"On rifted rocks, the dragon's late abodes, / The green reed trembles and the bullrush nods."

Speaking of martial arts, meet Samantha Sword, champion in the longsword division at this February's Harcourt Park World Invitational Jousting Tournament. This is what a female swordsman looks like. (via)

Urban timelapse: "Evening shower, rainbow, Tanabata night." (probably via)

Yo-yo tricks through the ages.

---L.

Subject quote from "Messiah: A Sacred Eclogue," Alexander Pope.