Female octopuses throw rocks at males that bother them, documented in Octopus tetricus

If you're 55 or over and need to lose 5, 10, or even 15 light years across your midsection, try this one simple trick.

Early Dog-violet, Viola reichenbachiana. I read the godess Diana turned some nymphs into violets to protect thier virtue when they were persued by Apollo. There was no mention of whether she ever turned them back again. #storyplants #wildflowerhour

Common Milkwort, Polygala vulgaris, it's name comes from it's traditional use as a remedy to help milk production in nursing mothers. It's also a food plant of the Common Blue Butterfly, can be used to create a blue dye and is believed to ward off evil spirits. #storyplants #wildflowerhour

Herb Robert, Geranium robertianium, traditionally carried to bring good luck, possibly named after an ancient house goblin from English folklore named Robin Goodfellow (Shakespeare's Puck) to harm this plant is to court disaster. #storyplants #wildflowerhour

A bit of Saturday dog physics... have you ever wondered why dogs are such messy drinkers? They're actually using quite a clever mechanism to overcome a fundamental difficulty. (And cats, to no-one's surprise are a bit tidier) Yay for the ingenious physics in the natural world! 🐕🐾

Orange-tip in my garden.

Reminder! Two weeks until submissions close for Prune Juice! We’re looking for your best #senryu and related forms of #poetry, including #kyoka, #haibun, #gembun, #haiga, and #sequences.

Submission guidelines here: prunejuicesenryu.com/submissions/

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#poetrycommunity

breaking
in all the wrong places
wishbone
#senryuslam

Welcome to the first senryu slam! Tag your posts #senryuslam so we can find them! We will be picking winners in each category at 9 PM EST!

Your 1st prompt is from
#completethehaiga

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Your 2nd prompt is

tongue!

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Your 3rd prompt is -

decibels

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Your 4th prompt is:

THRASH

(you don't have to use the word in your poem)
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Your 5th prompt is from
#completethehaiga

old argument
still clinging to the vine
sour grapes
#DailyHaikuPrompt #haiku #senryu

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Your 6th prompt is:

HIGH

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Your 7th prompt is:

SKIN

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Narrow-leaved Lungwort, Pulmonaria longifolia, at a local rewilding site a few years ago & possibly the best blue in the world.

front row
a beer spills
over the decibles
#senryuslam

Snowdrops I met one winter's day.

Photo of a hand holding an original seascape oil painting by Tisha Mark, "Soft Peaceful Sunset No. 2601" 3"x3" oil on Arches oil paper (2026). A textured seascape painting with a light blue sky with orange sunset clouds over a dark blue sea with a rocky shore. Color from the sky reflects in the water below. A paint palette with puddles of oil paint, a paintbrush, and a palette knife are visible in the background.

Something tiny for your evening.

Tisha Mark ©2026, Soft Peaceful Sunset No. 2601, oil on Arches oil paper, 3"x3"

Original is available:
tishamark.com/shop

#art #painting #bsnm #SciArt #TraditionalArt

church bells
a throbbing pain
between the temples
#wss366

Here's Patrick Dexter playing Auld Lang Syne from the west coast of Ireland as his gorgeous doggo keeps watch over everything.

A happy, shiny, bright and safe 2026 everyone.

xx 🙏🏽

"Auld Lang Syne" on cello in Ireland (w/his dog!)
📹Patrick Dexter

Letting Go of Limiting Stories YouTube video by Packrat Poet

Letting Go of Limiting Stories

This meditation is about the self-limiting, internal stories we tell ourselves, especially during the holidays. Many of these stories originate from our childhood by family, friends and later colleagues.

Youtube Link:
youtu.be/DN_kJxER_jQ

Starless version of C/2025 A6 (Lemmon), a non-periodic comet discovered by the Mount Lemmon Survey in images obtained on 3 January 2025. It has an inbound orbital period of about 1,350 years and will pass perihelion on 8 November 2025 when it will be 0.53 AU (79 million km; 49 million mi) from the Sun. This perihelion passage will reduce the orbital period to about 1,150 years. It makes its closest approach to Earth on 21 October 2025 and may be visible to the naked eye 42 degrees from the Sun after sunset. As of 12 October 2025, the comet is about apparent magnitude 5.6,[6] and is visible in binoculars about 15 degrees (approximately one and a half fists) below the cup of the Big Dipper. It is currently about 2 degrees southwest of the star Psi Ursae Majoris.

