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In remembrance
Jan. 27th, 2017 06:19 pm
Kiel, Germany, 1931
Photo by Rachel Posner
A Jewish Hanukkah menorah defies the Nazi swastika, 1931
International Holocaust Remembrance Day
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randompictures and politicartoons
Part one is here.
The theme of this year’s parade was “Echoes of Success.”
All of the floats in this parade are required to have all surfaces covered by natural materials, such as flowers, plants, seaweed, seeds, bark, vegetables, or nuts. For more, see the 2014 post Decorating parade floats, at my journal.
1.
Escuela Secundaria Técnica Industrial No. 3’s Buhos Marching Band from Xalapa, Veracruz, Mexico
Photo by Leo Jarzomb
( twelve more pics and one embedded video, all child/work-safe )
The theme of this year’s parade was “Echoes of Success.”
All of the floats in this parade are required to have all surfaces covered by natural materials, such as flowers, plants, seaweed, seeds, bark, vegetables, or nuts. For more, see the 2014 post Decorating parade floats, at my journal.
1.
Escuela Secundaria Técnica Industrial No. 3’s Buhos Marching Band from Xalapa, Veracruz, Mexico
Photo by Leo Jarzomb
( twelve more pics and one embedded video, all child/work-safe )
Tags:
- animal education,
- animal rescue,
- animals,
- animals: amphibians,
- animals: birds,
- animals: butterflies,
- animals: fish,
- animals: frogs,
- animals: giraffes,
- animals: gorillas,
- animals: horses,
- animals: insects,
- animals: lizards,
- animals: primates,
- animals: reptiles,
- animals: snakes,
- animals: swallowtail butterflies,
- books,
- cats,
- cats: wild,
- dogs,
- dogs: somebody else's,
- flowers,
- food,
- fun,
- history,
- holidays,
- humor,
- images,
- lj comm: randompictures,
- lj comm: splodefromcute,
- nature,
- new year's,
- parades,
- pets,
- plants,
- roses,
- sports,
- the ocean,
- utterly cute,
- videos,
- wildlife
Well, it should have been
Dec. 19th, 2016 06:28 pm
Tags:
- angst,
- danger danger danger!,
- god i feel old,
- goddammit,
- heroes,
- hillary clinton,
- history,
- hugs please?,
- i want to kick something,
- i'm intolerant of intolerance,
- images,
- lj comm: politicartoons,
- lj comm: randompictures,
- nightmare fuel,
- sorrow and sadness,
- stupid stupid stupid,
- what the hell were they thinking?
Standing for true patriotism
Dec. 9th, 2016 01:19 pmSend your thanks to Water Protectors
After composing my own message and sending it at the link above, I wanted to post something about the Standing Rock protest. Patriotism seemed the right perspective.
One Veteran on Why He Will Stand for Standing Rock
Forgiveness Ceremony Unites Veterans and Natives at Standing Rock Casino
Also, a result to googling "true patriotism," in case you are interested.
What is Real Patriotism Anyway?
After composing my own message and sending it at the link above, I wanted to post something about the Standing Rock protest. Patriotism seemed the right perspective.
One Veteran on Why He Will Stand for Standing Rock
Forgiveness Ceremony Unites Veterans and Natives at Standing Rock Casino
Also, a result to googling "true patriotism," in case you are interested.
What is Real Patriotism Anyway?
Love trumps hate
Nov. 23rd, 2016 03:32 pm
Tags:
- animals,
- australia,
- barack obama,
- bigotry/prejudice,
- cats,
- cats: somebody else's,
- children,
- dogs,
- dogs: somebody else's,
- faith in humans restored,
- fun,
- heroes,
- hillary clinton,
- history,
- hugs please?,
- humor,
- i'm intolerant of intolerance,
- images,
- in the news,
- lj comm: politicartoons,
- lj comm: randompictures,
- lj comm: splodefromcute,
- nostalgia,
- pets,
- politics,
- utterly cute
Tags:
- asshats,
- bigotry/prejudice,
- cartoons,
- faith in humans restored,
- god i feel old,
- goddammit,
- history,
- hugs please?,
- i want to kick something,
- i'm intolerant of intolerance,
- images,
- lj comm: politicartoons,
- lj comm: randompictures,
- my world and welcome to it,
- nightmare fuel,
- not this shit again,
- politics,
- sorrow and sadness,
- what the hell were they thinking?,
- where's my chocolate bunny?
