Hightail and Lowtail visiting a peanut stash in the middle of winter. A few seconds after this picture was taken, they flew off together, presumably to consume their buried treasure someplace less snowy.

Mitten’s MMIW (Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women) face mask is beaded with a red handprint in Czech seed beads and sewn with cotton fabric and ribbon. The top border of the mask is decorated with shell discs and the bottom fringe consists of bone hair pipes and teardrop beads. In the United States, Indigenous women experience violence greater than any other population of women. “The MMIW atrocity,” as Mitten explained, “has inspired me in a few of my pieces including this mask. Many women use the hand symbol across the mouth as a symbol of this movement to bring attention to the horrible injustices that are occurring in indigenous communities throughout North America. Having to wear protective masks for our health would cover those who choose to paint the handprint on their faces, so I decided to bead it to the mask.” X

summer whites, greens and brown.

Private Collection.

Paris, Musée d’Orsay.

but did you know that the often dead and rotting logs that these wonderful fungi, lichens and plants grow on, are a mini ecosystem on their own? so many animals rely on the organic material, not just insects but mammals too! and that is why if you see a fallen long, trunk or rotting stump, you shouldn't remove it, as the janitors of nature will move in and make it their home!

will barnet, "dialogue in green," 1970, lithograph

source - Rita Leydon

everyone seems to be doing quite well

i was able to act fast & trap this one in the unforgiving void of my bath tub. last i checked it was standing stock-still waiting for the terrain to load in. too bad, little buddy. you're in my world now

horseyyy =0=

when your guardian angel quits 💧