“May your life be like a wildflower, growing freely in the beauty and joy of each day.”
– Native American Proverb

Columbines (State Flower of Colorado) blooming in the Colorado Rockies

Photographer: Lars Leber Photography

A fungus photo a day: Lichenomphalia lichen taken yesterday. #fungifriends #fungi #mycology #naturephotography

I am clean. I am cool. I am sprawled in MY OWN BED. I have ice cold water. No one is bothering me. No one is in my space. I have the whole evening to read until I fall asleep. Only one thing could make it better. A sleepy cat purring with the force of a thousand earthquakes.

one day when my mom was well into her dementia she told me about skipping meals so my brother and i could eat

that’s why hunger bothers me so much - my mom literally went hungry so we could eat, and right now as a society we won’t take our surplus and feed others

“You’re not doom scrolling, you’re hopequesting. You need those tiny pieces of joy from seeing friends and strangers share their art, their good news, their wacky unique selves. We need light to live. And we find it in each other.” - @aaroncorwin.bsky.social

Celeste Roberge’s sculpture “The Weight of Grief” #art

Our stunning home galaxy I’ve a frozen loch.

An oldie, but probably my favourite Milky Way shot that I’ve taken.

This is our beautiful home galaxy over a frozen loch.

Yeah, olive oil and cheese and pastries can make you a little fat. Yeah, sunshine gives you wrinkles and wine ruins your liver and spending money on pretty things eats up your savings. But unfortunately, I've decided to enjoy life anyways

My painting SMALL SAILBOAT

a light brown pit bull wearing a maroon shirt sits with her ears pinned back and looks up in our direction. a hand is holding a chewed up certificate in the foreground. the signed certificate is for completion of basic obedience, and it's filled out to Maya la Pitbull. in her obedience class she was taught not to eat homework, but no one said anything about diplomas.

This is Maya. She just graduated from obedience training. May have gotten a little carried away while celebrating. 12/10 (IG: mayalapitbull)

The Epstein files really show us that we've been underestimating how much men hate women and children.

“There was a star riding through clouds one night, & I said to the star, 'Consume me'.”
~Virginia Woolf

#clouds #nature #dailysketch #watercolor #art

"Trans people are more important than your nostalgia" 💙💗🤍💗💙

i don’t want my appliances to be smart or connect to the internet. i want them to do one mechanical task for 100 years

Long ago, a cat died from being fed four minutes past feeding time. Cats have told their children of this for 3,000 generations.

A digital drawing of a scene covered in flowers, and among them a small house made out of a teapot and two small little gnomes standing in front of it.

For #repostyourart prompt: Cozy!

#art #illustration

A narrow, winding path leads into a dense forest during sunrise. Brilliant, warm golden sunbeams stream through the tall tree trunks and a light morning mist, creating a luminous glow in the center of the woods. The foreground and the large trees framing the path are in deep shadow, providing a sharp contrast to the light-filled background. Lush green foliage and the leaves of the canopy are highlighted where the morning light touches them.

Chasing sunbeams. Come with me into the woods ☀️🌳💚🤍

#nature #forest #photography #wander #Teutoburgerwald #sunrise
#woodland

i like looking at plants :] look at what plants are native in ur area! see how they change in the seasons! get to know ur local trees!!!! sometimes the names r super cute too 💙💙💙💙

The last traces of the sunset from within the canyon.
24”x24” oil on canvas

A highly detailed photo of a field mouse snuggled up asleep inside a purple and yellow flower.

I just found out that tiny little field mice climb into flowers like tulips and take little naps in them like hammocks and I feel like this information is too important for me not to share with anyone. 🥹

Tailor Bird sews leaves together with plant fibre to form its nest!

two entoloma amongst ferns, and leaf litter

you guys have a gander at these cool blue mushrooms i saw 😊 werewere-kōkako (entoloma hochstetteri)

truly unfair that to get better at drawing the things you want to draw... you have to draw

I know childhood nostalgia is a pretty bad judge on whether things are actually better now or not, but honestly I think the time before micro-transactions and gambling in video games was "better".

Painting of a tabby kitten washing itself amongst blue and white flowers.

Kitten in the Sun, Thure Wallner (1888-1965).

one of my favorite things about cats is when they're wigging out and being ridiculous and then stop mid stride and sit to nonchalantly groom themselves as if they have dignity. buddy I know you just scared yourself because you took a shit and ran into the wall. but I'll allow you to pretend.

This is Milka. She'll get around to chasing her tail eventually. But for now she is just getting to know it. 12/10 (TT: milka_collie5)