#WinterWeddingAdventCalendar Day 18: Edna Hoyt wed Harry B. Rogers in November 1888 at her parents' home in New Canaan, CT. Her silk gown, now in the New Canaan Museum, is exquisitely embroidered with flowers worked in crystalline silver and glass beads that make it sparkle as if rimed with frost.

I'm curious, how many of you have been involved in a shipwreck or boating accident, cruise ship or ferry emergency, or other maritime related incident? I'm thinking of doing an episode or maybe series of personal stories. I would love to hear yours!

It's so winter out there, I miss flowers! Here's some pretty butterfly weed flowers, with a bonus milkweed bug. #bloomscrolling

wake up babe the least surprising plot twist of 2025 just dropped

I’m somewhat nervous sharing this painting as I created it just after my mother passed away in July this year. A ‘loose’ watercolour of a misty wood. As I watch on in the stillness I see a familiar figure drifting away to a peaceful place 🤍 Happy Friday everyone 🕊️ #ArtAdventCalendar #Scape

What's from Chicago, hates Illinois Nazis, and is holy as fuck? It's the Pope in 1982.

I’m beginning to get the impression that many of these congressmen are not “distinguished” nor “gentlemen.”

Posting a photo of Ceausescu’s bathroom for no apparent reason.

Friendly reminder that Republicans are garbage, entirely devoid of empathy, compassion, or honor. They are terrified little babies who are filled with hate, scared to death of anything they don't understand. And they don't understand most things, because they are also deeply incurious.

Just f**k off you drug addled spunk monkey. You’re not from here, you don’t live here, you and your ignorant ramblings are not wanted here. The sooner someone shoots you into space, and you bob around like one of those Russian dogs in the 50s till the air runs out, the better off humanity will be.

This was fantastic, highly recommend watching it.

Take a break from all the doomscrolling and ghastliness and look at my latest creation “Beautiful Mouse with a Stitchwort Garland” Maybe this one should be displayed against the skirting board? Available now for purchase should you require such a thing in your life? Painted on 23 C gold leaf

Who robbed the Louvre? Right answers only.

For leaf kicking autumn strolls this c1890 Worth dress has all of the ingredients of the season. Pumpkin coloured satin and smooth cut velvet panels with flurries of flowers dotted across the bodice and skirt @ngvmelbourne.bsky.social #FashionHistory 🗃️🪡

Everything is terrible, but here are beautiful dalias I saw while out walking the dog. #bloomscrolling

Gonna be thinking about this lede for a minute.

moments ago: pandemonium. a huge mass of border patrol agents, led by greg bovino, pushed the crowd of protesters and started grabbing people at random. leading up to this, folks were just calmly standing in the grass, following isp’s orders. multiple people detained. no clue how many.

Coming Tuesday, Oct 7, "Sir Ernest Shackleton: The Boss." This 2-part series will cover the entire life of the famed explorer. His feats of survival in the face of certain death cemented his place in history and legend. #Shackleton #history #Antarctica #Endurance #skystorians #maritimehistory

I wanted to get a video of this ghost crab but every time I got close to their hole they scuttled back in, so I tried getting clever with it. I made a little sandcastle and shoved my phone into it, hit record, and walked away. Crab was VERY suspicious of this addition to their environment.

One of these rich dudes invested in a food company with all proceeds going to kids in need. The other started Sundance Institute, boosting the lives of countless artists. Hey modern rich dudes, don't be a typical greedy AI crypto-prick, be like these two.

maybe there's still some good left in this world after all

Tiny, colorful baby scallops — a total cuteness overload in one dish! You might think, “This person posts the same creature every year!” But honestly, seeing the same life return year after year is something truly wonderful𓂃🫧‪

Aggressively horrible design. Look at the back seat releases in the interactive - horrifying. 🎁 link

Video of what I'm seeing #birds

Since RFK Jr. is lying to Congress again, it’s worth remembering that he has been a dishonest, entitled, sadistic piece of garbage his entire miserable life. Here’s part one of @iwriteok.bsky.social’s four-part series on the man trying to kill your grandparents & children. overcast.fm/+AA4cUOKLyKE

We shall not flag or fail. We shall fight in Pilsen, we shall fight on the Lakefront Trail, we shall fight them with giardiniera and footwork, we shall defend our city, whatever the cost may be. We shall fight on Lower Lower Wacker, we shall fight in the Jewel; we shall never fucking surrender.

The first of September, who knows where the time goes? Painted on beautiful larger than average vintage Italian folding panels; This icon of a ringed plover and her chick will be available in my September exhibition.

My handsome old man resting in a sunbeam. ❤️

It's #ThreeBirdThursday! Here are some laughing gulls posing nicely for me near the beach on Long Beach Island, NJ.

If Trump tries to deploy troops to Chicago we can just trap them on the Kennedy or the Jane Byrne Interchange like we do with everyone else coming in from the burbs.

What the other loom is doing...the hatching of a greyhound. #dogsofbluesky #sighthounds

Late-forming storms put on quite a light show over Chicago last night. The sonic booms of extremely close strikes and deep, rolling rumbles of distant thunder went on for hours. I caught this shot just before midnight, and moments before I was about to call it quits #ILwx #Chicago

If you are ebook inclined, HORROR MOVIE is $1.99 at all the pixel peddlers. www.harpercollins.com/products/hor...

A quiet moment of reflection at the bird bath as Blue Jay gets a drink #birds

But, of course, this is utter bad faith bullshit from the most corrupt government in US history. I am confident that when this thing ends, whenever that is, it will set records in terms of amount of money, in terms of numbers of activities, in terms of perversion of the national interest. 2/2

This picture of a juvenile secretary bird appeared on my tumblr feed the other day and I haven't stopped thinking about it since. the legs, the hairdo, the expression?? what am I supposed to do with this information

#OTD 24 July, 1915: The SS Eastland was docked in the Chicago River preparing to take employees of the Western Electric Company and their families on a company picnic across Lake Michigan. #maritimehistory #history #skystorians #Chicago

Charles Addams’ cover for July 17th 1954’s The New Yorker. Which is just fabulous.

We should all be so lucky as to spread our wings in the rising sun Elliston, July 13, 2025 #puffins #photography #wildlife

Here's another from the wee hours of the morning. This image is 4 separate lightning photos captured across 15 minutes then blended. In each shot, one of Sears' antenna and one of the Hancock's antenna are getting hit. Lightning does strike some places twice, and often. #Chicago #ILwx #WXsky

You are cordially invited to our Anti-Prime Sale, where every purchase will financially support bookstores, NOT billionaires 🥳

Swift trails - I love the patterns of flight, so elegant! @rspb.bsky.social @omsystem.bsky.social @shropshirewildlife.bsky.social

You would think that at some point the people who presumably are paid to inform Americans would see that "Americans don't know about x" as an indictment on their profession. But no, it's awlays Dems Bad.

With everything LA has gone through in the last few months (and couple of years), let's celebrate the hatching of: TEN CALIFORNIA CONDORS!!!!!!!!! Congrats to the team at the Los Angeles Zoo!!!

#bloomscrolling Because it's Monday and I'd rather be looking at flowers instead of working. Always loved this pic, taken during a dog walk many years ago.

Good morning to you too, Trane, you big goof.

NEW: The Trump administration said their research did not "enhance health, lengthen life, or reduce illness." Thousands of scientists disagreed. We heard from +150 researchers impacted by the NIH grant terminations on what is being lost in the cuts. 🧵👇 projects.propublica.org/nih-cuts-res...