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@lafabstracts

Abstract artist. Lover of art, animals, architecture,lost places, photography, good food, great giggles and the sea, always the sea. Paintings available at https://www.nissis-artgallery.com/atelier/laf-art/

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Yep, couldn't agree more.

14.03.2026 08:19 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

So delicate and minimalist.

13.03.2026 21:33 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0
A Myrtle Tree stretches its branches toward the sky with a gnarly trunk covered with a bit of moss.
Happy Forest Friday to one and all!

A Myrtle Tree stretches its branches toward the sky with a gnarly trunk covered with a bit of moss. Happy Forest Friday to one and all!

... and here it is - #ForestFriday once again. πŸƒ
#EastCoastKin

13.03.2026 18:12 πŸ‘ 62 πŸ” 10 πŸ’¬ 4 πŸ“Œ 0

The visuals are hilariousπŸ˜€

13.03.2026 21:31 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Friend is having a hard time at the moment with their OH.

So naturally, I whip out my favourite passage from any book and read it to them over a pint in a rough pub.

Heard it at a wedding years ago and it resonates every time I read it x

12.03.2026 22:51 πŸ‘ 69 πŸ” 6 πŸ’¬ 7 πŸ“Œ 0
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In an Irish Atlantic rainforest, a 'wolf' oak: the term for a tree much older than those all around.

A grandmother tree, progenitor and nurturer of the ecosystem, she very possibly grew when – even because – wolves still hunted these parts.

A nice twist on the word.

13.03.2026 05:50 πŸ‘ 347 πŸ” 55 πŸ’¬ 4 πŸ“Œ 2
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todays redwoods appreciation

13.03.2026 10:19 πŸ‘ 132 πŸ” 16 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
A photo I took of a little lake, with a pair of Canada geese. The trees are reflected on the water, and the surface is covered with ripples.

A photo I took of a little lake, with a pair of Canada geese. The trees are reflected on the water, and the surface is covered with ripples.

A little moment of tranquility by a lake tucked away from the noise of the world... Take care and have a lovely day. 🌿

#Birds #Nature #Tranquility #Woodland

13.03.2026 10:49 πŸ‘ 61 πŸ” 6 πŸ’¬ 3 πŸ“Œ 0
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β€œThe idea that a civilization might destroy itself is both ludicrous and likely.
πŸ’”πŸ’”πŸ’”πŸ’”πŸ’”πŸ’”πŸ’”πŸ’”
We are pathetically inadequate at long-term planning, idiotically primitive in our destructive urges and pathologically incapable of simply getting along."

- Brian Cox

13.03.2026 12:13 πŸ‘ 2359 πŸ” 706 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

Yes, that was my first thought as well. It's quite an astonishing painting and as you say so different from other works by Renoir.Thanks for posting itπŸ™‚πŸ’š

13.03.2026 10:35 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Beautiful, I love the way the leaves are painted.πŸ’š

12.03.2026 18:12 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0
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Devonport leat and a huge beech tree, near Burrator reservoir yesterday, remember all my photos are taken in my hour out near a road because of my health and mobility. The rest of the week is spent laying down between using my wheelchair to move. #Dartmoor, #Devon. #photography #disability

12.03.2026 10:30 πŸ‘ 127 πŸ” 11 πŸ’¬ 2 πŸ“Œ 0
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What Birds Dream About: How Evolution Invented REM in the Avian Brain So We May Practice the Possible in Our Sleep β€œIt may be that in REM, this gloaming between waking consciousness and the unconscious, we practice the possible into the real… It may be that we evolved to dream ourselves into reality…

What Birds Dream About

www.themarginalian.org/2026/03/11/b...

Really interesting read.

12.03.2026 06:54 πŸ‘ 132 πŸ” 23 πŸ’¬ 2 πŸ“Œ 6
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The stunning Iris Agate: A rainbow captured in stone. 🌈✨

When sliced thin and backlit, this rare gemstone reveals spectacular spectral colors. It’s not pigment, but a structural phenomenon caused by microscopic layers that act as a natural prism.

