[lamignonette]

[angelicdewdrop]

[lamignonette]

[dreamstars]

[pam3pr]

Tetsu Hiraga, Osaka (Juso), November 2016

[thequietabsolute]

i’ve always loved the word solitude. even shorn of all meaning, just the look, the sound of the word, what it does to the mouth

: solitude. beautiful.

[harminuya]

Antique Armenian rug from Artsakh region.

[achillesinhighheels]

Sleeping Muse

By Misha Frid

[umbralwaves]

‘Our land is not for sale’: Indigenous people protest at COP30 in Brazil

No agribusiness, oil exploration, illegal miners or illegal loggers, the protesters say at UN climate summit in Belem.

[lindamarieansonsnaps]

Rudbeckias

[kapuskasing]

Anastasia Trusova: Black Cat in the Garden

[smsomah]

Bilad Qahtan, Saudi Arabia. Scanned from the book Tableaux d'Arabie by Thierry Mauger. More on my frescoes tag.

Traditionally, women painted their homes to beautify the space and express identity, hospitality, and cultural pride. They used natural pigments (soot, limestone, plant dyes) mixed with water and applied them with simple tools like sticks, fingers, or handmade brushes. Over time, commercial paints expanded the color range.

[jewellery-box]

Quilt 1885

Artist/maker unknown, American Made for Sarah Minturn Bacon Edge (American, 1853–1916); made for Jacob Valentine Edge (American, 1841–1913)

Medium: silk and cotton blend satin, silk floss and chenille embroidery, silk cord trim with cotton core, cotton batting, silk taffeta lining

Philadelphia Museum of Art

[wcndersoul]

[tasahce]

Jxn, MS (2025)

[tidewalker77]

in Maine sheep are released on offshore Islands in spring to graze for summer. With no natural predators on these islands sheep thrive. To be corralled up and brought back to the mainland in early fall.

[lilium-bosniacum-deactivated202]

sofra - a traditional low table for dining while sitting on the floor and traditional bosnian food.