Find meaning or don’t find meaning but 'steal' some time and give it freely and exclusively to your own self.
Opt for privacy and solitude.
That doesn’t make you antisocial or cause you to reject the rest of the world. But you need to breathe. And you need to be.

- Albert Camus / Notebooks 1951-1959 https://image.nostr.build/4d43404800b520887f9d8969f5249b9e6bb00d17bc1ae8cbd106f4694be0f1c4.jpg


“The Harvest” by Christina Ridgeway
 oil on masonite https://image.nostr.build/17d534c91c60b8fa13cafd53bc952b67503a2d38f94e73b35d56a956323955dc.jpg


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Philly Cheesesteak Sloppy Joes are a 30 minute dinner recipe. Ground beef simmers in one pan with onion, green pepper, beef broth, A-1 sauce, and steak seasoning. Serve on toasted buns with sliced provolone cheese.

🌸🌺🏵🍀😍

Must express something to keep getting my recipes.... Thank you. https://image.nostr.build/774929759919595fd17560d746139d25f670b6208b38fbef0c5d440df21af626.jpg


Before alarm clocks existed, people used nails fixed onto candles to make sure they would wake up on time. They knew how to calculate the burning time and put the nail at the right position. As the candle melted, the nail fell, made a noise and woke up its owner.

Image credit: Earthly Mission
Simple candle alarm clock design from Ancient Rome. It has two snoozes apparently. https://image.nostr.build/62f4b94db5685132f2bfc1d72544d18b48c8aa58b8c4848ca58077616a62406f.jpg


The Old Fashioned Custard Pie
Ingredients
1 unbaked pie shell (I use Marie Callendar’s deep dish)
3 large eggs
½ cup of sugar
½ teaspoon of salt
½ teaspoon of nutmeg
2-2/3 cups of milk
1 teaspoon pure vanilla extract
How to prepare :
Pre-heat the oven to 350 degrees. Beat your eggs slightly, then add sugar, salt, nutmeg, and milk. Beat well and poor into the unbaked pie shell. Bake for 35 to 40 minutes. Remove from oven and cool. Sprinkle the top of pie with fresh ground nutmeg and serve. https://image.nostr.build/7ffe331c5998dafcf148d0b344865588df8e833664c229c86f3e588624df8304.jpg


Frank P54 - Life - oil in canvas, 2019 https://image.nostr.build/8af0558a64ac4311deab11c21b824545ff0ca5f7b2d4d1313e047b9617102eb0.jpg


Mordenkainen the Wizard, Donato Giancola https://image.nostr.build/f6f587d0b17a3f07a7122d1e56ca3dbc9f27364809674b9f4e2fb0f4692cd88c.jpg


"Flying colors"
This was truly a serendipitous moment for me. While at Bear River Migratory Bird refuge in Utah, one of my goals was to capture a male Cinnamon Teal in flight. They are such beautiful ducks, especially in the spring with their breeding plumage. WELL, don't ya just know, I saw this pair about to take flight and low and behold, I captured this image. I was fortunate to get quite a number of photos of these Teals during my trip. I find them to be some of the most beautiful ducks in north America. The female is in the lead....as she should be! 😁
(Best viewed large for details! 4-21-2024
Nikon Z8 with Nikkor 600mm F6.3 PF lens, ISO 1250, F8, 1/2500 sec,
handheld. https://image.nostr.build/8268ade593193f939a56dffff59d346d6cf35f22bf53df9348b1e34c3c41d1eb.jpg


Hoshizuna-no-Hama is a beach on Iriomote Island in Okinawa, Japan, famous for its unique sand composed of tiny star-shaped shells called Baclogypsina sphaerulata, the remains of foraminifera, single-celled organisms that create these shells as they grow in the ocean. The shells are white or brown and range in size from about 0.1 to 0.5 millimeters in diameter. Visitors are advised to enjoy the beach and search for the star-shaped sand during low tide and not remove any sand from the protected area. https://image.nostr.build/87218f0d49d7d95a79d2af72366dd67e0a2e3ebd5c5a4ddf2ae0611c2fd911fd.jpg


In the spring, back in the holler, old people would make a spring tonic dad always made his from sassafras root, he dug it early to cure in time for spring when other plants filled the hillsides, like goldenseal and gensing I know that's not all, but there's some things a kid don't want to remember.....that stuff tastes awful combined together.
 "Drank this" he would say "it'll clean the worms out of you"  oh and that it did for about two days the outhouse was home.
 But the sassafras roots boiled into a tea alone honestly wasn't bad at all.

That spring tonic just maybe what the world needs right now 😫 🤣🤣🤣 https://image.nostr.build/a737bf64825ef4f4a9de4c91b31f538964f9f40ac94426db5d63470bc5816792.jpg


“The most beautiful people we have known are those who have known defeat, known suffering, known struggle, known loss, and have found their way out of the depths. These persons have an appreciation, a sensitivity, and an understanding of life that fills them with compassion, gentleness, and a deep loving concern. Beautiful people do not just happen.”
Dr Elisabeth Kübler-Ross

Christian Schloe https://image.nostr.build/24e57e8b22e888a2a76bea2bbb91e83eea8a4707eacaa38a83c3eb8e1a72b9af.jpg


The rendez vous https://image.nostr.build/1b6d68c247d763d5cedae2862d81ced707b95b7c1a2adad42303e268e110c566.jpg


A man who can control his sexual urge is a man who can
live many years on earth. Men don't know that some of
their failures are caused by multiple girlfriends Not all girls
have good spirit. Some are demons, others have venom
between their legs.
Some women are destiny destroyers, beware.
Pay close attention:
1. A real man only has one woman in his life.
2. Don't obey your Erection at all times. Most erections
mislead you Control your erection if you don't want to have
few days on earth with much poverty in you.
3. Don't date a lady because she has curves, boobs and a
sexy shape. These things are simply misleading avoid
such, don't fall for what is called social media irony.
4. Not everything you see under skirt you must work to
eat, some skirts contain snakes that bite you and make you
uncomfortable. control your sexual urge Self control and
abstinence pays a lot in most cases.
5. Marrying a woman doesn't mean she owns you. Treat
her with respect Make her your queen, love, honor her and
give her reasons to treat you the same.
6. Having many girlfriends doesn't make you a man. It only
makes you a womanizer, a cheater and a boy.
7. Just because you're good in bed doesn't make you a
man. A real man is a man who does not run away from his
responsibility but faces it squarely.
8. Respect any woman who loves you Yes, is not easy for a
lady to throw her love on you and support your future.
9. The world celebrates successful men No one will
celebrate you for having many girlfriends. So what's the
point tho? Waste of energy, money & wasted sperm.
Remember, being honest, loyal and faithful, is the
trademark of a real man.
Always remember that https://image.nostr.build/400b28e08d815bfa5d187ee21333bba0d5bb89fd2be8636fcfca966db1288341.jpg


“The one who lacks something gives it the way he wished to have it.” https://image.nostr.build/feee2fe353e6785ae9542492f923a94342467bb31e41e1013b215f7c90eb7264.jpg