#gems #Geology #Crystals #rainbow

12.03.2026 10:58 πŸ‘ 155 πŸ” 24 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0
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No bank balance can filter the air you breathe. No luxury purchase can cool a burning planet. The climate crisis is teaching us a hard lesson: without a healthy Earth, currency is just paper. True wealth is a stable climate, clean water, and thriving ecosystems.

09.03.2026 09:15 πŸ‘ 57 πŸ” 30 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 2
The central focus is the intricate, twisted structure of the dead tree stump. The wood is grey and textured, heavily adorned with patches of green moss and light green/grey lichen. Its shape is abstract, forming natural loops and curves, with a distinct opening visible in the upper portion.The stump is situated on a forest floor covered in green ground vegetation and brown leaf litter. In the background, numerous thin, bare-trunked trees (birch and pine) extend vertically, creating a dense forest backdrop.

The central focus is the intricate, twisted structure of the dead tree stump. The wood is grey and textured, heavily adorned with patches of green moss and light green/grey lichen. Its shape is abstract, forming natural loops and curves, with a distinct opening visible in the upper portion.The stump is situated on a forest floor covered in green ground vegetation and brown leaf litter. In the background, numerous thin, bare-trunked trees (birch and pine) extend vertically, creating a dense forest backdrop.

I fell in love with a tree stump.
A quite curious stump was he.
No branches to thump.
No autumnal leaves to see.
But a very special stump was he.
There in the woods, other trees grew tall.
But one special tree stump won my awe. πŸ’š
- Dane Smith-Johnsen

#ImageAndVerse
#forest
#photography
#ECK

08.03.2026 21:39 πŸ‘ 194 πŸ” 16 πŸ’¬ 2 πŸ“Œ 0

Congrats.πŸ™‚

11.03.2026 11:27 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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The amazing colors on this purple harlequin toad [πŸ“Ή indicator_species]

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11.03.2026 02:08 πŸ‘ 1299 πŸ” 239 πŸ’¬ 44 πŸ“Œ 31
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Ancient forests aren't "resources"β€”they're living systems sustaining us all. Destroy them for short-term gain? That's planetary sabotage.
#Ecocide isn't abstract: it steals stable climate, clean air, future harvests from our children. Time to protect what remains. πŸŒ³πŸ›‘οΈ
#BiodiversityCrisis #ActNow

10.03.2026 16:34 πŸ‘ 963 πŸ” 263 πŸ’¬ 15 πŸ“Œ 6
blue and purple ink painting of brain scan image with half-visible words

blue and purple ink painting of brain scan image with half-visible words

Oh look! Some new ink brain paintings πŸ§ͺ🐑🧠 artologica.etsy.com
I loooove this one, with a quote from Hildegard of Bingen

10.03.2026 16:51 πŸ‘ 110 πŸ” 25 πŸ’¬ 2 πŸ“Œ 1
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β€œArches National Park Rocks”

Utah

#RockinTuesday

10.03.2026 15:16 πŸ‘ 155 πŸ” 14 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
Two Glossy Ibises confront each other mid-air above a misty wetland in Keoladeo National Park, Bharatpur. The ibis on the right lifts one wing high while facing the other bird, which turns slightly away, showing iridescent green and bronze tones on its back and wings. Their long curved bills point toward one another as their legs dangle during the aerial interaction. Below them, a tightly packed group of Eurasian Coots sits together on a small muddy patch surrounded by shallow water, appearing calm beneath the dramatic moment above.

Two Glossy Ibises confront each other mid-air above a misty wetland in Keoladeo National Park, Bharatpur. The ibis on the right lifts one wing high while facing the other bird, which turns slightly away, showing iridescent green and bronze tones on its back and wings. Their long curved bills point toward one another as their legs dangle during the aerial interaction. Below them, a tightly packed group of Eurasian Coots sits together on a small muddy patch surrounded by shallow water, appearing calm beneath the dramatic moment above.