Donald Trump, in a nutshell
Sep. 5th, 2016 06:34 pm
Tags:
- bigotry/prejudice,
- cartoons,
- danger danger danger!,
- ewww yuck!,
- history,
- i want to kick something,
- i'm intolerant of intolerance,
- images,
- in the news,
- lj comm: politicartoons,
- lj comm: randompictures,
- nightmare fuel,
- not this shit again,
- politics,
- sorrow and sadness,
- stupid stupid stupid,
- what the hell were they thinking?
1.
Saluki JT watching over two six-week-old burrowing owlets at home with Jimmy Robinson, a keeper at Longleat Safari Park in the UK
Photo by Pete Willows
…Meet Linford and Christie, the orphaned baby owls having a hoot in their new home (more photos)
( fourteen more pics and three embedded videos, all child/work-safe )
Saluki JT watching over two six-week-old burrowing owlets at home with Jimmy Robinson, a keeper at Longleat Safari Park in the UK
Photo by Pete Willows
…Meet Linford and Christie, the orphaned baby owls having a hoot in their new home (more photos)
( fourteen more pics and three embedded videos, all child/work-safe )
Tags:
- animal babies,
- animals,
- animals: birds,
- animals: owls,
- cats,
- cats: somebody else's,
- children,
- dogs,
- dogs: corgis,
- dogs: in the media,
- dogs: puppies,
- dogs: somebody else's,
- food,
- fun,
- heroes,
- history,
- humor,
- images,
- lj comm: randompictures,
- lj comm: splodefromcute,
- nature,
- pets,
- utterly cute,
- videos,
- wildlife,
- zoos
For the love of cats
Jun. 16th, 2016 01:52 am1.
Semi-tame cheetah Mtombi with photographer Chris du Plessis, Tshukudu Game Lodge, Hoedspruit, South Africa
Photo (taken remotely) by Chris du Plessis
Amazing moment a cheetah lies down next to a photographer and even lets him stroke her head (story and more pics)
( fourteen more pics, all child/work-safe )
Semi-tame cheetah Mtombi with photographer Chris du Plessis, Tshukudu Game Lodge, Hoedspruit, South Africa
Photo (taken remotely) by Chris du Plessis
Amazing moment a cheetah lies down next to a photographer and even lets him stroke her head (story and more pics)
( fourteen more pics, all child/work-safe )
Tags:
- actor: david tennant,
- actors,
- africa,
- animal babies,
- animal rescue,
- animals,
- animals: cheetahs,
- animals: leopards,
- books,
- cats,
- cats: lil bub,
- cats: shelter,
- cats: somebody else's,
- cats: wild,
- character: tenth doctor,
- children,
- faith in humans restored,
- fandom,
- fun,
- heroes,
- history,
- humor,
- images,
- lj comm: randompictures,
- lj comm: splodefromcute,
- nature,
- pets,
- san diego,
- san diego zoo,
- tv,
- tv: doctor who,
- utterly cute,
- wildlife,
- zoos
Little handfuls
Jun. 9th, 2016 02:04 am1.
Two-year-old sugar glider Hazel
See the entire photo series, “Hazel with Fruit,” at Imgur
( nineteen more pics, all child/work-safe; spider and snake included )
Two-year-old sugar glider Hazel
See the entire photo series, “Hazel with Fruit,” at Imgur
( nineteen more pics, all child/work-safe; spider and snake included )
Tags:
- africa,
- animal babies,
- animal rescue,
- animals,
- animals: amphibians,
- animals: arachnids,
- animals: bats,
- animals: beetles,
- animals: birds,
- animals: crustaceans,
- animals: fish,
- animals: guinea pigs,
- animals: hummingbirds,
- animals: insects,
- animals: marsupials,
- animals: mollusks,
- animals: nudibranchs,
- animals: reptiles,
- animals: sharks,
- animals: snakes,
- animals: spiders,
- australia,
- cats,
- cats: kittens,
- cats: shelter,
- conservation,
- deserts,
- fun,
- history,
- humor,
- images,
- lj comm: randompictures,
- lj comm: splodefromcute,
- nature,
- pets,
- san francisco,
- science!,
- the ocean,
- utterly cute,
- wildlife,
- zoos
1.
