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Meryl Stryfe

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2012-2014

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The first work from the "Chinese zodiac animals" collection - a honey nephrite rat

by chestyunin.art

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the grassy gnoll had me thinking about a mossy rock … mossy .. statue?

so here is a gargoyle i’ve doodled up. he’s my son

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everybody has that feeling, right?

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Greg Beecham (American,b.1954)

Surf Song, 2023

oil on linen

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"There was a time when I doubted whether I should continue, mother gave me the opportunity to choose to stay in the stars with all those exhausted, bored or just very scared. But I didn't want to abandon this journey, I just wanted to be free like the birds in the sky, choosing their own destiny….

Honestly, I love this world too much to leave, I dream of the day when our work is done and I can see it shining as it always should be".

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link to pdf 

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Orders on the Hoop

A westbound Conrail freight train is approaching Effingham, Illinois. The train is due to receive orders by way of paper “flimsies,” two of which can be seen in the order hoop.

This line was formerly Penn Central and Pennsylvania Railroad prior to that, as the distinctive signal indicates. The locomotive on point is a unique variation of the SDP45 built for the Erie Lackawanna, which was folded into Conrail on April 1st 1976.

One image by Richard Koenig; taken in February of 1979.

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2007

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We have been brought animals in a lot of unusual containers. From herons from hikers in a backpack, woodpeckers in an office trash can, and opossums in an empty coffee cup, we’ve seen a lot of creative ways to contain injured wildlife when there aren’t boxes around! This Northern Cardinal was caught by a cat and injured – his quick-thinking rescuer didn’t have any kind of container to put him in other than this small grill! Thanks to her quick efforts getting him to us he is recovering from several cat-inflicted injuries.

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Zhiyong Jing, My Sunshine Sleeps In Your Darkness

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^w^

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looks like my summer vacation is… over.