Pre-Colombian artifact

The sculpture is located at the Museo Rufino Tamayo in Oaxaca, southern Mexico.

http://tinyurl.com/3nu2a9y 

 http://www.museotamayo.org/inicio/

Sleipnir, the eight-legged horse

In Norse mythology, Sleipnir is an eight-legged horse owned by the god Odin. In this Finnish manuscript, Odin rides Sleipnir into battle.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sleipnir

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Odin

Thanks SyFy Channel

Thanks to the SyFy Channel for this weekend's Star Trek movie marathon.
Captain Kirk saved the Enterprise, destroyed the Enterprise, got at least two new Enterprises, imperiled his friends then saved his friends, and, finally, saved the Earth. In true Star Trek fashion they killed off Captain Kirk, but at least they did it while he risked his life to save the day. 

Kudos to Mr. Spock, the guy who made science cool, and who taught us kids that being a loner with lots of baggage and personality quirks was somehow okay.

P&G products shot

Vintage tobacco advertising

 Hungary 1930

 Portugal 1930

French, date unknown

The Beaux Arts Ball

 

With a twist

Renaissance master Leonardo Da Vinci 1452-1519

Female Head 

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leonardo_da_Vinci

French painter Paul Gauguin 1848-1903

Apple Trees at L'Hermitage

1879

Gauguin was a Post-Impressionist and a Primitivist, and was a companion of Van Gogh. He is known for his paintings of of Tahiti and its women, with whom he was very familiar. He died of syphilis and hard living at age 54.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paul_Gauguin 

Goin' to the pool

This 1,000-yard long, 20-acre saltwater lagoon is located at the San Alfonso del Mar resort at Algarrobo, Chile. The Guinness Book of World Records named it the biggest pool in the world. It holds 66 million gallons of water, took five years to build, cost nearly $1 billion, and the annual maintenance will be $2 million.

http://www.sanalfonso.cl/ingles/main.html

Saturday morning arts and crafts

Happy Memorial Day weekend.

 

Friday is Don't Fry Day

Memorial Weekend is the start of the tanning season in Ohio, and the National Council on Skin Cancer has teamed up with the Environmental Protection Agency to bring you Don't Fry Friday and the SunWise program.

To avoid skin cancer:
Sit in the shade when possible
Use a sun-blocking umbrella
Wear protective clothing like a shirt
Wear a tightly woven, wide-brim hat
Avoid exposure between the peak hours of 10-4
Wear sunglasses with UVA/UVB protection
Apply liberal amounts of sunscreen and apply it often

Don't Fry Day reminds us that sunscreen alone can not prevent cancer.

http://shine.yahoo.com/channel/health/dont-fry-day-this-friday-2488048

The family's first television set

Bringing Uncle Miltie to millions of new viewers.

Serious wind

That's some serious wind over a long time!
I wonder what life lessons we can learn from this.

Phlox and grass

Two little ones

Walking the dog in an airfield.

Two hot air balloons

It's kinda like the Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade.

Scottish photographer Michael Murphy

Lairig Gartain from Glen Etive 

in the Scottish Highlands near Glen Coe.

Check out Scotland's Colours at

http://www.scotcolour.com/

Another Etsy artisan

 

Meet my Friend

By SuPmon on Etsy.com

http://www.etsy.com/shop/suPmon?ref=top_trail

Saturday after the pool

We'll go to the park and ride the Carousel.

Goin' to the pool

I don't care what it would cost or where I'd have to fly, I want to hang out in this pool. Look at the color and the size! You'd never get me out of it.

Saturday morning arts and crafts

Interesting.... Looks like a bloody piranha mouth.

By Edward, 2nd grade

Buffalo, NY

Sci-fi Friday

A 1950's magazine cover by Australian artist Stan Pitt.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stan_Pitt

Friday night soundtrack

 

The Doors on heavy rotation.

http://www.thedoors.com/index2.php

UK artist Banksy

Love this person's work.

You'll be seeing more of it here.

http://www.banksy.co.uk/

Gilgamesh relief at the Louvre

 

Relief of Gilgamesh taming a lion

Musée du Louvre, Paris

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Epic_of_Gilgamesh

British painter John Everett Millais 1829-1896

Bubbles

1886

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Everett_Millais

Endeavour's last launch

Delta Airlines passenger Stefanie Gordon used her iPhone to capture the launch of the space shuttle Endeavour as it lifted off from Cape Canaveral, Florida yesterday, May 16. Gordon was flying from New York to Palm Beach. The photo has become an internet sensation.

London film director/photographer Ken Russell

Orphans of the storm

1954

What dreaming is like.

Perfect for hermits like me

I may have to get this doormat.

A pool fit for the royals

The Royal Couple are honeymooning on one of the Seychelles

islands off the southeastern coast of Africa, near Madagascar. 

In honor of The Duke and Duchess of Cambridge, we
commence our summer swimming pool series with a 

beautiful infinity pool located at a Seychelles resort. Cheers.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Seychelles 

Dada artist Marcel Duchamp 1887-1968

Nude Descending a Staircase No. 2

(Nu descendant un escalier n° 2)

1912

Philadelphia Museum of Art

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marcel_Duchamp 

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dada

http://www.philamuseum.org/

Pablo Picasso A Self-Portrait 1907

 

A Self-Portrait

1907

http://www.biography.com/articles/Pablo-Picasso-9440021

Mexican artist Frida Kahlo 1907-1954

Self-portrait

http://www.fridakahlo.com/

Sunday is for flowers

A bouquet of delicious peonies.

Going to the country tomorrow

Gonner get me some good eats and some fresh air.

See ya on Sunday, y'all.

Horses under a pine tree

Cincinnati painter Charley Harper

For Ford Times magazine, the Ford Motor Company, Detroit.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charley_Harper

War Room fashionistas

Sun rays in the woods

Backyard fun

Painter Robert Minervini

Sunken Dreams

The artist resides in San Francisco.

http://robertminervini.com/home.html

French landscape painter Claude Lorrain 1604-1682

The Return of Odysseus

1644

http://www.claudelorrain.org/biography.html

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Odysseus