Quiet below. Riot above.

A mid-air clash between two Glossy Ibises above a flock of resting Eurasian Coots.

πŸ“Keoladeo National Park, Rajasthan

#lensonwildlife #birdoftheday #nature #photography #ThePhotoHour #birds #BirdsSeenIn2026

10.03.2026 14:50 πŸ‘ 89 πŸ” 15 πŸ’¬ 2 πŸ“Œ 0
Monochrome photograph featuring a group of women in saris each individually hugging a tree in a forest.

Monochrome photograph featuring a group of women in saris each individually hugging a tree in a forest.

Chipko movementΒ ("to hug" in Hindi) non-violent women-led, forest conservation movement, 1970s, of India (Uttarakhand). Participants hugged trees to prevent loggers from cutting them down, successfully preventing massive deforestation. Where "tree huggers' originated #WomensHistoryMonth

10.03.2026 15:26 πŸ‘ 365 πŸ” 115 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 12
This is a photo taken at the edge of a copse the thick trunk is in the middle with its bark partially ripped or torn off. There is a vaguely heart shaped hole half way up the trunk. Next to this is a tall very thin sapling.
They are backlit by green.

This is a photo taken at the edge of a copse the thick trunk is in the middle with its bark partially ripped or torn off. There is a vaguely heart shaped hole half way up the trunk. Next to this is a tall very thin sapling. They are backlit by green.

I like the juxtoposition of the #thicktrunk and the very slender sapling. #bskyart #thicktrunktuesday #trees.
Have a good one peopleπŸ™‚

10.03.2026 15:43 πŸ‘ 58 πŸ” 6 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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From the nave of Winchester Cathedral, Hampshire.
#photography #architecture #hampshire

09.03.2026 17:52 πŸ‘ 205 πŸ” 27 πŸ’¬ 7 πŸ“Œ 1

Congrats, good colours. I've been painting for 30 years now and can still remember my first painting and this is much better.πŸ™‚

10.03.2026 07:55 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0
Four images featuring a work of art in wire and small pieces of colourful glass

Four images featuring a work of art in wire and small pieces of colourful glass

β€œUnwoven Light” by Korean artist Soo Sunny Park, sculptural installations using glass, wire and light #WomensArt

10.03.2026 06:08 πŸ‘ 562 πŸ” 114 πŸ’¬ 6 πŸ“Œ 6
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β€œOn the Road: Shadows vs. Reflections”, Putnam County, New York, March 1, 2026, 4:09 PM
#photography
#eastcoastkin
#AlphabetChallenge
#WeekJforJuxtaposition

09.03.2026 16:01 πŸ‘ 206 πŸ” 27 πŸ’¬ 2 πŸ“Œ 1
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β€˜Muscle Brain’ literally obscures sight.

Not protective. Just limiting. Not shielding vulnerability. Just preventing clarity.

β€˜Muscle’… not as armor.
But as blindfold.

What happens when stubborn clinging to illusions of brute force there’s nothing but override vision

Britt-Ingrid Persson πŸ‡ΈπŸ‡ͺ

09.03.2026 13:30 πŸ‘ 978 πŸ” 175 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0
Photo of a drawing of mathematical art (descriptive geometry) next to a canvas showing the same drawing in an earlier stage (construction nearly done, no coloring yet). Both show how circles on a sphere containing the North Pole are projected onto lines. By elkement 2024/2026.

Photo of a drawing of mathematical art (descriptive geometry) next to a canvas showing the same drawing in an earlier stage (construction nearly done, no coloring yet). Both show how circles on a sphere containing the North Pole are projected onto lines. By elkement 2024/2026.

I am re-creating my 2024 drawing "Circles to Lines" on gesssoed and sanded canvas!

The construction is nearly done: Six circles on the surface of a sphere, containing the North Pole --> projected onto lines via stereographic projection.

#SciArt #MathSky #Geometry

08.03.2026 21:04 πŸ‘ 86 πŸ” 14 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0