Just posted this in our pet thread, our daughters took our youngest Beagle out for the afternoon on his birthday and sent me this image and I confess I smile every time I see it

 

this thread would be incomplete without a dog or two, expectations met

 

The Tree of Kings is abloom again --- Gondor shall have a king again!!..........

errr..........I mean Spring is here!! That's something to be happy about....

 

The '70s was a tough period in the Big Apple's history, but I have fond memories, and this photo is evocative.

 

these clouds look like portals into another dimension, cool

 

This lifted my spirits!
And there's the sheep dog in the footwell.
Joe.

 

Boarding Le Shuttle for France

 

This evening at 22.20 and a beautiful mild spring evening it is, spirits well and truly lifted

 

I picked up a friend from a very drab industrial area yesterday. I waited in a long narrow laneway bordered on one side by a large factory/warehouse, whose wall extending for over 120 metres has for a long time been covered in ugly graffiti and tags.

Yesterday however it was transformed by this mural. The first image shows only about 20% of the total length. I guess the property owner had commissioned it because it was so large - and it would not have been cheap. Seeing this unexpected riot of colour and form lifted my spirits.

 

My phone does not do this scene from tonight’s evening ramble justice.
Not the Serengeti, but it will do for the UK on a Sunday evening in March :0)
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Italian plain

 

Brodie the polar bear cub born in December at the Highland Wildlife Park near Aviemore



Image credit RZSS

 

A clear day in Milan, Italy, last Friday.

 

Home sweet home

 

Created by Daria Marchenko, an artist from Ukraine. For the picture, she used 5000 bullet shells collected from the streets of Ukraine.
She named it "The Face of War".
Please zoom to see the details.

 

Dear God in heaven. The face of evil.
Can't "like", and I'm really not sure it belongs on this particular thread. But it is a hugely thought-provoking piece, and never so relevant. What really brings tears to my eyes though is the fact that this piece was created seven years ago. We just don't learn.

[I couldn't help reacting to Pun's post. But for the sake of this thread, I will quite understand if mods want to delete it.]

 

I agree

 

very innovative of the artist.
sad -- what she created tho'....

 

I didn't know that it was done 7 years ago. I found it inspiring as it showed artistic creativity in a sombre way. It also conveyed a deep meaning to me as well. (If it is not appropriate, moderator may delete) Regards

 

Castlerigg stone circle, older than Stonehenge and magical even in the rain