The woods are lovely, dark and deep

[owlandmoon]

Well hello there everyone! Here's a quick introduction to this blog:

Aster, 26, they/them

Currently studying for a PhD in archaeology

I like urban nature, wildlife, plants, walks in the countryside, observing the seasons and saying "wow look at the moon!" every time I see the moon

Skeptical witch

Posting will be inconsistent and range from 50 reblogs in a row, to me chattering into the void

Will probably also involve many photos of my little corner of the world

My view of things is coloured by my disabilities, queerness and transness. You don't have to agree, but I won't engage in arguments.

My main is @georgekirrin for ramblings with even less coherency and thematic appropriateness

I'll try to keep this post updated with common tags etc once I... have actual posts and remember I should probably sort them :D

[owlandmoon]

pulled these about my big scary job interview tomorrow, so now it feels a bit less big and scary

[acorviart]

rat king

[herpsandbirds]

Barn Owls (Tyto alba), family Tytonidae, order Strigiformes, Carrizo Plain National Monument, CA, USA

photograph by Mitch Waters

[rythyme]

i was seeing all these little blue flowers everywhere and kept thinking "dang what are these bitches, i can't remember..." well guess what. they were fuckin forget-me-nots. can't believe i failed step fucking 1, the hot girls on iNaturalist are going to laugh at me and i'm gonna flunk out of hobby botany school.

[rythyme]

!!! Learn From My Humiliation!!! THESE ARE THE BITCHES!!!! DO NOT FORGET THEM !!!!

[deramin2]

[miscellaneous-reblog-blog]

ID: same image with the text "I forgor." End ID

[owlandmoon]

[newtsnotebook]

[newtsnotebook]

Winter Solstice page

[hany272]

[wickedlittlecritta]

i've been reading a lot of books about urban naturalism recently, and the one big thing they all talk about is how you HAVE to stop seeing nature as something that happens somewhere else. nature is not just charismatic megafauna and state parks and mountain ranges. nature is that abandoned lot that's growing native milkweed in it. nature is the murder of crows that lives in your block. nature is the moss growing on your roof and the dandelions growing in the sidewalk cracks and the song birds at your neighbor's birdfeeder. and you should care about it! you should notice it! that's YOUR nature!

[forest-woman]

[wickedlittlecritta]

i've been reading a lot of books about urban naturalism recently, and the one big thing they all talk about is how you HAVE to stop seeing nature as something that happens somewhere else. nature is not just charismatic megafauna and state parks and mountain ranges. nature is that abandoned lot that's growing native milkweed in it. nature is the murder of crows that lives in your block. nature is the moss growing on your roof and the dandelions growing in the sidewalk cracks and the song birds at your neighbor's birdfeeder. and you should care about it! you should notice it! that's YOUR nature!

[coinandcandle]

What is your witchy hot take?

Rules for this post:

Give the benefit of the doubt. If it seems like a blanket statement, it probably isn't, it's probably just based on that person's experience or belief system. Also don't turn it into some weird bigoted stuff or you get blocked.

MY witchy hot take is that I think tarot decks you choose personally match your energy better than those gifted to you.

How are you gunna know if you vibe with it if you've never messed with it before? I vibe with the one's I've been gifted, of course, but not as much as those that I choose myself.

[owlandmoon]

my witchy hot take is that buying a ton of crystals/altar decorations/plants/tarot decks/other tools because that's what other people have on social media (cough instagram cough) is just capitalist overconsumption with a different face, and looking into what you genuinely need and what's available locally and sustainably is always going to be better than listening to a tiktok titled 'ten essential things to be a real witch'

[gobe]

“Last night I photographed a Barn Owl hovering above prey at a local farm where I have been baiting them for some time, I did attempt this last winter but failed due to the lens misting, still a work in progress” ~ Roy Rimmer

[biglawbear]

I love the sex and magic pride flag. Pink and turquoise and sex and magic are so important to me. I've always argued that we need to put sex and magic back in the pride flag. Then I thought, why stop there?

This is the Sex and Magic Flag, reblog if you like sex and magic

[owlandmoon]

Askham Bog nature reserve 💚

[kf1n3]

wanted to paint these owls