My most controversial(?) LOTR take is that people hate Tom Bombadil because they ain't Tom Bombadil.

Two crows march through a snowy field. They see a pile of snow on top of a fence post. "Heh, that lump of snow looks like..." starts one... Close up of the lump of snow that is revealed to be a living snowy owl. "Gasp" exhales one crow. "...a spirit!" exclaims the second.

Snowy Lump #oldknees

Flowering plum tree (prunus cerasifera) in bloom on a city street, backlit by the morning sun

okay go off!

(two drinks in)

🗣️ IN MY HOUSE IN MY HOUSE

I am normal and can be trusted with the original cast recording of Natasha, Pierre, and the Great Comet of 1812.

Maybe I'll make another one of these 🌝

Highly recommend sticking your nose in the blooms sometime 👃🏻

Witch-hazel in bloom

Selfie of a bearded dude in a hat with an embroidered jay on it, taken on a sunny day in the park.

must be the season of the-

diva done!

Three double pointed needles with a few stitches on each of them in a variegated sock weight yarn, showing a recently-started project

First cast-on of the year is a #musselburgh hat, let's goooo

A sheet pan pizza with mushrooms and sweet onions

A focaccia with cherry tomatoes and rosemary

Lemon turmeric cookies with icing sugar resting on parchment paper

English muffins now in loaf form, I should have gotten a picture of the inside

some things that came out of my oven in December

Still a very cute season tbf

always be there

This makes me miss my Pixel 3, which I'd still be using if it hadn't died dramatically. That thing was the perfect little form factor, and don't get me started on the fingerprint sensor tucked in the back.

Stage on a barge in a harbour. The sign above it reads "Victoria symphony splash"

occasionally this funny little city remembers it has a waterfront that it can do neat things with

Legislature building with a large Canadian flag hanging over the main door, with two flagpoles in the foreground bearing the BC flag and the progress Pride flag

happy pride, island queers

small patch of Castilleja levisecta, a plant with yellow bracts sometimes called 'golden paintbrush'

befriend your local endangered species

the restless dead take one look and they're like "no i'm good"

"provisions" really is one of those rent is going up words

A single purple camas in bloom in a field of grass

if i camas you a question...

trick question! they are the same picture. 🙂‍↕️

Erythronium oregonum in flower with several more blooming out of focus in the background

Hand tilting up an erythronium oregonum bloom to show the pattern underneath

good morning to fawn lilies and only fawn lilies.

Card from a Catholic gift store (they had well-priced beeswax taper candles don't hate) reading: "Thank you for shopping with us! May God bless you and those who will be recipients of the gift(s) that you've purchased. Please note that these items have not been blessed."

a very solemn disclaimer!

my favourite edible-if-you-must

Not good – Nintendo's selling the Mario Kart cow

A small blue and orange songbird perched on very thorny blackberry canes ©️DTL, 2025

Female eastern bluebird not messing around with her perch today 🪶

His 'Song on the End of the World' is one of the only poems I've ever teared up reading 🥲

Erythronium leaves poking up through grass and dead leaves

Erythronium leaves poking up through grass and dead leaves

Erythronium leaves poking up through grass and dead leaves

they comin'!!!!