I BROUGHT THE BAD WEATHER WITH ME

crocus bed

by Denny Bitte

Roy Rimmer (British, based Standish, Wigan, England) - Angel of Death, 2015, Photography

“Cat in the summer meadow” (1887) Bruno Liljefors (1860–1939) Swedish artist

just learned that magnolias are so old that they’re pollinated by beetles because they existed before bees

They existed *before beetles*

Why is this sad? Why am I sad?

https://xkcd.com/1259/

This is how I feel about Joshua Trees. They and avocado trees produce fruit meant to be eaten and dispersed by giant ground sloths. Without them, the Joshua Trees' range has shrunk by 90%.

(my own photos)

Not only they, but the entire Mojave ecosystem is still struggling to adapt since the loss of ground sloth dung. their chief fertilizer.

Many, many trees and plants in the Americas have widely-spaced, extremely long thorns that do nothing to discourage deer eating their leaves, but would've penetrated the fur of ground sloths and mammoths. Likewise, if you've observed a tree that drops baseball or softball-sized fruit which lies on the ground and rots, like Osage Oranges, which were great for playing catch at my school, chances are they were ground sloth or mammoth chow.

You can read about various orphaned plants and trees missing their megafauna in this poignant post:



First quote from the linked article. Found it poetic.

Sunday in the garden, featuring the neighbourhood cat.

if you love me, let me know, you can show me (any way you wanna show it, I've been lonely)

'24.6.30 生駒山 宝山寺にて

梅雨の合間のご近所写真、続編です。またそのうち雨が降り出しそうなので、ガーっと撮ってダーっと歩いて奥の院まで。それからザーっと参道降りて帰りました。

前回撮ったヤカンや古びた看板なども再登場させてたら、今回も多めの枚数に･･。お付き合いいただけたら嬉しいですｗ

Daniel Ablitt (British, b. 1976, Somerset. England, based Bristol, England) - Blossom Path, Paintings: Oil on Panel

Lower Saxony, Germany by dutch_nature_photography

Young Woman with Wreath of Flowers in Hair ~ 1896~ Lucien Lévy-Dhurmer (French Symbolist painter, 1865-1953)

Human subtlety... will never devise an invention more beautiful, more simple or more direct than does nature, because in her inventions nothing is lacking, and nothing is superfluous.

- Leonardo da Vinci

by danielkordan

A hiding place.

Mie, Japan.

by simonemoses_photography