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Recently Purchased: Vintage Rhododendron dauricum Botanical Print Geeting Cards and More

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Mammillaria gracilis, LA Succulents, Lake View Terrace, California [Photography]

We make a point of visiting LA Succulents (https://www.succulents.la/)  once-a-month or so, They always have an intriguing  collection of plants for sale – and pottery, too.

I always end up talking photos when we are there, both because they are so pretty and also as a reminder of what I might want to pick up next.

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Vintage Botanical Prints – 33 in a series – Blandfordia nobles from Australian Wild Flowers (1912)

Highlights from centuries of botanical prints

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Liquid Bewitchment: Gin Drinking in England, 1700–1850 via The Public Domain Review [Shared]

The introduction of gin to England was a delirious and deleterious affair, as tipplers reported a range of effects: loss of reason, frenzy, madness, joy, and death. With the help of prints by George Cruikshank, William Hogarth, and others, James Brown enters the architecture of intoxication — dram shops, gin halls, barbershops — exploring the spaces that catered to pleasure or evil, depending who you asked.

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Inside The Home of Writer, Giovanni Verga, Catania, Sicily, Italy

The first son of Giovanni Battista Catalano Verga and Caterina Di Mauro, Verga was born into a prosperous family of Catania in Sicily. He began writing in his teens, producing the historical novel Amore e Patria (Love and Homeland) when he was only 16 years old. Although nominally studying law at the University of Catania, he used money his father had given him to publish his I carbonari della montagna (The Carbonari of the Mountain) in 1861 and 1862. This was followed by Sulle lagune (On the Lagoons) in 1863 and Una peccatrice (A Sinner) in 1866. – Wikipedia

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Recently Purchased: Hammond B3 Keyboard Throw Blankets and More

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Whenever I am at my friend's recording studio, I end up taking more pictures of this Hammond B3 organ, Its sound is so important to modern music and its somewhat antiquated look just begs for a photograph. -- Douglas

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Vintage Botanical Prints – 32 in a series – Rhododendron dauricum from The Botanist’s Repository (1797)

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Littler Books: Book summaries of the top nonfiction books [Shared]

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Learn the main ideas of influential books in minutes with the most concise yet comprehensive book summaries anywhere. Our free-to-read, digestible bullet-point summaries will help you actually retain what you read.

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Our book summaries are written and edited by humans, so you can trust their quality and be free from AI hallucinations. New summaries are published every week.

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Street Scene with Basilica Cattedrale di Sant'Agata, Catania, Sicily, Italy

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Echeveria setosa. var. deminuta, LA Succulents, Lake View Terrace, California [Photography]

We make a point of visiting LA Succulents (https://www.succulents.la/)  once-a-month or so, They always have an intriguing  collection of plants for sale – and pottery, too.

I always end up talking photos when we are there, both because they are so pretty and also as a reminder of what I might want to pick up next.

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Vintage Botanical Prints – 31 in a series – “A Bouquet of Flowers” from Leaf and Flower Pictures (1859)

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Watching Blobs of Paint Move to Chopin Is Oddly Soothing via Mental Floss [Shared]

The video, which was shared by Colossal, comes from French visual artist Thomas Blanchard. Set to Chopin’s Nocturne Op., 9 No. 2 (E Flat Major), it features iridescent blobs swirling through seas of glittery colors. The mesmerizing visuals are a perfect match for the soothing piano melody. If you need to turn off your brain for four and half minutes, this short film acts as the perfect mental refresher. 

Though it could easily be mistaken for high-quality CGI, Blanchard’s art is 100 percent practical. To make the trippy visuals in this video, he filmed paint, oil, and liquid soap interacting with each other. His work often zooms in on small scenes. In the past, he has made similarly mesmerizing art pieces using ink, flowers, and living insects. Blanchard’s art has been exhibited in Seoul, Paris, and New York City, and you can see more of it on his website. 

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A Quiet Alley, Catania, Sicily, Italy

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Aeonium, LA Succulents, Lake View Terrace, California [Photography]

We make a point of visiting LA Succulents (https://www.succulents.la/) once-a-month or so, They always have an intriguing collection of plants for sale – and pottery, too.

I always end up talking photos when we are there, both because they are so pretty and also as a reminder of what I might want to pick up next.

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Vintage Botanical Prints – 30 in a series – Stuartia pentagyna from Traité des arbres et arbustes que l’on cultive en France en pleine terre (1801)

Highlights from centuries of botanical prints

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Here are 2024's public domain works, and how you can use them via Mashable [Share]

Jan. 1, 2024 is Public Domain Day in the United States — the day a bunch of artwork from the past evolves into its final form: public property. Art that's out of copyright exists for all of us to sequel-ize, rewrite, subvert, slice to pieces, and otherwise treat as our rightful inheritance. And yes, creators, you can make use of the latest public domain properties to make money. 

Think of it this way: in the bygone days of the public domain, entities like Walt Disney Studios took advantage of more favorable copyright terms to adapt relatively recent stories into blockbusters without paying royalties. For instance, when Disney made Pinocchio, the original story was public domain at the time, but it had been published roughly as far into the past of that time as the album Rubber Soul by The Beatles is to our past today. 

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Vine-covered Building, Catania, Sicily, Italy