Words to keep inside your pocket:

• Quiescent - a quiet, soft-spoken soul.
• Chimerical - merely imaginary; fanciful. 
• Susurrus - a whispering or rustling sound. 
• Raconteur - one who excels in story-telling. 
• Clinquant - glittering; tinsel-like. 
• Aubade - a song greeting the dawn. 
• Ephemeral - lasting a very short time. 
• Sempiternal - everlasting; eternal. 
• Euphonious - pleasing; sweet in sound. 
• Billet-doux - a love letter. 
• Redamancy - act of loving in return.

(Source: degraded-thegreatest)

deanshu:

alaska - www.deanshu.com on Flickr.

mynameiszatch:

This anime always left me with the most upsetting looks on my face.

(Source: mirakurun)

yumegawa:

There’s something about rusting ships that brings out a melancholic feel. Perhaps its the signs of decay and death. Perhaps a longing of a life that still reminiscent an era that is long gone.   

leadingtone:

Boy playing violin in Iraq. Photo by Julie Adnan, Reuters.

(via amodernmanifesto) 

watershedplus:

An innovative initiative is taking place in the Philippines to bring sustainable lighting to homes in impoverished communities. Empty plastic bottles are installed in the roof, filled with water and bleach they refract sunlight. These “solar light bulbs” provide light equivalent to a 55watt light bulb.

See how they’re made here. From Visual News

(Source: watershedplus)

yumegawa:

coastal shipwreck. 

siu-tung:

The Blue whale in Gothenburg, Sweden

(Source: thesamoyeds)

(Source: sirenchild)