Art, life, ephemera.

Big Red’s gotta run, and Chewie says hi.

"Why won’t anyone have an adult conversation with me about what war is about? It’s their war. They asked us to fight it, and we did it as well as we could. Why are they pretending it’s our war? We were just there."

- Recent US veteran on his struggle to find support in recovering from the psychic wounds of war. (via thenationmagazine)
Source: thenationmagazine

mypubliclands:

When Dark Meets Light.  Photo by Ryan Howell, BLM
Location: Crossbar Management Area near Amarillo, TX

mypubliclands:

When Dark Meets Light.  Photo by Ryan Howell, BLM

Location: Crossbar Management Area near Amarillo, TX

Source: Flickr / blmnewmexico

A quick sketch in Paper, inspired by this tumblr post:
http://wnycradiolab.tumblr.com/post/49305520873/staceythinx-aerial-views-of-rice-fields

A quick sketch in Paper, inspired by this tumblr post:
http://wnycradiolab.tumblr.com/post/49305520873/staceythinx-aerial-views-of-rice-fields

A towhee visited me yesterday while I was sitting outside sorting photos; he/she was my bedtime sketch for last night.

A towhee visited me yesterday while I was sitting outside sorting photos; he/she was my bedtime sketch for last night.

beatonna:

donutrabbit:

Katie said I should put up the whole set, so here it is!

You know I love Nancy

I never read Nancy Drew as a kid but if they’d had these covers I would have.

Source: donutrabbit

“I am Bagheera—in the jungle—in the night, and my strength is in me. Who shall stay my stroke?”

Reading the ‘Jungle Book’ stories as an animal-crazy kid, lying on my stomach on the living room floor with a plate of Wheat Thins on one side and a pile of little plastic dinosaurs on the other—that was an island of bliss in the stormy ocean of growing up.

“I am Bagheera—in the jungle—in the night, and my strength is in me. Who shall stay my stroke?”

Reading the ‘Jungle Book’ stories as an animal-crazy kid, lying on my stomach on the living room floor with a plate of Wheat Thins on one side and a pile of little plastic dinosaurs on the other—that was an island of bliss in the stormy ocean of growing up.

fantagraphics:

thebristolboard:

Unpublished Pogo book cover art by Walt Kelly, 1953.

We just put Vol. 3 up for presale (out in November).

fantagraphics:

thebristolboard:

Unpublished Pogo book cover art by Walt Kelly, 1953.

We just put Vol. 3 up for presale (out in November).

Source: thebristolboard

“Besides my husband and children, Black Caviar is the best thing that has ever happened to me. It is a dream come true to have this beautiful horse.”


Happy Retirement Black Caviar!

(via anotherfurlong)

Source: horsiie

Springtime in Cave Creek, AZ. This is the front yard of an acquaintance. (My front yard 60 miles north is nowhere near as sublime.)

Springtime in Cave Creek, AZ. This is the front yard of an acquaintance. (My front yard 60 miles north is nowhere near as sublime.)