Crazy ink.. https://image.nostr.build/af5c7a8ec87d45af44b703ff4729cc9fb045f821eb5722cdd23dcc96f1a77a9b.jpg


Take a more closer look


A dolphin's fin vs Human hand
🔆🔆🔆🔆🔆🔆🔆🔆🔆🔆 https://image.nostr.build/49319b53c5a93defcc274fe1dc425cbd8973196870f79b428d1cc9ba25af7469.jpg


This is the tallest mountain in the solar system, Olympus Mons on Mars. It is bigger than the entire state of Hawaii. https://image.nostr.build/1fc86fbe9ed2a15e4119018ce2978881376661e481c95e6722d424943a6e9fdd.jpg


Folks if you won’t eat or have never eaten a meal like this then you aren’t an Appalachian Hillbilly! This is Pinto beans cooked to perfection with Hog Jowl Bacon( 3rd day on this pot), fried taters with onion in them and cornbread with a quarter of a big sweet onion. https://image.nostr.build/778d347b0641ca99baf87da2cfeb354f05713f23a7cc7e9654cc212324114649.jpg


2nd World War.
This photograph immortalizes a British soldier who, exhausted, carries a donkey on his shoulder, probably exhausted from the march and the weight carried, or wounded. An image that represents the sense of friendship that was created - during the atrocities of war - between the two. https://image.nostr.build/1e6d6bfb6174788471fe8568ee5f155ff306e022d700f00bcf8957a8c2ea9bda.jpg


‘She sat at the back and they said she was shy,
She led from the front and they hated her pride,
They asked her advice and then questioned her guidance,
They branded her loud, then were shocked by her silence,
When she shared no ambition they said it was sad,
So she told them her dreams and they said she was mad,
They told her they'd listen, then covered their ears,
And gave her a hug while they laughed at her fears,
And she listened to all of it thinking she should,
Be the girl they told her to be best as she could,
But one day she asked what was best for herself,
Instead of trying to please everyone else,
So she walked to the forest and stood with the trees,
She heard the wind whisper and dance with the leaves,
She spoke to the willow, the elm and the pine,
And she told them what she'd been told time after time,
She told them she felt she was never enough,
She was either too little or far far too much,
Too loud or too quiet, too fierce or too weak,
Too wise or too foolish, too bold or too meek,
Then she found a small clearing surrounded by firs,
And she stopped...and she heard what the trees said to her,
And she sat there for hours not wanting to leave,
For the forest said nothing, it just let her breathe.'
(Author: @Becky Helmsley) and photo: @Rob Howarth Photography https://image.nostr.build/38cf340cda7213785eb02780ea438d4a900a8c7eca8a4e64efff700f7e733e50.jpg


“The true task of radical emancipatory movements is not just to shake things out of their commonplace inertia, but to change the very coordinates of social reality.” ~Zlavoj Zizek

Now enter God’s Gangster…

God’s gangster is a Nietzschean Overman, a Disaster Shaman, a Cosmic Hero, a New Oracle, and a Sacred Clown who practices Crazy Wisdom while walking the Middle Way.

No-holds-barred, God’s gangster is a fist of Zen, a blitzkrieg of satori, a maleficence of benevolence. Pulling no punches, it strikes hard, and it strikes true, demolishing all finite gods attempting to appear infinite.

God’s gangster is Infinity’s bullhorn: declaring God as Infinity itself, the interconnectedness of all things without a need to pigeonhole it into any single separate entity.

God’s gangster is consistently redefining God, rebirthing God, and allowing God to be truly infinite, thus destroying all religious gods that came before it.

Written by Gary Z McGee https://image.nostr.build/db5203b14090c6ff803038dd59445c7b0981509a777c821e886d599229034437.jpg


•10 reasons why "David" is so awesome:

1. The colossal figure is 17 feet tall, equivalent to a 2-story building. It was carved into a huge marble block of Carrara.

2. The block that was cut was damaged. Two sculptors were tasked with the commission before Michelangelo took control, but neither could successfully work the poor quality stone provided.

3. David's way explained the limitations of the stone. He is slim and his head is pointing to the side because the block was too narrow for him to look forward. Their contrasting position explained a hole that already existed in the marble between the legs.

4. Miguel Angel was only 26 when he started and 28 when he finished. He was already one of the best sculptors alive at the time, having completed the "Pietà" with total disbelief of Rome when he was 24 years old.

5. It was originally meant to sit on the ceiling line of Florence Cathedral. When completed, it was simply too beautiful, and big, to be hoisted up there, and instead displayed at the Palazzo della Signoria.

6. Modern studies have found that it is anatomically perfect, except for a small muscle missing in the back. Michelangelo, who studied anatomy scrupulously, knew this, later wrote that he was limited by a defect in the marble.

7. The jugular vein in David’s neck is bulging, appropriate for someone in a state of fear or excitement (as the young shepherd would have been). Miguel Angel obviously knew this was a feature of the circulatory system, but medical science didn’t document this discovery until 124 years later.

8. It was stylistically innovative. Previous interpretations of David, such as those of Donatello and Verrocchio, represented him victorious over the already murdered Goliath. Here, he is on the precipice of battle, his intense gaze and frowned forehead representing a contemplative moment.

9. David represents the idealized male form and proportion, a common theme in classic Greek sculpture. But Michelangelo's work is much more naturalistic, rooted in anatomical understanding that far surpassed the Greeks. David is both a beautiful representation of the ideal, but surprisingly real, a defining achievement of the Italian Renaissance.

10. Today, about 1.5 million people visit David each year. It has lived in the Accademia Gallery in Florence for 150 years, since it was moved inside in 1873 to protect it from the elements.

As expected, David won the admiration of the great Renaissance artist and historian Giorgio Vasari:

"When everything was finished, it cannot be denied that this work has taken the palm of all other statues, modern or ancient, Greek or Latin; no other work of art is equal to it in any way, with such fair proportion, beauty and excellence was finished by Miguel Angel." " https://image.nostr.build/6ad5e8b114c7e77f978775b36cf86d143fb29a9794eb425f1a97e9157b720185.jpg


Paradise on Earth 👀🌿💐 https://image.nostr.build/0a95b252d3498fd60264f46dcffdc4ddbafc1b3d58665ff850725aed126b6578.jpg


Schmaddy or Fizzy MaGoots https://image.nostr.build/20dbd49abeee6885f2b683c31516c6db5f8dbf2b37ff6aa3696b5b82cd7199a8.jpg


“What matters is precisely this; the unspoken at the edge of the spoken.”

–Virginia Woolf https://image.nostr.build/3934e2ddccc8cc26df4e3b918c58534a6c5f9cc3be315a424a06ff57224bf779.jpg


10 Amazing  Facts About Guyana 🇬🇾

1. Guyana 🇬🇾  is the only English-speaking country in South America, making it unique in the region.

2. It is known for its diverse ethnic makeup, with a blend of Indo-Guyanese, Afro-Guyanese, and Indigenous populations.

3. Guyana 🇬🇾 is home to the stunning Kaieteur Falls, one of the world's largest single-drop waterfalls.

4. The country boasts an incredible variety of wildlife, including jaguars, giant river otters, and the rare giant anteater.

