mikako.num @mikako6@fedibird.com

It was good to escape to the woods on the mountain this morning. There were chickadees, pine siskins, shy woodpeckers, bushtits, eagles, and about a hundred little fence lizards. There is wildfire smoke just starting to creep in from a new fire north of us, but it hasn't touched us yet.

I walked for a long time today. It was beautiful out. Saw some goldfinches, a nashville warbler, some mushrooms, some good moss, lots of bumblebees, some skippers, a couple frogs, a bunch of woodpeckers, lots of chipmunks, some other little butterflies, chickadees, and some deer! As I was leaving I passed a momma deer grooming a spotty young deer it was fucking adorable. Then when I got home there were two hermit thrushes in the dogwood tree eating berries!

Here they are peeking out a little further downtrail to see us off as we leave the mountain.

the plough, or big dipper or ursa major depending where you’re from. over the marina in sausalito, with mt tam in the distance
#SFBayArea

Eine neue Beobachtung in meinem Garten.
Diese mir unbekannte Vogeldame fiel mir ins Auge, weil sie sich eine wilde Flugshow mit einem weiblichen Rotschwänzchen lieferte, die sie offensichtlich aus dem Garten vertreiben wollte.

Leider fand ich keinen Treffer in der Merlin App.

#GeschichtenAusDemGarten #birds #birdphotography

Matthew Meyer's new yokai book has a fascinating tale about a fisherman who married a mermaid.

When the couple ran into financial trouble the mermaid wanted to work as a courtesan but wasn't very good at it. Then they remembered that eating mermaid flesh is said to grant immortality. Not wanting to actually sell flesh, the couple opened a "Mermaid Licking Shop" instead where people could lick the mermaid for a few extra healthy years.

They grew rich and lived happily ever after.

#folklore 🧜‍♀️

#SilentSunday

We had a berry nice walk at Minto park this afternoon. Sad that I didn't get my phone out to capture those rosy crab apples. Maybe next time.

I'm channeling my inner Elsie & Frances and making some Cottingley fairies this evening. (Degas' sketch of a dancer and my photo of a cabbage white butterfly.) 4/

So pink it's red.

Red Clover in grounds of #Estonia National Museum, #Tartu.

#NativePlants #WildFlowers #BloomScrolling #wildlife #gardening #WildlifeGardening

#BloomScrolling

#silentsunday

#SilentSunday

Ladder Logic's debut album In The End is available for streaming in Apple Music. Includes the bonus track Free Fallin' which isn't available on BandCamp.
#AppleMusic #DebutAlbum #MusicProduction #Recording #GearSquad

This tiny bro sketch will is at the Dahl! You can check it out at the opening reception for their benefit auction on Friday, September 6th.

https://secure.qgiv.com/event/dahl50years/item/348277/

#brodalisque #WheresMyMedici

[Description: An artist stands in their studio holding aloft a square canvas covered in paint, which renders a dude wearing a black and white sports judge shirt as he reclines on a box of Bud Light.]

#dahlartscenter #art #sportsball

Relaxing together on #caturday

#SilentSunday

#SilentSunday

I have walked this earth for almost fifty years, and today for the first time I heard somebody refer to a phoenix as a "molotov cockatiel".

And sure, it's not new to the world, it's just new to me. But the world still has undiscovered joy and wonder in it, it can still surprise you, and I thought I'd mention that.