[7pleiades7]

Byblis (Biblis), (Detail), (1884), by William-Adolphe Bouguereau (French, 1825 – 1905), oil on canvas, 48 cm (18.8 in) x 79 cm (31.1 in), Salar Jung Museum, India

[journalofanobody]

“And everything’s holy– everything, even me.”

— John Steinbeck, from The Grapes of Wrath (via words-and-coffee)

[hellenicgoddess]

Ancient Greek Coins With Octopuses 🐙

[itscolossal]

These 1,000-Year-Old Paper Flowers, Sealed in a Cave, Are a Marvel of Preservation

[heyacciaio]

Green Man (detail)

Byzantine mosaic, VI century A.D.

Great Palace Mosaic Museum, Istanbul

[pnwander]

the breakfasting heron: 11/?

[nobrashfestivity]

Shiro Kasamatsu, Misty Evening at Shinobazu Pond, Tokyo

[pwlanier]

A. Codognato. Pendant earrings of 18-karat yellow gold set with diamonds, rock crystal, carved mammoth bone skeleton of a prisoner,

a seashell, an open book, and a heart.

Courtesy Alain Truong

[maureen2musings]

Steller's Jay

zachnicholz

[memories-of-ancients]

Gold chalice with turquoise, part of the Gourdon Treasure Hoard uncovered near Gourdon, France in 1845. Dated late 5th - early 6th century.

[charnel-grounds]

“The Mistletoe-Web”, (Jeanne Dirys)

by Léopold-Émile Reutlinger, c. 1900

from ‘The Sketch Vol. 3: Worser Than Death’

[treasures-and-beauty]

Choker #96 by Mary Lee Hu. Twined 18 and 24 carat gold.

[riverwindphotography]

Gentle Souls: A Bighorn ewe and her lamb feed peacefully in early afternoon light

(c) riverwindphotography, January 2026

[twirld]

Augustus of Prima Porta (Augustus -Octavian- was the founder of the Roman Empire and the first Roman emperor from 27 BC until his death in AD 14)

[aletheyass]

always remember that adhesive labels can sense your fear and hesitation when you are removing them

[the-hollow-quiet]

I know your forest.

—Leo Tolstoy

Anna Karenina

[the-hollow-quiet]

I know your forest.

—Leo Tolstoy

Anna Karenina