'Ginkgo' chair by Claude Lalanne

cormorants in the harbor

Born a German princess, widowed when her husband the Grand Duke Sergei of Russia got blown to smithereens in front of her, sold all her possessions and gave it to the poor, became a nun and lived the monastic life, got arrested by political opposition, thrown in a deep mineshaft where they tossed grenades in after her. They waited for her to die but she just kept chanting church hymns. When they went to retrieve the bodies, it was found that while gravely injured herself, St. Elizabeth tore up her monastic habit in order to bandage one of the men who were with her.

Western honey bee/Apis mellifera/honungsbi. Bees and many other pollinators are crazy about oregano/Origanum vulgare/kungsmynta. Värmland, Sweden (16 July 2020).

Икона Божией Матери именуемая "Отгоняющая злые помыслы". The icon of the Mother of God called "Driving away evil thoughts".

I was browsing the tags and saw people wondering why the little demonia was wearing the Pharoah's headdress, so I hope this can explain some... (@ladyofthecreed and @godlovesdykes)

Baby rock squirrel (Otospermophilus variegatus) nibbling mesquite beans, and nuzzling mom. At San Pedro House, Cochise County, Arizona.

a warmth in the meadows

Les Enfants de la tombe, 2026, stylo à bille sur papier, 29,7 × 21 cm

Common Carder Bee/Bombus pascuorum/åkerhumla. Värmland, Sweden (1 July 2020).

Clipper Stad Amsterdam (2000) in Cannes

Trouville. Les Jetées marée haute, 1888-95, Eugène Boudin

Common Carder Bee/Bombus pascuorum/åkerhumla. Värmland, Sweden (23 June 2019).

[from: Błękitny Zamek, Prószyński & S-ka 2000, illustrated by Katarzyna Karina Chmiel; all ilustrations from this edidion can be found here!]

Икона Божией Матери именуемая "Отгоняющая злые помыслы". The icon of the Mother of God called "Driving away evil thoughts".