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The eye of a honey bee covered in dandelion pollen. A freshwater carnivorous plant known as a humped bladderwort. Planktonic larva of a horseshoe worm. Young buds of Arabidopsis, a flowering plant. The spore capsule of a moss. Fern sorus at varying levels of maturity. Tentacles of a carnivorous plant. The anthers of thale cress. Feeding rotifers. A starfish imaged using confocal microscopy. The annual Small World Photomicrography Competition, as awesome as always.Source & h/t HuffPost Science

Need some faux flowers for a crafts project? How about an oversized LED flamingo? If you need something craftsy or DIY, check out Michaels, the combination craft supply store/inter-dimensional portal to an alternate reality where times as we know it does not exist. Be warned, though: 5 minutes in a Michaels is like 8 hours in the outside world. In fact, after 15 minutes in a Michaels store…you may never actually leave; however, this danger is offset by all the weird treasures, including this children’s foot spa… What, exactly, is so taxing to the feet of little children that they...

I wore makeup to the gym for the first time in forever yesterday (There was a reason… More on this in a sec.), and guess what? It led me to develop a list of go-to sweat-proof long-lasting makeup products that I know won’t budge an inch, even after an intense 60-minute HIIT class! Not that I ever wear a full face when I exercise, but it never hurts to be prepared, right? At least now I know what to grab if Sydney Cummings ever asks me to do a workout video with her. I think having a number of sweat-proof,...

So…what is the Monday Poll? Excellent question! It isn’t, contrary to its name, an actual poll, like with little clicky buttons. It’s just a list of five more or less random questions I’ve been posting on this blog every Monday morning for the past quadrillion years (since 2007). I love reading your answers, and it helps me get my week off to a good start. ? 1. Do you ease into it, or rip off the Band-Aid? Rip that Band-Aid off, and do it quickly before I change my mind! 2. What mascara are you wearing? I’m taking a new...

So…what is the Monday Poll? Good question! It isn’t, contrary to its name, an actual poll. It’s just a list of five more or less random questions I’ve been posting on this blog every Monday morning for the past gazillion years (more than 10!). I love reading your answers, and it helps me get my week off to a great start. 👍 1. Are you OK today? Yeah, I’m OK today. I feel good. I could have used a three-day weekend, but we have one coming up, so I just have to hang on till then… Yes, I realize that...