pictures of people who seem to have figured out how to live

Smokin’ everywhere I go
Always gotta keep one rolled

<3 my city

Legends: Dolly Parton smoking with Willie Nelson pic.twitter.com/TYxWLmb8N7

— Cannabis Hub (@CannabisHubHQ) August 12, 2022

https://www.nytimes.com/2022/09/21/style/corn-kid-tariq-tiktok.html
http://static01.nyt.com/images/2022/09/21/fashion/21CORN-KID4/21CORN-KID4-superJumbo.jpg

I guess Rod had a bit of extra time on his hands

ROD STEWART has a model train set based on an industrial US city which took him & two friends 26yrs to build.

Sex Drugs & Rock ‘N Roll(ing Stock) pic.twitter.com/8fjiNi9Qj2

— Michael Warburton (@MichaelWarbur17) October 5, 2022

Ok, I know nothing about Rod Stewart, but that's really damn impressive.

https://www.bbc.com/news/entertainment-arts-50403561

Neil Young is big into that stuff as well

Tove & Tuulikki

https://i.redd.it/s3bcz125lh651.jpg

awwwwwwww

The perfect new job announcement photo doesn't exis-https://t.co/lnkwLYZnvD

— Sara Mauskopf (@sm) January 6, 2023

love those Tove & Tuulikki photos so much <3

They seem to have got it made. Judging by Google Maps Klovharun is a tiny bit of rock miles from anywhere. The house still exists. This is sad:
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/magazine-26529309

"In 1964, Jansson and Tuulikki Pietila built a simple house on Klovharu, without running water or electricity, which they could escape to in the summer months, and work without interruption.

It was there in 1970 that Jansson began writing her final Moomin book, Moominvalley in November, a melancholy story reflecting the author's grief after the death of her mother. It features a new character, Toft, which Jansson based on herself. When Toft arrives at the usually busy Moominhouse, there's no-one there."

https://i.pinimg.com/originals/48/e5/a0/48e5a0d9322a1903422bcf2ebb0a3e01.jpg

Which reminds me - if you Google Hildur Guðnadóttir, a tonne of publicity photos were taken in a studio that she uses. At first I thought it was her house, but it's actually one of those quasi-home studios along the lines of Hotel2Tango etc. Nonetheless it looks like a life goal:
https://headphonecommute.com/app/uploads/2021/06/by-viktor3-1048x699.jpg
https://www.dv.is/wp-content/uploads/2019/12/1edbdeaac93c6aaa91618709f04271d36fd0-1024x658-1024x658.jpg

In fact she literally seems to live inside the Ikea catalogue, which makes me wonder if she is computer-generated as well:
https://www.friendsoffriends.com/home-stories/string-theory-hildur-gudnadottir-reimagines-instruments-and-lets-the-robots-play/

adam gopnick can check on that for you

Aside from everything else great about those images, I very much want her blanket.

For fans of Tove, this is well worth checking out:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=StO-NmkK5Aw

Nancy Panel By Ernie Bushmiller pic.twitter.com/VdQo1zPRhT

— Nancy Comics by Ernie Bushmiller (@JohnnyCallicutt) February 2, 2023

What gym is this and why am I not a member?? pic.twitter.com/cSKA9si04Y

— Jillian Michaels (@JillianMichaels) December 11, 2014

Me in 5 years

doing a four ounce curl

Somebody say Dickel?

https://newschannel9.com/resources/media/300ce237-6dd2-42b3-919c-94c3a8db18b3-medium16x9_TamiManisLongestMulletFemale_00016.jpeg

goddamit

maybe it's for the best

88 year old Johnny Mathis looking like he’s back in town to settle an old score. pic.twitter.com/G9rvJr6Cef

— Richard Harland Smith (@RHarlandSmith) March 30, 2024