From Aracelis Girmay's book, Kingdom Animalia: bookshop.org/a/862/9781934414620

#poem #booksky #writing

"I so liked Spring last year..."

• Charlotte Mew •

A starfield surrounds a large nebula that is mostly brown and blue and has an appearance reminiscent of the head of a horse. This nebula is not the more famous Horsehead Nebula. Please see the explanation for more detailed information.

🔭 IC 4592: The Blue Horsehead Reflection Nebula

Image Credit & Copyright: Rabeea Alkuwari

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I hate when someone rings my doorbell because I have to drop whatever I’m doing to be silent and pretend I’m not home

She's not a real redhead though... ;)

A pit bull puppy lies on its belly, face in a partially-chewed shoe.

the rare duck-billed platypup

"The sea rises, the light fails… The moment we cease to hold each other, the moment we break faith with one another, the sea engulfs us and the light goes out."

- James Baldwin

Introducing Zie 1, The Dreamcatcher Nebula

AstroBin's Image of the Day: "Introducing Zie 1, The Dreamcatcher Nebula" by Mark Petersen, Oscar H., Patrick Ogle, Niklas Gelda and Mike Rich
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“Don't you just love those long rainy afternoons in New Orleans when an hour isn't just an hour - but a little piece of eternity dropped into your hands - and who knows what to do with it?”
― Tennessee Williams, A Streetcar Named Desire

Ardnandave Hill from Loch Lubnaig #Scotland #Trossachs #Stirlingshire www.damianshields.com

"We must be willing to let go of the life we planned so as to have the life that is waiting for us."

- Joseph Campbell

More pics of Saturday’s cloud inversion in the Hope Valley

"I would maintain that thanks are the highest form of thought; and that gratitude is happiness doubled by wonder."
~ G.K. Chesterton

The Rainbow (1892)
🎨 Nikolay Dubovskoy

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Val d'Orcia (Tuscany, Italy, 2016)

© Dino Corsini.

Baudelaire’s Les Fleurs du Mal First Edition

Lá Fhéile Pádraig sona duit! Happy St Paddy's day to ye all! 🍀 Dingle Peninsula #Ireland #Dingle #CountyKerry www.damianshields.com

I swear, if you're a total idiot with a charisma, this is your golden age, this is your belle époque, this is your goddamn renaissance.

I don't want to ask the assistant a fucking question – why would I want to ask the fucking assistant a fucking question, I'm very obviously WhatsApping my fucking wife for fucks sake, when will this shit fucking END, get out of my fucking sight, sorry for swearing

Moorfrosch - Rana arvalis
📷_Nurnpaarbilder_
#naturephotography #nature #photography #flickr flic.kr/p/2s1u8cU

"That it will never come again is what makes life so sweet."
~ Emily Dickinson

Songbird on Blossom Branch
🎨 Ohara Koson

A portrait of a red horse with blonde mane standing in the sun, looking straight at me. His mane is slightly off to one side in the wind. There is some frosty water droplets in his beard hairs.

Of course there were horses :)

Stafafell, #Iceland

- Fyodor Dostoevsky, "The Brothers Karamazov"

Holding up one of my cats' paws next to a huge jagged claw scratch on the inside of our front door. It's not a match. The defense argument appears to be that it was a literal demon. Jury is skeptical

doing some highly involved forensics

The featured image shows a starfield surrounding a nebula that resembles the human brain. A blue outer oval has a bright nebulosity inside. Please see the explanation for more detailed information.

🔭 The Cranium Nebula from the Webb Telescope

Image Credit: NASA, ESA, CSA, STScI; Processing: J. DePasquale (STScI)

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“As a matter of fact, no one is more tiresome than the person who can understand only realism in art. (...) One must be willing to allow that symbolic things also mirror realities and sometimes provide greater esthetic pleasure than the merely realistic.”
- Aaron Copland

"Life is short, break the rules, forgive quickly, kiss slowly, love truly, laugh uncontrollably, and never regret anything that made you smile."
— Mark Twain
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Dolomites, Italy by marius_krey
(wanderthewood)

Photo by zhang kaiyv. A calico cat with a mix of black, orange, and white fur sits on a stone walkway near an ornate, red and gold wooden structure. Its green eyes gaze forward with a calm yet observant expression. The background, softly blurred, features warm tones of red, gold, and hints of green, suggesting a temple or historical site. The cat's poised stance and the rich architectural details evoke a sense of quiet elegance.

I have lived with several Zen masters -- all of them cats.

- Eckhart Tolle

"It's a hell of a responsibility to be yourself. It's much easier to be somebody else."

- Sylvia Plath

M45 - Pleiades Cluster

AstroBin's Image of the Day: "M45 - Pleiades Cluster" by Michael Siniscalchi

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