La Stella Maris ~ Star of the Sea

There is beauty in the world for thosewith the vision to see it. - LaStellaMaris (aka SNBlade) ~~~~~~~~~ This Blog is the Appreciaton of Beauty and Cultures worldwide. ~~~~~~ ~La Stella Maris ~ (Star of the Sea) Happily Married, Writer ~ Poet, Artist, Intersectional Feminist. Landlocked Mermaid, Lover of Depths. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Stand With Ukraine, Supporter of Human Rights, Black Lives Matter. No TERFs or Nazis welcome!   ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ “There is no place so awake and alive as the edge of becoming. But more than that, birthing the kind of woman who can authentically say, ‘My soul is my own,’ and then embody it in her life, her spirituality, and her community is worth the risk and hardship.” ~ Sue Monk Kidd, "The Dance of the Dissident Daughter: A Woman’s Journey from Christian Tradition to the Sacred Feminine"   ~~~~~~~ ***Background by David Gunter ,https://www.flickr.com/photos/dg_pics/7183734548/

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Henri De Toulouse-Lautrec - Un petit chat (1882)

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Little Friends by George Elgar Hicks. 1880.

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George Elgar Hicks (1824-1914) Home from School, 1878 (61 x 51 cm.)

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"I felt very unhappy after you drove off yesterday." 1879. Source.

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Trained Wool and Satin Wedding Dress

c. 1877

Whitaker Auction

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“Pendant with figure of Bacchus, France, Paris, 1854, made by François-Désiré Froment-Meurice, coral and gold with rose-cut diamonds and pendant pearls.”

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Day Dress

c. 1855

White silk and wool mixed organdy with print; double-tiered skirt with border pattern; pagoda sleeves with fringe.

England

The Kyoto Costume Institute

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Herz Bube + Herz Dame, Tarock-Spiel, tw. mit "Wiener Typen"/"Volksleben"-Darstellungen, Carl Holdhaus, um 1850

Wien Museum

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Jean-Honoré Fragonard - Self portrait

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Self portrait, c. 1770  Jean-Honoré Fragonard (1732–1806), French artist

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Jean-Honoré Fragonard The Swing (c.1767)

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Riding Habit

c.1780

Venice, Italy

LACMA (M.82.16.2a-c)

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Robe a l’Anglaise

Dress c.1748; Altered c.1780

Fashion Museum Bath via Twitter

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“This month, Finland launched the world’s largest sand battery, enabling residents to remove oil from their district heating network and reduce emissions by nearly 70 percent, as reported by Euro News. If it continues to operate as efficiently and affordably as expected, sand batteries could become common worldwide. Developed by Finnish company Polar Night Energy, this battery uses excess clean electricity to heat sand to high temperatures, storing thermal energy that can later be released to heat homes and power local industries. This is not Finland’s first sand battery, but it is significantly larger. The facility in Pornainen is an insulated silo that stands 13 meters tall and 15 meters wide, containing 2,000 tonnes of crushed soapstone. The sand retains heat remarkably well, losing only 10 to 15 percent during storage and recovery, according to The Cool Down.”

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Sand batteries are a significant advancement in clean energy technology.

Holy shit, this is incredible.

“This new facility can hold 100 MWh for about a month in summer and a week in winter.  That’s enough for the town of 5000 local residents.

TechCrunch estimates the Finnish battery’s costs are under $25 per kilowatt-hour, compared to around $115 for leading lithium-ion batteries.90% efficiency.It doesn’t use any “rare earths” or critical materials.  Instead using locally sourced, recyclable materials.Units are scalable and modular to fit different needs and uses.

Suits small towns (like the current facility) and large scale industrial uses.

13 meters tall and 15 meters wide. Independent of geography.  

No supply issues due to any geo-political problems.

Designed to store energy when it’s cheap and plentiful and supply when it’s expensive.“

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“The moment came as Trump was boasting about renovations to the building, including a new ballroom and what he described as a rooftop drone port. “The best grass you can get. Scotts, you know Scotts? Scotts Miracle-Gro, they’re doing it. They do great grass,” Trump said. “I got to give him a plug because they did the White House for free.””

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Trump halts Oval Office meeting to hawk major donor’s product: ‘I got to give him a plug’

You already shoudn’t use Miracle Gro, because it’s petroleum-based, and there are endless varieties of organic, sustainable, natural fertilizers.

But now you really shouldn’t use any of the Scott’s products, because it’s a MAGA company.

Fox Farm is where it’s at, for me.

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jar with butterflies (above: interior and lid, below: closed jar), japan, meiji period c. late 1800s.

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Ubugi (Garment for newborn) Balloon flower, fringed pink, patrinia, and fence design on white ramie ground, Edo period, 19th century

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A Couple in Love in Front of a Screen Decorated with Carnations, from the series 'Secret Conversations with Courtesans' ('Keisei higo'), 1825 г. Keisai Eisen (1790–1848, Japanese)