From Valentine’s Day 2013, one of 34 photos. African penguins receive valentines from biologist Crystal Crimbchin at The California Academy of Sciences African penguin exhibit in San Francisco, on February 13, 2013. The valentines will be used as nesting material. (AP Photo/Jeff Chiu)

Ice Storm ~ Montreal, Quebec, Canada 1998

From: 1 & 3 were scanned by ゆゆ, 2 is from the official twt.

Playing around with magenta underpaintings for winter scenes lately.

Whimsical weathervanes

Ivan Quesada - The Woman with the Six Cats, 2025 - Acrylic on canvas

Musée du dessinateur de fabrique, ou, Matériaux et archives du manufacturier - Fleury Chavant - 1838 - via Internet Archive

dance shoes worn by marie taglioni, 1829. (coll. taglioni, nmi, den haag) .

J. Paul Getty Museum 81.AI.109.3

Journey into the Surreal: Virgil Finlay’s Illustration for ‘Famous Fantastic Mysteries’, 1943

If you're ever by a stream with a lot of trout, keep your eyes open for the little souls of Victorian businessmen that swirl about in there. You see, they didn't have enough fun in life, so this is how they make up for it. Or so I'm told.

A young female welder in Connecticut, c. 1943. Photo by Bernard Hoffman.

Spring Light. Made by Stephanie Wilds.

zoe coste

November Evening in a Welsh Wood James T. Watts