5. Guyana 🇬🇾 has a rich cultural heritage, with influences from Indian, African, Chinese, and Indigenous cultures.

6. It has the distinction of being the only country in South America that is not a Spanish-speaking nation.

7. The capital city of Guyana is Georgetown, which is known for its beautiful colonial architecture.

8. Guyana is famous for its vast stretches of pristine rainforests, which are home to a wide array of plant and animal species.

9. The country is a major producer of bauxite, gold, and diamonds, contributing to its economy.

10. Guyana is also home to the Rupununi Savannah, a vast grassland that is home to diverse wildlife and indigenous communities. 😊

#Guyana

Guys let's get our YouTube channel (YT: Historical Africa) to 300k subscribers. Kindly click on the link to subscribe 🙏🏿 https://youtube.com/c/HistoricalAfrica https://image.nostr.build/e09b5c119e7b3d05154d107e1b635a27fa81145264ebd09c984e167fcf8f1fed.jpg


When I am among the trees,
especially the willows and the honey locust
equally the beech, the oaks and the pines,
they give off such hints of gladness.
I would almost say that they save me, and daily.
I am so distant from the hope of myself,
in which I have goodness, and discernment,
and never hurry through the world
but walk slowly, and bow often.
Around me the trees stir in their leaves
and call out, “Stay awhile.”
The light flows from their branches.
And they call again, “It’s simple,” they say,
“and you too have come
into the world to do this, to go easy, to be filled
with light, and to shine. ~Mary Oliver

(Book [ad]: Devotions: The Selected Poems of Mary Oliver https://amzn.to/3yqq1lO)

(Art: Photograph of Mary Oliver by Mariana Cook) https://image.nostr.build/9684b2e6f128917cf8ef0d500bcaf290f248513da0b6ff260c46d822c6ef679d.jpg


It's a fact—everyone is ignorant in some way or another.
Ignorance is our deepest secret.
And it is one of the scariest things out there, because those of us who are most ignorant are also the ones who often don't know it or don't want to admit it.
Here is a quick test:
If you have never changed your mind about some fundamental tenet of your belief, if you have never questioned the basics, and if you have no wish to do so, then you are likely ignorant.
Before it is too late, go out there and find someone who, in your opinion, believes, assumes, or considers certain things very strongly and very differently from you, and just have a basic honest conversation.
It will do both of you good. ~Vera Nazarian

(Book [ad]: The Perpetual Calendar of Inspiration https://amzn.to/4byJ4J7)

(Art: Painting by Adrian Gottlieb) https://image.nostr.build/65c432e2e5883e5c4fb852b24bbd971eca934cd3130a964ca39ba32e0516e4ed.jpg


Rare solar halo spotted 🌞 🙌 https://image.nostr.build/5e7f6f27bbf907aa67fa481f31d9b044b57e43b30888d58bc1c9d8eb937a6eba.jpg


This is what we call a holler. You can usually tell you're in a holler when you look around and see mountains in pretty much every direction; you're on a road with no painted lines; and, a dead giveaway, when you see a dog standing right smack dab in the middle of the road staring at you like you're about to play a game of chicken.

A holler has a head and a mouth...it also has plenty of eyes because if you happen to be a stranger driving up or down the holler, someone has more than likely taken notice - an informal neighborhood watch, if you will.

If you live in a holler then you probably know every Tom, Dick and Harry that lives in the holler with you and you're probably kin to more than a few of them. You probably know everybody's business whether you want to or not and they know yours. If you've ever driven up the wrong holler, there's a 99% chance you had to use a stranger's driveway to turn around.

It doesn't matter how many times the people that put up the road signs spell it h-o-l-l-o-w, it's a holler. You can live in a holler and still holler at someone but that's a story for another day.

*Photo of Stikes Holler in Warrensville in Ashe County, North Carolina.

(Narrative by Shane Simmons from The Appalachian Project, Hillbilly Talk With Shane, and Real Appalachia) https://image.nostr.build/7433a53db8af8d3fa53353d9f30dd10c691d31c895d42338c597d0565aa75602.jpg


12 inspiring quotes about reading:

1. " A reader lives a thousand lives before he dies. The man who never reads lives only one."
George R.R. Martin

2. “The more that you read, the more things you will know. The more that you learn, the more places you'll go."
Dr. Seuss

3. “Reading is to the mind what exercise is to the body."
Joseph Addison

4. “You can find magic wherever you look. Sit back and relax, all you need is a book."
Dr. Seuss

5. “ Books are a uniquely portable magic."
Stephen King

6. “There is no friend as loyal as a book."
Ernest Hemingway

7. “ The reading of all good books is like a conversation with the finest minds of past centuries."
René Descartes

8. “To read without reflecting is like eating without digesting."
Edmund Burke

9. “Reading gives us someplace to go when we have to stay where we are."
Mason Cooley

10. “A room without books is like a body without a soul."
Cicero

11. “I find television very educating. Every time somebody turns on the set, I go into the other room and read a book."
Groucho Marx

12. “Books are the quietest and most constant of friends; they are the most accessible and wisest of counselors, and the most patient of teachers."
Charles William Elio — with Lizzy Bliss and 29 others. https://image.nostr.build/889883ab9d5b54bb91613c4865c749083986fb454172da0f65a26d7b60b1d35a.jpg


Thank you


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Yes it is!!!


♣♣♠ https://image.nostr.build/a97bcdda3a3397631f7703ace1b1facfcd8d7d4c3c4945ef7fba2d4af4f934d7.jpg


Thank you bud ♠♣


Look!!! It’s a chemistree!!! 😃 https://image.nostr.build/5f4d20d53b0785062a798e02d7774a479900cf97152c8907beeebd8ba6035936.jpg


This was made for my Mum Judi Kemp it’s called “key to my heart” I’ve made this from bits and pieces I found around the shed I hope you like it 😃 https://image.nostr.build/9b4d08d10d6770e660f96129b64c3e178b153b3ecb7abf31ddad149802d16926.jpg


Live https://image.nostr.build/0f965c755727f7a513af5d2fa6428343d5682098d777080fcd83e42705b390b0.jpg


Schwerin Castle, Germany 🇩🇪☀ https://image.nostr.build/2d044c6520cc1999c8c38d5b90b22deb6e105480308a5aba267cdd20375a608d.jpg


A cemetery in Taipei, Taiwan. https://image.nostr.build/cee3cd87b50db046e9091e4879da7a2317fbd8a1489bd24450c51acc93a22cf0.jpg


“I was drawn to all the wrong things: I liked to drink, I was lazy, I didn't have a god, politics, ideas, ideals.”

