This week see sleeping anime cats in rice paddies, a mystical and nice quote from Yoko Ono, the difference between a living and dead idea, how snails hitchhiked from a Pacific Islands to the Americas and more, it’s edition #132.
I found this very uplifting bus stop with vegetation on the top in Paris
It looks like there’s a very Solar Punk movement towards using these bus shelters for lots of plants that bees and other pollinators will love, it improves the air quality and the ambience of the streets too….well done Paris! Via the uplifting vision of the future – Solar Punk on Reddit.
Are you trying to go plant-based? It doesn’t need to be complicated or expensive to be super tasty!
Just make some tiny cuts like this into some potatoes drizzle over your chosen oil (olive oil is healthiest) and some salt and you’re done. Afterwards, add some yummy coleslaw and hummus to this and bliss out! FYI: 425 degrees Farhenheit = 220 degrees Celcius.
Cat themed rice masterpiece in Thailand
A farmer has created a masterpiece of rice art of the feline kind.
A sleeping cat hugs a fish in a picture seen from the air, picked out in sprouting rainbow seedlings in a rice field in Thailand to illustrate a traditional proverb about abundance.
Farmer Tanyapong Jaikham and a team of workers planted the seedlings at various spots in the field in the northern province of Chiang Rai to depict cartoon cats, hoping to lure tourists and cat lovers. Read more
Distance doesn’t exist, in fact, and neither does time. Vibrations from love or music can be felt everywhere, at all times.
Uf0 – Celestial Rhys
A floaty, serene and dreamy acid house track from god knows when that just popped up into my feed – I just had to share it!
Meek and Mild Militocodon: The Tiny Ancestor of Cows and Deer
In a delightful twist of fate, a small, unassuming mammal from 65 million years ago has been crowned the ancestor of all modern hoofed animals. This little creature, Militocodon lydae, discovered in Colorado, weighed no more than a modern brown rat. Unearthed from a time shortly after dinosaurs roamed the earth, Militocodon’s partial skull and jaw reveal a fascinating shift in dental evolution, suggesting a move towards shearing and crushing. This tiny mammal is now celebrated as the forebear of cows, deer, and pigs. The discovery, detailed in the Journal of Mammalian Evolution, highlights the mammalian rise from the ashes of the dinosaurs, showcasing the incredible resilience and adaptability of life. Via Cosmos.
A live idea versus a dead idea with Robert Green
One of the world’s most insightful and helpful philosophers and authors on what the difference is between a live and a dead idea.
Types of sleeves on women’s clothing: an infographic
I really like a cuffed sleeve or Bishop’s sleeve and also the (not mentioned) puffy pirate’s sleeve along with a velvet waistcoat, I also like nice capes and have one in dark blue. What types of sleeves do you like and regularly wear?
Some funky, cosy and uplifting African Jazz for the weekend
I found this incredible channel Flac on YT just last night and have been creating very massive playlists from it ever since. South Africa in the 70’s would have been brutal and tough under Apartheid but it seems that despite this, truly magical and resilient Jazz music flourished!
Snails hitchhiked on the birds’ backs to travel across vast oceans in Deep Time
In numerous conversations with biologists, again and again I was told with varying degrees of confidence that the most likely answer to the puzzle of Hawaiβiβs snails is that the first ones flew here. Everybody narrated this hypothetical scene a little differently, but the main events remained the same. At some point in the distant past, a tiny snail climbed on board a migratory bird, perhaps a golden plover, as it perched or nested overnight. As snails are nocturnal, it makes sense that they might encounter a perched bird in this way, and that this wayward passenger might then be able to hunker down, deep in the birdβs feathers, sealing itself up. Days or weeks later, having rested through the exhausting crossing, the snail then climbed off the bird in its new home.
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A week of vegan bentos
Yes it is possible to make yummy vegan bentos
You may not control all the events that happen to you, but you can decide not to be reduced by them. Try to be a rainbow in someone else’s cloud. Do not complain. Make every effort to change things you do not like. If you cannot make a change, change the way you have been thinking. You might find a new solution.
The Mouse Mansion in Amsterdam
The Mouse Mansion is a miniature world filled with tiny corridors, rooms, and workshops where visitors can track the lives of two mice Sam and Julia. If you are fascinated by miniature models and cute tiny houses then this large and well-made artwork will not disappoint. Via Hello Amsterdam
Relaxing Shinto Shrine Mix of Windchimes and a Babbling Creek in a Japanese Forest
I could really feel the relaxation in this mix – really nice!
Maxfield Parrish – Sunrise
Maxfield Parrish was a celebrated American painter and illustrator. His luminous works blur reality and a surreal vivid dreamworld are brought alive with rich blues and golden light. His masterpiece Sunrise (1922) radiates a celestial feeling of being in a house in the clouds with the two women in the painting looking down towards the world below. I feel dizzy and exhilarated looking at it as though I am sharing the vast vista with the subjects in the painting. More art of Parrish’s via the Varnished Culture.
