I do this constantly in my head. And it is not just clouds. It can by household objects, patterns in tile, in curtains, linoleum, ect. It is fun but can get overwhelming at times.

British artist Jim Edwards (b. 1977), based in Newcastle Upon Tyne.

Ez jó.

Kiyoshi Yamashita, fireworks display

Nicknamed “The Naked General”,  Yamashita used the chigiri-e method of sticking torn pieces of colored paper together to depict the scenery he saw on his travels.

Kiyoshi Yamashita, fireworks display

colourful hotties…:)

pepper rasta

this looks worth thr touble - yum!

h/t Annie LaBarbera

All the animals that share my space are rescues and we help one another through life.

Monday was the world's hottest day on record, exceeding an average of 17ºC (62.6ºF) for the first time, according to initial measurements taken on Tuesday by US meteorologists. The average daily air temperature on the planet's surface on July 3 was logged at 17.01ºC by an organization attached to the US National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA).

This measurement surpasses the previous daily record (16.92ºC) set on July 24 last year, according to data from NOAA's National Centers for Environmental Prediction going back to 1979. The world's average air temperature, which fluctuates between around 12ºC and just under 17ºC on any given day over the year, averaged 16.2ºC at the beginning of July between 1979 and 2000.

The record has yet to be corroborated by other measurements, but could soon be broken as the northern hemisphere's summer begins. The average global temperature typically continues to rise until the end of July or beginning of August. Even last month, average global temperatures were the warmest the European Union's Copernicus climate monitoring unit had ever recorded for the start of June.

Temperatures are likely to rise even further above historical averages over the next year with the onset of an El Niño weather phenomenon in the Pacific Ocean, which the World Meteorological Organization confirmed on Monday is now underway. In addition, human activity—mainly the burning of fossil fuels—is continuing to emit roughly 40 billion metric tons of planet-warming CO₂ into the atmosphere every year.

[phys.org]

[h/t Robert Scott Horton]

HOTTEST DAY ON RECORD

[Robert Scott Horton]

Gun Culture is a Mental Illness

The Cultural Torch being passed on.

Oksana Zhelisko

(County Road Series)

Abundant Red Fruit platter sorted by @beautyandlifestyle_by_luz 🍉 Enjoy! #letscookvegan

deliciousness on a platter

a little positivity can be contageous

FDR Memorial in Washington DC.....Second Term (1937-1941) - The New Deal

Civil Liberties and Social Justice for all.

April Fool, one of the smallest ships to cross the Atlantic, 1968.

pretty amazing

more like a buoy than a boat

bam

FOURTH OF JULY, 2023

Guard our Freedoms