see life as a worthy opponent

京都 西山 善峯寺 // Yoshiminedera Temple

Viking dresses by Savelyeva Ekaterina

All of these colours can be obtained from vegetable dyes, producing different shades depending on what mordant (colour fixative - alum, different metal filings, different vinegars) was used. See here and here for examples.

Apparently, they can tell from the chemical composition that the colours wouldn’t be mixed with black or white to mute them, but be used in their brightest form. Bright yellow and red was achieved with expensive dyes (orpiment and cinnabar) and was thus fashionable. (Source in Danish)

Shifting Tides, Anton Elfilter

[ID: a postage stamp with an illustration of porcini mushrooms at various stages of growth. end ID]

Snoqualmie Falls, WA, USA July 16, 2026

Stolen from reddit where it wasn't being properly appreciated

In case anyone wonders what the Japanese is saying

Leonard Koscianski (US-American, 1952) - Forest Green (2012)

Elena Lukina - The Luminous Flux, 2023 - Oil on canvas

Juliette Vaissière (French, 1995) - Hunger (2025)

Trash Can. Wool (interlocking crochet, unwashed)

i 💘 trinket dishes

Hooded crow/Corvus corone cornix/kråka aka gråkråka. Mariehamn, Åland (25 May 2026).

Eurasian magpie/Pica pica/skata. Värmland, Sweden (13 July 2025).