Not Alice

To prepare for some baby seal scooting, here are 5 minutes of the 15% Crescent moon scooting across the sky.

Not a story you will see many MSM national newspapers leading on. Their owners would never approve.

Ethiopian artist Makeda Bizuneh, The Roofs in the Moonlight (c.2013) #WomensArt

Bientôt la Saint Valentin...

Pair or light purple corsage orchid flowers

These flowers are almost 3 weeks old now. It’s probably close to the end for them.

Cattleya trianae ‘Purple Dream’

#orchid #flower #gardening #bloomscrolling #photography #naturephotography 🌱🌴🪴sky

Mañana celebramos San Valentín en el instituto y me he comprado un broche temático.

first time in new york since zohran took office and other than having to recite the shahada on arrival at laguardia nothing much has changed

🎉 Happy International Day of Women and Girls in Science 🔬

On 11 February, we celebrate the important contributions of women to the STEM disciplines.

Find out more about CERN’s #WomenInScience2026, where we feature six scientists: home.cern/news/news/kn...

Painting featuring a young white woman standing in front of her dressing table facing forwards holding her long dark hair as if in the act of dressing looking outwards with hopeful expression

Zinaida Serebriakova's 'Self-Portrait at the Dressing-Table', 1909, reflects a candid depiction of daily life, highlighting a modern, confident, autonomous young woman #WomensArt

Continuing this week with a red gem - Oncidium Star of Jersey. Small petite red flowers from the strong component of noezlianum in this hybrid. 🌿

#orchids #orquídeas #nature #conservation

Joni Mitchell A Reason To Smile

Joni Mitchell
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Timeline cleanse from Dan Rather. Joni Mitchell has been a force in the world of music spanning 6 decades. She is a global treasure. Link to live music included
#DanRather #JoniMitchell #SundayVibes #BlueCrew

Imagine being the most powerful man in the world and being this much of a whiney victim BITCH.

Good god what a child

I found the dumbest most pathetic post on the internet today:

February 5th 2026
Osteospermum

I'm talking about friends these days. And loneliness. This watercolour print is called Friends Matter. Even animal ones. Look: we matter, and we matter to each other. Love is what connects us. To ourselves. To each other. To nature. To the animals. To the earth. Friends matter! You matter to me.

a meme — the top says “My dog just got a haircut and now he looks like he gave up drinking and got his life together” and underneath are 2 photos of a dog (a schnauzer i think?). on the left, the “before,” he’s scruffy and in need of a haircut and a bath. and on the right, the “after,” he’s clean and clipped and wearing a jaunty red bow tie and looking very dapper indeed.

i don’t know if it’s the jaunty bow tie or what but i cannot stop laughing at this

Hillary was right about everything….

OBAMA: “People make excuses for him. They say he’s not serious. Everything a president says is serious!”🔥

Rainforests are Earth's biodiversity powerhouses,home to half the world's species despite tiny land coverage. Yet primary forest loss hit alarming highs in recent years, driven by farming, logging & fires.

Tomorrow, Thursday, is the first day of the next weekly challenge.
This coming week (Week 6) , the challenge is photos on the topic of
Macro
Remember to tag your photo #fajweeklychallenge2026
fotosbyfaj.com

Gardner Symons (American, 1863-1930). Late Afternoon, Shelburne Falls (oil on canvas).

funny how the man who cost the Washington Post hundreds of thousands in subscriptions by canceling the paper's presidential endorsement—almost certainly the most destructive decision in the history of the paper, if not journalism itself—still has his job

Sunset, Sutro Heights Park, San Francisco 5:34p 2/4/26 @trachkids.bsky.social

Hazel catkins with it's tiny tiny flower

#nature #wildflowers #photography

Lake Dingenskirchen

Guten Morgen ☀️ Himmelblau 💙

But Bezos had $75 million to spend on Melania’s vanity project.

Green soft looking moss ball with some longer tendrils sticking out.

Fluffy ball of moss
#moss