one thousand dots

Bean is a non-practicing architect, sometimes poet, and children's librarian. He is not actually from Antarctica. His heart is covered in paisleys.

[enochliew]

Scandinavian houses with green roofs

There’s an annual competition to determine the best green roof in Scandinavia by the Scandinavian Green Roof Association.

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[sombrasblancas]

Another Quiet Spot by Littleclyde

[mattiasinks]

Revisiting the museum of applied robotics

[thebrooklyncollection]

Many faces of the Brooklyn Public Library card through the years.

[archimaps]

The former Ministry of Foreign Relations, Mexico City

[archimaps]

Attempt to move a house across the frozen Gardner Lake, Connecticut

[kilodot]

Is this a real thing? Is this house still at the bottom of this lake?

[susieghahremani]

paint in the morning, paint at night. ➡️ LA, may 7, GR2. #susieghahremani #throughthewoodsshow #giantrobot #artshow http://ift.tt/1QNnJtR

[explore-blog]

Make a place to sit down. Sit down. Be quiet. You must depend upon affection, reading, knowledge, skill — more of each than you have — inspiration, work, growing older, patience, for patience joins time to eternity.

On this last day of National Poetry Month, the wise and wonderful Wendell Berry – one of the greatest poets of our time – on how to be a poet and a complete human being. (via explore-blog)

[richfostercomics-deactivated201]

Red Giant Book 3 Page 11 Panels 1 -3, Memory 36.2, distortion mode: crispy.

[girliewilson]

Cheers to the end of winter!

[lizemeddings]

i just had the urge to paint a rabbit protecting some dinky houses, so i did

[archimaps]

A Villa in Charlottenburg, Berlin

[kilodot]

I think I'm probably an apartment dweller for life, but well c'mon, this.

[fordlibrarymuseum]

“In the finest American tradition, our public libraries offer all our citizens a chance to improve themselves and to broaden their horizons. During this special week, I urge men, women and children across the nation to join in honoring the venerable role of libraries in our nation’s past and in rejoicing in their promise for the future of our society.”

–Gerald R. Ford

In honor of National Library Week, here’s President Ford’s 1976 message celebrating libraries and librarians. 

Image: President Ford’s message for National Library Week, 1976, from the Eliska A. Hasek Files, Box 1, folder “ National Library Week Message, 1976″

[todaysdocument]

It’s #NationalLibraryWeek!  And the Bookmobile is off!

[joncarling-deactivated20190604]

walking the cats

[archimaps]

Former residential houses on Broome Street, New York City

[dailyoverview]

For your daily dose of perspective, here is a photograph of the space shuttle Endeavour, lifting through the clouds during its final launch in May 2011. The photograph was captured from a nearby NASA shuttle training aircraft.

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Source imagery: NASA