The moss garden at Giou-ji.

The moss garden at Giou-ji.

Fresh maple leaves and bamboo at Giou-ji.

The moss garden at Giou-ji.

Mossy sort of a morning.

#Arashiyama #嵐山 #Sagano #嵯峨野 #Kyoto #京都 #Japan #moss #kyotorain

Photo of a Two-toed Amphiuma (Amphiuma means). One of the wildest, wyrdest creatures in the Okefenokee Swamp. Photo compliments of MyFWC Florida Fish and Wildlife. Photographer: Daniel Thompson

Deep in the muck lives the Two-Toed Amphiuma, a slick shadow with a dragon’s heart. No eel, but a giant salamander of the old world. When the swamp parches, she sleeps in a slime cocoon. Watch your hands in the dark water... she bites hard and never lets go. #WyrdWednesday #EarthDay #Okefenokee

And here's the inspiration:

Process of the Artemis II Earthset Plate

Thanks for following this body of work, it was an inspiring project for me!

#sciart

Jake Mangum spots kid in the crowd, tosses the ball, and her brother catches it and gives it to her. Dudes rock.

what is the charge. what crime has been done

Medical students in Gaza restore one of the oldest libraries after it was bombed by the Israeli occupation.

This tree in London looks full of leaves but is actually covered in parakeets.

A squirrel, on a porch railing, nibbling on a squirrel length¹ taquito. ¹Tail excluded.

I guess my squirrels are doordashing taquitos now.

Huckleberry understood the assignment: splash first, ask questions later. The rescued grizzly is making the most of his pool time! 🐻

Last night I heard a child outside screaming 'I don't want to be tired! No!' and...same, child, same.

A simple layer of fresh pine shavings brings out natural behaviors like scent-marking and a whole lot of joy for black bears Benton and Fern.

This is Marty. He played the role of Bruiser in a college production of "Legally Blonde" and nailed every line. Was confused when people were impressed though. What, like it's hard? 14/10 (IG: sirbaldwinandmarty)

rites those beings invisible to most . . . . . . who are perhaps too small to attract much notice. well . . . someone must still remember. 4 panels of a snail getting ghost rites

little daoist comic. he has a name but i'm holding onto it for now.

Was this in her job description?

The Lady of Elche — an iconic Iberian limestone bust from the 4th century BCE.
The intricate headdress, layered jewelry, and calm expression make it one of the most striking pieces of pre-Roman art in Europe.

#AncientIberia #Archaeology #Museums #PreRoman

Our home planet, the only place in the galaxy that doesn’t suck

The last time human eyes were far enough from Earth to see the whole globe was December 1972.

www.nasa.gov/image-detail...

A ginger cat making an annoyed facial expression in a shop doorway.

Seller looks like bad news.

📸 derek․k․yuen

drawing while watching nasa stream LOL

Photo of blackberries on a bush, ripe for the pickin'!

In Foxfire 6, elders share the classic Blackberry Riddle:
"As white as snow, and snow it’s not; As green as grass, and grass it’s not; As red as blood, and blood it’s not; As black as ink, and ink it’s not."

Such a poetic way to track the life of a berry from blossom to harvest! #WyrdWednesday

Four images one of a white woman sitting knitting with huge needles, two images of a dark lace like fence in a garden and another image of the artist standing by the fence.

Anne Eunson knitted a fence with twine based on a Shetland lace pattern, installed at the Shetland Textile Museum, Lerwick #womensart

🎨 Steam Community: Rise of the Tomb Raider. The Atlas ｜ 近有盜，發蜀先主墓。墓穴，盜數人齊見兩人張燈對棋，侍衛十餘。盜驚懼拜謝，一人顧曰：「爾飲乎？」乃各飲以一杯，兼乞與玉腰帶數條，命速出。盜至外，口已漆矣。帶乃巨蛇也。視其穴，已如舊矣。 ~《酉陽雜俎 -> 卷十三·尸穸》

In Youyang Zazu(c. 800-863) , a jewel of Tang folktales, grave robbers break into the tomb of Shu’s first ruler and find not horror, but eerie courtly grace: two noble spirits calmly playing Chinese chess by lantern glow, attendants standing by. Terrified, the thieves kneel 1/3
#folklore

Es una pequeña tirada para una mujer, un crítico para la humanidad.
#lodelrolenelespacio #lodelrol

I mean if you’re gonna have or be a pope, this is the way to do it. (2nd paragraph, specifically)

A close-up of pink flowers emerging from a tree, a blue sky is in the background

Did you know... magnolia evolved on earth about 95 million years ago!

Magnolia is so old in fact that it pre-dates the existence of bees and butterflies, meaning they relied on beetles to pollinate in their early days.

This is Molly. She was finally found a week after her human fell down a 180-foot waterfall while hiking together in New Zealand. Her human was badly injured and rescued by helicopter, but Molly was missing. A week later, Molly was found at the base of the waterfall and reunited with her human. 14/10

Photo of a black pig sleeping in a huge heap of hay and wood shavings in the sun.

You look like you could use a thread of happy animals snoozing in the spring sun… starting with Lily!

It's National Nevada Day! In 2012, USS Nevada (SSBN-733) was boarded by a rogue team of elite seals that tried to take over the submarine. The crew of the Nevada managed to repel the seals (harmlessly) before the marine mammals did any damage.
#NationalNevadaDay

Lucy Lawless in Xena : Warrior Princess

Lucy Lawless in Battlestar Galactica

Lucy Lawless in Spartacus

Lucy Lawless in Ash vs Evil Dead

Happy 58th birthday to Lucy Lawless, who has always understood the assignment.

"still punk af" I whisper as stay up past 10pm