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Morning.

It could be one more weird anomaly in this unending cycle of what the fuck.

#FoggyFriday 🍂

I am not sure but I think this is sorrel growing on the ground and on a tree trunk.

"An act of goodness is of itself an act of happiness."
-Maurice Maeterlinck

goodnight awesome people💜🎶💜

They can’t make threats and force you to do stuff you don’t want to do if they’re unconscious or dead.

Protesters in Chicago holding American Flags, a Chicago flag and a sign that says “ Save our Democracy”

I protest, in the sincerity of love and honest kindness.

[Exit King.]

Granted, I liked the imaginary people on the entertainment feed way more than I liked real ones, but you can’t have one without the other.

Closeup of half a dozen red maple leaves, suspended mid-air by (near-invisible) spider web threads in a vertical line such that it looks almost like a composite image of a leaf tumbling down from the tree, twirling as it falls. Dark greenery blurry in the background.

Photos from today's walk at the Seattle Japanese Garden (thread). I was quite taken with these red leaves, dangling by a bit of spiderweb in a way that made them look like they were falling.

#photography #PNW #autumn #FallColors #nature #red #31DaysOfHalloween #SeattleJapaneseGarden

Another image from this summer Greenland adventures, this time during a moody day with a bit of fog, and the signature red sails.

For my entire existence, at least the parts I could remember, I had done nothing but accept the inevitable. I was tired of it.

#Photographer Bernd Nowack Shares the Story Behind Viral #Photo of the #Moon Perfectly Centered Behind a #Tree

Link for more info: mymodernmet.com/full-moon-tr...

UPDATE: I saw it happen! At the Birds Canada research station at the tip of Long Point I watched an expert ever-so-gently and carefully put one of these tiny tags on a monarch. Let me walk you through the steps (1/4)

Prove that you're human song

I tell people that the problem is not coming up with ideas, I think of a couple dozen of them a day. The real problem is knowing which of the damn things is any good for writing up. Most of them are junk. I have to let them roll around in my brain a while to find out which is which.

Aspen forest in the fog - September, Colorado.

Rich sunset light filters through the aspens near Marble, Colorado.

Golden aspen leaves flutter to the ground on a breezy day at the tail end of autumn in the San Juan Mountains of Colorado

Golden light in golden aspens deep in the West Elk Wilderness, Colorado.

Walking through a grove of golden quaking #aspens is one of nature's most beautiful experiences, like entering a natural cathedral with sacred light. See my gallery of #Colorado #fallcolors photos here: www.mountainphotography.com/gallery/autu...

Cleaning up my phone camera roll to make room for more. Found some #cloud #timelapse videos I don’t think I’ve shared from June 2024, plus the sounds of #bees #pollinating. #CapCut

Photo of a missing slice of cheesecake that looks like a cheesecake hull floating in a deep blue ocean. The "ocean" is actually the blueberry topping on the large cheesecake that we don't see completely.

All I saw was cheesecake boat and ocean for at least 5 minutes

Abbey the tabby bengal cat on a chair

Abbey the tabby bengal cat laying in an open gate, surrounded by grass

Sunlight through maple leaves

Nice day with Abbey today

Can’t stop watching this #cloud

🎵 Peace Somehow - Avi Kaplan

Some spectacular #clouds over New Providence, NJ yesterday. I wish I had time to capture more of the ones in the beginning, but I’m in town for work and only had a few minutes to sit in wonder. #timelapse #CapCut

Alas, this is a child

Smith Rock State Park, Oregon

#RockinTuesday #Photography #Travel #outdoors #PhotographersOfBluesky #eastcoastkin #Scape #Landscape #Oregon #BlueSkyKin #EastCoastKin

A waning crescent moon, setting directly behind the summit of a snow-covered Middle Teton.

The Moon over Middle Teton, Grand Teton National Park. September, 2019.

📷 Fujifilm X-T3 + XF100-400mmF4.5-5.6 R LM OIS WR
🎞 400 mm – 1/550″ – f/8 – ISO 160
🏷️ #NationalParks #Landscapes #Photography

Cotton candy #sunset last night near Leavenworth, WA

Pilai, our wrinkled hornbill, is 30 years young and just discovered the pure joy of plush fish for enrichment, behind the scenes. 🐟💖

📹: Keeper Katie

Last night at Moth Night, we saw a lot more than moths. The highlight was happening upon this beaver absolutely chowing down on some wood, corn on the cob style. You’re gonna want to put your sound on for this one.

USAID didn’t fail. It fed 127,000 kids—then was erased mid-crisis. No speech. No tribute. Just silence. They didn’t end a program. They liquidated a covenant. The last American promise not built on conquest—but care.
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