A zoomed in view of Starless version of C/2025 A6 (Lemmon), a non-periodic comet discovered by the Mount Lemmon Survey in images obtained on 3 January 2025. It has an inbound orbital period of about 1,350 years and will pass perihelion on 8 November 2025 when it will be 0.53 AU (79 million km; 49 million mi) from the Sun. This perihelion passage will reduce the orbital period to about 1,150 years. It makes its closest approach to Earth on 21 October 2025 and may be visible to the naked eye 42 degrees from the Sun after sunset. As of 12 October 2025, the comet is about apparent magnitude 5.6,[6] and is visible in binoculars about 15 degrees (approximately one and a half fists) below the cup of the Big Dipper. It is currently about 2 degrees southwest of the star Psi Ursae Majoris.

🧵(2/2) As always, here is are a starless version and a zoomed-in view of the comet to enjoy the sheer beauty of the object.

#Astrophotography #Space #DeepSpace #Comet #Astronomy

C/2025 A6 (Lemmon) is a non-periodic comet discovered by the Mount Lemmon Survey in images obtained on 3 January 2025. It has an inbound orbital period of about 1,350 years and will pass perihelion on 8 November 2025 when it will be 0.53 AU (79 million km; 49 million mi) from the Sun. This perihelion passage will reduce the orbital period to about 1,150 years. It makes its closest approach to Earth on 21 October 2025 and may be visible to the naked eye 42 degrees from the Sun after sunset. As of 12 October 2025, the comet is about apparent magnitude 5.6,[6] and is visible in binoculars about 15 degrees (approximately one and a half fists) below the cup of the Big Dipper. It is currently about 2 degrees southwest of the star Psi Ursae Majoris.

🧵(1/2) Comet C/2025 A6 Lemmon is a non-periodic comet discovered by the Mount Lemmon Survey on 3 January 2025.

Shot taken on 2025-10-11 from my backyard.

🔭 William Optics Pleiades 111
📷 ZWO ASI 2600
Total exposure: 31 x 30s (15m30s)

#Astrophotography #Space #DeepSpace #Comet #Astronomy

The Pleiades also known as Seven Sisters and Messier 45 (M45), is an asterism of an open star cluster containing young B-type stars in the northwest of the constellation Taurus. At a distance of about 444 light-years, it is among the nearest star clusters to Earth and the nearest Messier object to Earth, being the most obvious star cluster to the naked eye in the night sky. It contains the reflection nebulae NGC 1432, an HII region, and NGC 1435, known as the Merope Nebula. Around 2330 BC the Pleiades marked the vernal point. Due to the brightness of its stars, the Pleiades is viewable from most areas on Earth, even in locations with significant light pollution. The cluster is dominated by hot blue luminous stars that have formed within the last 100 million years. Reflection nebulae around the brightest stars were once thought to be leftover material from their formation, but are now considered likely to be an unrelated dust cloud in the interstellar medium through which the stars are currently passing. This dust cloud is estimated to be moving at a speed of approximately 18 km/s relative to the stars in the cluster. Computer simulations have shown that the Pleiades were probably formed from a compact configuration that once resembled the Orion Nebula. Astronomers estimate that the cluster will survive for approximately another 250 million years, after which the clustering will be lost due to gravitational interactions with the galactic neighbourhood. Together with the open star cluster of the Hyades, the Pleiades form the Golden Gate of the Ecliptic. The Pleiades have been said to "resemble a tiny dipper," and should not be confused with the "Little Dipper," or Ursa Minor.

The Pleiades (M45) AKA the Seven Sisters, in the northwest constellation Taurus. It is also the inspiration for the Subaru logo.

Shot taken on 2025-10-11 from my backyard.

🔭 William Optics Pleiades 111
📷 ZWO ASI 2600
Total exposure: 45 x 120s (1h30)

#Astrophotography #Space #DeepSpace #Astronomy