😭 SORRY LUINE! BUT WE HAVE NO FIRE. A cozy 58F inside and...the igniter on the pellet stove has died. I have ordered a new one & will now have to take the igniter from the bedroom stove for the living room - HOWEVER - I have to go into town today so we'll just have to be cold until I get home.

Hunting for the perfect tree #sketchbook

Woman Struggles To Put Down Bags While Holding Coffee Like Dog Trying To Fit Stick Through Door https://theonion.com/woman-struggles-to-put-down-bags-while-holding-coffee-like-dog-trying-to-fit-stick-through-door/

🎶I hope life treats you kind, & I hope you have all you've dreamed of, & I wish you joy & happiness, but above of this, I wish you love With gratitude, Happy Holidays to you & yours. May the days ahead find you peaceful & feeling loved, because you are♥️ #words #photography #DollyParton #music #art

California Scrub-jay in the back yard today. #birding Multnomah County

In 2023 I became obsessed with videos of dads in cargo shortswaiting in parking lots during Taylor Swift's Eras Tour. So when she came to town, I grabbed a camera and headed down to talk to them. I thought it'd be funny. It turned out to be something else entirely.

Saw a cactus wren today and you would never guess where it was. 🪶

Finally done (almost done?) decorating Holiday Sparkle, Arthro, Mammal, Bird, Ballerina tree (and yes, there are mammalian ballerinas and bird ballerinas and human - someone make a wasp ballerina ornament, please) There are no glittery dragonflies or tutus left for anyone else. None.

2025 top ten: #9 Sand wasp (Bembix Americana) on goldenrod by the nature museum 8-30-25 in peaceable Chicago #WackyWednesdayArt #eastCoastKin #macro #photography #macroPhotography #flowers #wasps #bees #pollinators #insects #bugsky #yellow #bugs #art #nature #goldenrod #chicago #bembix #topten

Robin demonstrating correct Christmastime physique (side view) Mortonhall #Edinburgh #birds

He was despised and rejected of men; a man of sorrows, and acquainted with grief.

watching my favorite christmas movie and what is possibly the great american comedy about class and race

Today's main #BirdOfTheDay theme is #SideProfiles (any bird's side profile) and the alternative theme is #BlackBirds. So here's a side profile of a red-winged blackbird! It's not every day I get to knock off both the primary and alternative themes with one photo! #birds #photography

Midway Atoll’s newest six-month volunteer crew Gianna Arcuri, Ayla Liss, Katie Hearther, & Sophie Elliott (Volunteer Lead Molly Henling) spend long days in the field checking nests & banding birds (Photos USFWS biologist and volunteer Dan Rapp). Donors make this possible; see comments. #Birds

Just for contrast, this is what Terry Gilliam was able to do on a budget probably smaller than the cost of Matt Damon’s helmet.

I had a lot of fun on my 3 wheeled E-scooter this summer and fall! Loved the ‘camera’ afternoons and some of the neat things I was able to photograph! #cormorants #turtles #bird #artadventcalendar

Brian is an intrigued by what his guardian is doing outside. (Plus, look at how fuzzy he is!!)

Good morning! 🪶

Portrait of a Raven (2025) #ArtAdventCalendar #Photography

Pink Ghost Pipe plant at my hometown, Logy Bay, #Newfoundland Canada. Ghost Pipes are most commonly white, but some have pink or even red colouration. Pic from a couple of years ago, in August. #wildflower #flower #botany #plants #fungifriends

When u know there's 40 lbs of sugar nearby

Laundry bag stuffed with leftover plain brown wrapping paper… best cat toy ever?

#ArtAdventCalendar Day 22. ‘In the Larches' ...water colour, ink and digital art.

In light of our incoming #AtmosphericRiver event in SoCal, let's re-up this timely reminder: a "Watch" means everything is in place for a thing to occur; a "Warning" means that thing is actually occuring. Like tacos!! 🌮

Happy #TwosDay! 2 Eurasian Collared-Doves floofy in a tree. #birds #photography #EastCoastKin

Just a reminder that I block anyone who uses generative AI. Nothing personal. You're just an ass.

THIS ⬇️⬇️⬇️ This is why a workday where I have to go to the office is ten times more mentally exhausting than one where I can work from home. There is so much prep just to get TO the office that I'm mentally wiped once I get there.

your moment of calm is a ruby-crowned kinglet from 2024, a marginally more peaceful time

Having curly hair means it looks amazing on day when you don’t leave the house.

The Powerball jackpot has jumped to an eye-popping $1.7 billion after yet another drawing passed without a big winner.

Even better #Sunset tonight from the Haleakala Summit!

Some short videos from yesterday’s trip to Snoqualmie Falls, capturing the high runoff from the recent atmospheric river. #snoqualmiefalls #waterfall #washingtonstate

We're at day 22 of #artAdventCalendar. 630 participants have posted nearly 8000 images. An average of 360 per day. 97% of them have AltText. If we can do it. So can you.

No lies detected.

I bought an umbrella here and started to pull it out to use it and three people jumped out and batted it out of my hands, smiled slightly, and then disappeared.

I let my nature geek flag fly at this time of year. I always do a centerpiece with things I have collected on my hikes. Pinecones, acorns, juniper berries, toyon berries, desert mistletoe, seed pods & whatever. I will add a few sprigs from our Noble fir 🌲 Christmas tree. Cost: $0 🌿

#ArtAdventCalendar Dec. 22 We never thought we’d get to see them living in their own home. But on a recent trip to Kruger Park, South Africa, we were fortunate to see a scene I’ll never forget. The Matriarch appeared out of the bush and slowly led her small elephant herd across the river. #Mammals

For #artAdventCalendar day 21 evening, a not odd but old piece. Ice Falls 22×28 56×71cm Oil on Canvas 1992

Lifer Say’s phoebe 🌿🪶 Ramona Grasslands Preserve, CA. Also saw my first canvasbacks and western meadowlarks today, definitely time for lifer pie 🥧

Journeyed to the world-famous Tambopata clay lick today, where hundreds of macaws and parrots gather to eat the mineral-rich clay in the riverbank. The minerals counteract toxins in their diets and are a rich source of calcium, magnesium, and sodium. ❤️💛💙 #Macaws #Amazon #Peru

The season of giving is here and our animals have a wish list! Viktor's holiday list is full of his favorites; playful enrichment and hearty helpings of beef. Your gift helps make this season extra bright for our big, jolly boy. 🐅🥩 🎁 Donate today: https://support.denverzoo.org/general

Towhee Boi 🪶

Titmouse is checking out the new bedding Squirrel added yesterday. They have a timeshare agreement for alternating nesting here… upgrades must require joint approval😄

Is it just us or is this basically the #HomeAlone poster … but with a pufferfish? 🐡

New Ant Lab video today about pincer wasps and a new research project. This one has some really cool, newly-filmed insect behavior in it! youtu.be/9osTBzQ0zbk

A tiny Northern Saw-whet Owl, annoyed by my presence. These little murder floofs are so adorable. #birds #wildlife #owl #PhotographersUnited

Just had some visitors up the driveway. These are two of three coyotes that came by a few minutes ago. The the second photo is one that almost came right up the driveway, but saw me in the window and turned around. Always a treat to see them. #mammals 🌿

#artadventcalendar day 22 this is not a beautiful photo, but I’m still ecstatic that I caught it!! American crow chasing a great horned owl out of the tree. I wasn’t even looking when I got this shot I just kept hitting the shutter!