Buchanan Street, Glasgow, Scotland
Photo by drgillybean at Flickr
( eighteen more pics, all child/work-safe )
Buchanan Street, Glasgow, Scotland
Photo by drgillybean at Flickr
( eighteen more pics, all child/work-safe )
Tags:
- animal babies,
- animals,
- animals: birds,
- animals: foxes,
- animals: lizards,
- animals: owls,
- animals: raccoons,
- animals: reptiles,
- animals: snakes,
- australia,
- books,
- cats,
- cats: somebody else's,
- children,
- fandom,
- fun,
- history,
- humor,
- images,
- lj comm: randompictures,
- lj comm: splodefromcute,
- pets,
- scotland,
- the ocean,
- tv: doctor who,
- utterly cute,
- wildlife
Kitty-palooza!
May. 20th, 2016 04:13 pm1.
Eight-month-old snow leopard sisters Okara and Orya, Zürich Zoologischer Garten, Zürich, Switzerland
Photo by Peter Bolliger
Let It Snow! (story, more photos and a video)
( eleven more pics, two GIFs and two embedded videos; all child/work-safe like whoa )
Eight-month-old snow leopard sisters Okara and Orya, Zürich Zoologischer Garten, Zürich, Switzerland
Photo by Peter Bolliger
Let It Snow! (story, more photos and a video)
( eleven more pics, two GIFs and two embedded videos; all child/work-safe like whoa )
Tags:
Neat stuff
May. 19th, 2016 01:21 am
Tags:
- animal education,
- animals,
- animals: amphibians,
- animals: dinosaurs,
- animals: frogs,
- animals: hedgehogs,
- animals: insects,
- animals: jellyfish,
- conservation,
- faith in humans restored,
- food,
- fun,
- gardening,
- gifs,
- history,
- humor,
- images,
- lj comm: randompictures,
- macabre,
- nature,
- science!,
- the ocean,
- utterly cute,
- wildlife
Faith in humans restored, again
May. 12th, 2016 07:22 amAfter some of the news this week, I really needed this. Maybe it'll help somebody else's mood as well; who knows?
1.
Sara Steele and Liz Shellenbarger with wet, but safe, mountain lion cubs, Bitterroot National Forest, Montana, USA
Firefighters rescue mountain lion cubs from Montana blaze
( fourteen more pics, all child/work-safe )
1.
Sara Steele and Liz Shellenbarger with wet, but safe, mountain lion cubs, Bitterroot National Forest, Montana, USA
Firefighters rescue mountain lion cubs from Montana blaze
( fourteen more pics, all child/work-safe )
Tags:
- africa,
- animal babies,
- animal education,
- animal rescue,
- animals,
- animals: birds,
- animals: lions,
- animals: mountain lions,
- animals: opossums,
- bigotry/prejudice,
- cats,
- cats: wild,
- children,
- dogs,
- dogs: in the media,
- dogs: puppies,
- dogs: somebody else's,
- faith in humans restored,
- fun,
- heroes,
- history,
- images,
- in the news,
- lj comm: randompictures,
- lj comm: splodefromcute,
- nature,
- pets,
- science!,
- utterly cute,
- wildlife
Science Lite
May. 2nd, 2016 01:23 pm1.
