Sunday Links

Image: Wil Sands

A View From Washington's Streets On Inauguration Day (image above)

Sweet: Two groups of penguins meet and exchange information 

Science Museum Group Collection: Explore over 350,000 objects and Science and Industry Museum, National Science and Media Museum, National Railway Museum and Locomotion. Via Things Magazine

Bruce, a frequent contributor to this blog, sent me this video. It made me laugh.

The year a railway ran inside Westminster Abbey

Is your house too small? Do you need more space? Check out these Additions Made From Vehicles 

The Tiny Doors in the U.S. Capitol

Canadian political cartoonist Michael de Adder wrote this  obituary for his mum. 

Warren Craghead drew more than 1500 pictures of Trump on his Tumblr over four-and-a-half years: TRUMPTRUMP 

The Holiday Inn in Perrysburg, Ohio is being demolished. It is one of the nicest hotels in the chain and has flourished for more than a half century. Nice photos.

The Painting Thieves Love : What is it about a painting housed at a tiny Dutch museum that has made it so popular with thieves, who have stolen it three times since 1988?

Wagashi Maker Creates Pandemic-Themed Sweets Via Everlasting Blort

52 Places to Love in 2021 I have visited 6 of these - so many more to go!

Dr. Walter Freeman  travelled the country in his lobotomobile performing a crude procedure he touted as "a cure for mental illness". He performed over 3500 operations before the lobotomy was discredited. Via MeFi

 The Three Stooges Drilling Company

Crowden and Keeves Sheet Metal Workers and Hardware Merchants A catalogue from 1930.

Who wants to move to Wales with me? I have roots there. My mother was born in Wales and I remember my grandmother singing to me in Welsh when I was a little girl. This entire village on the edge of the Snowdonia National Park is up for sale for the price of a London flat.

This Instagram account is kind of unusual.

How to make a Spherical Cake Containing the Earth's Layers  Via MeFi

Can you guess what it is? Sony's First Product (1946) 

This week's house envy: A private island where the Thames meets the Wey

Monarch fostering: After missing migration, Freddy the monarch butterfly settles in for winter with Manitoba family 

How To Make Laser Cut Maps Of Your City

The Rainbowt is a clear kayak with  lights. Via Perfect For Roquefort Cheese

This seems insane to me: America's largest and priciest home is a Los Angeles estate with 105,000 square feet of living space and a nearly $350 million price tag. Thanks Bruce!

American girl behind the camera: The photography of Ruth Orkin

Have you got the time and energy to give your house a facelift? Here are 35 Never-Fail Wall Paint Colors recommended by interior designers.

Everything Your Coconut Milk Can Do  I use it often in a quick and easy Brazilian fish stew.