Thriving Garden in Sealed Bottle Hasn't Been Watered in Over 40 Years

I have to share this. I love that science and mystery so often seem like the same thing.

When David Latimer planted a seed in a glass bottle on Easter Sunday of 1960 out of pure curiosity, he had no idea that it would flourish into a mass of greenery that would thrive untouched for several decades. Now, over half a century later, the sealed bottle garden is still growing as vigorously as ever, filling the bottle entirely with lush plant life, despite the fact that the last time Latimer watered it was in 1972.

Thriving Garden in Sealed Bottle Hasn't Been Watered in Over 40 Years - My Modern Met

Hyperrealistic Oil Paintings by Yrjö Edelmann

So cool.

Hyperrealistic Oil Paintings of Haphazardly Wrapped Packages and Gifts by Yrjö Edelmann | Colossal

Vintage Photos of People Mesmerized by Holiday Windows.

A fun collection for this time of year.

Vintage Photos of People Mesmerized by Holiday Windows | Atlas Obscura

p.s. Atlas Obscura is one of my faves. Always full of interesting stuff.

18 Cool Christmas Gifts That Are Making a Difference | RELEVANT Magazine

If you like your gifts to mean a little something more, you might want to check out this post from RELEVANT Magazine. Some nice gift ideas, and all the products mentioned provide jobs, products and services to people who need them.

18 Cool Christmas Gifts That Are Making a Difference | RELEVANT Magazine

Bloem Bowl | Poketo

Lovely. 

Floral prints in a deep blue decorate the interior of these bowls, while a simple leaf motif adorns the exterior. 

Bloem Bowl | Poketo

Michelle Kingdom embroideries

I'm in love.

Michelle Kingdom via Colossal

"Oh What Fun" Tag

Oh What Fun Tag  |  Sugar Paper

Giant Paper Snowflakes

So cute.

Instructions here:
Oh Happy Day  |   Giant Paper Snowflakes 

Cards Against Humanity Food Pack.

I will buy this for $7 just to have a printed card that says "The inaudible scream of carrots."

Cards Against Humanity Store

Lovely tiny NY studio apartments starting at $950/mo.

I do love tiny things. Especially when they're well designed and fairly-reasonably priced.

Take a video tour of NYC's first micro-unit building with apartments starting at $950 a month | Inhabitat New York City

"Light House" and "Atlantic Din" by Ian Dingman.

Some lovely limited edition prints over at Tiny Showcase today.

Tiny Showcase: Ian Dingman Prints

Nerdgasmic news.

Posting this for no reason other than that I'm excited. Comfort food for my eyes!

Star Trek New Star Trek Series Premieres January 2017

Emily McDowell's awesome cards for crappy situations.

Every design blogger will probably be on this today, but, the fact is, everyone should be. When you need a card for a bad situation, but don't want to be all somber and awful about it, Emily's your girl.

Check out the new line here: Emily McDowell Studio

Free your Shutterfly photos! 40% off!

For years I've wanted to download my original photos from Shutterfly, but they made it nearly impossible. At first you couldn't actually get your photos back at full resolution at all. In the last few years, I found that I could download my library, but I'd have to do it photo by photo, or I'd have to pay beaucoup bucks to have them send me a DVD. Both made me super huffy, so I did neither.

But today I discovered they're having a 40% off sale. Yay! In just a few minutes, I selected all my photos and ordered a CD of 2500+ photos at their original resolution for $8.50. I'm so psyched.

Use SHARE40 in the shopping cart for your discount. Sale ends 9/29, so scoot! Get over there!

Shutterfly | Archive Photo DVD and Digital Picture DVD

NASA | Supermoon Lunar Eclipse (It's this weekend!)

I can't wait to see this on Sunday night.



NASA | Supermoon Lunar Eclipse - YouTube

The U.N.'s 17 New Goals To Build A Better World

I had no idea the U.N. had such an ambitious agenda for the next 15 years. Boosting the signal on this because more people should know. And it's a lovely infographic.

At the United Nations General Assembly this weekend in New York, U.N. member states are set to adopt the new Sustainable Development Goals. The goals are meant to guide development priorities around the globe over the next 15 years.

U.N. Dreams Big: 17 Huge New Goals To Build A Better World : Goats and Soda : NPR

Tough Guys Have Feelings Too: Keith Negley

I was very excited to see an announement on Facebook yesterday about this new picture book by Keith Negley, an old colleague of mine. He's a great guy and ridiculously brilliant illustrator, so I'm sure this new book is going to be amazing. It's out in October – Amazon can notify you via email when it's out.

Photo: Flying Eye Books

Photo: Flying Eye Books

Photo: Flying Eye Books

A boldly illustrated picture book read-aloud about how everyone gets sad—ninjas, wrestlers, knights, superheroes, everyone . . . even daddies have emotions! 

Did you know wrestlers have feelings? And knights. Even superheroes and ninjas feel sad sometimes. In fact everyone has feelings—especially dads who love their children! 

Children will love recognizing their feelings in Keith Negley's bold illustrations which accompany a fun-to-read-aloud narrative.

Tough Guys Have Feelings Too: Keith Negley

Check out Keith's other work at his website or his wonderful tumblr, Part man/Part negative space.

Inkless Polaroid.

Want. Wantwantwantwantwant. That is all.

Called the Polaroid Plus, the new camera will use Zero Ink Technology developed by the tech company ZINK. The special paper has cyan, magenta, and yellow ink dye crystals embedded inside it, and the camera's job is to activate the colored dye in the appropriate places. Afterward, the camera can spit out a 2- by 3-inch picture to show your friends. Since it's a digital camera, the Polaroid Plus can also save the picture on a memory card of up to 32GB. That way you can download the pictures later if you want to have them printed out a little bigger.

Polaroid Introduces a New Camera That Takes Instant Inkless Pictures | Mental Floss

Paintings in movies.

I was watching the film Side Effects on Netflix a few days ago and thought, "That painting behind Jude Law is amazing. I wonder who the artist is?"

Well, thank you, Internet. There's a site for that.

Painting: Summer Haze by Lisa Breslow

PAINTINGS IN MOVIES - Side Effects

Miss Pickle. "This dog really likes art."

One of my favorite things on Instagram these days.

Miss Pickle (@picklebeholding) • Instagram