purple bubble shorts by erika hendrix

purple flowers by corinnero via flickr

plaid circle skirt by erika hendrix

I like olga ert’s sculptures of little creatures covered in flowers. I think she’s primarily an illustrator and most of her work is done under the name “inkpanda”, you can check out her work on behance, blogspot, and flickr. I believe she’s japanese, but lives in russia and speaks russian on all her online profiles. obviously I can’t read anything that she writes so that’s about the extend of my knowledge of her work. but hey, it’s pretty, right? that’s all I need to know.

bumblesea loves: flower horse sculpture by olga ert aka inkpanda

bumblesea loves: flora / fauna flower creature by olga ert aka inkpanda

I think I’ll just stick to keeping my zen garden on my desk for now. but every once in a while I like to peruse flickr for the most interesting photos of ecospheres, to think about what could have been. I’m so happy flickr has finally updated their search function, the previous search didn’t load any images for me half the time. oh, and I have a secret weapon against the spaceball.gif photos I despise so much. I’ll let you in on my little secret in due time.

bumblesea DIY ecosphere - "pet algae" photo by digital existence via flickr

The lake gunk Jennifer scooped out with some plastic pretzel buckets didn’t seem very promising at first for ecosphere material, but after allowing them to settle, there were indeed some little fishies and snails! Ecosphere success.

Coincidentally, I came across these cool little Domsai encased cactus pots by Matteo Cibic on the web after our ecosphere excursion. Not quite ecospheres, but definitely somewhat related. I want to put these in my bathroom or kitchen!!

domsai matteo cibic cactus planters via cubeme

domsai matteo cibic cactus pots via cubeme

domsai matteo cibic lightbulb planter via cubeme

lovely indeed. her diptychs are so soft and dreamy. oh, and she likes bumblesea enough to plug it on her blog. even better.

clouds + moutain top by capree kimball via flickr

toadstools by capree kimball via flickr

blanky by capree kimball via flickr

most of my flickr favorites are either photos of strange little plants, ice caves, or sulking teenage girls. behold, some plants and stuff:

mossy branches by low country boil

adenium obesum var socotranum by jan vandorpe

pretties: crystal formations in a pool by bevanbfree

dracaena cinnabari by jan vandorpe

glowing caverns by gaijin4life

don't stomp too hard by gaijin4life

bird, with vines by asha aka mango woman

I love asha’s photos. at first I thought her blog, marty party, was a curated collection of her favorite photos by different photographers. then I realized they were all hers. love ‘em.