~ Charles Bukowski, Women https://image.nostr.build/03d1c98c2a59218aa77d264b6255028c405a95ff75c82c7a9d71c643ed42a7f0.jpg


Noy efficient


You cannot save anyone. You can be present with them, offer your groundedness, your sanity, your peace. You can even share your path with them, offer your perspective. But you cannot take away their pain. You cannot walk their path for them. You cannot give answers that are right for them, or even answers they can digest right now. They will have to find their own answers. ~Jeff Foster https://image.nostr.build/47c2210ffe7976cb17762155bd07741f996144609acb26513bdce3c0708dcfbb.jpg


Let's give Leon Schuster (Mr Bones) his flowers while he is still alive ❤🥺 https://image.nostr.build/beae99dcb5d3eb4b9976e58ae460ab033687990b97fcd2fd4cdfe6fdcc961e08.jpg


“Wrinkles will only go where the smiles have been.” -Jimmy Buffett https://image.nostr.build/bdfe2c3f0a3454430b5a99c1c3f600e9b3bbb183eb59dabb89711485a30e20d2.jpg


Now l've seen it all! Well, at least it saves on gas. 😆😆 https://image.nostr.build/cc271998748afa62b7eb35309a5edafffebffe6a1a97cc519273f104a80f8a7f.jpg


This was taken from space 😝💚💜. It is a simulation from NASA https://image.nostr.build/8faac6b5ae4e5546c807adcc95f8560d483316506ef7c9c34d1d274104b7dbf6.jpg


Castellfollit de La Roca, Spain The basalt crag where the town is situated is over 50 meters (160 feet) high and almost a kilometer long. It was formed by the overlaying of two lava flows https://image.nostr.build/1c491df15508f05c3618d186099525da520e62ca3cdde866179ea915df86609c.jpg


"I asked an elderly woman once what it was like to be old and to know that the majority of her life was now behind her.

She told me that she has been the same age her entire life. She said the voice inside of her head had never aged. She has always just been the same girl. Her mother's daughter. She had always wondered when she would grow up and be an old woman.

She said she watched her body age and her faculties dull but the person she is inside never got tired. She never aged. She never changed.

Remember, our spirits are eternal. Our souls are forever. The next time you encounter an elderly person, look at them and know they are still a child, just as you are still a child and children will always need love, attention and purpose."

~ Author Unknown

Photograph is Tasha Tudor https://image.nostr.build/670bcb74f4c733315b5b2140eb1c3d71d6dae1b0743aa87d9371ffcfa7f5496e.jpg


The United States has completed the first full-scale test at sea of a futuristic underwater drone able to hibernate on the seabed.

The Manta Ray prototype, produced by US aviation giant Northrop Grumman, is part of a US navy project to develop a new class of underwater drones capable of carrying out much longer missions.

The autonomous craft, which dwarfed the small boat it was pictured with, has been designed to move through the ocean “for very long periods of time” without supervision or the need to refuel.

“Once deployed, the vehicle uses efficient, buoyancy-driven gliding to move through the water,” said Dr Kyle Woerner, Manta Ray program manager at the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency, better known by its acronym, Darpa.

Defense analysts have speculated that the US Navy wants to develop a drone capable of long missions to scour the seas for Russian and Chinese submarines.

“The craft is designed with several payload bays of multiple sizes and types to enable a wide variety of naval mission sets,” said Dr Woerner. https://image.nostr.build/0ad4f62b10fde545de6fc6a78040a8a951252bb83023754b7f8305269aec4c83.jpg


A Japanese woman carrying her children in a bucket on her head, Japan 1900s. https://image.nostr.build/556cd44de11ba22e1e28883dd9acaae7ba53a32bd0c7f3774c75400154cd120e.jpg


Nikola Tesla described his love for the white pigeon as follows: "I loved that pigeon as a man loves a woman, and she loved me. As long as I had her, there was a purpose to my life."  He believed that the pigeon had a connection with him that transcended the physical world. He said that the pigeon had told him that she was dying, and that before she died, a bright light shone from her eyes, brighter than anything he had ever created with his electrical devices . He felt that her death marked the end of his life's work, and he became more isolated and depressed afterwards. https://image.nostr.build/e870c69e173e0c772225376f92d513b19b45341939ea1f5018dae197f6384c59.jpg


The meaning of life is just to be alive.
It is so plain and so obvious and so simple.
And yet, everybody rushes around in a great panic
as if it were necessary to achieve something beyond themselves.
~ Alan Watts
Art by Ilya Zomb ZombArt https://image.nostr.build/7d8eb0ca53b2eb0ab6426e44ac837db4ffc676e45fe46d86077367f42c348b28.jpg


Astonishing

This is a photo of a wave 🌊
Being captured. It won Photo of the year ✨ 💕
When you use 100%
Of your brains.. https://image.nostr.build/fc12903bde800323b4cc2250f5b48e4f7dbf9c8012969a12202eb3ad8f62f975.jpg


Caroline Munro gets a shoe shine after filming Dracula AD 1972. https://image.nostr.build/369640279fd23d1e8e01cfcf3e0b68162377a56f6d8e5c13bbebd0b03ae9c236.jpg


Jason Limon https://image.nostr.build/94e0cbff623b866b6eac060411147901bea48017ee6892889b44f54db4cff074.jpg


Weeding though https://image.nostr.build/15f276c4da208189e4e979aa17fd115486098ab0d5c088aba6341bb8964167f3.jpg


“they say that hell is crowded, yet,
when you’re in hell,
you always seem to be alone.
and you can’t tell anyone when you’re in hell
or they’ll think you’re crazy
and being crazy is being in hell
and being sane is hellish too.

those who escape hell,
however,
never talk about
it
and nothing much
bothers them
after
that.

I mean, things like missing a meal,
going to jail, wrecking your car,
or even the idea of death itself.

when you ask them,
‘how are things?’
they’ll always answer, ‘fine, just fine…’

once you’ve been to hell and back,
that’s enough
it’s the greatest satisfaction known to man.

once you’ve been to hell and back,
you don’t look behind you when the floor creaks
and the sun is always up at midnight
and things like the eyes of mice
or an abandoned tire in a vacant lot
can make you smile
once you’ve been to hell and back.”

–Charles Bukowski, "Lost" from Burning in Water, Drowning in Flame (1974)

Photo by Abe Frajndlich https://image.nostr.build/cfb7d70a99681269118d669abebd67116333146b0555a358d1a3c263b1fce50a.jpg


Thank my Enemies https://image.nostr.build/06bbd8dbc3ef619cd508a5c9187bbd01e21baea19d310d8f4ef75c6a09d2986f.jpg


HAPPY
MOTHER
DAY.. https://image.nostr.build/bfecc7079db572be5526ecbf46b10c228fcd123e222bdf2b03018e6a70240f4e.jpg


I love being creative and I decided to reuse an antique cast iron bath and mannequin as a feature in my garden.
I realise some people will find it creepy, and I fully appreciate that, but I did it as a memorial to my late husband, I felt he would appreciate looking down on a nubile young woman bathing in flowers.
I put a glass painted red to look like a glass of red wine, it was one of his favourite tipples. https://image.nostr.build/7d1f97c3b626ebefedf72f18664748a1c3034ea83a9ae127a62b3ece86406d3a.jpg


