Pinterest is an online pinboard.
Organize and share things you love.
'Omotenashi' in Japanese means offering a service without expectation of any returned favor, and the ability to actualize that idea into an action. Similar in meaning to 'hospitality' in English, it however arises from a deeper part of human consciousness. by japanwallpaper #Japan #Omotenashi #japanwallpaper
Incredible colors! Igneous rocks formed from lava flows of the Archaean era (>2,700 million years ago) are often found to contain disequilibrium-textured crystals characterized by spherulitic, branching or dendritic morphologies that occur in layers near the flow surface.
1 like 3 repins
"I know that life is busy and hard, and that there’s a crushing pressure to just settle down and get a real job and khaki pants and a haircut. But don’t. Please don’t. Please keep believing that life can be better, brighter, broader, because of the art that you make. Please keep demonstrating the courage that it takes to swim upstream in a world that prefers putting away for retirement to putting pen to paper, that chooses practicality over poetry, that values you more for going to the gym than going to the deepest places in your soul. Please keep making art for people like me, people who need the magic and imagination and honesty of great art to make the day-to-day world a little more bearable. And if, for whatever reason, you’ve stopped– stopped believing in your voice, stopped fighting to find the time–start today. - Shauna Niequist, Cold Tangerines
2 likes 2 repins
Men, women and children are starving to death in the Horn of Africa. They need our help! www.wfp.org
sea otters often hold hands to keep from drifting apart while sleeping. Amazing!
4 repins
Mosha, an Asian elephant lost her right leg after stepping on a landmine at 7 months old. Close to death, she was rescued and brought to the Friends of the Asian Elephant hospital in Lampang, Thailand, where she became the first elephant in the world to be fitted with a prosthetic leg in 2007. Pictured here in 2009, she was fit with a new leg to keep up with her rapid growth. Her home in the tropical jungle of northern Thailand, near the Cambodian border, is an orphanage for elephants. The gentle giants are the new symbol of the fight against the banned weapons. Thousands of Thais have been injured and killed due to landmines, with a recent survey estimating there are about 100 new mine casualties each year. Mosha is a resident of the Friends of the Asian Elephant hospital in Lampang, Thailand. via dailymail.com #Elephant #Landmine #Mosha #dailymail
1 like 2 repins
Baby animals in the womb!!! Thought this may amaze you, @Rebecca Egbert!
3 comments 3 repins
Loy Kratong (Floating Lantern) Festival in Chiang Mai, Thailand.
by Yang Tee Mon
1 comment
Brooke Meeker I've been to that festival! It is truly an amazing experience. Ahhhh, this picture brings back memories...
microscopic image of the cross section of a sapling. makes me think of @Sonya Philip's knitting art.
1 repin
balance.
1 comment 5 repins
Rebecca Egbert This is perfect for where I wanted to be this evening. xo
something to keep in mind when facing the battles of every day...
1 repin
dropping in a bowl on a skateboard perhaps?
1 like 2 comments 4 repins
Stacie Smith BREAK DANCE!!!
Rebecca Egbert Sing and rock-out in front of a packed stadium full of people.
Fetching pins…
Rebecca Egbert That's incredible!
Rebecca Egbert @Lisa Ankeny did you know an elephant's gestational time is something like 2 years? Whoa.
Lisa Ankeny Seriously? Is that the longest on record?