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Monet still makes an impression

Was there frost in your neighborhood this morning? More than 100 years ago, Impressionist painter Claude Monet painted this wintry scene, called ‘The Frost,’ in the French commune of Vétheuil, where he lived from 1878 to 1881. We’re showing it today in honor of his birthday. Monet is considered a father of Impressionism, the artistic movement characterized by thin brushstrokes and depicting the visual impression of the moment–especially in terms of light and color. The term ‘Impressionism’ derives from a review of Monet’s painting ‘Impression, Sunrise,’ which he exhibited in 1874. Happy birthday, Claude!

Daily Pic 11/14/17

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Rosendale Trestle, Rosendale, New York



Daily Pic 07/30/18 (Friendship Day)

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Children at play for International Day of Friendship

Does this photo of kids at play in Kolkata, India, prompt memories of fun times you had as a child, when the world didn’t extend much further than you and your friends? If so, you’re in the right frame of mind to celebrate International Day of Friendship, or just Friendship Day. The idea began in a bid of crass commercialism: The holiday was invented and marketed by the founder of Hallmark Cards. But the public saw through that and it didn’t take. Decades later, a peace-promoting group called the World Friendship Crusade relaunched Friendship Day in Paraguay as a way to foster peace. It’s been gaining traction ever since.

Daily Pic 07/30/17

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Pictured Rocks National Lakeshore, Michigan



Daily Pic 07/18/18 (Mandela Day)

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Celebrate Mandela Day

Today we’re in Howick, a town near the east coast of South Africa, where this monument honors the anti-apartheid activist and South African president Nelson Mandela, who would have turned 100 today. Like Martin Luther King Jr. Day in the US, Mandela Day—celebrated on Mandela’s birthday—is intended not as a holiday exactly but as a day to answer the ‘global call to action’ by finding ways to engage in service to your local community. The best part about Mandela Day? You don’t need to be from South Africa to observe the event.

Daily Pic 07/18/17

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Geladas in Simien Mountains National Park, Ethiopia



Good Friday & Happy Easter

Good Friday

Good Friday

Good Friday is a Christian religious holiday commemorating the crucifixion of Jesus Christ and his death at Calvary. The holiday is observed during Holy Week as part of the Paschal Triduum on the Friday preceding Easter Sunday, and may coincide with the Jewish observance of Passover. It is also known as Holy Friday, Great Friday, Black Friday, or Easter Friday, though the last term properly refers to the Friday in Easter week.


Let’s get quackin’


Basket of Kitties


Hopping Penguins


Slip and Slide


Celebrating Bunny

Happy Easter

Easter 2016

Easter, also called Pasch or Resurrection Sunday, is a festival and holiday celebrating the resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead, described in the New Testament as having occurred on the third day of his burial after his crucifixion by Romans at Calvary c. 30 AD. It is the culmination of the Passion of Christ, preceded by Lent, a forty-day period of fasting, prayer, and penance.

Easter 2016

For all those who think Easter is about chocolate bunnies and eggs, here's one for you, but you really should know better.



Happy New Year 2018

Happy New Year 2018

Wishing Everyone a Very Happy New Year

I hope that you all have a wonderful new year and a chance to make 2018 a happy, healthy and prosperous year for yourselves and others. I hope that any bad experience from this year does not follow you and that you can let go of any harm that held you back and start fresh with a new outlook and hope for the better.