Moaning about small things or ‘indulgent pettiness’ is a thing now
Who knew that this is a new thing? Moaning is a national sport as far as I’m concerned.
Call them pet peeves, call them petty grievances, one thing is certain β complaining about everyday irritations feels cathartic. Itβs also the premise of American comedy podcast Iβve Had It.
Hosts Jennifer Welch and Angie βPumpsβ Sullivan state, tongue in cheek, that their goal is to compartmentalise complaining and be nicer in their day-to-day life. Their complaints range from pedestrian (cordless vacuums, people who clap when a plane lands, long Instagram captions) to political (the state of the education system). Eyebrow-raising complaints include, simply, βpregnant peopleβ.
Via The Conversation.
A list of medieval dog names from 700 years ago
HaveGoodDay, Garlick and Crampit seem like unusual choices for dog names but they did drink a lot of mead in those days.
Did you enjoy this collection? let me know what you think of it below. Thank you for reading my dear friends!
Content Catnip 
Oh, this was a special one. So many good things to share β€οΈ. The cat in the rice field, the mouse house and all those vegan recipes. π
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Thank you so much my friend glad you enjoyed these take care
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Oh these are always so much fun to read! I love when you post your random finds. The potato one I will have to try out when it is cool enough to dare turn on the oven. Looks tasty! The cat was cute, and I’m reminded of Anne of Green Gables. All she ever wanted out of a new dress were gorgeous puffed sleeves! π€£π€£π€£
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I’m so glad you like them…this makes me really happy to know! I find it so enjoyable to create them too. I read Anne of Green Gables ages ago…it was such a great book, yes puffy sleeves were all the rage then. Personally I love a good puffy sleeve, I’m all about the Cottage Core look hehehe. Thanks for your lovely answer and I hope you do have a go with the potato recipe, fyi getting an air fryer will change your life.
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I love Anne of Green Gables!
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Wow – those potatoes look delicious!
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Thanks Wynne…I hope you will give them a go…thank you for reading and have a great week
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I Love the music
Uf0 β Celestial Rhys
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Thank you so much my friend glad you are enjoying it. You reminded me to listen to it again at sunset π from my window and it’s the perfect tune for that. I’m so glad spring is here π π
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So many things to look at here. The vegetation patch on the bus stop is a wonderful concept. It looks so lively. I do wonder how upkeeping works with it. Interesting.
The cat rice field is stunning. They really planted the seeds in the right place. It probably took much more work than any of us can imagine.
That is so many sleeves, and many sleeves of different colour. But I think there is one sleeve missingβ¦the normal, regular T-shirt short sleeve! That’s my favourite kind of sleeve. No fuss and no frills.
‘You may not control all the events that happen to you, but you can decide not to be reduced by them.’ Such a great quote by Maya Angelou. It’s so easy to react or be reactive to things and feel out of it or things are unfair, and I think it’s what many of us don’t admit. Reflection usually comes second. If we can all take a moment to take things slower, maybe we will come to see how each event is an opportunity.
That mouse mansion is something. There is a market for these dollhouse and miniature things, I think. I have seen them around social media. The creative things you can do that bring out your inner child and are quite incredible. Hope you have been well π
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Thank you so much Mabel for your generous comments and reflections on this π I can see the appeal of a classic tshirt sleeve and why you like it, it always looks good and never goes out of fashion either. You are so right about reacting versus reflecting. I only wish I would reflect more often instead of reacting. This is a learned skill very few people have mastered. What an amazing insight you’ve given here thank you. About these small houses I have a bit of an fascination for these things, you are right that these small places does bring out one’s inner child. For me the child in me can imagine these tiny people going about their days in this tiny world and this is a whimsical and sweet thought. Here’s a video of a tiny town in WrocΕaw in Poland that I captured a few years ago, it is based on landmarks and buildings of the real place….the fascination never ends hehe https://youtu.be/XJWgMk4dmQg?feature=shared
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You are welcome. That was a fantastic watch, of the miniature station in Poland. Wow, they really got the details down so well and the miniature trains are so life-like. Fascinating. Like you, I have an interest for these things too. So many things you can imagine and play with – and play can be like literal play, imagination or a feeling π Wishing you well π
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Oh I’m so glad you loved this Mabel. It’s really nice to know that we share this fascination for small worlds too. I have a few channels for you on Youtube in that case. Have featured them in previous editions of the ‘Interesting Things’ but cant remember when exactly. They are incredibly soothing and feature miniature cooking, world building, field mice in their garden homes, trains etc. π
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Definite, we share a fascination for small worlds. Or mini worlds. Always a point of fascination π Looking forward to more miniature musings and shares from you β€
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George Mouse π https://youtube.com/@georgethemouseinalogpilehouse?feature=shared
Miniature Cusina https://youtube.com/@miniaturecusina?feature=shared
Mapic https://youtube.com/@mapic2?feature=shared
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Big hugs to you Mabel it’s good to see you back and hope to see some insightful blog posts from you soon π
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Big hugs to you too, Content Catnip. Maybe a blog post again soon. Way overdue π
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