Lighthouse Beautiful Picture

I didn't have to hunt far for this one - it's in the sample pictures included with Windows 7.

Beautiful Flowers Picture

Nice flowers scene


This image came from the MySpace profile of a guy named Tim. I've no idea who the actual pic belongs to, but I really like it. BONUS: It's big enough to have centred on my Desktop. Win!

Bahamas Beautiful Picture

Beach in the Bahamas, thanks to Trip Advisor

Tulips Beautiful Picture

Skagit Valley Tulip Festival - thanks to flickr user luv2run

Graceful Swan Beautiful Picture

I believe this is by flickr user Deathwaves.

Into the Woods

photo by Heather B. Armstrong

Deep Space Beautiful Picture

I get somewhat creative when looking for images to post, and I stumbled on this since someone described it as "awesome". It's from a screensaver, found here, if you like screensavers, I suppose.

If you find any nice pics you'd like to see here (or you've taken any yourself) feel free to email me or leave a comment below.

Stirring Paint

In honour of what I have been doing this morning. I should have totally taken a picture, but I didn't (because I'm good like that). But hey, look, someone else took their own!

This one is um, cream and dark grey. Mine was GLORIOUS deep violet into pale blue. It was divine, and you'll just have to take my word for it, and enjoy the cream and dark grey instead.

image thanks to Look At The Sea's photostream on Flickr

Boat on a Beach

I have a note that I kept when I found this pic, indicating that it was from Flickr user The Little One. Unfortunately I can't find that user (a handful of people call themselves that, but none of them seem to have this pic in their photostreams). If anyone can identify the artist please let me know.

Ferris Wheel, Paris

This amazing photo was taken in Paris, by Jennifer K Dick - her blog can be seen here. Click on the photo for a bigger image.

~ Elisa

Stormy Perspective

Photography by Frank Melech

Thanks to Found Sh!t Blog

~ Elisa http://www.gemdust.com http://www.sydneycats.com

I Must Blog This Clip

My dearest sent this to me and because I'm sharing and caring, I am now sharing it with you. It's only 40 seconds long and the sound is low and peaceful, so a lot of people could even view it at w-word*.

This is titled "One Year In 40 Seconds" and is by Norweigian web artist Eirik Solheim. It's a stunning piece of time-lapse photography of the seasons changing in Oslo.

It also might give you a small amount of insight into why I fell in love with Scandinavia.

~ Elisa

* w-word: that place that gives you cash, where a boss expects you to toil. Saying the word out loud is not appropriate, as many people consider it an expletive.

Happy New Year

And to celebrate, there are two items for today. Firstly, people have some strange New Year's resolutions, including eating bizarre items, dealing with bad punctuation, and learning strange body noises and movements. Read More: The Times Of India

And secondly: thanks to Christopher Chan, here is a photo from last year's fireworks in the greatest city in the world. Happy New Year!

~ Elisa
cross-posted to Crazy Odd blog