Emily Truelove

An Edward Gorey drawing showing a morose looking black bird on a branch. He (and this feels very much like a he) is pointing downwards with one scraggly wing, and looking straight ahead with debt-filled eyes. His beak is long and sharp, like winter on the Great Plains. He is pointing with his right wing, but this means he is pointing to your left. Your wicked, sinister side. This is no accident. The Bird makes no such mistakes. But he is talking, and the text tells us that he is saying, "Beware of this and that." Honestly, you feel his message in your bones.

Some days I just feel like this Edward Gorey bird gets it.

Figurines of Brady Bunch and Partridge Family fighting each other

I have created a diorama of the Partridge family attacking the Brady Bunch family. My life is very boring.

Excited to be a contributor in the book, "We Will Survive: True Stories of Encouragement, Inspiration, and the Power of Song,” by Gloria Gaynor. #InvestInWomen #InspireInclusion #womenshistorymonth #internationalwomensday
@thebookofnadias.bsky.social

That site is an absolute goldmine for this sort of thing and if you search for his name there, you’ll find another four interviews with him too, plus so much more

Have you heard these marvellous interviews from 1979? connectedhistoriesofthebbc.org/play/?id=103

Mycena chloroxantha

Mycena chloroxantha photographed recently in Oxapampa, Peru. The round cells are cherocytes which make up the universal veil - whitish, spiny acanthocytes are also visible. Described in 1983 from Brazil by Rolf Singer.

Mushroom Observer # 628987 / iNat 341877230

#fungifriends #mycology #mycena

The Aurora Tree apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap26030...
The unusual Earth-sky collaboration was witnessed in March of 2017 in Iceland.

My Etsy shop is restocked with giclée prints of some of my original watercolour artworks like this rabbit painting. Good news for US customers & I’m now able to deliver prints tariff free.
Shop link:
zoesstudioshop.etsy.com

#art #rabbit #spring #nature #watercolor #watercolour #artwork #artprint

Plaque with swallow (Late Period - Hellenistic Period (400-30 BCE)) Museo Egizio, Turin, Italy

Plaque with swallow (Late Period - Hellenistic Period (400-30 BCE))

Museo Egizio, Turin, Italy

Lots of new life to look forward to…
A side angle of my embroidery, Nestled. Completely freehand stitched in May 2025, with as many overlapping textures and shiny threads as I could fit in! 😉🪡🌿🌸🪻🌀 #stitchedart #embroidery #spring #thesewingsongbird

#StreetArt in #Paris 13th

Acrylic painting of a barn owl with a human third eye, sitting in a hole in a tree.

An oldie from 2017, another tiny painting. Utilizing the third eye again, a human eye, referencing our connection to nature.

"Sight"
Acrylic on canvas
4" x 4"

#art #painting #surrealism #owls #birds #nature #contemporaryart

Captain Davis Dalton. How to Swim. New York and London: G. P. Putnam's Sons, The Knickerbocker Press, 1899. Beige cover, decoration of man swimming.

Book Cover of the Day:

Fairy Tales and Legends - Very extensive collection

Arabic, Celtic, Norse, Roma, Greek, Italian, many more...

sacred-texts.com/neu/index.htm

#Books
#BookSky
#FairyTales
#Legends
#Sagas

Aliens must be watching Earth like, "This season is fire."

'The highest pitch of refined emotion': The tragic romance hidden in a 19th-Century painting. "Hellelil and Hildebrand, The Meeting on the Turret Stairs"

More photos and information about this fascinating #painting: www.bbc.com/culture/arti...

Comic panel, art by Harry Peters. Wonder Woman bursts free from her bonds. WITH THE RETURN OF HER MIGHTY STRENGTH WONDER WOMAN BURSTS HER BONDS. WHY DID THEY BIND ME WITH SUCH SMALL CHAINS? IT'S AN INSULT!

Morning Bluesky.

Elements from Egyptian and Greek mythology are combined in this delicate figure. The view taken here is that Anubis is represented, wearing military costume and breastplate that signify his role as a fighter against the enemies of Osiris. He holds a staff topped by a cone-shaped object - the thyrsus carried by followers of Dionysus with whom the Greeks equated Osiris. In his other hand he carries a falcon. On the other hand, the snout and ears appear short for Anubis and more like those of a cat, and the short dress can be worn by Artemis who is associated with Bastet. The identity of the figure is, therefore, not certain. Roman, from Egypt, 2nd-3rd century CE. Height: 1 15/16 in. (4.9 cm) Met Museum, New York (67.190)

This l’il fella is a gold amulet from Roman Egypt, possibly representing the Egyptian god Anubis as a defender of Osiris-Dionysus. He wears a military tunic and breastplate, signifying him as a defender of Osiris; he also holds a thyrsus of Dionysus, equated with Osiris. 🏺 1/

📸 me #MetMuseum

Cluely CEO Roy Lee admits to publicly lying about revenue numbers last year | TechCrunch The $7 million in annual recurring revenue that Cluely CEO Roy Lee shared last summer was a lie, its founder and CEO Roy Lee admitted on Thursday on X.

Who could possibly have predicted that a company whose slogan is "cheat on everything" would cheat?

techcrunch.com/2026/03/05/c...

Ceratiomyxa sphaerosperma from Mera, Pastaza, Ecuador. This tiny slime mold makes its spores on little stalks, giving it a distinctive appearance. My favorite feature of these are the glass-like stems.

Olympus OM-1 / 90mm macro lens / MC20 2x teleconverter

My favourite Pompeii fresco: the dog’s expression kills me, like ‘nothing good will come from this’, Helen of Troy meets Paris.

My favourite Pompeii fresco: the dog’s expression kills me, like ‘nothing good will come from this’, Helen of Troy meets Paris.

Humans Sketched Oddly Precise Geometric Patterns Onto Ostrich Eggs 60,000 Years Ago Prehistoric humans had a surprisingly sophisticated understanding of geometric rules, as this study suggests.

Humans Sketched Oddly Precise Geometric Patterns Onto Ostrich Eggs 60,000 Years Ago gizmodo.com/humans-sketc...

A 2-foot-tall specimen of the Pongapong flower (Amorphophallus paeoniifolius) in full bloom during the rainy season. It looks like a witch's hat and is one of the rarest plants found in the Masungi georeserve, the Philippines.

bit.ly/49Nnfo8

FT comments section this morning - saying what everyone else is thinking, right?

Basset buds. #photography #dogs #bassethound

NASA unveils dazzling new images of the ‘Cat’s Eye Nebula’ The space-based telescopes Hubble and Euclid combined forces to capture the vibrant remains of a dying star in stunning new detail

NASA unveils dazzling new images of the “Cat’s Eye Nebula” www.scientificamerican.com/article/nasa...

Someone should ask Trump what his views are on the Spanish inquisition & whether he was expecting it 😅😅😅

Stunning photos reveal the 'blood moon' total lunar eclipse Don’t worry if you missed Tuesday’s total lunar eclipse. These images show the celestial marvel from around the world

Don’t worry if you missed Tuesday’s total lunar eclipse. These images show the celestial marvel from around the world

a pack of kittens closes in a a large dog standing on a chair

David Attenborough [whispering]:

“As the predators close in on their helpless prey, we can only watch in silent horror, for it is not man’s role to interfere in the hierarchy of nature.”