#BerenBanana showing off & trying (unsuccessfully) to get #Wally to play 🍌💛

She may stink after swimming in that pond, but I can't deny her something that brings her so much joy.

Meet Chocolate, he comes over weekly for some swimming to relieve arthritis pain. He started 6 weeks ago, and it seems to be helping. His Dad is my market neighbor. #SeniorDog

Blue enjoying his afternoon swim.

Ukrainian artist, Oleksandra Bulatova Working primarily with acrylic and lacquer on fiberboard

The Daily Rothno is a house wall in Lucca #aofoto

"Listen to the mustn'ts, child. Listen to the don'ts. Listen to the shouldn'ts, the impossibles, the won'ts. Listen to the never haves, then listen close to me... Anything can happen, child. Anything can be." ~ Shel Silverstein

Lone doe back, eating succulent tomato plants.

A stroll in summer woods

Light And Colour Joseph Mallord William Turner

Don’t forget to stop and smell the flowers. 🌱

NEW YORK (AP) — Judge orders E. Jean Carroll be paid $5M after jury found President Trump sexually abused and defamed her.

My person sent me a picture of this wonder today. ✨

"...tell the old story for our modern times. "Find the beginning." Emily Wilson’s translation of Homer's The Odyssey.

That Lupita Nyong’o’s looks have made some of the most powerful men go completely insane and fight over her inclusion in this movie only goes to prove that Nolan casting her was absolutely correct bsky.app/profile/dail...

Like not to be funny but that is like the entire premise of the Odyssey

She knows I’m still not feeling well.

John Singer Sargent (1856-1925) — Corfu Lights and Shadows.

The cease fire is de-ceased.

Brent Crude price up 5%

Mmmmm.

Be good-natured and untidy in your exuberance. - Mary Oliver

Repeated US attacks, the revocation of a license for the sale of Iranian oil, the violation of Iran’s arrangements in the Strait of Hormuz and continued Israeli attacks in Lebanon “have rendered important and fundamental parts of the memorandum of understanding to end the war ineffective.”-Iran FM

“Sing in me, Muse, and through me tell the story of that man skilled in all ways of contending, the wanderer, harried for years on end…” Homer, The Odyssey; translation by Robert Fitzgerald (1961)

Sun burning off the fog on a Nova Scotia #morning. #atlanticocean #birds #sky

Rain on blue.

"I taught myself off records, Memphis Slim, them old piano players, then added to it. Yeah, hard and loud, beat it to pieces." BOTD blues piano master Joe Willie “Pinetop” Perkins Born: July 7, 1913, Belzoni, MS Died: March 21, 2011, Austin, TX

Took the old hound for a paddle, he's 13 next month.

For those of us who are blessed to spend these days with a grey muzzle Our hearts nearly burst with love as we watch them peacefully sleeping We cherish every moment of love and joy they bring to our lives And we give thanks for every day they're by our side 💙🐾 #art #dogs #gratitude

Just wow.

"Fair" - acrylic miniature 2.5" x 3.5" on claybord panel. One of my paintings that bring back memories of past farm fairs. #traditionalpainting #acrylicpainting #miniaturepainting #belgianhorse #horsepainting #horse #horseart #judylalingopaintings #realismpainting #animalart #animalpainting #art

Charlie Ink. Sepia? #contemporaryart #traditionalart #art #artsky. #dog #drawing #fineart #art #traditionalart #figure #ink #animal www.rmhershberger.com

Getting ready for a big kids' class tomorrow, but took a few minutes to do a quick sketch of Frida Kahlo on her birthday. I want to paint her again when I have time to do her justice.

Chloe's been laying under my little TV tray table a lot lately, I think it must be cozy there

#Delmarva may be small. It may be a backwater. Besides being beautiful, it is an historical treasure. It plays a central role in American history. This is the Bucktown General Store, where #HarrietTubman was hit with a lead weight. Learn about her here: www.markontheshore.net/2025/02/13/h...

Georgia O'Keeffe - Blue – A, 1959

I just learned that Theaterworks Hartford had a production called Circus Fire last April & May. twhartford.org/portfolio-it...

Universally, all of my posts are about southwestern Connecticut weather. However, I want to post this: I thoroughly enjoy Bluesky. It reminds me very much of the original Twitter. I don't have nearly the "reach" I had on Twitter, but this platform gives me "peace of mind." Thank you.

Ahoy, Shipmates & Friends! Happy #MelvilleMonday ! 🐳

The Hartford Circus Fire was 82 years ago today. connecticuthistory.org/the-hartford...

A friend sent me a photo of a paper wasp🐝 building its nest. The material it uses to anchor the nest looks very much like urushi. If it really is urushi, this could suggest that insects were making practical use of urushi long before humans did.

I’m planning to ask a university to analyze the material and determine whether it is actually urushi.

This subdued air of softness, too, was toned with melancholy; a thing which still the more attested his earnestness; for one knows not how it is, but it sometimes happens that, where earnestness is, there, also, is melancholy. The Confidence Man. 5 Happy #MelvilleMonday, dear friends!

“In 1841, the earnest young man sneaked out on his unpaid landlady and signed on with the New Bedford whaler Acushnet, bound for the South Seas. He was 21, eager and shockingly open-minded, yearning not just to see but to live.” #MelvilleMonday

Happy #Melvillemonday 🐳 ! „…I never go as a passenger; nor, though I am something of a salt, do I ever go to sea as a Commodore, or a Captain, or a Cook. I abandon the glory and distinction of such offices to those who like them.“ Herman Melville Moby Dick CHAPTER 1. Loomings.

Look at all those lightning bugs!

Embroidery journal: Chasing lightning bugs.

“For those who cannot visit in person, the virtual tour has the same information with photographs.”