the calm before the storm

seasonal drifts and colorful contrasts

[hy-gge-blog-blog]

[bardotinmotion]

[darksilenceinsuburbia]

Koen Lybaert. Mirria III. Watercolor on paper.

[darksilenceinsuburbia]

Boicu Marinela. That Will Do! Enough. Pen and ink on paper.

[cloudonearth-blog]

comme la nuit nous manque parfois, le noir serait plus à mon goût

[cloudonearth-blog]

[hideelee-deactivated20140809]

Life - August 22, 1969

[darksilenceinsuburbia]

I Don’t Mind Walking in Rain Sketchbook, April 2013

Mixed Media

http://amatterofart.tumblr.com/

[maudelynn]

[calypsou-deactivated20140821]

A boy sits reading in a bombed bookstore, London, October 8 1940

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[cloudonearth-blog]

[cloudonearth-blog]

I want to do with you what spring does with the cherry trees

[collectivehistory-deactivated20]

A policeman chatting with toddler boys. Garden City, NY, 1942, by Alfred Eisenstaedt

[life]

Clearly these two are up to no good. More work by Eisenstaedt here.

[cardboardlife]

[hebyon]

(by Eikuu)

[dreams-of-japan]

camera life #13 by Hideaki Hamada on Flickr.

[dreams-of-japan]

[cloudonearth-blog]

十条 by Yotta1000 on Flickr.

[presidentquincyadams]

Because you don’t want to sound neolithic when you’re throwing a temper tantrum.