This illustration was in the mall for a local high school art exhibit.
This dancer's pink dress is made of plastic cutlery (spoons, folks, knives).
Such creativity and flawless execution of the design concept that you almost don't realize how this is put together.
It's brilliantly done! ;-)
(Credit Photo: Andy Blumenthal)
Silverware Dancer
Also, nice lime green sunflower cup.
The only challenge was the long line under the sun and humidity.
Shaving the big ice cube apparently takes some time. ;-)
(Credit Photo: Andy Blumenthal)
Rainbow Ices
@Maryland Iron Festival (Catoctin Furnace)
Never more than today are we living lives of total excess. This week, we saw a Mercedes-Benz 1995 car sell for a record-breaking $142 million. Last month in response to Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, authorities seized a Russian oligarch’s $793 million mega yacht. And this last year, Morgan Stanley predicted that Elon Musk may eventually become the world’s first trillionaire.In a world where marketing, sales, advertising, branding, and the media all seek to convince us that life is essentially about “things,” self-satisfaction, the next high, and happiness, we can easily forget how transient and valueless all that really is. Inside each of us though there is a deeper, true voice that seeks a life of real meaning, purpose and immortality, where faith, compassion, giving, and self-sacrifice is the true measure of our character and the ultimate gauge of life success.
Measuring Success Like G-d
So much to be grateful for to G-d Almighty
Thank you for another week! ;-)
Spring Flowers for Shabbat
Aside from the lavish and colorful playground, they had a trampoline, petting zoo, and BBQ for Lag B'Omer.
This was Torah Turtle (my name for him) at the event.
What an amazing shell and such a cool animal.
Turtles are a definite favorite! ;-)
(Credit Photo: Andy Blumenthal)
Awesome Torah Turtle
Also, like the blue ocean and shells as the backdrop on the wall.
Favorite color is BLUE! ;-)
(Credit Photo: Andy Blumenthal)
Big Blue Plates
Colorful and plenty of smiles! ;-)
(Credit Photo: Minna Blumenthal)
Cookies and Cupcakes
And choose your color: blue, pink, or yellow.
Who doesn't want to have that much hair again. ;-)
(Credit Photo: Andy Blumenthal)
That's a Hairdo
Please see my new article in The Times of Israel called "The Tragic Comedy of the 'Anti-Zionist Synagogue'."
The Tragic Comedy of the “Anti-Zionist Synagogue”
Unfortunately, most of the news these days is bad news.
Only good news is usually technology and acts of compassion, caring, personal sacrifice and sometimes true heroism! ;-)
(Credit Photo: Andy Blumenthal)
No News Is Good News
If you have too much, do you feel like the guy pictured here?
Maybe people need to feel this way sometimes (especially when the world looks like it's going to hell). ;-)
(Credit Photo: Andy Blumenthal)
Sounds Refreshing
Sort of has the 70's hippie look.
Those were the days! ;-)
(Credit Photo: Andy Blumenthal)
Lady On Shirt
Over the terrace and into the sunset.
(Credit Photo: Andy Blumenthal)
Beautiful Architecture
Playing The Odds
- Wrestling Buddies dolls
Cute, but not really a shopping imperative and the store was deserted.
Yet, GameStop stock is still stratospheric, while tech and innovation is in the graveyard depths.
The world is upside down and inside out.
I think a day of reckoning is coming to bring us back to earthly reality. ;-)
(Credit Photo: Andy Blumenthal)
GameStop Is Going Nowhere
Green salad.
Cole slaw
Balsamic vinegar over the top.
Eat up. ;-)
(Credit Photo: Andy Blumenthal)
Healthy Tuna Salad
The Real Unthinkable Option
There was also a tray of chocolates and nuts.
Nice complimentary gesture and classy surprise to come back to. ;-)
(Credit Photo: Andy Blumenthal)
Anniversary Fruit Plate
Blue Surf.
Sun and Sky.
Palm Trees.
Boardwalk.
Relaxing! ;-)
(Credit The Beautiful Creation: G-d Almighty)
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Simply Marvelous!
Squares and then some.
It's abstract.
Get it? ;-)
(Credit Photo: Andy Blumenthal)
Cool To Be Square
Food Child Abuse
What was shocking was that despite the professional environment, this was a climate where they actually felt “safe” expressing their Antisemitism and hate. In this case, these high-level, powerful, “educated” people working in the heart of our nation’s capital should know better, much better than to harass someone because she is a Jew, an Israeli, a woman or all three.It is unfortunate that there still are individuals that hate out there: that lash out questioning our faith, our people, and our intentions. Good people see the common humanity and good in others, and bad people are infatuated with imaginary intolerable differences, especially of minorities, and enjoy scapegoating them, goading others to join their hate, and even violently preying on them.
