This is just a small sampling of flowers in Golden Gate Park. The Dahlia is a most curious flower and is in fact the official flower of San Francisco (since 1926). It originated in the cool mountaintops of Mexico & Guatemala, making its way around Europe, where there are still devout breeders, but some of the very best and brightest bloom only in ( Read more... )

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Some of us think bats are cute, I was pleased to discover that the man who wrote & illustrated Bats at the Library feels similarly. Mr. Lies makes sure that the proceeds from his web-winged capers go to benefit the real things that go flap in the night, so I encourage you to check out his books as well!


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Celebrities & stock images for Last.fm accounts.
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includes: Astro Boy, Daft Punk, David Bowie, The Beatles, Joan Collins, The Blues Brothers (John Belushi & Dan Aykroyd), Marlene Dietrich, Beth Ditto, Audrey Hepburn, Michael Jackson, Grace Jones, John Lenon, Paul McCarthy, Marilyn Monroe, Elvis Presley, Martin Luther King Jr., ( Read more... )

Celebrities & stock images inspired by Last.fm site.

includes: Astro Boy, Daft Punk, David Bowie, The Beatles, Joan Collins, The Blues Brothers (John Belushi & Dan Aykroyd), Marlene Dietrich, Beth Ditto, Audrey Hepburn, Michael Jackson, Grace Jones, John Lenon, Paul McCarthy, Marilyn Monroe, Elvis Presley, Martin Luther King Jr., Diana Ross, ( Read more... )

Artifacts drawn and designed by Japanese master of animation, Hayao Miyazaki. A creation of icons partly in honor of this country's thorough New Year festivities -- here's to fun and innocence!
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The museum must be run in such a way so that...Small children are treated as if they were grown-ups ( Read more... )

Icons created from real images & illustrations of snowflakes.
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My apologies for being unable to limit my graphic, nerdish glee to smaller numbers. Again, icons are created from real images & illustrations of snowflakes -- up close and personal.

The Science of Snowflakes - set I [100 icons]


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Icons created from real images & illustrations of snowflakes.
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The Science of Snowflakes - set II [50 icons]


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albino: an organism lacking normal pigmentation or coloration. Animals that are albinos lack pigmentation due to a congenital absence of melanin.

Noah's arc of animals: feathered, scaled, fuzzed, and spiked.
People of all ages from around the globe and through history.
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ANIMALS

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