Artist Sophie Corrigan
Several more of these at the Imgur post and at Corrigan’s website
( fifteen more pics, all child/work-safe )
Artist Sophie Corrigan
Several more of these at the Imgur post and at Corrigan’s website
( fifteen more pics, all child/work-safe )
Tags:
- animal babies,
- animals,
- animals: birds,
- animals: deer,
- animals: dinosaurs,
- animals: hedgehogs,
- cartoons,
- cats,
- cats: somebody else's,
- fandom,
- food,
- fun,
- history,
- humor,
- i made this,
- images,
- lj comm: randompictures,
- lj comm: splodefromcute,
- nature,
- pbs,
- pets,
- science!,
- the ocean,
- utterly cute,
- wildlife
When skeleton lovers meet
Oct. 29th, 2015 12:30 am1.
Gayunda Wreck, Woody Point, Redcliffe, Queensland, Australia
Photo by Paul M. Sparrow
( fifteen more pics and two GIFs; all child/work-safe )
Gayunda Wreck, Woody Point, Redcliffe, Queensland, Australia
Photo by Paul M. Sparrow
( fifteen more pics and two GIFs; all child/work-safe )
Tags:
- animal education,
- animals,
- animals: amphibians,
- animals: frogs,
- animals: insects,
- animals: mythical/fantastic,
- animals: octopuses,
- australia,
- cartoons,
- cats,
- cats: somebody else's,
- cthulhu,
- dogs,
- dogs: in the media,
- dogs: somebody else's,
- fun,
- gifs,
- halloween boooooooo,
- history,
- holidays,
- i made this,
- images,
- lj comm: randompictures,
- macabre,
- nature,
- nightmare fuel,
- pets,
- science!,
- utterly cute,
- videos,
- weird shit,
- wildlife
Book post for a rainy day
Jul. 19th, 2015 11:58 pm
Tags:
- animals,
- animals: birds,
- animals: dinosaurs,
- animals: elephants,
- animals: horses,
- animals: reptiles,
- animals: snakes,
- arts and crafts,
- author: beatrix potter,
- books,
- cats,
- cats: henri,
- cats: lil bub,
- cats: somebody else's,
- children,
- fandom,
- fun,
- history,
- humor,
- i made this,
- images,
- lj comm: randompictures,
- lj comm: splodefromcute,
- macros,
- nature,
- pets,
- utterly cute,
- wildlife
Science-related
Jun. 13th, 2015 09:37 pm
Tags:
- animal babies,
- animal education,
- animals,
- animals: amphibians,
- animals: arachnids,
- animals: birds,
- animals: butterflies,
- animals: frogs,
- animals: insects,
- animals: komodo dragons,
- animals: lizards,
- animals: monarch butterflies,
- animals: owls,
- animals: reptiles,
- animals: snakes,
- animals: spiders,
- cats,
- cats: kittens,
- cats: somebody else's,
- dark humor,
- ewww yuck!,
- fandom,
- food,
- fun,
- gardening,
- gifs,
- history,
- humor,
- i made this,
- images,
- lj comm: randompictures,
- lj comm: splodefromcute,
- macabre,
- macros,
- music,
- nature,
- nightmare fuel,
- pets,
- san diego,
- san diego zoo,
- science!,
- tardis,
- the ocean,
- tv,
- tv: doctor who,
- utterly cute,
- videos,
- weird sea creatures,
- weird shit,
- wildlife,
- zoos
Supporting the troops
May. 26th, 2015 09:23 pm1. 
Whiskey, a dog in the IDF (Israeli Defense Forces) Oketz Unit, with his handler
Source
( thirteen more pics and three GIFs, all child/work-safe )
Whiskey, a dog in the IDF (Israeli Defense Forces) Oketz Unit, with his handler
Source
( thirteen more pics and three GIFs, all child/work-safe )
Tags:
- animal babies,
- animal rescue,
- animals,
- cats,
- cats: in the media,
- cats: kittens,
- cats: somebody else's,
- dogs,
- dogs: in the media,
- dogs: somebody else's,
- faith in humans restored,
- fun,
- gifs,
- history,
- holidays,
- humor,
- i made this,
- images,
- lj comm: randompictures,
- lj comm: splodefromcute,
- pets,
- utterly cute
