some of my favorite animal miniatures from nypl spencer coll. pers. ms. 49, a 16th century copy of zakariya al-qazwini's 13th century the wonders of creatures and the marvels of creation.

i like to draw with chalk in the mornings before it gets too hot out

“Three hares, and three ears, and yet no one has more than two.”

marie léon

“will you make me breakfast in bed? ask me to get married, and then make me breakfast again!”

Fish-shaped interlocking paving stones.

Aoyama Masaharu (1893-1969) - Black Cat on the Roof, woodblock print, 28 x 20 cm

Japanese Garden, Portland, 2006

(reblog for sample size)

lunar tomb by annie m. russell, 16 x 200 inches, 2026

Pembrokeshire (2) (3) (4) by Ingrid Taberham

fog dog

source: Basel, Universitätsbibl., B X 1, fol. 56r, 67r, and 71r

Mid-19th century cardboard keepsake box containing poetry verses.