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Ducks enjoying the deep freeze a few weeks ago.

Multicolored abstract flower shaped

"Sometimes we see what we want to see not what could really be there!" #abstractpainting #blueskyartist #reflectionofreality

Thank you Vester! ☺️

It was probably between him and kid rock.

Close-up woodland floor scene among moss (a bryophyte). A pale lace-like skeletonised leaf lies across a dark decaying leaf, the fine network of veins still intact while the softer leaf tissue has disappeared. Bright green feathery moss surrounds it, with a small woodland seedling and a catkin nearby.

I saw this while looking at moss today...

Snapdragon

Snapdragons are back! This one had a lot to say. 😄

There it is: Noem out, Mullin in

Today's frog is the resplendent shrubfrog.

It would be much easier for me to welcome them back if they gave any indication that they have learned a lesson and won’t repeat the same mistakes again.

Fifty years after New Zealand stopped whaling, humpback population showing signs of recovery Breeding is getting more competitive, suggesting the population is growing, a new study shows.

This is a marvelous change not only for the Humpback whale 🐋 population but for all of us. We need to keep our gentle giants from going extinct.
Fifty years after New Zealand stopped whaling, humpback population showing signs of recovery | RNZ News share.google/X1HB3JFgaePK...

So far the war in Iran has cost an estimated $5.5 billion.

That's roughly $1 billion per day.

$41,666,667 per hour.

$11,574 per second.

People do not want this.

They want a living wage. They want healthcare. They want to be able to afford a home. They want their basic needs met.

Little girl and three owls. Sweden, 1925.

Photography by Oskar Jarén.

#owls #children #nature #oldtimes
#photography #birds #ruleofodds

Illustration by Ella Du Cane from The Canary Islands by Florence Du Cane, London, 1911. #booksky #artsky #travelsky

The team hopes enough chicks will survive this year to bring the world Kākāpō population to 300—a major milestone for a species that was teetering with just 51 individuals in 1995.

A massive bloom of rimu berries in New Zealand fueled a mating surge among the critically endangered Kākāpō. spklr.io/6044E87xp

📸: New Zealand Department of Conservation

Republican Senate hopeful Tim Sheehy admits no records back war wound claim Montana candidate says he was shot in Afghanistan, but ex-ranger says he shot himself at US national park

Someone pointed out sheehy during his campaign claimed to have gotten wounded and a purple heart in Afghanistan. Then a park ranger came forward saying he'd shot himself in a park www.theguardian.com/us-news/2024...

[TW: graphic fracture, sound of breaking bone]

Sen Tim Sheehy (R-Montana) badly breaking the arm of a Marine veteran protesting the war Iran.

✨ A Sprinkle of JoyousJoyness ✨

Cutest yawn ever!

Have a JoyousJoyfulJoyness day!

#happy #cat #cute #joyousjoyness #repost

Abstract poppies on a blue green and yellow background

"Once I learned how to say no, I have less stress in my life!"

A pink and white daylilly thin leaves in the background

"These are what I love about spring!" #flowerphotography

A photograph of a cluster of small white flowers worth yellow centers

I found this beauty in the Estero Americano Coast Preserve above Bodega Bay, California

Fremont’s deathcamas
(Toxicoscordion fremontii)
#flowers #bloomscroll #photography #art

NOEM: I would disagree with the judge

CROCKETT: I'm sure you would, but can you tell me whether or not you have a law degree?

NOEM: A what?

CROCKETT: A law degree

NOEM: No I do no-

CROCKETT: Okay

Such a good song. I’ve found myself thinking of this one a lot lately.

The story behind Nina Simone's protest song, "Mississippi Goddam" | American Masters | PBS It was a bloody Sunday in Birmingham, Alabama on September 15, 1963 that inspired the singer and pianist Nina Simone's famous protest song, "Mississippi

Nina Simone wrote a very powerful protest song called Mississippi Goddamn which ended up leading to her career as a rising black musician to skid off the rails. She writes about the way her government lied to her and millions of other African Americans.
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That was a lot of words to say yes.

They act like if they take accountability for their actions, god will strike them dead. Maybe because they know they deserve it.

Le Petit Général. Handmade linocut print.

#birds #art #linocut #linoprint #printmaking

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I don’t understand how they think the rapture is going to end well for them.

My photo shows part of a limestone wall panel carved in bas relief from the Fifth Dynasty mortuary temple of king Userkaf at Saqqara, Old Kingdom, 2465-2458 BC. It shows a Hoopoe, a crested bird with black and white wing pattern, and an ibis, with long curved beak, amongst papyrus plants in the marshes of the river Nile. My photo was taken in 2022 at the Egyptian Museum in Cairo.

Lovely naturalistic relief of a Hoopoe and Ibis, carved by an Egyptian artisan some 4,500 years ago!

Limestone wall relief from the 5th Dynasty mortuary temple of Userkaf at Saqqara. Egyptian Museum, Cairo 📷 by me

#ReliefWednesday
#Archaeology