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By California Wolf Center

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Karl Wilke

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Northern Mockingbird (Mimus polyglottos)

April 4, 2024

Southeastern Pennsylvania

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Kanazawa, Japan. Photography by Bernard Languillier on Flickr

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by Tim Allott

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Vintage wind-up toy bear (USSR, 1920s-30s)

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I don't think spiky isopods are talked about enough

(Source-Macro photography by Nicky Bay)

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"How to make a useful patch of bare ground  

If you’d like to support ground nesting bees in your yard, it’s easy! The first step is to clear away dense vegetation from a sunny, well-drained area. If possible, select a spot on an open, south-facing slope. The sunlight helps the bees warm up and start their day, and keeps the soil from staying muddy after rains.

These bare patches don’t actually need to be completely cleared. Bugs just need to be able to get to the soil easily. Leaving some plants to prevent erosion is a good idea. Try using native flowering plants and grasses or sedges that grow in clumps or bunches. These plants are useful since they grow with a space around the plant where bees can access bare soil. 

Once you’ve built your bare ground habitat, don’t turn or till the soil in the area. Bees need the soil to remain stable; baby bees spend up to eleven months of the year underground!"

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Ceramics by Claudia Rankin

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Darkness and light, light and shadow.

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Yuzen-painted geisha hikizuri.  Late-Meiji era (1890-1912).  This is a remarkable antique hikizuri - geisha dancing dress - with its vivid hawk, wave and pine motifs vividly created utilizing masterful yuzen-painting, sumi e painting, and silk and metallic embroidery. 48" from sleeve-end to sleeve-end x 67" height. In Japan, the hawk and pine tree in combination usually represents the power and longevity of the Tokugawa shogun. The Tokugawa shogunate was a feudal regime of Japan established by Tokugawa Ieyasu and ruled by the shoguns of the Tokugawa family. This period is known as the Edo period and gets its name from the capital city, Edo, which now is called Tokyo. The Tokugawa shogunate ruled from Edo Castle from 1603 until 1868, when it was abolished during the Meiji Restoration.  The Kimono Gallery.

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Some beautiful shots I got of some domestic mallards who live at the pond

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Cow glamour shots 🐄

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fax machine we found deep in the woods

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the 5 last remaining black diatom bandanas! unsure if I’ll be able to get another round of these printed so if you have your eye on one now’s a good time to order! more of the light colorway are available as well. If you order this morning they’ll be in the mail this afternoon as I’m heading to the post office today! order here, and I appreciate any reblogs to boost!

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Into the woods, Doug Eng

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