You are...

Sat, 11 May 2013 23:57:00 -0400

In the secret, in the quiet place
In the stillness You are there.
In the secret, in the quiet hour I wait,
Only for You, ‘cause I want to know You more.

I want to know You,
I want to hear Your voice
I want to know You more.
I want to touch You,
I want to see Your face
I want to know You more.

tyleroakley: MY EMOTIONS.

Sat, 11 May 2013 23:39:53 -0400

tyleroakley:

MY EMOTIONS.

likeafieldmouse: Cy Twombly - Scenes from an Ideal Marriage...

Sat, 11 May 2013 16:56:10 -0400

likeafieldmouse:

Cy Twombly - Scenes from an Ideal Marriage (1986) - Acrylic and pencil on paper

Sat, 11 May 2013 16:55:24 -0400

randomstuff134:

sodamnrelatable:

take a moment to realize you have never seen your face in person, just reflections and pictures

some scientists agree that if you saw a clone of yourself, you wouldn’t recognise it as you, because our idea of what we look like is so different from what we actually look like

1000drawings: by Brooke Weeber

Sat, 11 May 2013 00:30:38 -0400

1000drawings:

by Brooke Weeber

details: Descend.

Sat, 11 May 2013 00:28:41 -0400

details:

Descend.