The Birdhouse

This blog is dedicated to all things whimsical that tickles my fancy and ignites my passions for the natural world and inspires me to live my dreams through all things that make life beautiful; historically, culturally, natural, living, or dead.

[queenmoriarty]

If the compass breaks,

then follow your heart

And I hope it leads you

right back into my arms

[byzbi]

[moami]

humanity peaked when the first sea shanty sounded over the lonely ocean

[lesserfires-deactivated20210628]

[charnel-grounds]

Luis Ricardo Falero (1851-1896)

[macleod]

Pig skin protein gives sight back to 14 blind people nearly instantly, including three with perfect vision.

Twenty people who were blind or on the verge of being so have had some or all of their sight restored thanks to a food industry byproduct — pig skin.

Researchers from Linköping University and LinkoCare Life Sciences AB were able to give the group their vision back with a special corneal implant made from medical-grade collagen from porcine skin, a purified food industry byproduct that's used in FDA-approved medical devices for treating glaucoma. The implant was given to those who suffer from diseased corneas, the outermost and transparent layer of the eye, an issue that affects millions of people worldwide.

Along with limited donor availability, the typical treatment, which requires doctors to surgically replace a cornea and sew it into place, also risks graft rejection, healing complications, infections, astigmatism and the need for long-term support. The new method, however, allows doctors to insert the implant into the existing cornea, requires no stitches and incision is minimally invasive with either an advanced laser or by hand.

"The operations were free from complications; the tissue healed fast; and an eight-week treatment with immunosuppressive eye drops was enough to prevent rejection of the implant," a press release for the study states. "With conventional cornea transplants, medicine must be taken for several years. The patients were followed for two years, and no complications were noted during that time."

Source: CBS News 08/12/2022

[titimylove]

vegans are gonna fucking hate this one weird trick

[arthistoryvault]

Galina Egorenkova

[logwire]

living under heaven / Nao ARAI

[drugsandrainydays]

For lonely people, rain is a chance to be touched.

[bbgirl-aesthetic20]

[hildegardavon]

James Pradier, 1790-1852 and Salvator Marchi, active Paris 19th Century

Vénus à la coquille, 1844, plâtre patiné, 23.5x15.5x16 cm

Musée d'Art et d'Histoire, Ville de Genève,  Inv. 1910-0227

[localwawacoyote]

[oxboxer]

Lots of people responding to my potions post wishing they could get the potion bottles irl. Well nerds, I have some "good" news! The inspiration for the Charm Potion bottle is a very real and apparently popular type of perfume bottle originating in (according to Google) Germany. As you can see, they have... a hell of an energy to them.

[cooperstation]

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The statue on the island i live on called the fisherman's wife.

Whenever fishers from this island have passed away at sea this is where we left candles and flowers.

[flowerais-deactivated20211031]

How to express tenderness towards yourself

treat mundane activities like grocery shopping as adventures

make playlists for every feeling you can feel

give yourself quiet days to read and pass time slowly

keep a journal, a nonperfomative place to express yourself

reduce your screen time; use your screens mostly for inspiration

create more than you consume

have a place where you can run free and feel the wind rushing

do things that make you happy even if they seem childish

[happyheidi]

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[vampiresex69]

Lemon, thyme and arctic char