The Farm at Jas de Bouffan and the Chestnut Trees (1884) by Paul Cézanne

I say without hyperbole that this is the most brazenly corrupt action in US Presidential history. That it does not immediately lead to impeachment is a dangerous sign of how far the rule of law has declined.

“Urging recollection”

O world, I cannot hold thee close enough!

Dappled things

#wissahickon valley

“While Mayor, I was often asked ‘how have you been able to afford this in Copenhagen🇩🇰?’ I’d reply, ‘how have you been able to NOT afford it?’ 25 years ago we were a few days away from going bankrupt. So the city invested in the cheapest infrastructure..bicycling.”~ Morten Kabell

Buttercups!

Paul Klee (1914)

Flags

Always seems to be posing for a watercolor.

She’s at it again. #cake

Picked up on a beach in Florida, he’s excited to see a portrait of a relative.

curious how Trump decided to attack NATO right after his long phone call with Putin

Flowers in a Vase (1929-20) by Edvard Munch

Claude Monet, at the end of his life, seated with some of his paintings (1925)

“Ich warte auf Dich!”

'Dachauerin.' (1879) Wilhelm Leibl's entire career was about capturing the human face; at times concentrated, devoted, contemplative, but always richly expressive, an unashamed straightforwardness with an almost Düreresque clarity.

Red Figure delivery Bryn Mawr College @qerese.bsky.social

Flowers in a green vase for purple week. #Flowers #AlphabetChallenge #WeekPforPurple #Bloomscrolling #Photography

Pater Harrison, Siesta (1905) by John Singer Sargent

#chipmunks My father & I had a chipmunk club; my father had found out that chipmunks avoid social interaction

The executive director of World Press Photo said this image shows the inconsolable grief of children losing their father in a place built for justice. It is a stark and necessary record of family separation following the U.S. reform policies. n.pr/4d0E5EA

Breaking News: President Trump is said to be in talks to send Afghans who helped the U.S. war effort to the Democratic Republic of Congo.

Oak buds & a dogwood Bryn Mawr College

Pine tree at Bryn Mawr College April 21 Rome’s birthday

The mountains are calling & I must go. Sierraclub founder John Muir was born today in 1838.

Community-level climate efforts are showing up in small but meaningful ways 🌳 A free native tree giveaway at Cleveland Public Library and West Side Market is helping residents plant trees that support local wildlife and improve urban green space 🌱

Local climate action in motion 🚆 Seattle’s new 2 Line light rail makes it easier for people to choose transit over driving, cutting emissions right where they happen. City investments like this are key to meeting climate goals. 🌎 #ClimateAction #SustainableCities

Local climate action, one block at a time 🚶‍♀️🌎 Seattle is turning part of the U District’s “Ave” car-free for 3 Saturdays this spring, making space for people, not cars. #LocalClimateAction #SustainableCities

200,000+ riders in a single day isn’t just a milestone, it’s proof. When cities invest in transit, people choose it. Seattle’s 2 Line is a win for mobility AND climate goals. 🌱  #ClimatePolicy #UrbanPlanning

Pocket gardens may be small, but they fight big problems.They cool cities, absorb stormwater, and improve air quality, all critical for climate resilience. 🌎 That’s local climate action in practice.

A church in New York is using geothermal energy to heat and cool its buildings, cutting emissions and showing what’s possible in dense cities. Small-scale projects, big impact. #LocalClimateAction #CleanEnergy

"For over 200 years after the adoption of the Second Amendment, it was uniformly understood as not placing any limit on either federal or state authority to enact gun control legislation." -- John Paul Stevens, born #OTD 1920

Air Canada will suspend flights to JFK for nearly 5 months as jet fuel costs soar

Deliberately targeting civilian infrastructure amidst a unilateral attack is a war crime, under international law. It is not Conservative, not Christian, not ‘manly’. It’s abhorrent. It puts Americans in greater danger, because the rules-based international system made all of us more secure.

This Day in Labor History: April 16, 1836. Massachusetts passed the nation’s first law limiting child labor. It required that children under the age of 15 working in factories be given three months off per year to attend school!

As much damage & evil as possible