lactarius

M, 57, he/him, gray beard, West Coast USA. Happily attached. Friendly, powerless. 21+ please. I'm not here, this isn't happening. In your orbit, formerly known as. It's been seven hours and fifteen days since last flagged post.

[driftingisland]

Fire Escape (Persimmon), 2016 etching with watercolor 10″ x 8″

Mare Martin

[weepingwidar]

Ryan Driscoll (British, 1992) - The Serpent (2026)

[ymutate]

Pierre Lefebvre (Canadian, born 1954)

Coings et fraises [Quinces and strawberries], 2023

Oil on panel

60 × 48 in (152.4 × 121.9 cm)

Private collection

[historicalbookimages]

🌸 Lindenia Gand [Belgium]: Impr. F. Meyer-van Loo, 1885-1906. Original source Image description: Historical botanical illustration of two Cattleya schilleriana var. superba orchids, featuring large, vibrant flowers with pinkish-purple petals speckled with dark red. The flowers have a distinct frilled lip with deep magenta veins and a yellow throat. Thick green leaves and short, segmented pseudobulbs at the base support the flowers. The detailed depiction highlights the orchid’s natural texture and coloration, characteristic of 19th-century botanical art. The background is plain, emphasizing the plant’s structure and coloration.

[martiniden666]

"A False Sense of Comfort"

by Arek Akki

[solitaria]

by Marit Beer

[killyridols]

violin by emily weiner, 2023, oil on linen in porcelain frame, 11.5 × 9.5 × 1.5 inches

[kafkasapartment]

San Juan, Puerto Rico, 1957. Elliott Erwitt. Pigment print

[inspirationselfhelp]

Boy With Cap by Collins Obijiaku

[worldsandemanations]

Ceija Stojka

[pmamtraveller]

2500 years old statue of Aphrodite

[historicalbookimages]

🐄 Revue horticole.. Paris: Librairie agricole de la maison rustique, 1829-1974.. Original source Image description: Illustration of a Cattleya Dowiana orchid with a large, ruffled central petal in deep red and orange tones, surrounded by pale yellow petals with slightly frilled edges, accompanied by two elongated green leaves. A smaller, detailed black-and-white sketch of the entire orchid plant shows the stem, flowers, and leaves from a side view. The artwork is from the “Revue Horticole,” combining botanical accuracy with artistic style typical of 19th-century horticultural publications.

[yan-wo]

[yan-wo]

Jim Tsinganos

[xphaiea]

Mexican wooden mask

[sonsofadam]

Basalt male torso, 1st century B.C.

Museo Archeologico Nazionale (Complesso Monumentale della Pilotta), Parma, Emlia-Romagna, Italy

[moma-prints]

Untitled, Louise Bourgeois, 2004, MoMA: Drawings and Prints

Gift of The Easton Foundation Size: sheet: 30 × 41 ¼" (76.2 × 104.8 cm) Medium: Watercolor, crayon, and pencil on paper

http://www.moma.org/collection/works/204659

[palominojacoby]

Suad Al-Attar, Spirit of the Magical Tree, 2008