“A rattlesnake bit one of my sheep in the face about a week ago. Deadliest snake that lives around here. The sheep’s face swelled up and hurt her terribly.
But the old rattlesnake didn't know the kind of blood that flows through the sheep. Anti-venom is most often made from sheep's blood. The sheep swelled for about 2 days but the blood of the lamb destroyed the venom of the serpent.
I was worried but the sheep didn't care. She kept on eating, kept on drinking and kept on climbing because she knew she was alright.
Don't worry about the serpent or his bite, just make sure that the Lamb's Blood is flowing through your veins.”
- Author Unknown. https://image.nostr.build/615e03577a1ae54940b791ca792c5cf33c1d01eab4698098d8e01f3d68a3b9be.jpg


This is an old bee.
How can you tell? First of all, if we see a bee on a flower it means she is a forager, and forager is a job for older, stronger bees. Bees have inside the hive jobs first, like cleaning or taking care of babies.
Second, we can tell by looking at her that she's been through some stuff. Her wing edges are pretty tattered and the fuzziness has worn off of much of her body.
So, this old lady is probably getting up there in age and may be 5 or 6 weeks old.
Yeah, that's old fora bee. During the working seasons, worker bees typically only.live about 6 weeks. (Winter bees are another story.for another day.) So next time you see a bee on a flower, remember she's an old lady and she's got work to do. Show some respect https://image.nostr.build/2bf7abd057383cfe0dd4be9b3eb98a53d5db1a9b53de5791edabd7a8dc97bfe6.jpg


Here take my heart it already belongs to you https://image.nostr.build/c6ce6b3ff113fc93dab647fb46ddf4dca3217f9314592d39e813c8408be6736d.jpg


Sketch for an upcoming painting "The oracle" Chalk on paper. https://image.nostr.build/77e9938286fa61ae1e5929b20b0ec09456cd2f1ae82b5fdd8c5b9353b4b88ed7.jpg


This is what Neil Dawson's stunning creation known as "Horizons" looks like. This magnificent steel sculpture, located outdoors, offers an astonishing illusion to the beholder. From a distance, it looks like a piece of drawing paper that has been caught by the wind and deposited atop a hill. The artist's meticulous attention to detail and ability to play with perceptions make this work a unique and unforgettable visual experience for those who behold it. https://image.nostr.build/ed9c1f48619e5775fb64f6c7490ea5367467e522903fb3de00aa1940a752b499.jpg


Mad Hatter https://image.nostr.build/69c61348bc513fa3cfc38bb10c168006d1c290b29314af3c61e0fe38b28ee7c9.jpg


New photo from Space shows the rising Sun casting long shadows across Earth.
Earth
@earthcurated https://image.nostr.build/952a3b33e2ea64a896dab7cde530636506e966a2ec57a333ec9cee36bc71bf61.jpg


"Now, I have to remember you longer than I have known you."

Illustrated by me.
ArtByMeCassieB.com https://image.nostr.build/a7aece072edbc2aad0d324cc20c6c73c4680d88790d7e770a03e89b3e904e4c3.jpg


Facts


Warm


Above all, don't lie to yourself. The man who lies to himself and listens to his own lie comes to a point that he cannot distinguish the truth within him, or around him, and so loses all respect for himself and for others. And having no respect he ceases to love. ~Fyodor Dostoevsky

(Book [ad]: The Brothers Karamazov https://amzn.to/3wiWdXV)

(Art: Painting by Kayoon Anderson) https://image.nostr.build/51ab6f279bb0dfa2ad57d3e560cabdc37f36446be10efdc9901f871dcb2ecfa4.jpg


View https://image.nostr.build/3019e2bbc233d2cc63cb44a68b66691485b6f9312bb335e7dad100fc02b16ba2.jpg


Tino Rodriguez https://image.nostr.build/fdb86ee30b63294127361e5e6604404d3c90dc28c0822ed3127236486fc57be5.jpg


You have to experience it to understand. One thing I can say, though, is that once you see that true sight with your own eyes, the world you've lived in up till now will look flat and insipid. There's no logic or illogic in that scene. No good or evil. Everything is merged into one. And you are part of that merging. You leave the boundary of your physical body behind to become a metaphysical being. You become intuition. ~Haruki Murakami. https://image.nostr.build/b0e5f347979b17fc22885fe7ba515bfcb58fd85d831cc6c3f9d9a6c2aa9aada7.jpg


My bees love this hack I saw on the internet, the towel wicks, the water out of the birdbath, and they can drink without drowning 🥰 https://image.nostr.build/d5fbbd744b0ac623a1c4972468bee171893643e808cb3b62f1b515e959f6ea7a.jpg


Merlin


❤💯🇯🇲🥦 https://image.nostr.build/62b50ddad3866f9f58ffa66b4a64dc21323bef1aec7f14d486623e48fdbeb4b1.jpg


One of the most famous fungi in the world is the “zombie ant fungus”. It takes over the mind of an ant, causing it to climb up a branch and cling to the underside of a leaf before mummification. Once locked in place, the mushroom-like fruiting body of the cordyceps sprouts from the ant and eventually releases its spores 🍄🐜♥ https://image.nostr.build/f766ee7c5fce7f4589dd30d783fc255f414485806b0d2e8b8fa34c9849cf5026.jpg


This is a pic from my front door I’m in the midlands in Ireland and we never get anything like this https://image.nostr.build/61d406dfc97ff4b3246bb40bc162425f2cc2e880b4bf599016ff8c5e25de61ff.jpg


When you love someone, you do not love them all the time, in exactly the same way, from moment to moment. It is an impossibility. It is even a lie to pretend to. And yet this is exactly what most of us demand. We have so little faith in the ebb and flow of life, of love, of relationships. We leap at the flow of the tide and resist in terror its ebb. We are afraid it will never return. We insist on permanency, on duration, on continuity; when the only continuity possible, in life as in love, is in growth, in fluidity - in freedom, in the sense that the dancers are free, barely touching as they pass, but partners in the same pattern.
The only real security is not in owning or possessing, not in demanding or expecting, not in hoping, even. Security in a relationship lies neither in looking back to what was in nostalgia, nor forward to what it might be in dread or anticipation, but living in the present relationship and accepting it as it is now. Relationships must be like islands, one must accept them for what they are here and now, within their limits - islands, surrounded and interrupted by the sea, and continually visited and abandoned by the tides. ~Anne Morrow Lindbergh https://image.nostr.build/09f795aed1ae752eb8ba5fc0de225aba333ff9740d8cd50a2f83a23afedd8b55.jpg


Bird made entirely of silverware! ❤ https://image.nostr.build/939ab0bbb0f5ab8a0a8e59aa8a559014c7a46abbec453275311e9f2c152ca6a0.jpg


A cursed romance... (ink and my blood) https://image.nostr.build/babfc34a88669771411733247d349f07f51ec8ed29c92fbee5e356fbdcff5a35.jpg


additional side effect of listening to lots of music. https://image.nostr.build/218c22a8b406e06ee2ef805a87aa15c685344c3b440e7ac42fd706a11ce3598c.jpg


Wow
You're awesome


Wow

Amazing


Ok


Good morning


The Albatross is the largest bird that can go years without landing. They spend their first 6 years of life flying over the ocean before coming to the land to mate. It is capable of traveling more than 10,000 miles in a single journey and circumnavigating the globe in 46 days. https://image.nostr.build/62b62784017b34687f711aa8c1d55adc7b873975b5c90a08660354b9c1c5b7e4.jpg


