A thing of beauty is a joy for ever. ~John Keats

• I’m not sure these balls are actually embroidered. I think at least some of them are very expertly wrapped with threads.
• An open-air museum in Japan.
• Prize-winning birth photos. These made me cry. Warning: nudity.
• I love watching cranes—they’re so graceful.
• How to encourage your children to be creative.
• Do you travel? Do you take photographs when you’re out of town? Enter this contest.
• Amazing tangles.
• Photographs by Linda McCartney.
• Ancient technology.
• Amazing quilts.
• I’m a sucker for a kid who can dance like Michael Jackson.
• Ice cream cones as art.