Goldenfeet

Faerie child. Wind-chapped shepherdess. Starry-eyed lover. Pondering poet. Homeward-bound wanderer. Restless contemplative. Irrevocable Catholic. This is the bits-and-snippets companion to Splendid and Delicious, my other site. God, art, beauty, longing, and other good and rich things are what you'll read about here. We are all pilgrims; we are all called to journey the path that will lead Home. When the path grows rough and our feet grow sore, it is good to remember that our steps are most genuine - golden - when we journey on despite the pain. Background image : The Blind Girl (1856) by John Everett Millais

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"I’m telling you. Prayer works." "What’s a time that prayer didn’t work for you?" "The time I didn’t pray."

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Andrzej Wróblewski - Autoportret z żoną, maj 1954

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Forest Nymph, Detail. by Paul Hermann Wagner (1870)

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A Urine Powered Generator. An amazing accomplishment by four brilliant girls. The girls are are Duro-Aina Adebola (14), Akindele Abiola (14), Faleke Oluwatoyin (14) and Bello Eniola (15).

    1 Liter of urine gives you 6 hours of electricity.

The system works like this:

Urine is put into an electrolytic cell, which separates out the hydrogen.

The hydrogen goes into a water filter for purification, which then gets pushed into the gas cylinder.

The gas cylinder pushes hydrogen into a cylinder of liquid borax, which is used to remove the moisture from the hydrogen gas.

This purified hydrogen gas is pushed into the generator.

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This is amazing. Give them a billion dollars right now. They may have just saved the planet. 

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folks are doing a PISS poor job of reblogging this.

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Four African teenage girls have invented a urine-powered generator. This is a huge accomplishment and could change life in remote areas all over the world.

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Tom’s Treehouse is an impressive three-story treehouse that was completed in 2011 and built for free by the talented and generous friends of couple Tereasa Surratt and David Hernandez. They used their combined skills of carpentry, roofing, and design to create a beautiful and touching tribute to Surratt’s’ father, who passed away shortly after the couple bought the property.

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"You’re a very nice wife," he announced. "Shouldn’t be surprised if I stayed in love with you for a considerable length of time. Say - I want to reasonable about this - say, a lifetime."

Betsy’s Wedding by Maud Hart Lovelace (via septemberwildflowers)

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Flora Edward Burne Jones & William Morris 1885

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A Student - Daniel Maclise

1862

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My Beautiful Woman based on a true story. 

Think twice before you judge a parent. 

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My amazing friends threw me a fairy-themed bridal shower this afternoon. best. day. ever.

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"Sanctuary" a new piece I spent today making…! It’s basically me as a kid. 

Watercolor, gouache, collage, colored pencil. 

©PhoebeWahl2014 

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