on & ever on, we follow the long & winding road

Mary Oliver, excerpt from “Poem 133: The Summer Day”

I will be donating the proceeds of my new fire poppy & California dogface butterfly stickers and postcards to organizations helping out the people of Los Angeles who are displaced from the fires. Funds will be donated to four organizations.

You can find the 🔗 here to the fundraiser.

I called LA home in my formative college and young adult years and it’s home to some of the most resilient, hardworking people I know. This is the least I can do to give back to the community and support people in the state I’ve lived in my whole life.

While the California poppy (Eschscholzia californica) is perhaps the state’s most iconic flower, the fire poppy (Papaver californicum) is a rare California-endemic wildflower that deserves recognition too. What’s notable about this plant is that it only flowers following a wildfire. Many of California’s native plants are obligate seeders, meaning that they regenerate from seed banks following wildfires as part of the region’s ecology. While the destruction of these wildfires is horrific, these wildflowers serve as a reminder that even after severe devastation, life finds a way to persevere. ❤️

Framed Mountain Lake Glacier National Park https://flic.kr/p/2qzXvDC

my best friend in the whole world

pssttt if you see this post tell me what your favorite bird is

Ruben Monakhov（Рубен Монахов Xудожник Russian, b.1970）

The Log 2023 Oil on canvas 85x55 cm via

Life if bro lived close by

@rivers-for-me

all roads lead to yuri. START WALKING

Winter walks on the trail to the Lower Falls.

Yosemite National Park

1969

Comet NEOWISE. Credit: Matt Dieterich

Top 10 Photos of the Year, 2023

2016-06-20

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I have some rather fun vintage bear imagery collected here.

Swallow Falls Trail Oakland, Maryland

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Although my primary objective at Spruce Knob yesterday was to hunt wildflowers, the mountain’s allure extends well beyond its flora.  At nearly a mile above sea level, Spruce Knob is the highest summit of Spruce Mountain; it offers sweeping vistas of the Potomac highlands and Blue Ridge to the east and the sprawling Seneca Creek backcountry and Allegheny Mountains to the west.  An ancient mountain shaped and characterized by the high winds that buffet its slopes, it’s also an open museum to earth’s geological past, riddled with old secrets and exposed treasures.

Johann Jakob Frey (Swiss, 1813-1865) - Double Rainbow above Roman Ruins