Ahhh, summertime is here. What a joy. A time of light, heat, sunshine, open windows, water melon, summer storms, enjoying white crumpled sheets, wearing less clothing, eating less and lighter, savoring breezes, flapping curtains, a sense of spacious ease, silly blockbuster movies and visits to the sea.

Enjoying the art of Karen Hollingsworth.

Visualizing the infinite beauty of Pi and other numbers - Via Everlasting Blort

Some likable, gentle art by Tang Chiew Ling, a graphic designer in Malaysia.

The Periodic Table of Videos with each element being described.

Coming Home by Karen Hollingsworth

Unwind by Karen Hollingsworth

Reconnecting by Karen Hollingsworth

Love this.Such a charming stop motion video of fireworks of beads. Worth waiting for the grand finale at the end.

Connected by Karen Hollingsworth

Huh, what an oddly likable thing. Calling a dolphin using a comb.

A lovely corner of this beautiful planet, the Venice of the Netherlands, a village without roads. "Giethoorn is a village in the Dutch province of Overijssel. It's called "Venice of the Netherlands." In the old part of the village, there were no roads (nowadays there is a cycling path), and all transport was done by water over one of the many canals. The lakes in Giethoorn were formed by peat unearthing."

A short vignette of Oba-Chan. An 85 year old Japanese farmer who tends to her land all by herself. Serene, intimate and inspiring.

OBA-CHAN from Mackenzie Sheppard on Vimeo.

Oh, this is cool.

Animal Planet LIVE

It's a whole bunch of live cams that one can watch all kinds of creatures, live.

Living on the edge.The person sitting on that ledge is Alex Honnold. He’s been proclaimed the best free soloist (i.e., climbs without ropes) in the world.

*wipes tears of laughter. Love these.

Huh, who knew. Japanese black hot dogs.

Aww, a cute little story. A Vietnamese soccer fan runs after a bus of visiting Arsenal Club players in Hanoi, Viet Nam, so that the team members end up inviting him on the bus, brag about his sexy sixpack and cheer him on. Warmly friendly.

View Point by Karen Hollingsworth

A puppy that looks like a dandelion, attacking a dandelion.

A raccoon stealing some cats' food, dipping it into water for gravy and running away like a true bandit.

Air Mail by Karen Hollingsworth

Goat does a little Parkour move

Kids watching a weird looking experiment, burning Ammonium dichromate and Mercury (II) thiocyanate. At one point many of them shout "Kraken!" Fun all the way to the end.

Night Owl by Karen Hollingsworth

Hermitage Cats Today

reblogged from GoldCluster

Photo by L/ Radova

A retro sound, rotary phone dialing

Another retro sound, coffee percolating

Photo: London Media

reblogged from flordevainilla

reblogged from syphon

Some colorful New Yorkers

Reblogged from new mourning

Via Manuel Rodríguez Sánchez
Descent from Mount Srd towards Old Town on Dubrovnik Cable Car

A seahorse inspects a diver's watch Photograph by Don McLeish

Amazing Photos 2012: The Best Pictures Of The Year, So Far

One of the many interesting places on this extraordinary planet:

Chefchaouen or Chaouen (Arabic: شفشاون/الشاون‎,Spanish: Chauen, lit. "horns") is a city in northwest Morocco. It is the chief town of the province of the same name, and is noted for its buildings in shades of blue.

Chefchaouen is situated in the Rif Mountains, just inland from Tangier and Tetouan. The city was founded in 1471,^[1] as a small fortress which still exists to this day, byMoorish exiles from Spain led by Moulay Ali Ben Moussa Ben Rached El Alami to fight the Portuguese invasions of northern Morocco.^[2] It was known as one of the main concentrations of Moriscos and Jews who sought refuge in this mountainous city after the Spanish Reconquista in medieval times.^[3] In 1920, the Spanish seized Chefchaouen to form part of Spanish Morocco. Spanish troops imprisoned Abd el-Krimin the kasbah from 1916 to 1917, after he talked with the German consul Dr. Walter Zechlin (1879–1962). (After defeating him with the help of the French force Abd el-Krim was deported to Réunion in 1926). Spain returned the city after the independence of Morocco in 1956.

Via a wonderful collection of photographs: Голубой город Шефшауен : НОВОСТИ В ФОТОГРАФИЯХ

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Tiny Kitten Takes On Big Doberman

Kitten loves her sleeping spot!

Kids creatively strutting their stuff while they exercise.

Street workout in Russia

Without any strutting. A little girl of extraordinary strength, grace, agility

A Hindu image: "MATSYA (Fish) Avatar: (Satya Yuga). During the deluge before the latest re-creation of the universe, the four Vedas
(the holy scriptures) which were required by Brahma for the re-creation, were drowned deep in the waters.Vishnu took the form of a fish to retrieve the sacred scriptures. Another legend has it that Vishnu in his Matsya Avatarinstructed Manu (the progenitor of mankind in each creation) to build a huge boat and gather samples of all species in it. The Matsya then pulled the ark to safety through the deluge and floods to enable Brahma to start the work of re-creation."

A yummy summer salad: watermelon, mango, tomatoes, greens, onions, feta and balsamic dressing