Lilac Lichen

I only want to live in peace and plant potatoes and dream!

[feral-ballad]

Yun Dong-Ju, tr. by Kyung-nyun Kim Richards & Steffen F. Richards, from Sky, Wind, and Stars; “The Road”

[Text ID: “and the reason I am living is / only because I am looking / for what I have lost.”]

[ousia-poetica]

I always get interrupted at the best part. linktree/jessicaoliverart

[shewillbeshelby]

Some friends that came to visit me while I was at my moms place.

[lionfloss]

by Giancarlo Mannetta

[escapekit]

Blue Planet Florida-based self-taught photographer Steven Kovacs captures stunning photos of minuscule, unassuming creatures in the ocean around Palm Beach.

[memewhore]

[times-chu]

I like these photos because someone clearly set up a camera, took a picture, ran all the way up the grain silo to change the slide doors, and ran all the way back down to take another picture. That's dedication.

[deathsdaisy]

Really loving that times-chu doesn't know you can do things with other people

[antiqueanimals]

Prey Animals. Written by Nathan Aaseng. Illustrated by Alcuin Dornisch. 1987.

[knightofleo]

Kestrel-dad not sure how to dad but he’s trying his best.

[astarlingdiscovery]

[punished-ned]

Dad loves you and feeds you. But he is also dumb and feeds you a wonderfully done wagyu steak. You are 3 days old.

[swan2swan]

Okay, but check out this video from mid-May 2022 of a Kestrel Dad who just kept piling up voles and mice beside his babies when the mom was injured/killed/mia’d by owls…but then watched one of his babies just swallow a lizard and went “OH. I can feed them small food!” and learned to tear it apart!

EDIT: There’s a not-zero percent chance that this could be the same dad???????? The source is the same–Robert E Fuller–but they could be different birds. 

[swan2swan]

UPDATE: Not only has Mister Kes learned to feed his chicks all on his own…

….the three chicks who were taken out of the nest for intensive care after the mom disappeared were put back in, and he just started feeding them, too.

He’s a single father of six who does not possess the instincts to feed even one of his offspring, but he learned and adopted that behavior without difficulty and is now hunting and providing for six kids all on his own. 

[swan2swan]

Oh, Father’s Day update:

All six kids fledged over the past few weeks. Dad’s all alone now. I dunno if his kids are hanging around to greet him today, but I think he’s happiest if he never has to see them again.

Good luck to you in the future, Mister Kes. You’ve done your job beautifully.

[antiqueanimals]

Евгений Чарушин "Вот они какие". 1962.

[respectthewolf]

[todaysbird]

[stochastic-shieldmaiden]

People always correct me when I say fishes even though I’m right

[dragonbleps]

I had a thought, but unfortunately I had a second thought. They ricocheted off each other and I can’t find either anymore

[padawan-historian]

Miyazaki teaches us that learning is a lifelong metamorphosis; a continuous act of trying, failing, growing, becoming, and searching for moving castles.

[todaysbird]

Rainwater is no longer safe to drink anywhere on Earth, scientists say

Scientists are calling for tighter restrictions on PFAS which persist in the environment for years.

I JUST WANT TO OPEN MY MOUTH AND CATCH THE RAINWATER!!! GOD DAMN YOU!!!

[willgrahamscock]

if you’re reading this freaking go to the bathroom already the next post can wait your bladder can’t

[several-flies]

@onenicebugperday

[onenicebugperday]

Beautiful work! They didn’t say so on the post, but I confirmed that OP made this :)