“A ship in harbor is safe, but that is not what ships are built for.”
A rubber plant purchased at Home Depot is given water (via pumps + computer) in accordance with how well Home Depot’s stock is doing. It makes one think about the idea of sustainable growth in multiple contexts and their interconnectedness.
(Douglas Easterly and Matthew Kenyon)
I must go down to the sea again, to the lonely sea and sky. And all I ask is a tall ship and a star to steer her by…
- John Masefield
And oh how lovely she is. Years of my life spent gazing at stars from that salty deck.
whimsicalityandsparklythings:

The S.S.V. Corwith Cramer in all her glory.
Sigh.
I am trying to draw an outer/inner ear and coming up short.  There’s something so beautiful about old anatomical illustrations like this.  I have a Beltone butter dish from my great grandparents with this exact drawing!