Unless we adults make them so, children's lives are not complicated. They approach the world with eyes that see, hands that want to touch, hearts open to friends and friendship.

The Teal Umbrella framed print -- https://2-steve-henderson.pixels.com/featured/the-teal-umbrella-steve-henderson.html?product=framed-print

Framed print of an original oil painting depicting a little girl and her cat on a summer day.

#summer #girl #child

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**nemo™** @nemo@mas.to · Apr 3

Apr 3

nemo™ @nemo@mas.to

MOULLA - DroneBrella - Self Flying #Umbrella - Augmented Magic #yt

https://youtu.be/5O-iwzP9QNU

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**nemo™** @nemo@mas.to · Apr 3 *

Apr 3 *

nemo™ @nemo@mas.to

A self-flying #umbrella keeps your hands free #dronebrella xD #yt

https://youtu.be/gcMvjbaVYxU

**This Is My Glasgow** @thisismyglasgow@mastodon.scot · Mar 29

Mar 29

This Is My Glasgow @thisismyglasgow@mastodon.scot

This pretty much sums up what the weather's been like here in Glasgow today.

A broken umbrella turned inside out by the wind and abandoned in a puddle.

#glasgow #weather #glasgowtoday

**Sharon Cummings Art (Official)** @SharonCummingsArt@socel.net · Mar 28

Mar 28

Sharon Cummings Art (Official) @SharonCummingsArt@socel.net

they won't grow yellow
south Florida daffodils
an oxymoron

#dailyhaikuprompt - daffodils

I don't have daffodil art...They don't grow here. Instead we have umbrellas falling from the sky...lol

https://fineartamerica.com/featured/colorful-umbrellas-whimsical-photography-sharon-cummings.html

#art #photography #photo #photographer #photographie #umbrella #umbrellas #colorful #colorfulart #selbygardens #florida #floridalife #fun #cute #spring #springtime #summer #summertime #buyintoart by #SharonCummingsArt #haiku #poetry #poem #poet #shortpoem #smallpoems #smallpoem

Colorful umbrellas hanging from the trees with a blue sky. Photo by Sharon Cummings. Haiku in post.

**voyager** @voyager@gram.social · Mar 26

Mar 26

voyager @voyager@gram.social

Dinge, die mit J beginnen oder so
aussehen // Things that start with J or look like it...Jumbrellas

#FotoVorschlag

Timișoara, Romania

May 2023

#umbrella #Romania #Timisoara #art #streetart

The portrait-orientated image shows many open umbrellas suspended from strings. The strings are stretched across a street, connecting buildings on either side. The umbrellas are various colors including orange, yellow, pink, blue, green, and red. They are arranged in rows and columns, slightly overlapping each other. The umbrellas are viewed from below, showing their undersides and the metal frames.

#streetart

**Poobah Says** @poobahsays@mastodon.social · Mar 24

Mar 24

Poobah Says @poobahsays@mastodon.social

“When the #ladle envies the #umbrella, the #soup becomes suspicious of the #rain. Guard your #cutlery, lest the #weather turn philosophical… Certainty is for #spoons.” – All hail the Poobah.

#QuoteOfTheDay #PoobahSays #MondayMotivation

**naia** @naia@lor.sh · Mar 22

Mar 22

naia @naia@lor.sh

The last times I've bought an umbrella, I've been greatly disappointed... so I spent years just living without one. After resisting for some time, I decided to get an umbrella for my young son, and -- well I know life is hard for objects handled by kids, but -- it broke in two (at the shaft!!!) after one day of use.

That got me thinking, how hard would it be to make a good umbrella? (short answer: well, it does not seem trivial!)

(I understand that the market forces go in the opposite direction, and also that people tend to lose umbrellas, so there is a strong push for keeping the prices low...)

Here are some challenges:

- a good dozen moving parts
- panel got to resist been folded and stretched (while both dry and wet)
- shaft must be resistant (wind, rain, umbrella been shaken to dry out faster)
- and yet the whole thing shouldn't get too heavy

Any tips about how to build an umbrella? Or suggestions of decent brands? #engineering #umbrella #righttorepair