australian flood orphans

200 cows dead in wisconsin and thousands more in vietnam....5000 blackbirds dead in arkansas...several million fish killed in the chesapeake: 2011 seems to be the year of the animal (fail). unusually harsh weather has been fingered as the culprit in a number of these cases...including tsumami-style floods in australia which have killed both people and animals...these baby bats were rescued by the australian bat clinic. bats are adorable and important. 

emma hack paints the town

wow...i really dont know what to say about australian make-up artist/photographer emma hack other than "mind blowing"! using the wallpaper patterns of legendary (and sort of infamous) designer Florence Broadhurst and her models as muses, this face-painter-turned-fine-artist extraordinaire puts make-up on it' s proverbial ear. she rocks! found this great artist on one of my favorite sites, weburbanist. it also rocks.