Rain Spill On Building

Just thought this was a really interesting photo. 

The way the rain splattered down the side of this building.

The water hitting only on top and then trickling down the side like a big spill. 

“The rain in Spain falls mainly on the plain,” but in Washington, D.C., it falls down the side of the buildings in these weird artistic patterns.

When I was a kid, I remember when it rained, my father would tell me positively and jokingly, “Ah, we’re getting a free car wash today!”

Isn’t it amazing how G-d made the world where it rains, and provides us not only the water to drink and sustain ourselves, but literally a shower to clean our cities and wash away the dirty excesses. 

The ecosystem is just an amazing array of literally everything we need and with checks and balances to keep the goings-on of the world suitable for His children. 😉

(Source Photo: Andy Blumenthal)

@McKee Besher Wildlife Preserve

(Source Photos: Andy Blumenthal and the incredible sunflowers from here — Please G-d, we need to go back next year to see these beauties.)

Flower 4 Monday

Just wanted to share this beautiful flower that I came across on the hiking trail yesterday. 

I have never seen a flower with pedals of pink and white candy stripes like this. 

Like a candy cane or perhaps the outfits that volunteers helping people at some hospitals wear. 

It also has these yellow buds in the center, which add to it’s eloquence.

What magnificent creations that G-d has bestowed on us to enjoy. 

Hope this is a little something to cheer up your Monday and make you even more productive this week. 😉

(Source Photo: Andy Blumenthal)

Best of the Caribbean

Wow, I love this artwork from Haitian artist, Alix Baptiste, who works out of Savannah, Georgia. 

This one is called “Best of the Caribbean”–and I think it really is!

The colors and style he uses is so amazing. 

Someone else I know had one his artworks called, “Island Living” and it was so spectacular.

Somehow it feels like being there…almost. 

Baptiste has a website where you can see and shop from some of his other originals and lithographs.

I am so glad I found this…it really makes me happy. 

Thank you G-d for the beauty of life and in art!

(Source Photo: here with attribution to Alix Baptiste) 

Perception Is Reality

Sometimes, one person’s clothing hook is another person’s elephant trunk.

Or maybe it’s the other way around that some creative person looked at an elephant and thought:

“Oh my that trunk of his would make a great clothing hook.”

Life mimics art and art imitates life.

And that is flattery both ways. 

Either way perception is reality. 😉

(Source Photo: Andy Blumenthal)

Butterflies, Birds, and Flowers

(Source Photos: Andy Blumenthal @Butterfly World)

Make The Oy Vey Go Away

What a wonderful way to make the oy veys go away…

This amazing beautiful flower.

Made by G-d Almighty.

See the perfection of the geometry and the shape that springs forth from mother earth.

Open your eyes to the magnificence and brightness of the colors. 

Feel in your mind’s eye the soft texture of the petals and droplets. 

Breath in the smell of freshness and new air into your expanding lungs. 

Yes, whatever ails you…

Make this for yourself a renewal of spirit and of flesh. 😉

(Source Photo: Andy Blumenthal)