The Violet Dale

Where I post mostly nature and art. LGBTQIA+ safe. She/her.

[thomas--bombadil]

Blackbird upon survey stake.

[fravery]

Monica Morrill, Canadian

"Coastal Splendor"

acrylic on canvas painting

[hoot-alex]

Backyard Sounds from 2022

[ostdrossel]

It's been a rough week, and these Redwinged Blackbirds perfectly illustrate the mood. (Second one is molting.) I am so thankful for birds.

[para-iso-doll]

『カノン』 h55cm。最近作ったビスクドールです。

銀座人形館 Angel Dollsさんで見ることができます。

2026 避暑地のそよ風 〜夏少女☆人形展〜

於: 銀座人形館 Angel Dolls

7月17日(金)〜25日(土) 11:00〜18:00

涼みにお越しください。🎐

[greycatbird]

My pookie🥰

Gray Catbird, New England, July 2026

[michaelnordeman]

Great tit/Parus major/talgoxe, juvenile. Värmland, Sweden (16 July 2024).

[michaelnordeman]

Stay hydrated! Eurasian red squirrel/Sciurus vulgaris/ekorre. Värmland, Sweden (16 July 2023).

[michaelnordeman]

Eurasian nuthatch/Sitta europaea/nötväcka. Värmland, Sweden (16 July 2020).

[soup-mother]

Sober as fuck at the back of the club going onto Wikipedia and typing "List of birds"

[hangsawoman]

therapist: and what do we say when we feel like this?

me: no live organism can continue to exist sanely under conditions of absolute reality

therapist: no

[herpsandbirds]

Marbled Newt (Triturus marmoratus), male, family Salamandridae, northern Spain

photograph by Bryan Maltais

[herpsandbirds]

Oviedo Fire Salamander (Salamandra s. bernardezi), family Salamandridae, northern Spain

This subspecies of the Fire Salamander gives live birth to fully formed terrestrial offspring!!!

This subspecies is also highly variable in pattern and coloration.

photographs by Bryan Maltais

[michaelnordeman]

Hooded crow/Corvus corone cornix/kråka aka gråkråka. Mariehamn, Åland (25 May 2026).

[michaelnordeman]

Eurasian magpie/Pica pica/skata. Värmland, Sweden (13 July 2025).

[hideki-koga]

アオバト（White-bellied green-pigeon）

[mybeingthere]

Mantle, Peruvian, Paracas-Nasca, South CoastEarly, Intermediate Period, Phase 1AD 1-100, Peru, South Coast.

Design: rows of shaman figures with heads thrown back, worked solidly with wool.

Camelid fiber plain weave embroidered with camelid fiber in stem-stitch, 142 x 241 cm (55 7/8 x 94 7/8 in.)

https://collections.mfa.org/objects/36603

[batbetbitbotbut]

This textile is TWO THOUSAND YEARS OLD.

It looks like it could have been made last year. It is SO bright and whole. I am staggered.