Rodda Refs

[drownedinmoonlight]

Curved sticks laid around a river boulder. Took longer to find the sticks than to make the work. Woody creek, Colorado. 16 September 2006. © Andy Goldsworthy

[met-africa-oceania]

Bag, 16th century (?), Metropolitan Museum of Art: Arts of Africa, Oceania, and the Americas

Bequest of Arthur M. Bullowa, 1993 Size: H. 3 7/8 x W. 3 3/8 in. (9.8 x 8.6 cm) Medium: Cotton, camelid hair

https://www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/316922

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Memento Mori Skull Ring, around 1600-1625

[classicwoodie]

Annual Firefall event in Yosemite National Park.

[met-africa-oceania]

Pair of Gold Ear Ornaments, 13th–mid-16th century, Metropolitan Museum of Art: Arts of Africa, Oceania, and the Americas

Jan Mitchell and Sons Collection, Gift of Jan Mitchell, 2002 Size: a: H. 4 13/16 × W. 7/8 × D. 3/16 in. (12.2 × 2.2 × 0.5 cm) b: H. 5 × W. 7/8 × D. ¼ in. (12.7 × 2.2 × 0.6 cm) Medium: Gold

https://www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/318976

[jaubaius]

This high school drumline’s incredible performance included only drumstick

[kjuw89]

Impressive

[peashooter85]

Chinese bronze sword with turquoise studded, gold inlaid rock crystal hilt, Warring States Period, 4th-2nd century BC

from Cardale Auctioneers

[peashooter85]

Jade archers thumb ring, used to draw a bowstring using a thumb draw. Decorated with gold, rubies, and diamonds. India, 18th century.

from The Jorge Caravana Collection

[arpeggia]

Libraries in Austria

Photo by Christoph Seelbach

Click on each image to see the location.

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[authentic-boredom]

Faberge Fractals by Tom Beddard

[secondhand-sheep-shack]

I need one.

[get-thee-to-a-shrubbery]

“Roll a d̸̨̢̦̞̭̫̱̩͙̱̱͚̬̼̘̘̯͕̠͑̏̅̌ͧ́̋̄͋͂̂▩̮̪͇͙͎͙̜̞̻̝͙̎͛ͩ͗̏̉̋̒̅̔̊̽̐̑̍́͝͞

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[unsubconscious]

Pietragalla, Italia by Angelo Gabriele Mazzolla

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Necklace with blue beads, Metropolitan Museum of Art: Greek and Roman Art

Purchase by subscription, 1895 Size: Other: 15 ½ in. (39.4 cm) Medium: Gold, blue glass

https://www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/245936

[lacetulle]

Ralph Lauren | Fall/Winter 2018

[nowscience-blog]

The earliest known use of glasses to protect eyes from the sun was the Inuit use of “sun goggles” to shield their eyes from the blinding glare of light reflected off the snow.

These were made from carved driftwood, bone, walrus ivory, or caribou antler that formed a strip worn across the eye area, with thin slits that the wearer could see through. The goggles were cut so that they fit tightly to the face, and often soot or gunpowder was rubbed on the outside to absorb the light and further cut down on glare.

The use of these goggles dates back to around 2,000 years ago, and as a bonus, even improved the wearers vision as the narrow slits helped focus eyesight.

[met-africa-oceania]

Pair of Arm Bands, Metropolitan Museum of Art: Arts of Africa, Oceania, and the Americas

Purchase, Jan Mitchell Gift, 2003 Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY Medium: Gold

http://www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/319265

[pagewoman]

Painswick, Cotswolds, England

viaTrotman Stories