Keep Going 🖤🌻 https://image.nostr.build/9ac76a32729345337c07347cc5e821f0bc3a9239e6aeb430e84962ebe3ac29bd.jpg


The smart way to keep people passive and obedient is to strictly limit the spectrum of acceptable opinion, but allow very lively debate within that spectrum—even encourage the more critical and dissident views. That gives people the sense that there’s free thinking going on, while all the time the presuppositions of the system are being reinforced by the limits put on the range of the debate. ~Noam Chomsky

(Book [ad]: How the World Works https://amzn.to/4dkXzSJ)

(Art: Photograph by Erich Hartmann) https://image.nostr.build/a0fe960fa6e3fb47800f2997b1d9cc88add26d7a3bd1dd481ebe30fbcbcad10b.jpg


LOUISE JENKINS MERIWETHER ❤🖤💚
(May 8, 1923 – October 10, 2023)

#UnbotheredQueen

Louise Jenkins Meriwether, a novelist, essayist, journalist, and social activist, was the only daughter of Marion Lloyd Jenkins and his wife, Julia. Meriwether was born May 8, 1923, in Haverstraw, New York, to parents from South Carolina, where her father worked as a painter and a bricklayer, and her mother worked as a domestic.
After the October 24, 1929 stock market crash, Louise’s family migrated from Haverstraw to New York City. They moved to Brooklyn first and later to Harlem. The third of five children, Louise grew up during the Great Depression, a time that would deeply affect her young life and ultimately influence her as a writer.
Despite her family’s financial plight, Louise Jenkins attended Public School 81 in Harlem and graduated from Central Commercial High School in downtown Manhattan. In the 1950s, she received a B.A. in English from New York University before meeting and marrying Angelo Meriwether, a Los Angeles teacher. Although this marriage and later marriage to Earle Howe ended in divorce, Louise continues to use the Meriwether name. In 1965, Louise earned an M.A. in journalism from the University of California at Los Angeles. Her first book, Daddy Was a Number Runner, a fictional account of the economic devastation of Harlem in the Great Depression, appeared in 1970 as the first novel to emerge from the Watts Writers’ Workshop. It received favorable reviews from authors James Baldwin and Paule Marshall. Daddy Was a Number Runner is a fictional account of the historical and sociological devastation of the economic Depression on Harlem residents.~blackpastorg

👁 ÅM Eternal👁 https://image.nostr.build/afa3670d8ea081f123e0a25e6bc9f0dcda3121df49b99b073c297744c397ff98.jpg


Jaycoby art - Last breath before killing ego https://image.nostr.build/a288348450acd4dc08123b0172d43a2dd7a87a4215fb20747450642b30cf1b0c.jpg


It has become clear to me that aging itself does not bring wisdom. It often brings regression to childishness, dependency, and bitterness over lost opportunities. Only those who are still intellectually, emotionally, spiritually growing inherit the richness of aging. ~James Hollis

(Book [ad]: What Matters Most: Living a More Considered Life https://amzn.to/3WmNIFP) https://image.nostr.build/70f3d3e573c1bc46dfcff4eb91a0b81ec2b17a24b5f6203a9f49d0bc40f12b45.jpg


None of us are getting out of here alive, so please stop treating yourself like an after thought. Eat the delicious food. Walk in the sunshine. Jump in the ocean. Say the truth that you're carrying in your heart like hidden treasure. Be silly. Be kind. Be weird. https://image.nostr.build/f7904878f832ec35aec345940b4cef8b1b0ae9bc5e62623261efd59c4541cad3.jpg


the next time
you refuse to sing
because you’ll never
fill a stadium
or decline the joy of dance
for fear of looking
ridiculous
or you resist risking
the new adventure
because you’re
not entirely ready or
you dim your shine
because you’re not
completely healed and whole

the next time
you hold yourself suspect
because you’re not
entirely qualified

just remember

a bird doesn’t sing
because it’s talented
a bird sings because
it has a song

the moon doesn’t only shine
when it’s whole
it can show up with
a single sliver of itself
and still light an entire
night sky

show up. sing. shine.
the world needs you
as you are.

~ Angi Sullins  : www.AngiSullins.com

[Image: Lizzie Riches] https://image.nostr.build/f9cafc6611a4c6961dce0da103d19074f9b2d895b1a18fac99c4cc26cdf8ff80.jpg


"I still believe that peace and plenty and happiness can be worked out some way. I am a fool" quote  Kurt Vonnegut. Drawing by me, charcoal and pastel on card https://image.nostr.build/9fe07fbe88ee533c97d90a2b26cf13f533abfe23aebe1e35c1660b825cd5f1dc.jpg


Pillar Rock near Falkland, with a 7 ton boulder sitting on top of a 90 foot pillar of rock and sandstone in the middle of the woods, is something to behold 🙂 https://image.nostr.build/34749d510a5afdd8c56af6b73fdeceab2c47fe946a52a93385c3dc576dd53d29.jpg


🔆 https://image.nostr.build/b388dc853a901fafa6fda434ab45ae770db712b024700a86b8b35ff9efc95237.jpg


👀 https://image.nostr.build/d47492705fe2ec3a1ee5883aec4eab1ef20c18ba2c481d8994f3d6e9a704dfde.jpg


The Birth of Venus (painting), 1890

by John Bulloch Souter. https://image.nostr.build/ecc02ee511f511bb36868a5d8967050cbbcd466b61c69d5d28ecd0e41679e81a.jpg


😾 Dive into the world of 'feline noir' with 'Blacksad: New York' (2000).

In 1950s America, the "Blacksad" comic series, illustrated by Juanjo Guarnido, unfolds against a backdrop of crime and corruption. Guarnido, originally from Spain, honed his artistic skills through Fine Arts studies before venturing into the animation industry, notably working with Disney Animation Studios in France. Drawing from his animation background, Guarnido's illustrations in "Blacksad" are intricate and detailed, showcasing a rich noir narrative.

The series follows the adventures of PI John Blacksad, an anthropomorphic cat, as he navigates through a world populated by animal personas like German shepherds and reptiles. Guarnido's use of watercolor adds depth and beauty to the storytelling, enhancing the visual experience. Through "Blacksad," Guarnido leaves a lasting impact on the comic book industry, solidifying his legacy as a master illustrator and storyteller. https://image.nostr.build/1aae230e4c2654fdd4f78a00354f75c7320354ffccb58732d697b0ad878b5c40.jpg


🐻🟤 https://image.nostr.build/7e1769db1c947931d5a0baba0b0db9cec00020eaf1d0e5e3273ea2a89e3c233f.jpg


Wow


This afternoon's little collaged vignette. I think I'll call this one 'My Little Haven' 💙 https://image.nostr.build/b567f3ee930cbf04231959246fb8e2d4b34a52756bf8c6372e61332440142f2d.jpg


© "The Sandman" - Yoshitaka Amano https://image.nostr.build/940e26d79b27d70d1815b52044bad35cfe4d77115dd95ed8d30c16fb15b9d477.jpg


