Witness the elegance of the swimming Feather Star, a crinoid that dates back to the Ordovician era, over 480 million years ago. A true marvel of evolution in our oceans.

"Easter Bunny on the Train"
By German artist Michael Sowa (1996)

Actually his name was Arnold after the pig in Green Acres.

I had a pet pig as a kid and it had better manners and smelled better than this waste of human piece of protoplasm.

I miss them so much, two wonderful, smart, intelligent and classy people.

Happy Easter to all who observe it.

My mother was one and she had severe mental illness and dementia at the end of her life.

Some things never change.

This cuneiform clay tablet documents a transaction in Ur in which Ea-nāsir, a trader, allegedly sold sub-standard copper to a customer, Nanni. Nanni, dissatisfied with the quality, wrote a complaint addressing the poor service & mistreatment of his servant.

🕰️c1750BC
🏛️📷BM

More little plays in the orange boy's dementia riddled brain? It is sad but I believe the Iranian government before I believe anything from him and his bootlickers.

Great time to visit!

Good Friday to all of my Christian Friends. (Thanks Alan for letting me creatively acquire this.)

#CapeCod #Poetry #Painting #Spring

It is morning, and again
I am the lucky person to be in it

Mary Oliver

🎨 Kaoru Yamada

Ladybugs devour thousands of aphids during their lifetime, thus naturally protecting crops, gardens, and wild plants. This is why farmers and ecologists consider them among the most effective natural pest controllers. Small, quiet, and often overlooked – yet indispensable for healthy ecosystems.

Ancient Greek coin from around 500 - 480 BCE

Out wandering and found this lone sentinel.

20 minutes of a mentally ill, dementia addled, physically declining old man. He is failing fast.

An Easter milk chocolate egg sandwich.

Egg sandwich for lunch today.

Can't wait to hear the people who voted him turn themselves into human pretzels to deny they voted for him.

the picture on the cover is a methodist church and jd is catholic...lmao....

With high seas treaty in place, West African countries plan for protected area With the High Seas Treaty coming into force in January, efforts to establish protected areas in the marine spaces that lie beyond countries’ jurisdiction are gaining momentum — including one off the c...

"West African nations are working on a proposal to establish one of the first high seas marine protected areas located beyond their national waters."

news.mongabay.com/2026/03/with...

beautiful capture!

Mooch loves this one. So do I!

The "stable genius who knows all the best words" is a moron.

My painting HIGH PLAINS STORM

A Rhopalonematid jelly (Crossota millsae) feeding with tentacles extended in all directions filmed at a depth of 1,015 meters (3,330 feet) off southwestern Puerto Rico.

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Me: This escape room is hard. Friend: This is a bookstore. Daisy Chain Book Co.

Burrowing Owl on the ground, standing in front of a sign telling visitors it is a violation to disturb the burrows or harass the owls.

Burrowing Owl on the ground making sure visitors read the sign!!!

#birdoftheday
birds on the ground

photo by David Chernoff