#photography #flowers

Dogwoods!

Dogwoods in bloom!

The dogwoods are in bloom!!!

See the light in others and treat them as if that’s all you can see.

Garden doesn’t lose ecstasy in winter. The roots are Don there riotous.

#photography #fox #animals #cute

#photography #winter #snow #nature #trees

X’s and O shapes from trees and branches

X’s & O’s

A sequence of two bright 'stars' going from top left to bottom right with a foreground of trees. The top bright 'star' is the planet Venus and the fainter bottom one is Saturn. The image is a composite, made up of individual shots taken 5 minutes apart as the planets set in the southwest on 18 January 2025.

Composite image of #Venus and #Saturn setting together last night. Each shot was taken 5 minutes apart as the pair set in the southwest. #Astronomy #Astrophotography

This is breathtaking.

Aurora borealis... from *above*.

Credit: Don Pettit from the International Space Station

The aurora from a semi-rural town in Switzerland. Taken with an iPhone 13 mini.

I don't know who needs to hear this, but you don't need to justify your reading preferences and choices to anyone. Audiobooks count as reading. Also, you don't have to finish books you don't enjoy. Don't read to impress, read for yourself. Life's too short, love yourself, ok?

Signed, a librarian.

The Helix Nebula

A large great gray owl takes off from its perch atop a small birch snag. Its five-foot wings are spread right out in a down stroke as the owl looks up toward its next perch. A bare tamarack fills the background behind it.

This is one of those photos that you can't quite believe really happened. I encountered this grey gray owl (1 of 2) on my way home from town. It was so focussed on hunting, that I could stand to the side and watch. I didn't have my camera set to continuous shutter, so I'm stunned this came out. 🪶🌿

A Meteor shower

I appreciate all of you who use the Alt-text description for the images you post. As a blind dude I feel so much more included here.

For those of you who forget:
Did you know there’s a reminder in Settings/Accessibility to toggle on & then it won’t let you post image without Alt-text.

Thanks 🙏😎

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I'm a journalist and a mom. I'm changing the way I read news. This is how.

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