Dylan Mirales

i miss when my friends were online
i miss when my friends would post

my dog hates any vehicle that is a combination of big, fast or loud.

to him, a train is an unholy monstrosity that must be banished back to the pits of hell.

One of the most tumblr things I’ve ever encountered was two accounts roleplaying as personifications of two adjacent Pennsylvania counties.

A long exposure shot of water zig zagging through a stream that cuts through rock. Above it are green rhododendrons and trees with yellow leaves.

📷 I watch people slide down the natural water slides along Meadow Run and know if I tried that I’d be bent in half

#ohiopyle #pennsylvania #hiking #nature #naturephotography #landscape #naturalist #statepark #autumn #photography

If Meteos somehow got the Tetris Effect/Lumines Arise treatment it would solve all my problems.

this might be a long shot… but does anyone want to give me like $5 million dollars no strings attached so I can stop working and focus on becoming a true art weirdo

I don’t want to grow the biggest pumpkins. I want to grow the tiniest gourds.

“People keeping asking…”
Dude, just be real. No one has ever asked you anything, you’re just making engagement slop.

take me back to my froyo era

The sun rests just above the horizon as it begins to set over Lake Erie. Its light is reflected in a line on the tops of the ripples in the water.

📷 Slip below the sky

#sunset #lakeerie #greatlakes #photography #landscape #naturalist #naturephotography

Watching the sun dip below Lake Erie

#lakeerie #greatlakes #sunset

Close up of a section of the Milky Way galaxy. A dark band runs between a dusty, yellowish arm of the galaxy.

📷 One day I’ll make some time to get under dark skies again and take some new pictures of the stars (I’ve been saying this for six years)

#astrophotography #milkyway #space #astronomy #galaxy #stargazing

I was out stargazing last night for a little bit last night and at any one time there were at least two or three satellites in my field of vision. It used to be fun to spot one but now it’s a bummer knowing most are just more Space X space junk.

you’re browsing your phone but i’m browsing the astral realm

The clouds glow orange as the sun sets over an alley. Several garages line the right side of the frame. A cracked, road that has been paved over many times extends off into the distance.

📷 Strange light over the alley

the moral of the story is adults are bullshit

I think a lot about where I would be if most of the adults at my high school didn’t discourage me from the sciences just because I wasn’t an honors math student.

wedding planning is tough as it is and now I have to sift through all this ai generated dog shit

close up of moss and lichen growing on a piece of bark

📷 a tiny world on a piece of bark i found on the sidewalk

#moss #lichen #macrophotography #photography #naturalist #nature #macro

I’m quoted in this article! Thanks to the Pittsburgh Union Progress for covering our library fundraising initiative and including the larger context of funding cuts to essential services.

it is important to have a nemesis in your hobby

the body of christ

I’m really digging Silksong so far. I never really clicked with the combat in Hollow Knight, but moving around and fighting as Hornet is tremendous fun.

A monarch butterfly feeds on milkweed flowers

A sweat bee rests on a yellow flower

Here are a couple more

A bumblebee rests on some small purple flowers while collecting pollen

An isopod climbs up a blade of grass

A periodical cicada rests on a leaf

A large Polyphemus moth caterpillar climbs a stick

I present you some bugs in honor of the release of Silksong

#bugs #insects #invertebrate #macrophotography #macro #caterpillar #bee #isopod #cicada #naturalist #hollowknight #naturephotography

People in Pittsburgh have really strong opinions about which local bakeries are the best but I think we should just be grateful that we have several really good bakeries.

i’m going to post some photos tomorrow

it’s exhausting going to sleep every night after seeing the new ways the worst people in the world are being rewarded

An eastern newt in its terrestrial, juvenile stage walks across a decaying log with spots on moss on it. The newt is a bright orange color with bright red spots along its back.

haven’t been on top my photography so here is a newt for the timeline.

#herps #amphibians #salamader #pennsylvania #hiking #photography #wildlife #animals #moss #woodland #macrophotography #macro #redeft

The entire Kennedy family needs to put into quarantine until they get this whole curse thing sorted out. We shouldn’t have to be dealing with their weird uncle and his brain worm pilot.