"Cat on Bamboo Branch" (also referred to as "Cat and Full Moon") and is attributed to the Japanese artist Ohara Koson (1877–1945), and was created about 1930

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Glass beads were a luxury product in Bronze Age central Europe. These 3,000 year-old beads were found in the pile-dwelling settlements of Sipplingen and Hagnau-Burg at Lake Constance. They were probably made in the Alpine foothills from raw glass imported from Italy. 📷 @almbawue.bsky.social 🏺

Red trio, with bonus parkour slug in background #FungiFriday

Do not clean up your garden yet, I am still growing my exoskeleton under the dead leaves

'FIDDLE-DE-DEE, SAID SCARLETT, WE’LL TALK ABOUT THE BEAM TOMORROW, FOR TOMORROW IS ANOTHER DAY!'

Some favors from the newly thawed woods

In the late 1800s the US gov killed more than 3 million buffalo to intentionally starve Native communities and disrupt cultural lifeways. Today, tribes are working to bring the buffalo back. 1,500 buffalo were returned to tribes last year.

Grocery shopping today. Chance of shenanigans: 40%

All Saints Church, Honington, Suffolk A #unicorn on a 15th Century bench. #Medieval #Woodensday #WoodcarvingWednesday

It is a burden to be filled with such whimsy, such love for small creatures, and such an artistic melancholy but someone has to do it

Vintage chonkus. Photo from my collection, ca. 1950s.

when will society finally accept pajamas as business casual wear

Also - Christian Slater! 🤩😻🎆

Looking at cats on the internet makes everything better 🐈‍⬛

'Snow at Miyajima' - Kawase Hasui, 1928. #ToriiTuesday #shinhanga #JapaneseArt

Spectacular octopus from the floor of the women’s changing room at the Central Baths in ancient Herculaneum. 📷 by me #MosaicMonday #Archaeology

Thare sure are somb dum motorfoukers oute thare.. .

Wishing all women the ability to earn the favor of the deep woods and command dark forest magic on this international women’s day

Daylight Saving Time is a myth. Tell your boss the only rhythms you respond to are the eternal ebb and flow of the sea and the sleep cycles of the ancient creatures that slumber in the deep and dark places of the world.

Time has no meaning and clocks aren't real. Cast aside these notions and your human form. Become one with the fog that flows through the forest, and become both old and new again, forever. Or have some tea.

A Steller's Jay posing prettily for you 💙🖤 #Birds #BirdOfTheDay #Photogenic #Stunday #BackyardBirds #Edmonds #Photography #LightAndShade #Jays #Corvids

"I've just sucked one hour of your life away... what did this do to you? Tell me. And remember, this is for posterity… so be honest."

I purposely do not have clocks. My laptop and phone change themselves. Problem solved.

Travel is a good way to expand your mind. It's also a good way to find portals to other worlds hidden behind bookshelves, and collectible goblin bones in the old forest.

It's the weekend, baby

Use your words.

Push back on colonization and religious supremacy. At every turn. Push back. Allies too. This is the time for your truth to be part of the path. 🪶

if bob ross was still around we wouldn’t be in this pickle

It’s the perfect day to disappear into a quaint bookstore, never to be seen again.

Hello it’s our weekend 😼🪩

Someday, the old witch will return and lift the curse placed upon you. Your human shell will crack open and a cloud of clattering ravens will emerge and disappear into the fog which covers the moors.

Luckily AI will never instruct me to do any heinous things as I take all of my violent orders from old tree gods deep in the forest

my retirement plan is the collapse of civilization

Do something nice for yourself every day. Enjoy a fancy coffee, take a little walk, or craft a den of twigs & wildflowers in the old forest, retreat inside, and sleep for 1,000 years in mossy peace.

who else up trying to find their whimsy

foraging whimsy by grabbing things from an invisible tree like a mime

A juban silk kimono, a type of traditional Japanese under-kimono, dating back to approximately the 18th century. The garment features a purple ground with a complex pattern of autumn grasses, fans, and poem cards (shikishi), known in Japanese as Murasaki-ji Akigusa Senmen Shikishi Sanmon-yō Juban.

Good night, Bluesky! Don't forget tonight's lunar eclipse!🌕 Full Moon rising at the Wild Horses Monument, Vantage, Washington 📸Jack Darling

your moment of calm: sea potatoes! potatoes of the sea!

Setagaya Hachimangu Shrine, Tokyo. #ToriiTuesday #Shinto #Japan

Brothers and Sisters. Postcard from my collection, 1905.

Happy International Rescue Cat Day to my loves, Francie and Marcel. I'm obviously a big advocate for rescue animals but FIV+ cats have a special place in my heart. If anyone ever has questions about caring for FIV kitties I'm always happy to answer. 1/2

Paul Sheldon is about to have a really bad time… #NowPlaying #Misery

“There was only a pine tree, three pebbles and some dry grass.”

They always have trillions of dollars for illegal wars in the Mideast, but SCOFF in your face and clutch their pearls when you ask for universal healthcare. You are all being played.

A 2,000 year-old Roman blue glass drinking cup found in Trier, Germany. Rheinisches Landesmuseum Trier 📷 by me #Archaeology

My pen was being stubborn so I turned my test loops into a jellyfish 🪼