Is this a cat-erpillar?

See what I did there?

Someone was taking a panoramic picture and the cat walked through the room...

How blue is your sky?

Cyanometers have been color-coding the sky since the late 18th century, but Martin Bricelj Baraga’s Cyanometer sculpture adds a modern twist. Located in the center of Ljiubljana, Slovenia, the monolithic structure blends art and science, by measuring the blueness of the sky and looking stunning doing it.

Tasty words

This is fascinating. This guy tastes words. Other people with synesthesia see vowels or numbers in different colours and so on. Synesthesia is a confusion of the senses, when the perceptions by one sense are triggered by the perceptions of another.

Umbrella Street

Aveiro, Portugal:

Keeping monsters at bay

This is a lovely story. A little girl in North Dakota couldn't sleep because she was afraid of monsters, so a pharmacist prepared a special spray to get rid of them!

What time is o'clock?

The clocks went forward last night and I don't know if I'm coming or going today! This blog has a thing about clocks, so this should be interesting. It's about the oldest public clock in Paris. It's situated in the very heart of the city, the clock tower being the oldest remaining part of the Palais de la Cité.

It seems that shopping and drinking were high on the list of priorities for the old Parisians!

Take a seat... (right next to me)

Amy sent us loads of photos of various public seats from around the world. There were far too many for a single post, so I selected the ones I liked best and added some I had been saving as well. Thank you, Amy.

No, this is not another planet!

This amazing landscape is not from another world, but in Catamarca, Argentina. It's a pumice stone field, formed after volcanic eruptions.

Mind boggling at first...

This is a very original clock:

Unusual bird feeder

The bird doesn't seem to mind the garish new restaurant...

OMG!

The Irtysh river in Russia froze forming a very peculiar pattern in January last year.

Fantastic shadows!

Countries excel at something, even if it's nasty!

Unfortunately, they labelled both commodities and gastronomy using the same colour, but you'll get the idea.

[Hey, 1sc, look at the USA: one of your pet peeves, eh?]

They could do it with their eyes shut (well, nearly!)

Back in 1947, LIFE magazine challenged ten comics artists to draw their creations twice, but they were blindfolded for the second attempt...