I don't understand it any more than you do, but one thing I've learned is that you don't have to understand things for them to be. Madeleine L'Engle, A Wrinkle in Time
“I don't understand it any more than you do, but one thing I've learned is that you don't have to understand things for them to be.”
Madeleine L'Engle, A Wrinkle in Time
All mushrooms are edible - some only once (quote from somewhere I can't remember)
Blue grape hyacinth
More muscari, earlier flowering than mine but not as fancy! 🌱
#Bloomscrolling #TuesdayBlue #BlueTue #ColorADay #ECK
Bugguide photo of a "Thief weevil" (Attelabidae: Pterocolus sp) by user Metrioptera. He is a jolly iridescent turquoise and sort of rectangular in shape, with an unusually wide stance.
let's all take a moment to consider the Thief Weevil and his outrageous pantaloons
Port of St. Thomas USVI - ships and green hills.
Port of St. Thomas USVI - ships and green hills - overlooking Long Bay.
A companion boat shepherding the departure of the cruise ship.
Port of St. Thomas USVI - ships and green hills - overlooking Long Bay. The photo is crooked because life is not straight or neat, either.
Anyway yeah there's my trip slide show, courtesy of my teeny kodak charmera. Ask me for more photo tips and tricks!
Bronze sculpture of dog, peeing on a lamppost.
A blue glass sculpture hanging down in an atrium.
A metal sculpture of a cherry tree.
A bronze and silver metal kinetic sculpture in the Port of Miami.
Cruise Art.
a dog made of towels.
an elephant made of towels.
Towel Animals.
Boardwalk, Sint Maarten
some lovely tropical flowers.
Methodist Church - Front Street - Sint Maarten
A mural, painted on a side alley just off Front Street and The Boulevard, honors one of St. Maarten’s most beloved community figures: Louis Lambert Richardson, a.k.a. Mr. Porkchop.
View of the port of St. Maarten - hillsides and ships docked in the bay.
A tropical island in the caribbean sea.
Front Street, Sint Maarten
The Courthouse, Sint Maarten
Travel Slides - chapter 2 of as many as I want until I get tired.
The hot air balloon at Coco Cay. We did not go up in the balloon. We ate cheese sticks and drank a lot of diet coke.
Coco Cay's entryway.
A view of a floating Cabana at Coco Cay. Water and a thatched-roof cabana.
The Caribbean Ocean.
Travel Slides - chapter 1 of as many as I want until I get tired.
can't see Toad without being reminded of the time philip glass tweeted this out
a white star shaped species tulip flower
Tulipa turkestanica, a botanical tulip, just beginning to flower in my garden right now 🌱
#TulipTuesday #Bloomscrolling
Post your favorite Lord of the Rings character. Wrong answers only.
I went on vacation and I’m unsure what to do with this alarming lack of tension. I guess I’ll make my bed.
A blue peacock mascot stands and raises its wings and shows its big round green tail.
Kujac, a fun-loving peacock, is the mascot for Meitetsu Lejac mall in Nagoya City.
Just found this very helpful guide to how best to handle stems in the garden to benefit native insects. I learned something new from it: cutting stems to a moderate height *the same year they grew, after they go dormant* is actually BETTER than leaving them fully intact. But cutting later, no good.
A Chinese food restaurant in the Caribbean.
A photo of a Caribbean island.
A sign posted on board a ship: “Watch out: Wrong Way”
I received a tiny low res keychain camera whose photos instantly put me back into my childhood. Yes my iPhone is stellar.l, but this little 1.5MP is just gloriously human.
I don’t know feels like the top story’s been told before (lol), but I really DO want to know how the guy on the bottom ended up as a ruler of the sea. 🤣
The gayest movie Pixar ever made was LUCA. C’mon; Daddy with the disability? Boys being boys in the seaside town? ELIO was just pandering to the Special Little Boy storyline Disney trots out every half decade.
when the edible hits and you try to play it cool
a helix shaped landscaped planter labeled HERB SPIRAL
dangers of unemployment
A stuffed animal wearing a hat, with the ocean in the background.
Went on vacation - took Gordon with me.
Photo of the art installation Uplifted Ground by Michael Singer. The artwork consists of intricately detailed stone blocks along a 300 foot walkway.
I love this artwork at my airport; it is both beautiful and also reminds me that I probably have some Amazon packages at the house when I get home.
I...this is ART folks...I am dying laughing. I can even hear Christopher Lee's voice going "....OH."
I'm bringing back vacation slideshows.
sad little cowboy cat doodle, written text around it reads: “i’ve got no yeehaws left”
No society has ever eliminated the existence of queer people by forbidding the depictions of them. Your children will be queer no matter how much you cover their ears and eyes.
