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The Great Wave off Kanagawa

#Photography

A #mondayMelancholy cartoon from the #moomins by Tove Jansson

Also introducing yet another hashtag only I will use #maudlinMonday

To be honest, I'm actually pretty chipper today, so should have saved this one for a proper bleak one.

My dad forgot about a cucumber so it’s overgrown.

(Cork for scale)

We cleaned up our potato and broad bean bed, and we found two newts hiding! They were moved to a safer place in the garden.

Having a #MonochromeMonday here today.

It's taking all of my self control to not add a bunch of exclamation points after "Maintenance & Repair" so it will finally be centered.

Ladder Logic's debut album is now available for streaming on Spotify. Given the change in their royalty distributions it's unlikely I'll make any money here, but please feel free to have a listen and share. #Spotify #Streaming #Music #IndieRock #GearSquad
https://open.spotify.com/album/2tQDEleiyPuJq9TYMyjYFU?

📷 #SilentSunday

#FediversalPictures

A small cotton lint got stuck on my husband's eyelash. When I picked it up, I realized that the lint had a life of its own. I took a photo, and it turned out to be a macro aphid with a fancy furry coat.
#macrophotography #macrolife #nature #macroword #insects

Will this week be child’s play?
Or a complicated equation?
(Probably both.)
#PhotoMonday #FotoMontag

#MythologyMonday and Dogs:

Not a myth, but kinda Bible-related? There is a Hungarian legend that says the first puli dog was created by Jesus Christ to help out a kind shepherd who could never successfully corral his sheep.

Jesus clearly had a knack for fancy design, making these adorable barking mops.

#dogs #DogsOfMastodon #folklore

#MonDog #InternationalDogDay
Same, my basset hound friend. Same.

A few days ago I posted a Painted Bolete mushroom that had been parasitized by a genus of Hypomyces.

I found another one in the early stages and took photos of it over the next 3 days. You can see how it started off on the edges on Wednesday, before a slim coating on Friday, and finally a full on nor’easter on Saturday. (You can also see the quick growth of another Painted Bolete under the cap).

Total elapsed time: 75 hours

#MushroomMonday #Fungi #Mushrooms #Nature #Pilze #Mycology

#silentsunday

Good morning! Many years ago, I allowed this sentiment to change my life. Well, change my thinking about the purpose and value of my life.

I don’t have to do it *all.* But everything I choose to do (and think about) *can* make a positive impact, when it’s done with love.

#mondaymotivation
Today’s quote from The Economist came at a good time. I needed this reminder today. I hope it empowers you, too.

This article is about the reintroduction of a migratory bird species in a place where it's been extinct. The birds don't know how to migrate when they don't have wild-born elders, so humans raise them from birth and fly with them. "...supported by foster parents of the birds in a microlight aircraft, waving and shouting encouragement through a bullhorn" omg so cute!

https://apnews.com/article/germany-ibis-waldrapp-migration-climate-change-c0acde6dfd791d2ec1998b53699e9756

We have sunshine so I can get some outside jobs done…and take photos of bees and flowers.

#BloomScrollingWithABee #BloomScrolling

Be the
calm.
#photography