David Schroeder

I was told my first attempt at a logo 20 years ago was too busy to be useful. Maybe they had a point.

Yikes

Living Colour releases their debut LP today in 1988 — with “Cult of Personality”, a song inspired by a chat during rehearsal about what makes a leader charismatic.

“Vernon played a riff,” said drummer Will Calhoun. “And next we knew we had a song. All while we were setting up for sound check.”

Seun Kuti and Egypt 80.

Seun Kuti and Egypt 80 live in Orlando at The Beacham.

New mural going up in downtown Orlando. #publicart #mural #orlando #dto

Electric commuter car from 1979

What’s this?! Oh, just an electric car from 1979. Orlando Auto Museum

Skunk car art car

Skunk Car

Large patches of natural vegetation are structures in a landscape that protect aquifers and interconnected stream networks, sustain viable populations of most interior species, provide core habitat and escape cover for most large-home-range vertebrates, and permit near natural disturbance regimes.

If we adapted these little fire trucks widely in the U.S., how much could their smaller size and thus increased accessibility allow for changes in our cities’ building codes?
I would imagine they would be allow narrower streets with tighter, and thus safer for pedestrians, curb radii.

Skydiver with red parachute in front of dark clouds

Skydiver in DeLand

#deland #skydiver #skydivedeland #clouds #parachute

Early morning sunrise over a foggy meadow.

Early mornin fog in Central Florida.

#florida #fog #sunrise #morning #wildflowers #fencepost #vine #photography

Paris residents vote in favour of making 500 more streets pedestrian Parisians voted in a referendum on Sunday to pedestrianise a further 500 of the city's streets, giving fresh momentum to efforts by the French capital's left-leaning town hall to curb car usage and improve air quality.

This is both a transition policy and a security policy. The less fuel you import, the more stable your economy and population will be.

Image of two books on animal senses. One is called An Immense World by Ed Yong the other is called A Natural History of the Senses by Diane Ackerman

Two great books on animal senses.

#senses #book #bookclub #reading #read #learn #nonfiction

Our first crevice garden.

Wild turkey getting in his steps.
#turkey #wildturkey #wildlife #suburbansprawl #habitatdestruction

Moonshine through clouds

Moonshine

Musk had discussions with Trump and his political team on a new $100 MILLION donation to a Trump-aligned Super PAC

If this occurred on Air Force One -- or in the White House or any federal building -- then they violated the Hatch Act and must both be BARRED from the government

US Education Department will fire 50% of its workforce.

Steamy video for your feed.

#compost #orlando #evolveyouryard #evolvinglandscapes #downtownliving #florida #landscapearchitecture #landscapedesign #landscapecontracting #gardening

They called him Sleepy Joe because we could sleep at night.

Pretty cool, right?!
But, it also immediately reminded me of one of the most disturbing sculptures I’m aware of. (Photo 3). 🤮

Let me introduce you to the blind cave-fish Ateoblepus phoeleter. These guys have evolved specialized skin-teeth called “skin denticles” that are stiff mechanoreceptors that allow it to sense it surrounding despite living in waters with high flow rates.

Saw an otter today downtown Orlando!
#orlando #lakelucerne #otter #urbanwildlife #florida #walking

Marta and Barbra Banda catching a breath before a free kick during a Challenge Cup match in Orlando. Orlando Pride players shown standing before a soccer ball.

Marta and Banda are quite the combo! Looking forward to another great season. Go Pride!

#OrlandoPride #nwsl #womenssoccer #Marta #Banda #combo #soccer #challengecup

Flatwoods Plum in full bloom with a cluster of white flowers. Bees swarming in background

Bees love the Florida native FLATWOODS Plum.

#bees #pollinator #evolveyouryard #nativeplants #floridanativeplants #photography #macro #flowers #plumtree

Painting of a landscape ecology principle concerning patches and disturbances

Landscape Ecology Principles: Patch and Distrubances Part 1. I need a large patch into two smaller ones creates a barrier to the spread of SOME disturbances.
Part 2 coming soon

#art #ecology #painting #educationalart #patches #green #fire #paint #landscape

Preparing the area for a flagstone walkway leading to a dry creek bed.

#waterharvesting #flagstones #gardendesign #deland #florida #landscapearchitecture #nativeplants #floridafriendly #drycreekbed #swale