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unnaturalist:

Dulcimer-playing automaton, once belonging to Marie Antoinette. See it in action here.

unnaturalist:

Dulcimer-playing automaton, once belonging to Marie Antoinette. See it in action here.

the-rx:

“Mexican votives are small paintings, usually executed on tin roof tiles or small plaques, depicting the moment of personal humility when an individual asks a saint for help and is delivered from disaster and sometimes death”…
“On 2 March 1840, Doña Gertrudis Castañeda, having set sail, was caught in a furious storm at sea and in such a terrible predicament she invoked the Virgin of Soledad of Santa Cruz and in finding safety she dedicates this retablo.”
Oil on tin, 1840. Museo Nacional de las Intervenciones/INAH
from ‘Infinitas Gracias: Mexican miracle paintings’ at wellcomecollection.org

the-rx:

“Mexican votives are small paintings, usually executed on tin roof tiles or small plaques, depicting the moment of personal humility when an individual asks a saint for help and is delivered from disaster and sometimes death”…

“On 2 March 1840, Doña Gertrudis Castañeda, having set sail, was caught in a furious storm at sea and in such a terrible predicament she invoked the Virgin of Soledad of Santa Cruz and in finding safety she dedicates this retablo.”

Oil on tin, 1840. Museo Nacional de las Intervenciones/INAH

from ‘Infinitas Gracias: Mexican miracle paintings’ at wellcomecollection.org

(Source: oneblackline, via zepzilia)

nationalgeographicdaily:

Stratus Clouds, GreenlandPhoto: Bryan and Cherry Alexander
Eight hundred miles south of the North Pole, stalactite-like stratus clouds - churned by 90-mile-an-hour winds - and the light of a bruised dawn paint an apocalyptic portrait over Inglefield Bay.

nationalgeographicdaily:

Stratus Clouds, Greenland
Photo: Bryan and Cherry Alexander

Eight hundred miles south of the North Pole, stalactite-like stratus clouds - churned by 90-mile-an-hour winds - and the light of a bruised dawn paint an apocalyptic portrait over Inglefield Bay.

unnaturalist:

Dulcimer-playing automaton, once belonging to Marie Antoinette. See it in action here.

unnaturalist:

Dulcimer-playing automaton, once belonging to Marie Antoinette. See it in action here.

comiques:

Organizational tips

comiques:

Organizational tips

the-rx:

“Mexican votives are small paintings, usually executed on tin roof tiles or small plaques, depicting the moment of personal humility when an individual asks a saint for help and is delivered from disaster and sometimes death”…
“On 2 March 1840, Doña Gertrudis Castañeda, having set sail, was caught in a furious storm at sea and in such a terrible predicament she invoked the Virgin of Soledad of Santa Cruz and in finding safety she dedicates this retablo.”
Oil on tin, 1840. Museo Nacional de las Intervenciones/INAH
from ‘Infinitas Gracias: Mexican miracle paintings’ at wellcomecollection.org

the-rx:

“Mexican votives are small paintings, usually executed on tin roof tiles or small plaques, depicting the moment of personal humility when an individual asks a saint for help and is delivered from disaster and sometimes death”…

“On 2 March 1840, Doña Gertrudis Castañeda, having set sail, was caught in a furious storm at sea and in such a terrible predicament she invoked the Virgin of Soledad of Santa Cruz and in finding safety she dedicates this retablo.”

Oil on tin, 1840. Museo Nacional de las Intervenciones/INAH

from ‘Infinitas Gracias: Mexican miracle paintings’ at wellcomecollection.org

(Source: oneblackline, via zepzilia)

nationalgeographicdaily:

Stratus Clouds, GreenlandPhoto: Bryan and Cherry Alexander
Eight hundred miles south of the North Pole, stalactite-like stratus clouds - churned by 90-mile-an-hour winds - and the light of a bruised dawn paint an apocalyptic portrait over Inglefield Bay.

nationalgeographicdaily:

Stratus Clouds, Greenland
Photo: Bryan and Cherry Alexander

Eight hundred miles south of the North Pole, stalactite-like stratus clouds - churned by 90-mile-an-hour winds - and the light of a bruised dawn paint an apocalyptic portrait over Inglefield Bay.

explodingdog:

the productive day.

explodingdog:

the productive day.

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