+ Ribbon Lightning

Ribbon lightning is when a bolt of lightning separates due to wind and appears as parallel lightning streaks.

+ Quote / Poem of the day

"I was waiting on the moment,
But the moment never came
All the billion other moments,
Were just slipping all away."

- Ego Tripping at the Gates of Hel by Flaming Lips

+ poem of the day

” I am the daughter of Earth and Water,
And the nursling of the Sky;
I pass through the pores of the ocean and shores;
I change, but I cannot die. “

- Percy ShelleyFrom: “The Cloud” 1820

+ dearest Otis

+ Perhaps we are just a blip on the screen..

+ Copperplate Script

During the United States’ infancy, master penmen were employed to copy official documents such as land deeds, birth and marriage certificates, military commissions, and other legal documents. Timothy Matlack was commissioned to write the final copy of the Declaration of Independence [in Copperplate], and Jacob Shallus penned the final copy of the Constitution of the United States of America. Among amateurs, meanwhile, signature handwriting styles became associated with various professions and social ranks; women and men were also expected to embrace flourishes unique to their sex.

+ Italic script

Italian humanists soon revolted against the heavy Gothic look by reverting to a more Carolingian script and inventing a cursive form of it, known as Italic. The first illustrated writing manual, La Operina, was published in 1522 by Ludovico. Elegant handwriting emerged as a status symbol, and by the 1700s penmanship schools had begun educating generations of master scribes.

+ Old Louisville

One of the most interesting collection of homes I've ever experienced strolling through. The neighborhood is filled with homes not just Victorian, but Beaux Arts, Tudor, Queen Anne, Gothic, and a few other styles as well.

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Louisville is second only to NYC for having the most cast-iron storefronts downtown. The collection of Revivalist and Chicago School-style buildings with cast-iron storefronts were built between 1852 and 1905.  This area is also known as Whiskey row.  There was a major fire in July of 2015, and the remaining store fronts have been saved for rebuilding. 

+ signs and street art downtown (in Louisville)

+ Christmas mornin' in Louisville