Jude in America
Take your shoes off.
Put your feet up.
Wrap your legs around some luggage.
Recline and put your head back into the pillow.
Put in your ear buds and listen to some music.
Have something to drink.
Take a few extra seats.
Relax and enjoy.
Flying the friendly skies. ;-)
(Credit Photo: Andy Blumenthal)
Comfy In The Airport
It's just an illusion of choice.
Your fate is in G-d's hands. ;-)
(Credit Photo: Andy Blumenthal)
Stairs With Stripes
Given man's destructive nature to man, why would we want to entice aliens to come here and do to the world what Russia is currently doing to Ukraine.
Moreover, why would we court disaster and give them a celestial roadmap to get to earth?
Our scientists may know science, but they are nuts to want to bring ET destruction to us. ;-)
(Credit Photo: Andy Blumenthal)
Space Boy Is Dead Meat
Making Off With The Passover Buffet
Take a smile.
Give a smile.
Make the world a better place. ;-)
(Credit Photo: Andy Blumenthal)
Take A Smile
This thing just reeks of wealth and extravagance.
"Simply gorgeous darling!" ;-)
(Credit Photo: Andy Blumenthal)
That's Precious
Terror In Israel: Time To Take Out The Trash
Lemons
Sugar
Ice
How can anything so simple be so good! ;-)
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Ice Cold Lemonade
Get your hands off me.
Hey cut that out.
How utterly rude.
Wise guys! ;-)
(Credit Photo: Andy Blumenthal)
Feel My Fabric
That's where Ukraine's energy reserves are!
To the tune of:
- $1 trillion of natural gas
- $400 billion of oil and condensate
- The worlds 6th-largest reserve of coal
And don't forget the strategic ports of both the Black Sea and Sea of Azov.
Russia will control the energy supply chain for decades to come!
The West's nonsense sanctions against Putin don't even make a dent compared to what Putin is getting out of this deal!
Lesson from Putin is you can get away with massive theft and murder, and no one in this lawless world will stop you.
What do you think China is going to do with Taiwan next?
(Credit Photo: Andy Blumenthal)
Putin Is A Mega Thief
Sickened By Russian Atrocities!
What happened to genuine faith in G-d, belief in the holy Torah, our duty to abide by the 613 commandments, and generally doing right in this world by our fellow man and before G-d Almighty? Maybe I’m being too literal here but being a “good Jew” has got to mean something important. We are keeping alive the tradition of our parents, grandparents and great grandparents, spanning back thousands of years to our Forefathers Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob, and to G-d delivering us from Egyptian servitude, and His giving to us the Torah on Mount Sinai, and to His bringing us to Israel, the Land of Milk and Honey, and keeping us from being wiped away by one great empire after another. Being a Jew means being part of an important important and yes, “chosen” for a special mission of being a “light unto the nations” and that means action on our part: thinking, saying, and doing what’s right all the time!We are tested daily to do what’s right, even when it’s not convenient, easy, enjoyable, or popular. What is a Jew? We need to really ask ourselves that question. It’s not trivial and neither should the answer be. Our lives in this world and the next are depending on how we live up to the high bar that is set for us each and every day of our lives that Hashem mercifully grants to us.
Teaching Our Children To Be Good Jews
Maybe these ladies should take the escalator! ;-)
(Credit Photo: Andy Blumenthal)
Stairs Without Legs
He looks like he had too many puffs. ;-)
(Credit Photo: Andy Blumenthal)
Puff The Magic Dragon
Especially together as a series.
Blue, green, Red.
Cycle of life.
To everything: Turn, turn, turn. ;-)
Wheels of Fortune
“Talk less and do more.” Unfortunately, Putin apparently didn’t learn this lesson as a child and is now, as they say, having to learn it the hard way later in life. He and his henchmen signaled to the world how they would bring Ukraine to its knees, surround and capture the capital, Kyiv, overthrow the leadership and install a pro-Kremlin puppet, and demilitarize the country. However, Putin spoke very big, but after a whole month of fighting now, things haven’t turned out the way Putin had counted on. With Russian casualties, wounded, captured, and missing now estimated at up to 40,000, and with the Russian forces on the retreat, no one in their right minds could’ve imagined such a modern David and Goliath scenario playing out with Ukraine as the David.
(Credit Photo: Andy Blumenthal)
Putin’s Ukrainian Hogwash
But the oversize wheels and good-looking rims are quite fine!
What's more important the car or the tires? ;-)
(Credit Photo: Andy Blumenthal)
Nice Wheels and Rims
