"Be still and the earth will speak to you." (Navajo proverb)

Théo Schmied (French, 1900-1985). Bois gravé/woodblock print, 1942. Illustration for Contes de Beau Caquet, Histoire de l’écureuil Croque-Noisette et de La Pie Beau-Caquet, written by Georgette Vaumale. #ThéoSchmied #woodblock #squirrel #printmaking #illustration #animalsinart

Aurel Bauh (Romanian, 1900-1964). Leaving the village, 1937-1946. #aurelbauh #photography #blackandwhitephotography #romanianphotographer #tree #dreamscape

Édouard Boubat (French, 1923-1999). Champs de Tournesols (Sunflower Fields), Ile de France, 1987. Gelatin silver print. #édouardboubat #photography #blackandwhitephotography #sunflowers

Acis autumnalis. Illustration from "Flore des serres et des jardin de l’Europe," v. 19, 1845. #acisautumnalis #leucojumautumnale #autumnsnowflake #flowers #whiteflowers #bulbs #gardening #illustration

Spiderwebs in the forest. #spiderwebs #frontinellapyramitela #bowlanddoilyspiders #sheetweaver

Virve Lilja (Finnish, b. 1968). Acrylic on canvas, 2015. Website: www.virvelilja.fi #virvelilja #art #painting #finnishartist

Torbjörn Zetterholm (Swedish, 1921-2007). Beach plants. Color lithograph. #torbjörnzetterholm #beach #shore #flowers #grasses #lithograph #printmaking

Photograph by Vladimir Sychev (Russian, b. 1945), Moscow, 1970. #vladimirsychev #photography #streetphotography #blackandwhitephotography #woman #cat

In the garden today. #kniphofia #cosmos #flowers #flowerphotography

Posting this for no reason other than it makes me smile. 🔹Takeo Takei (Japanese, 1894-1983). Detail from the magazine Kodomo no kuni (published 1922-1933). #TakeoTakei #Kodomonokuni #コドモノクニ #illustration

Vivien Leigh (as Titania) from A Midsummer Night's Dream at The Old Vic Theatre, 1937. Photograph by J.W. Debenham. Mander and Mitchenson Collection, University of Bristol. #photography #blackandwhitephotography #vivienleigh #actress #theater #titania #shakespeare #midsummernight'sdream

"A poem cannot stop a bullet. A novel can't defuse a bomb... But we are not helpless... We can sing the truth and name the liars." - Salman Rushdie

Otmar Schick (Czech, d. 1940). Leaving. 1934. #photography #otmarschick

Robert Doisneau (French, 1912-1994). Daisies - Annette Doisneau, Perrette Chaboureau in Summer 1945. #robertdoisneau #photography #humanistphotography #blackandwhitephotography #summer #daisies

In light of Trump’s worsening cruelty, vindictiveness, and ever more belligerent attacks on democracy, many of you ask: “What can I do now?” Here are a baker’s dozen of recommendations. https://robertreich.substack.com/p/what-you-can-do-f3d

Mary Newcomb (British, 1922-2008). Collared doves lifted by light. 1998. Oil on canvas. #marynewcomb #doves #art #britishartist #painting #oilpainting

Sarah Gillespie. Drawing of the Great Tiger Moth, commissioned by the Royal Albert Memorial Museum Exeter for WILD. Artist's website: www.sarahgillespie.co.uk #sarahgillespie #greattigermoth #moth #drawing

"Worry does not empty tomorrow of its sorrow; it empties today of its strength." 🔹 Corrie Ten Boom (Dutch, 1892-1983)

July 6 is International Kissing Day. 💋 Reggie Speller (English, 1898-?). A kiss from the lamb of the year. 1939. #reggiespeller #internationalkissingday #kiss #lamb #girl #blackandwhitephotography

I am grieving the barbarism that is going to unfurl from all this. People are going to die. Livelihoods gone. All to feed a corrupt kleptocracy. I see every day up close how different it is from the first time around. There are no guardrails. A disaster. I’m sorry we have to live through this.

“We do not escape into philosophy, psychology, and art - we go there to restore our shattered selves into whole ones.” Anaïs Nin

June 7 beach walk. #photography #photographersofbsky #blackandwhitephotography #beach #sand #patterns #salishsea

Early June jumble. #gardening #pnwgardening #flowerphotography #gardenphotography #bloomscrolling #thalictrum #lychnis #lilium #anthericum #silene #geranium

Helgi Arason (Icelander, 1893-1972). Ingimundur Björnsson and goat, at Kvísker, 1931. Collection of the National Museum of Iceland. #photography #vintagephotography #blackandwhitephotography #iceland #kvisker #helgiarason #goat #boy #nationalmuseumoficeland

The garden, today. #pnwgardening #gardening #flowers #gardenphotography #aquilegia #columbine #silene #catchfly #iris #hemerocallis #daylily #lunaria

A moment in the garden. #giliatricolor #lewisia #pnwgardening

This.