“Don’t plant your bad days. They grow into weeks. The weeks grow into months. Before you know it, you got yourself a bad year. Take it from me - choke those little bad days. Choke ‘em down to nothing.” ~Tom Waits https://image.nostr.build/f0f0625fe77f988bb1c41273cca5fbe7d6274eb2171e9db0ea6ea84a1f25dee8.jpg


" A true artist is not one who is inspired , but one who inspired others "
Salvador Dalí

S.Dali by Artush Voskanyan https://image.nostr.build/e84b2e37c29e210b62394d48f6d90b3679f6d98167c521f77686ee12ae6cf846.jpg


Smaug over Laketown by Harpokrates on DeviantArt https://image.nostr.build/da5c284f7d83f5676afa7308756f7b35f805de5e3cb9fec78d50f42490080bde.jpg


This 1934 Paramount Pictures photograph of peroxide blonde pre code chorine heart breaker Toby Wing is so iconic https://image.nostr.build/d9d93d25d9eb9c3d427e20da6d50f01edfaba521a42d62059b0b0330acde26b4.jpg


Susanne Ussing (Danish, 1940-1998)
"I Drivhuset (In the Greenhouse)," installed at Ordrupgaardsamlingen, Denmark, 1980
Wood, newspaper, metal chimney vents https://image.nostr.build/519f9078e7f7b182c2f5bfded42442b86e516890ee2c28345b6d92c6c2ca2365.jpg


You Don’t Need A Man, You Need a Goddamn Warrior.  👑❤👸
To my sweet wild woman, I know why it hasn’t worked out with anyone else—you don’t need a man, but a goddamn warrior.

You are the strength of Turkish coffee at sunrise darlin’ and don’t try to pretend that you’re not.
You are one of the wild ones, and no matter how you tried to hide that fact, you can’t be anything other than what you are—and that’s okay. You are just as you are supposed to be, magnificently wild in all of your chaotic beauty.

I know you’ve had your heart broken and I know that you don’t understand why it always seems to never work out, but I’ve finally figured it out:
You don’t need a man, you need a goddamn warrior.
It doesn’t matter if this warrior drives a Jeep or a shiny sports car, and it won’t matter if he wears silk or cotton—it will not even matter if he works in a high-rise, or on the night shift.
What is going to matter is that when it comes to taking bets on your heart, he is going to be high stakes—all the way.
This warrior of yours will crave your strength, and your intensity. He’s going to look at you and not see something to tame, but something to just fuckin’ admire.
This warrior of yours won’t be someone that you can manipulate or play with as you have in the past, so honey, don’t even try—and trust me, you’re going to love him even more because of it.
Because you aren’t just a woman, you’re a goddamn goddess.

Your fierceness is going to bring him to his knees every single time he looks into your gorgeous eyes, but the difference is, unlike the others, he isn’t going to be scared off. No, this time, you will have finally met your match—because a simple man for you just won’t do.

You need someone to match the fire in your eyes with his own. Not only that, my little wild thing, but this warrior of yours is going to want to encourage the flames instead of trying to douse them with his own insecurities.
Because for you, a warrior is the only man who will ever live in the wild with you.
He may not have to slay any dragons to earn your love, but he would still walk through fire if it meant seeing that amazing smile that you hold in reserve for only him.

This is the thing, free spirit, this warrior you seek….he’s seeking you too.
For he’s had failed relationships that have left him wondering if maybe he was meant to be alone for the rest of his journey—and you’re going to change all of that for him. You both have been travelling along on your separate journeys and have been doing an okay job at it, but that’s about to change too.
Because baby, when you and this warrior of yours meet and collide—it’s going to be a love set on fire.
Don’t try to run this time—I know your heart has been broken before, and that you’re not used to things working out, but this time it’s different.
Give yourself time to see that.

This warrior of yours needs to see that it’s possible for someone to see all of his wild, and still be there when he craves his freedom and ventures off into this world for a bit. You won’t always need to follow him, just as he won’t always follow you. Let yourself stay wild, even when all you want to do is curl up in that spot along his side and forget the rest of the world exists.

Let yourself still wander naked under the full moon, and drink moonshine with the stars. Let yourself feel the pull of the wind on your heart, and the sun toward a new journey. Because this warrior is going to love you because of your wild—and he’ll want you to keep it.

You’ll be in this together now, this amazing, crazy, chaotic, wonderfully heartbreaking life—because it takes a warrior to love a goddess. And it takes a goddess to show a warrior what real love is.
So pack up your insecurities and your ideas about picket fences, because that was never you anyway.

You were born knowing that you were destined for more, and now is the time for you to see what all those dreams look like.

There is no stopping a love like this, so promise me you’ll hold out just a little bit longer.
Have a little bit of hope, and always give love just one more try, because I promise you my sweet wild woman—the love that you seek is seeking you as well.

Source Consciousness!!
Mike Harrigan.
I Am.
You Are.
We Are.
Oneness.
Global Consciousness..
       🔥🕎🔯🕉 🔥
💎 ❤💚💙💜❤ 💎
         ♀☯♂
       💞♏♌💞
❤  🌟 🌎🌍🌏🌟 ❤ https://image.nostr.build/6ea810c39804ae436a74a96f3a2ff03dfeeb8a96e23765ddc89bfe5d8d895d41.jpg


Did you know that Cicadas do not sting or bite because they do not have the necessary mouth parts to do so. They do not spread disease and they are not toxic. They are actually very good for your plants. They are loaded with nitrogen which feeds into your soil when they pass away. They aerate your lawn to improve water filtration. So just let Nature do her thing. Cicadas are actually just our ROWDY friends who haven’t settled down🖤❤ https://image.nostr.build/bf81ff5cc36db3d6316a2b6eb70211d3f4a7851549477ce072324c44e0bbca7a.jpg


Legend can understand 🤣🙂
#photooftheday https://image.nostr.build/8df37021dda0673f67342eb138015bf6cce3e8d5e84f8243f04b621210a0ec0b.jpg


"I loved to sleep with the window open.
Rainy nights were the best of all,
I would open the window and put my head on the pillow and close my eyes and feel the wind on my face and listen to the trees sway and creak."

 By Neil Gaiman https://image.nostr.build/d345710174310e499d2f1fd724a190d1616adaef0cda6d1470dde046b66204b2.jpg


Art by Vicente Segrelles https://image.nostr.build/e70f97b013f4f89cdc7ac10dd0d8973895ef527c1a2df534fc9879d9d09bca2a.jpg


Yellow Dancer.

by Yuni Yoshida https://image.nostr.build/ef70c712f9e2ad6ac9925c308d80e5daaedc4bf04b3f502426830b3209c4a0b5.jpg


Dino Buzzati - The morning visitor

For those interested in this story:
"Daniela was cleaning the house when a strange guy arrived. He grabbed her, used violence on her, literally entered her, to the point of deforming her." https://image.nostr.build/6a30b28c76841761ed97df1ca2cdc8ef73ef4f94eddde3198334707c1e9de56e.jpg


Coraline and Wybie https://image.nostr.build/a9861c3a7f7d183f4bd57e9b3298c9c7a73d0e9e0935890618f655c2bef80c6c.jpg


“My brain is only a receiver, in the Universe there is a core from which we obtain knowledge, strength and inspiration.”
- Nikola Tesla.

