[propertiesofjoy]

rainer maria rilke, letters to a young poet

[tordenvejr]

everything you love will lead you back to you

[different-landscapes]

[nubbsgalore]

flamingos flying over tanzania’s lake natron, a salt lake which is home to three quarters of the world’s three million lesser flamingos, as well as toxic multicoloured extremophile cyanobacteria that thrive in water so hypersaline it would strip away human skin. for the flamingos, however, the tough skin and scales on their legs prevents burning, leaving them uniquely free to drink from the near boiling freshwater found from springs and geysers at the lake’s edges.  (x, x, x, x, x)

[splashing-water]

Tridacna Crocea

[seasoflife]

Ksenya Verse

seasoflife

[theresbloodonyouu]

[lluviagf]

Edward Julius Detmold, Jewels of the deep (1925)

[gravelorded]

Moonlight Butterfly, Dark Souls Design Works

[389]

by Taysa Jorge

[idleminds]

[landsccape]

[spiritofthemeadow]

ig - afternoondreams

[diaryofarose]

mirrored heart

[highvictoriana-blog]

Mother of pearl brisé fan, fourth quarter of the 19th century. Courtesy of the Met.

[plaguesurgeon-deactivated201312]

The Mire of Epiphany

Artist: Lisa Adams

[ferrralit]