umbrella in her arms

michwow:

anattractiveweird:

Hey friends! Sorry for the interruption in my usual cat pics but I’m asking for some help! My ten year old cousin is a smart, funny kid named Nick. A while back his lung spontaneously collapsed and ever since then he has been in and out of hospitals. Recently he was diagnosed with Interstitial…

Messages of support are so simple and incredibly important. Please spare a thought for my friend and her family.

thekidshouldseethis:

Revolution is an animated short by photographer Chris Turner, paper engineer Helen Friel and animator Jess Deacon that explores the life cycle of a single drop of water through the pages of an elaborate pop-up book. The book contains nine scenes that were animated using 1,000 photographic stills shot over the course of a year.

From the archives: another water cycle animation set to boogie woogie. 

via This Is Colossal.

thekidshouldseethis:

Learn how to arm wave with Hip Hop dancer and choreographer Matt Steffanina. Then make it look smooth with lots of practice!

typethatilike:

Andaz Hotel 5th Avenue | New York City

In September 2012, we embarked on our largest and most detailed installation to date, a piece for the Andaz Hotel on 5th Avenue in New York City. Totaling over 350 square feet and approximately 100 words, this collaboration with BBDONY took three full days to complete. This giant piece is located in the hotel’s rear stairway which is only used as an employee entrance. Talk about staff appreciation!

tanamachistudio.com

(via sweethomestyle)

transportationnation:

NYC bus and subway commuters are greeted—inexplicably—by cheering crowds. There, wouldn’t that make your morning ride to work better?

(via Gothamist)

(via anattractiveweird)

myidealhome:

(Source: ninanotricci)

theanimalblog:

Shetland ponies wear cardigans made with Shetland wool to celebrate the launch of the Year of Natural Scotland.  Picture: Visit Scotland

(via louddetective)

thekidshouldseethis:

A non-profit organization focused on literacy promotion and service learning, Milk + Bookies helps facilitate birthday parties, class projects and other events where kids can donate new or gently-used hardcover picture books to other kids.

via Urban Preschool.

blood-period:

Chiune Sugihara

In the course of human existence, many people are tested. Only a few soar as eagles and achieve greatness by simple acts of kindness, thoughtfulness and humanity. This is the story of a man and his wife who, when confronted with evil, obeyed the kindness of their hearts and conscience in defiance of the orders of an indifferent government. These people were Chiune and Yukiko Sugihara who, at the beginning of World War II, by an ultimate act of altruism and self-sacrifice, risked their careers, their livelihood and their future to save the lives of more than 6,000 Jews. This selfless act resulted in the second largest number of Jews rescued from the Nazis.

For 29 days, from July 31 to August 28, 1940, Mr. and Mrs. Sugihara sat for endless hours writing and signing visas by hand. Hour after hour, day after day, for these three weeks, they wrote and signed visas. They wrote over 300 visas a day, which would normally be one month’s worth of work for the consul. Yukiko also helped him register these visas. At the end of the day, she would massage his fatigued hands. He did not even stop to eat. His wife supplied him with sandwiches. Sugihara chose not to lose a minute because people were standing in line in front of his consulate day and night for these visas. When some began climbing the compound wall, he came out to calm them down and assure them that he would do is best to help them all. Hundreds of applicants became thousands as he worked to grant as many visas as possible before being forced to close the consulate and leave Lithuania. Consul Sugihara continued issuing documents from his train window until the moment the train departed Kovno for Berlin on September 1, 1940. And as the train pulled out of the station, Sugihara gave the consul visa stamp to a refugee who was able use it to save even more Jews.

(Source: jewishvirtuallibrary.org, via louddetective)

anattractiveweird:

you’ll laugh for sure