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Monthly Archives: November 2009
Golden Spider Silk Tapestry
This is completely nuts and awesome in only the way something utterly extravagant and over-the-top can be awesome. They “silked” a million spiders to make this. (Supposedly it doesn’t hurt them.) The color is not a dye, but natural to the fiber. Go learn more at NPR’s All Things Considered or at the American Museum of Natural History.
Aging Gracefully
This one is more elegiac than pyrotechnical. I think a season of change calls for the occasional moment of melancholy.
Grass Waterfall
I have a soft spot for grasses.
Plumage
I heard an explanation on the radio (NPR, if you must know) of the change in leaf pigmentation. Apparently all those colors are always there, but they get drowned out in the photosynthesis. Or something. Honestly, I can’t remember. But, hey, look at those leaves. Pretty cool, huh?
Move Over, Calder
Mama Nature’s got you covered.
Flowers in Front
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Because it rained for days and I couldn’t take the gloom any more!!
Our Island Home
Another gorgeous space shot that I found courtesy of Wired.
Caution Door Opens
To me, this reads like a washed-out, forced-perspective Mondrian.
Lyric Pear
I was preparing this fruit for the juicer when I was struck by its sheer elegance. It puts me in mind of a lute or a cello.