the bad blood rose in me, just like wine

it was odd to see her stepping out of that gloomy place, like a pearl coming out of an oyster.

[herpsandbirds]

Purple-breasted Cotinga (Cotinga cotinga), EAT A TASTY FRUIT!!!, family Cotingidae, order Passeriformes, Colombia

photographs by Anselmo d’Affonseca

[nixscriptum]

[bymossypine]

🍂🐈 Quilt

[bluedillylee]

✨yenny💜

gooseberries and lilacs

[sydneysageivashkov]

eleanor guthrie did not go from wearing cravats and vests to corsets and gowns just for people to say she always dressed like a femme. don't worry ms guthrie I saw you cut away pieces of yourself to achieve acceptability in rogers' eyes and be accepted back into the english upperclass and then die anyway the same way your mother did before you.

[barnsburntdownnow]

Wall Creeper Rajesh Mahajan, 2022 Parwanoo, Himachal Pradesh

[1five1two]

'Cat that reads'. Wincenty Sleńdziński. c. 1867.

[mammalianmammals]

Pygmy Fruit-eating Bat (Dermanura phaeotis) get a drinky drink, family Phyllostomidae, Nicaragua

photographs by Jose Gabriel 

[lourocarmim]

cette cacophonie qui me scie la tête

[mammalianmammals]

Brown Hyenas (Parahyaena brunnea), adults and pup, family Hyaenidae, Tswalu Kalahari Reserve, South Africa

Photographs by Marcus Westberg

[bigflooparh]

[herpsandbirds]

Long-nosed Horned Frog (Pelobatrachus nasutus), family Megophryidae, Lupa Masa Rainforest Camp, Sabah, Borneo

photograph by James Jolokia

[the-almost-fashion-historian]

evening dress, 1908-13 by unknown designer

this dress was worn by Queen Maud of Norway and to say I'm in love is an understatement

this dress can be found in: the National Museum of Norway

[michaelnordeman]

Ruff/brushane. Kauhaneva-Pohjankangas National Park, Finland (19 May 2026).

[blondebrainpowered]

Reliquary in the shape of a three-legged fish, from Germany, ca. 900-1350 CE.

Crafted from rock crystal and silver-gilt, and it was designed as a vessel for relics of Mary Magdalene.

[esskuesli]

@elodieunderglass look at this fish!

[elodieunderglass]

I’d love to!

[lleyksie]

owls + apples 🍎

[fripperiesandfobs]

Tea gown ca. 1875-80

From Cora Ginsburg