“Krampus is known to beat those that don’t behave with a birch branch and kidnap them in his sack, taking them to his lair” 🐐

A snowy scene in which a humanoid figure in long black robes with the head of a rook stands in a churchyard holding a long spear. By its feet is a red fox. Both are flecked with fallen snow. Around them are many weathered snow-covered graves. In the background is a medieval church of warm coloured stone with large rectangular windows and a battlemented parapet topped with pinnacles. Behind the main body of the church is the tower with clock face and belfry. Behind the church are tall but bare trees dusted with snow. More snow falls in the air.

Happy Solstice ❄️

party larva

Photo of a cluster of pink ghost pipe flowers in a forest. The flowers are approx 7” high (approx 18cm).

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

A small, iridescent deep purple hummingbird with a striking bright white crown perched on a thin branch against a soft green background.

The always spectacular Snowcap #hummingbird at @tapirvalley.bsky.social #CostaRica

#birds #nature #hummingbirds

A rare photosynthesizing sea slug has been found off N.S. Here's why scientists are excited | CBC News Researchers believe Elysia chlorotica holds promise for medical advances, but it's been too elusive to study.

A rare photosynthesizing sea slug has been found off N.S. Here's why scientists are excited #NovaScotia

Researchers believe Elysia chlorotica holds promise for medical advances, but it's been too elusive to study

www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...

Renewal buds: A hidden key to spring phenology Research and photos by Renáta Schnablová from the Institute of Botany of the Czech Academy of Sciences. In the photo above, an overwintering renewal bud of Pulsatilla pratensis is fu…

New on the belowground blog: Renewal buds and phenology plantlifebelowground.wordpress.com/2025/11/26/r...

THE PROPHESY CAME TRUE
ONE SNOWSTORM AND THEN...

A six-panel comic. In panel 1, text says "People often wonder, why don't I see baby pigeons? Here's where they're hiding:" and there's an egg with an arrow pointing to a question mark, then an arrow pointing to an adult pigeon. Panel 2 says "Pigeons don't nest in trees. They nest in sheltered spaces on or in buildings. This keeps their babies safe from weather and predators." There's a pigeon nesting in a sheltered cavity in the side of a building. Panel 3 says "The hidden babies look like this: like moldy potatoes, but cute" and there are two baby pigeons looking, well, like moldy pink and gray potatoes with yellow fuzz. Panel 4 says "Older baby pigeons hide in plain sight. When they leave the nest, they're adult-sized, but they're still young and learning" and a fledgling pigeon is flying out of a building saying "aaaaaa". Panel 5 says "Here's how to identify these young pigeons" and shows a fledgling pigeon with arrows pointing to these features: eyes may be gray-brown, pale-edged feathers, smaller "nose" (cere), subdued hues, and looks worried. Panel 6 says "Scientifically speaking, though, all pigeons are sweet babies" and there are three very cute round pigeons, a gray, white, and red one, with arrows pointing to them to make things look scientific.

Baby pigeon mystery.
My pigeon book is here: www.hachettebookgroup.com/titles/rosem...

For #GarWeek, here is a juvenile gar from southern Green Bay that we encountered this summer. Look that those pectoral fins go! After length measurement, this fish was released on site. #GreatLakes

Friday night at the lab! Unfortunately they don’t have gloves big enough for my paws. And the lab coats aren’t designed with tails in mind 😅

Trying to apply to fishery jobs without having done internships (due to life issues in university) like: please I love fish please please please hire me I will relocate for fish

A monstrous goat with its mouth open and hand extended towards the viewer. Thorny vines extends from its hand and wrap around his muzzle and wrist.

Finished commission for @glitterbiscuits.bsky.social :D

Monster forest goat? Hell yes!

Enjoy some Bluesky positive vibes (sound on👍) from these juvenile Lake Sturgeon @garlab.bsky.social!

Photo realistic digital painting of a turkey vulture perched on a tree branch. The bird's feathers shine with many shades of deep purple to highlights of tan and it has a red face.

Ok, good thing I started this one early enough because it was a project! But I had to do one of my favorite birds proud. It is always fascinating to me how birds that you think of as black are actually so many different colors. Here's my turkey vulture for this month's #BirdWhisperer

#SciArt 🪶

Being hit with the “losing weight will help with this problem”card again by my pcp 😔

Like ma’am. Half my body mass is muscle.

I also had this problem when I weighed 30-40lb less.

Graduation Progression
(Middle, High, College)

HI HI IM GHOSTT and it's #PortfolioDay , I mostly draw OCs and spooky things. and green, apparently.

Picture of two furry sonas, one a purple blue mothman wearing glasses who is lifting up the other, a brown fisher wearing black overalls with a yellow-greyish sweater and green cap.

Just want to say I had an amazing time with my partner getting to see him for two weeks. @fisherhenrik.bsky.social is an amazing person and im glad to have him with me.

Also he got some cute art of both of our sonas!

Went on a night hike with my little bug (boyfriend) and even though we didn’t find much we still found some lads

*that one clip of Kylo Ren* MORE!!! MORE!!!!

For radioishere & @fisherhenrik.bsky.social ! 🐒🦋

#furryart #chibi #fantasyart

Tourist discovers ‘extinct’ jellyfish while rock-pooling in Outer Hebrides Thistle-shaped Depastrum cyathiforme was last seen in France in 1976, but has now been found on South Uist

"Tourist discovers ‘extinct’ jellyfish while rock-pooling in Outer Hebrides"

this is why #InverteFest encourages you to smell the flowers and ogle the critters. cameras have gotten exponentially better over the years and EVERYONE has a high chance of making scientific discoveries in normal places.

A Snowberry Clearwing moth drinking from a Tall Thistle for #mothMonday. #lepidoptera #moth #gardening 🌱 #nativeplants

Grow my new child grow

This. I love this

I love seeing the greens growing in between the squares of concrete on the sidewalks. Idk how to explain it

Taking my round son out on a walk

Five lobed green and purple flowers with ant pollinators

Asclepias asperula, our Antelopehorn Milkweed, blooming today on the Oil Well Flats trail system #nativeplants 🌿 Ants are busy 🐜

And the energy to get rid of all the burdock on the property

Daydreaming about when I have time to make a raised bed and grow herbs again