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Being With Painful Feelings, podcast episode 73:

"Nobody escapes pain, but, for most people, knowing how to handle it remains a mystery. That’s why, in this installment, Zen Buddhist monk Brother Phap Huu & leadership coach/journalist Jo Confino discuss ways to cope with painful feelings, both individually & collectively."

#mentalHealth #mindfulness

https://plumvillage.org/podcast/being-with-painful-feelings-episode-73

Despite having given in to every one of their demands this morning, the scrub jays are still feeling salty with me.

📷 Gripping the wheel at a stop light.

#FediversalPictures #Abstract #Photography

I see you!

🐈‍⬛ Happy #Caturday even tho Midnight clearly isn't in the mood

#BloomScrolling #lantana

A lone flamingo who has (temporarily) settled in Port Aransas, TX

#Photography #Birds #Birding #Wildlife #Nature #BirdPhotography #WildlifePhotography #NaturePhotography #Texas

There were little hushes of storm light surrounding everything here today, giving the birds and the trees all a quiet, eerie glow. Western kingbird.

I went out to see the owl again this eve. They were extra sleepy.

Walking around in 100 degree Texas heat today was worth it for the beautiful giant swallowtails. #insect #photography #butterfly #butterflies #atx #texas

Important kitten update:

SILENT AND STILL WATCHERS IV

Faces crowned in stone,
Forgotten kings in cobwebs
Ruling from a wall

#haiku #photography #poetry

📷 Green Zebras.

My tomato guy had batch of these on Tuesday. They're small, about the size of a tangerine. Tart, then sweet flavor.

#FediversalPictures #Photography #Food

I don't have any flies for flyday, but I met this glossy creature in the arboretum yesterday. They seemed almost translucent in the bright sunlight. Great golden digger wasp (I think).

My library assistant, Salome. #Caturday

The birds are molting, and there’s a chill in the air. The seasons move forward—it’s almost Fall.

#birds #pigeons

Drying out #Poppy #SeedHeads.
Saving some to sow next year. Giving some to friends. Putting a few, after I package up, in my future community free #seeds library - setting it up in September.

#GardeningMastodon #SeedSavers #SeedSharing #perennials #Gardeners #Saanich #VictoriaBC #VancouverIsland #botanical #nature #SeedHarvesting #FlowerSeeds #PacificNorthwest #horticultural #photography

I love the sea and I am afraid of it. It is soothing and menacing and relentless and mesmerising and patient and impatient and wild and calm and shimmering and dark. I love the sea and I am afraid of it. #photography #BlackAndWhite #sea

A friend!

#bees #insects