*✧ meow ✧*

happiness is a warm puppy

[kigisu]

[fukazawashimpei]

Ehime, Japan

[urgetocreate]

Nikita Chan (Chinese/American), Keeper of the Secret Garden, 2026, Color pencil on paper

[holespoles]

Nakkusu

なっくす

[vanessagillings]

The first of two pieces I made for Gallery Nucleus' upcoming show Portraits of the Wildly Polite opening in LA on August 22nd!

[michelletolo]

I'm almost halfway in the Smaugust art challenge now! "Only" 16 dragons to go 🫠

[todayintokyo]

Fushimi Inari Taisha by 松村上久郎

[hedgehog-moss]

[marusagorjup]

does this count as animal crossing? 😼

anyways, this is one of the illustrations that I finished recently, which will be available on my 2027 wall calendar. and maybe as a print or bookmark as well 😁 i just need to get around to making those

[activeoblivion]

[briargeese]

One of our cats waiting for me to stop slapping mosquitoes and pet him instead while in the woods the deer are huffing their displeasure at our presence. Not a lot of fireflies this year, but enough.

[apod]

2026 August 15

Bright Perseids from Sweden Image Credit & Copyright: P-M Hedén (Clear Skies, TWAN)

Explanation: Known for its bright and fast meteors, the annual Perseid Meteor Shower comes to planet Earth’s skies from a radiant in the heroic constellation Perseus. The popular northern summer celestial spectacle is created as grains of dust cast off along the orbit of periodic comet 109P/Swift-Tuttle vaporize in Earth’s dense atmosphere, tracing brief, but beautiful streaks through the night. Taken near the shower’s peak of activity on August 12, this composite image recorded two bright perseid meteors and one meteor’s watery reflection from a location near the coastal village of Grisslehamn, Sweden. Almost as bright as Altair, brightest star on the scene, the meteors appear along with the faint, diffuse background of the Milky Way. This year, the shower’s peak activity coincided with a New Moon, so perseid meteor flashes were undiminished by bright moonlight. And for many skywatchers, this night of bright perseid meteors followed their viewing of the silhouette of the New Moon in a much anticipated solar eclipse.

∞ Source: apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap260815.html

[fieldandgrain]

murph on 35mm

pentax mx | smc 50mm | fuji400

[rkherman]

2026 Tea Seasons Collections Autumn ~ Pumpkin Spice Latte

Shop | INPRNT | Cats 2026 Calendar | Instagram | Bluesky

[oilpalette]

Lovely Grey Cat, 2022 by Ira Whittaker (Ukranian); Oil on canvas, 12 x 12 in

[photos-of-space]

Shadow of the Moon from high-altitude balloon

[littleoil]

A gust of wind Stirs the dreams of the past: A sky inside the room, The moon beside the windowsill.

Gently cupping the moonlight, Wishing to illuminate forgotten corners.

Once, imagination flew wild and free, How is it now That even dreams have turned so ordinary?