einulf

[einulf]

The Yellowstone River above the Upper Falls

© riverwindphotography, October 2022

[einulf]

A new crop of Limber Pine cones rests in autumn sunlight

© riverwindphotography

[einulf]

…

albertdrosphotography

[einulf]

Cats are liquid~

[einulf]

Élisabeth Vigée Le Brun, La Paix ramenant l'Abondance detail, 1780

[einulf]

Adélaïde Labille-Guiard, Portrait of a Woman detail, ca. 1787

[einulf]

[einulf]

Jennie Augusta Brownscombe (American, 1850-1936): The White Dove (1886) (via Freeman’s)

[einulf]

The first in (I hope) a series! (Which I started a few months ago but I didn’t want to just dump ALL MY WORK AT ONCE on here, so you’re getting it now.) The birth flowers of March are the Daffodil and Jonquil. Why do months have ‘birth flowers’? I’ll tell you…I don’t know. It might be a Victorian flower language thing, but for all I know it might go back a lot further. The important thing is that flowers are pretty and I like them.

[einulf]

Support me on PATREON or Ko-fi 💕

[einulf]

I've made an emoji for a Discord server and it seems that more is coming soon. These plush ponies are so cute, I'm glad I was able to choose a theme for them!

[einulf]

Phoebe A. Pickering Hoyt Jenks (American, 1847-1907): Child in Straw Hat and Velvet Suit Fishing (via Freeman’s)

[einulf]

Feline Grimace Scale

[einulf]

Helpful former homeowner.

[einulf]

Sarah Stilwell (American, 1878 - 1939): Three of Us (Saturday Evening Post Cover) (via Freeman’s)

[einulf]

It recently came up in conversation with my toddler that some birds can talk, and this has caused her great concern.

See, we were talking about how movies are pretend and how in real life, animals don’t talk. I mentioned that there are some birds who talk a little bit, but not like the animals in movies, and she just looked at me like “???”

So I informed her that some kinds of parrots can copy sounds that people make, and can learn how to say words. I thought this would give her a giggle, as fun new facts often do, but she was just deeply perplexed and a little worried about this.

“Birds can talk?” “Do they ask questions?” “What do they say?” Why do they talk?” “Do chickens talk?” “What about Blue Jays?” “Why do some birds talk?” “How do they talk?” “Birds TALK???”

We showed her a video of a parrot doing the “Hello, pretty bird, give a kiss” thing, and she was dead silent the whole time, hugging her comfort pillow with her knees to her chest. We asked if she wanted us to turn it off, and she shook her head. But we also asked if she wanted to see another one, and she shook her head even harder.

I don’t know why it has distressed her so greatly to learn that some birds can mimic human speech; but then again, I don’t know why it doesn’t distress the rest of us more to know that some birds can mimic human speech.

I keep thinking about that post that’s like “The first person to hear a parrot talk was probably Not Okay.” Because that’s exactly what happened. She had never been introduced to the concept, and her entire worldview got SHOOK.

[einulf]

Pack of beafts