Roderick Godsell

How Do Italians Stay Thin Eating Pizza & Pasta All the Time? I lived in Italy for three years. How to enjoy food without gaining a pound a week is probably the most useful thing I learned. -- Here are 13 differences between the way Italians and Americans eat – ...

I’m guilty of that protein/carbs mindset

This is horrifying.

100% true!

And another one.

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#poetry #quotes

This path leads quite steeply down to the lake at Winkworth Arboretum.

Signpost at Winkworth Arboretum. Beautifully shaped trees which remind me of Ladybird Book Illustrations.
#SurreyHills
#FingerpostFriday
#Trees
#ForestFriday
#Scape
#Landscape
#Treescape
#Photography

Inside Paul McCartney’s 1966 Aston-Martin DB6 The inconic Beatle got around, for a time, in one of the most stylish and notorious cars of the 20th century.

Inside Paul McCartney’s 1966 Aston-Martin DB6

Reflections of the sky and trees along the River Eye a tributary of the River Windrush.

Ducks and reflections on the River Eye in Lower Slaughter, Cotswolds.
#Scape
#Landscspe
#Reflections
#Cotswolds
#photography

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Near perfect cubes of Pyrite from a mine in Spain. These natural crystals have not been carved, cut, or polished and are shown just as they came from the earth.

This 1.8kilo specimen has 3 amazing cubes that sit attached to their original limestone matrix.

~ r/Damnthatsinteresting

A large buzzard launched into flight from a rock face its legs dangling. The colours of the bird echoes the colours of the rock.

Upland buzzard, Tibetan Plateau.
#WideOpenWings
#BirdOfTheday

leachie geckos look like grandma couches that got moldy and came to life

Associated with the Symbolist movement, Odilon Redon's art demonstrates a superb mastery of the pastel technique, drawing its inspiration from 18th-century French art. The revival of this medium began with the Impressionists, Manet, and Degas, but Redon subsequently developed a distinctive style that evokes a world imbued with spirituality. He established himself as the painter of inner life. As early as 1891, in his "Manifesto on Symbolism" published in the Mercure de France, art critic Albert Aurier hailed him as the "Sublime Voyeur." The theme of the face with closed eyes, as if contemplating its inner landscape, is typical of the artist and directly references the famous Closed Eyes in the Musée d'Orsay collection, or the masterful pastel of Ophelia held at the Royal Academy of Art in London. The use of an ogival frame emphasizes this transitional space between the physical and spiritual worlds. The composition is completed by a masterful profusion of evanescent flowers. Flowers, as Redon wrote in his journal, "... arriving at the confluence of two shores, that of representation, that of memory." ~ (To Oneself. Journal (1867-1915), Paris, 1922, p. 115). All of Redon's artistry is reflected in this magnificent pastel. In his pursuit of an extreme sensuality of color and texture, he dissociates the use of form and line, evaporating and pulverizing the depicted motif, thus paving the way for 20th-century abstract painting. The famous pure, undiluted, unmixed blue, here magnified by an explosion of coral, vermilion, white, gold, emerald, and pink, becomes, in reality, the main subject of this work. This quest for sensation through color, for color-matter as an epiphany of reality, would continue and then become more radical in the work of post-war artists such as Mark Rothko and Yves Klein.

Odilon Redon :
Profile Under an Arch, 1905

pastel on wove paper, not laid down but glued to the mount along the extreme edges.
67.6 x 53.8 cm
26-5/8 x 21-1/8 in

Source: Sotheby's

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This is so beautifully done I just had to share. It's amazing how exhilarating it is while it's relaxing and inspires calm.

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Headline poster: DEMOCRATIC WIN DEMS WIN PENNSYLVANIA SPECIAL ELECTIONS, PROTECTING MAJORITY IN THE STATE HOUSE

While Trump blabbed endlessly last night, votes were being counted and Democrats just continued to win special elections.

He can blab from now till cows jump over the moon.
Failure to deliver has its consequences.

International doctors forced to leave Gaza over Israeli demands Seventeen aid groups have petitioned Israel’s Supreme Court after the government moved to ban 37 NGOs in Gaza.

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How is this any different than what Hitler was doing to the Jews in the 30s? 👿👇🏼 anyone that fails to see this has zero empathy for other people😒

TFR!

I Rather Hope so , If not the Case and The Greens Win, both party's should reflect appreciate or commiserate, then acknowledge this was a Skirmish amongst the like Minded of aspects of the Left and centre.
Now is the Battle for Britain, the rabid right are blotting up the casualties like a Parasite

It says it all, must have been a Cosy meeting at Sentosa!

Cottonwood Pass Trail, Golden Trout Wilderness, California.

Johnson Ocheja (Nigeria,b. 1993) :
Yellow By The River, 2022

Acrylic and oil on canvas
193 x 175 cm

#BlackHistoryMonth

Neon lighted clouds around a small section of blue sky. Palm trees and homes in the foreground.

A sunset corridor captured during an evening stroll. Indigo and orange collapsing around a patch of blue.
#Sunset
#Clouds

Stop and smell the roses

YouTube video by The 80s, a Decade of Music (Master Noise HD 60fps) Dexys Midnight Runners – The Celtic Soul Brothers (Top Of The Pops 7th April 1983) (HD 60fps)

It is interesting to note that Dexys Midnight Runners only had 2 songs chart in America. Obviously, “Come On Eileen” climbed all the way to #1… Their only other single to chart was the 1983 reissue of “The Celtic Soul Brothers,” which stalled out at #86 on the US #Billboard #Hot100. #OneHitWondered

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Sol’s beauty feels effortless, her features are soft and harmonious, her smile warm and genuine. She carries herself with quiet confidence and kindness, the kind of presence that draws people in— admired by men, adored by women, and everyone feels a little softer in her glow.

🆘 URGENT Death Row

This is my 2nd time here, I was adopted 2yrs ago but dumped back here bc I’m 2big now!
I’m a big girl w/a lot of spirit
I’m 5yo & 100lbs of pure love!
I’m great w/people & friendly
w/kids but shy around other dogs
Very affectionate, social & playful!
🚨Needs E.Coast Foster
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🚨BREAKING: Donald Trump is plotting to steal the 2026 election and his buddy David Ellison and Bari Weiss just won control of CNN.

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