Alice’s Adventure’s: Funstuff and Pretty Things

Nature always finds a way, in an otherwise gray place, at the end of monotone winter this fertile green pops out, ready for spring and a fresh start.

by John Carty, via JPG Magazine

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circa 1930
via: google images

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focal enlarging chart, originally uploaded by maraid.

good to know! cute flickr set, retro photo stuff

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London (harder, better, faster, stronger) from David Hubert on Vimeo.

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pretty poppies

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integration of technology and enviroment, i love how these images capture our transforming landscape.

photo from here, via wrongdistance.com

dustin shrum

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hope that was enough o’s
via: www.booooooom.com

i love the lyrics by leslie feist, 
“the hardest part of a broken heart
isn’t the ending, so much as the start”
we never plan to end things when they are just beginning, but it is wonderful to remain close to people who have influenced your life in such an integral way. I have […]

via: shape + color
truly amazing work by photographer David Maisel in his work, “Library of Dust”, 
Blogger Jeremy Elder writes:
The Oregon State Insane Asylum, as it was first named, opened in 1883. While it operated until the early 1970s, some of the patients who died within its walls, unclaimed by their families, were cremated and their remains were sealed […]

I think I have decided that “N” is my favorite letter right now. Although g and K are a close second. I am obsessed with analyzing the points of the character. Futura, a lovely but coldy precise font always has a beautiful N.

Speaking of Futura, I came across a lovely reinterpretation of Futura that warms up its […]

a pretty for friday!

 
Multicolor Filter, originally uploaded by Piero Gentili.

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really amazing work from Victor Eredel. check out his behance profile 

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Torrential rains on Koh Kood, originally uploaded by Bēn.

Ah, as my new friend Ross put it, the “lead skies” have arrived. Gentle sun hides behind low clouds that drift in from the pacific ocean. The temperature has dropped dramatically and I can wear my boots again.
This is a picture of Thailand but I know I […]

 
  
love canvas, originally uploaded by Sarah France 2007.

Sarah France is a designer on my flickr contacts that is always original, inventive, and so cool!
She blogs as well: sarahfrance.blogspot.com/

This is a weave she created as a thank you for a fellow designer. Brilliant!

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 , originally uploaded by Eduardo Recife.
 His website is here
this is a pic from his flickr, with amazing color work and photography.
he offers free Photoshop brushes downloads, which are a graphic artist’s dream come true!

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Now that my commute consists of fighting coastal wind gusts, intermittent rain, semi-courtous Oregon drivers and super fast road bikers, the issues of cycling in cities is at the top of my awareness radar.
Hence, this post.

Via: wend blog

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03630023, originally uploaded by Nicky Gibson.

i need a lomo camera, stat.
this pic is from a series on flickr from a couple of dudes hiking across america following the continental divide.
intense!
 
** UPDATE! craigslist is my best friend. seriously. I just got 2 new cameras, a Holga and a fisheye lomo camera for $40! Thanks so much […]

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July 4, originally uploaded by drwhimsy.

Hope you all had a safe & awesome Fourth!

Here are a couple of my shots…

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, originally uploaded by ▼ A Fötos.

excellent work

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lizard, originally uploaded by ale_baco82.

i love lizards!

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 pink rhapsody, originally uploaded by Sandy Banks.
 beauty from flickr

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