Loving these shots from the 1968 Summer Olympics in Mexico (how about that wicked logo?!) found via the Google source:life Search option. That grain and color makes these athletes seem heroic already for some reason (no idea who they are). Reminds me I have to sort through my shots of the Olympic town in Barcelona. [...]
Outrageously beautiful set of stamps via Adapt Or Die. Not in the least because many of them are from the Netherlands (and how come Canada‘s stuff is always amazing?). Great exercise to try and fit so much beauty into a square this small. A pitty people are encouraged to lick these things.
In 2008 Brussels celebrated the 50th anniversary of the World Exposition ’58 which gave it the amazing atomium just as in 1989 it gave Paris the Eiffel tower. At the time I didn’t walk this earth yet (my parents barely did for that matter) but it definitely left its mark on the city and Belgian culture [...]
