Google-doodle

This morning as I browse around clutching my coffee and hope it soothes my painful throat I noticed that the Google illustration today was Ernest Shackleton's birthday. I like the occasional illustrations they use *enormously* and so decided to include a handful of recent ones that I found logged here in this wonderful compendium page

Anyway, here are some others I particularly like....

This is for Thomas Edison's birthday on February 11th

and I especially adored the Jules Verne 183rd birthday illustration on February 8th, It's a combination of aquatica and steampunk, both styles I love.love.love.

I also love the word clouds of the 50th anniversary of JFK's inaugural on January 20th, though the man himself does look a little bit...odd.

and the ruby red of coming of age day (Japan) on January 10th