This year I am observing Ramadan, in compassionate unity with oppressed Muslim communities and nations.
Beginning tonight, and each night of Ramadan, I will meditate on the loving kindness which brings humans together.
I am an atheist but strive to genuinely and deeply understand and respect.
I have also stopped using Patreon. It skims too much money. But now I need to find another trickle of cash somewhere.
This time last year I joined BlueSky and left instagram, facebook and messenger. Absolutely no regrets, BlueSky was all I needed.
However, I might try a year without any social media. If Aussie kids are being forced to do it, so can I.
I am reopening my WordPress blog
terrasbookclub.wordpress.com
There should be another species category for monsters who support genocide, mass shootings, slavery of any form...they are not humankind.
White, blue, green and black stripes swiped up the picture. It was an accidental abstract of a green possum in Atherton Tablelands, QLD, Australia. You can't see the green possum, only the colours of rainforest and sky.
This is the green possum i was trying to take a photo of in the first image. These possums have a super fine filament in their hair, which behaves like a mirror reflecting the green rainforest. They are a threatened species due to habitat loss. Atherton Tablelands Queensland Australia
The front of a sleeping green possum on the bough of a tree. She has rolled into a loaf, like a cat, with her striped head tucked into her very fluffy tail and forearms. Atherton Tablelands Queensland Australia
The distinctive striped back and green hue of the green possum precariously curled up on the bough of a tree in the rainforest. Atherton Tablelands Queensland Australia
All of this. Be extremely wary of those words. They’re part of the reason I withdrew a story from a dream market this year.
I've been forgetting to take photos of the beautiful wild places I see because I'm too caught up in those precious moments of life.
Sorry. Not sorry.
Lily pads and 1 white water Lily with a yellow centre on the right half of the photo. The left half is a cloudy sky reflected on still water
Feeling sore and sorry for myself tonight. Dislocated ribs from my sternum plate.
Climbed down between boulders at an awkward angle and ¡POP!
I've done much worse, numerous times, but it doesn't make new pain any more bearable.
It is a stag beetle, females don't have the big horns.
Turn your bored teens into nature loving conservationists, introduce them to citizen science. Get involved in species surveys, habitat restoration, wildlife rescue... Join online communities through tools/apps like @inaturalist.bsky.social #FrogID @birdlifeoz.bsky.social #birddata #AMDI #ORRCA
With under 16s off most social media, will they be in the outdoors and exploring more? Are your kids equipped for adventure and trained in outdoor safety, navigation and survival skills. Don't just tell to "Go outside and play". Join Scouts, Outward Bound, Duke of Ed...
Thanks. Similar colours but wrong body shape, and continent.
Location - Canberra, Australia, summer
Ah, sorry forgot that important detail. Canberra Australia summer
A shiny colourful beetle on a leaf. It has a green and gold back, pink/red head and bright blue legs.
A shiny colourful beetle on a leaf. It has a green and gold back, pink/red head and bright blue legs.
A shiny colourful beetle on a leaf. It has a green and gold back, pink/red head and bright blue legs.
Does anyone know what kind of beetle this pretty one is? It is not a stag or christmas beetle, or a jewel bug.
#insects
#entomology
#shinybeetle
And the mountain rivers poisoned by tailings. It's unbelievable this still happens in lutruwita lutruwita, mine tailings dams are still leaking into the rivers. Queen and Kings rivers might never recover, while others like the Pieman are dying of the same fate.
Needing time out from politics, I have rearranged my pinned feeds for more beauty and joy at a swipe.
#BlueSkyArtShow
#EastCoastKin
#FungiFriends
#BloomScrolling
A Glory. A full circle rainbow, or halo, seen from above the clouds, looking out of a plane.
Just one more, I promise. I love capturing images of the sky.
#BlueSkyArtShow
#Sky
Glory
Still water in an estuarine inlet reflecting clouds in the blue sky. In the distance are mountains.
#BlueSkyArtShow
#Sky
Be still my beating heart Lutruwita
Rare Kelvin-Helmholtz clouds, which look like cresting surf waves, viewed from approx 5,500m up the side of Annapurna while on pilgrimage. In the foreground are memorial stupas.
#BlueSkyArtShow
#Sky
Rare Kelvin-Helmholtz clouds viewed from approx 5,500m up the side of Annapurna while on pilgrimage
#photography
#Mountain
#mountainsky
#skysurfing
NSW Forestry Corporation’s native forest logging division has become the most expensive loss-making habit in the state—an operation so deeply unviable it makes the Titanic look nimble. The latest Annual Report confirms another $32 million burned last year.
#auspol
1earthmedia.com/nsw-is-payin...
Take all the time you need. Accept all the help offered. Do what is required to find your strength. Focus on what is important. I look forward to seeing you back here in the new year.
Steam rising from a hot thermal spring in cool early morning sun light.
#BlueSkyArtShow
#Warmth
Innot Hot Springs
Far North Queensland
These thermal waters average a scalding 65°C, filtered and cooled by sand and the flowing creek, with the magma chamber sitting only 600m below.
#FNQ
Lucky. I've started wearing gaiters in summer. Too many close encounters with browns, tigers and a taipan. Odds are unbalanced.
Congratulations @greens.org.au & @larissawaters.bsky.social for extracting important concessions from @australianlabor.bsky.social on new environmental protections.
Far from perfect legislation & an indictment of contemporary ALP that it puts business interests before people & environment
#auspol
Okay, I'll bite. Then what happened?