Jorōgumo (Edo period, 1603 to 1868). In Japanese folklore, a type of yōkai in the form of a demonic spider, that takes the form of a beautiful woman, seducing and consuming unwary men. #jorōgumo #yōkai #spider #spiderwoman #folklore #japanesefolklore #supernaturalbeings #絡新婦 #じょろうぐも

Maria Noblé (Shchukina). Queen of Hearts and Queen of Spades etchings, ca. 2010s. #printmaking #etching #queenofhearts #queenofspades #cat #marianoblé #playingcard

Romualdas Požerskis (Lithuanian, b. 1951). Untitled, 1970s. #romualdaspožerskis #photography #blackandwhitephotography #lithuanianphotographer #kiss

Last year, a team of researchers sounded the alarm about how the growing use of AI was leading to increasing amounts of water consumption. In recent months, a pair of new reports have indicated that AI will require even more water in coming years than those first researchers estimated.

“Once upon a time, when women were birds, there was the simple understanding that to sing at dawn and to sing at dusk was to heal the world through joy. The birds still remember what we have forgotten, that the world is meant to be celebrated.” ― Terry Tempest Williams

In European tradition, the night of April 30 to May 1 is that of Walpurgis, symbolizing the end of winter and identified with the witches' sabbath. [Image from the margin of a 1440 manuscript, "Le Champion des Dames" by Martin Le Franc.] #walpurgis

Wolfgang Moersch. Bärlauch-Teppich, Schlosspark Brühl (Wild garlic carpet, Brühl Palace Park), 2025. Holga 120N, Trix in efd, Kallitype onto HPR, developer Rochelle salt and Sodium tungstate mixture. #wolfgangmoersch #photography #kallitype #landscapephotography #woodland #wildgarlic #allium

Huge tonight: ‼️ A coalition led by @democracyforward.org files a massive lawsuit asserting DOGE actions are illegal and unconstitutional. "When the President takes for himself the legislative power of Congress to recreate federal agencies in the manner he sees fit, he violates the Constitution."

Tuesday Riddell (English, b. 1992). Beneath the Moon. Gold leaf, silver leaf, gold powder and paint on japanned board, 2019. Website: tuesdayriddell.com. #tuesdayriddell #art #japanninglacquer #japanning #owl #moon

Heinrich Kühn (Austrian-German, 1866-1944). Stillleben. Blumen im Glas und Karaffe (Still life. Flowers in a glass and carafe), 1912. Autochrome. #heinrichkühn #photography #stilllife #autochrome #flowers

Protesters spell out their protest on Ocean Beach in San Francisco, April 19, 2025. (Stephen Lam/AP)

"Can you plant a garden to stop a war? It depends how you think about time. It depends what you think a seed does, if it’s tossed into fertile soil." Such a moving read: www.themarginalian.org/2021/04/23/g...

Hiromi Nishizaka にしざか ひろみ (Japanese, b. 1979). Spring Night. Pen (ink), watercolor, paper. 2013. nishizaka.net #hirominishizaka #spring #springnight #art #inkandwatercolor

“America is in even greater danger because of its cult of toughness, its hatred of sensitivity, and someday it may have to pay a price for this, because atrophy of feeling creates criminals.” ― Anaïs Nin, The Diary of Anaïs Nin, Vol. 3: 1939-1944

Daniel Garber (American, 1880-1958). Springtime in the Village, 1917. Oil on canvas. #danielgarber #landscapepainting #painting #art #spring

Yesterday was incredible. The official count is in — 5.2 million people joined the #HandsOff protest nationwide. So many are asking: what’s next? Mark your calendars: 4/19 is the next nationwide day of protest.

“To those who do not know that the world is on fire, I have nothing to say.” ― Bertolt Brecht

She wore her yellow sun-bonnet, She wore her greenest gown; She turned to the south wind And curtsied up and down. She turned to the sunlight And shook her yellow head, And whispered to her neighbour: ‘Winter is dead.’ ― A.A. Milne 🎨 James Stuart Park (Scottish, 1862-1933). Daffodils.

Senator @booker.senate.gov is still on the floor. 16 hours and 24 minutes. He is now blocking the confirmation of Matthew Whitaker to NATO. GO, CORY, GO!