According to Tesla, whose ideas later on were foundational for the Law of Attraction...
Everything in our universe is energy.
Which is moved by frequency and vibration. No matter what you want.
Money...Love...Career success...
Blessed kids...

“Tuning” your brain to work at a certain frequency and vibration is key.
Luckily...Our brain already works in certain frequencies...Which are created by our brain waves.

And one sort of brainwave directly relates to genius-like creativity and universe-unlocking manifestation powers.
If you can tune into THAT brainwave...
The secrets of the universe will be yours.
And you’ll get everything you want.
To tune into it?
Listen to this “brain-setting” soundwave for 7 mins:Become “one” with the Universe & fulfill all your dreams and desires.⬇
https://tinyurl.com/The-Genius-Brain-Wave

Credit: Unknown https://image.nostr.build/451faf6e1ab88d142f9fbda42a08a88033e40bf7cb16fd2b648a1719e08299c9.jpg


Lord Frederic Leighton (British,  1830-1896)
Helios and Rhodes https://image.nostr.build/31e5c31ca66e726c5ee3e9c2997f4b7f2187004bbf2cdde0d08aafee7098ad94.jpg


- In the depths of the ocean, Sharky swam silently, a toothbrush clenched firmly in his jaws.
- With every stroke, he scrubbed away plaque and grime, keeping the underwater world gleaming.
- His reputation as a dental defender spread far and wide, earning him the title of the tooth-brushing shark superhero.
- From coral reefs to shipwrecks, Sharky patrolled tirelessly, ensuring that every toothy grin remained sparkling.
- And as the sun dipped below the horizon, Sharky returned to his secret cave, ready to fight plaque another day.


cool down bro what's wrong with you. https://image.nostr.build/1d250784a3afa27870c7e001b445912c69c3d56d0b34b305d05ffcf6ac510923.jpg


A truck loaded with thousands of copies of Roget's Thesaurus crashed yesterday losing its entire load.  Witnesses were stunned, startled, aghast, taken aback, stupefied, confused, shocked, rattled, paralyzed, dazed, bewildered, mixed up, surprised, awed, dumbfounded, nonplussed, flabbergasted, astounded, amazed, confounded, astonished, overwhelmed, horrified, numbed, speechless, and perplexed. https://image.nostr.build/ad52863741b2739611cfd3b75529a1fbaeb81418b10b029e305a83488ac02e63.jpg


What do you see??? https://image.nostr.build/ab6b002f8f949f557426d0cf47858162e528c88055b1c96a6d7a56a0ce242c0b.jpg


I’m talkin bout DEEP in the rain forest! https://image.nostr.build/21c2b38f5223dfbd810a8bc1803aef2c5a34c63e1bfc5879ae5d90e72b11c36f.jpg


👵Written by a 90 year old!!❤
🤙42 lessons life taught me 💖
It is something we should all read at least once a week! Make sure you read to the end!
Written by Regina Brett, 90 years old, of the Plain Dealer, Cleveland, Ohio.
"To celebrate growing older, I once wrote the 42 lessons life taught me. It is the most requested column I've ever written. My odometer rolled over to 90 in August, so here is the column once more:
1. Life isn't fair, but it's still good.
2. When in doubt, just take the next small step.
3. Life is too short – enjoy it..
4. Your job won't take care of you when you are sick. Your friends and family will.
5. Pay off your credit cards every month.
6. You don't have to win every argument. Stay true to yourself.
7. Cry with someone. It's more healing than crying alone.
8. Save for retirement starting with your first pay check.
9. When it comes to chocolate, resistance is futile.
10. Make peace with your past so it won't screw up the present.
11. It's OK to let your children see you cry.
12. Don't compare your life to others. You have no idea what their journey is all about.
13. If a relationship has to be a secret, you shouldn't be in it...
14 Take a deep breath. It calms the mind.
15. Get rid of anything that isn't useful. Clutter weighs you down in many ways.
16. Whatever doesn't kill you really does make you stronger.
17. It's never too late to be happy. But it’s all up to you and no one else.
18. When it comes to going after what you love in life, don't take no for an answer.
19. Burn the candles, use the nice sheets, wear the fancy lingerie. Don't save it for a special occasion. Today is special.
20. Over prepare, then go with the flow.
21. Be eccentric now. Don't wait for old age to wear purple.💖
22. The most important sex organ is the brain.
23. No one is in charge of your happiness but you.
24. Frame every so-called disaster with these words 'In five years, will this matter?'
25. Always choose life.
26. Forgive but don’t forget.
27. What other people think of you is none of your business.
28. Time heals almost everything. Give time time.
29. However good or bad a situation is, it will change.
30. Don't take yourself so seriously. No one else does..
31. Believe in miracles.
32. Don't audit life. Show up and make the most of it now.
33. Growing old beats the alternative -- dying young.
34. Your children get only one childhood.
35. All that truly matters in the end is that you loved.
36. Get outside every day. Miracles are waiting everywhere. (I love this one)
37. If we all threw our problems in a pile and saw everyone else's, we'd grab ours back.
38. Envy is a waste of time. Accept what you already have not what you need.
39. The best is yet to come...
40. No matter how you feel, get up, dress up and show up.
41. Yield.
42. Life isn't tied with a bow, but it's still a gift." https://image.nostr.build/3fd9efd0aed37d73ea03e234dc8b19ddec917df799daad16580c0a8a0e3f3bd3.jpg


“If you are asking if I need you,
the answer is forever.
If you are asking if I will leave you,
the answer is never.
If you are asking what I value,
the answer is you.
If you are asking if I love you,
the answer is I do…
The minute I heard my first love story
I started looking for you, not knowing
how blind that was.
Lovers don’t finally meet somewhere.
They’re in each other all along.”
— Rumi

“Beltane” depicting the May Queen and the Horned God
VI. The Lovers
Talon Abraxas https://image.nostr.build/60595d8eeec2eb59f098a39aa2c8073d91c10c8caf49edc6d56998bc20825145.jpg


In 1930, British archaeologist Leonard Woolley and his wife Catherine made a significant discovery in Ur, Mesopotamia. They uncovered pottery pipes that had served as a sewage and rainwater network, representing what is often regarded as the earliest water drainage system in history, predating around 4000 BC. In an iconic moment, the Woolleys stood at the site of this remarkable archaeological find. https://image.nostr.build/c4bf46afb621f5082523b28106ff8986ea346448e674c222fb3ea95ac4c6a7d8.jpg


“The hermit” https://image.nostr.build/9fba3fd1890e13e2898e03f8da2870fe55dd9ac1c157b335eda001fd65c9bf12.jpg


The Running Tree….
Maui, Hawaii. https://image.nostr.build/49eb68544053cff2679a13d2f253f71a34505b37d14a50814ab824ba9926aa89.jpg


Chouffevonart. https://image.nostr.build/fd84806616ba40fa15d645bc351579e7998349cb9fec2b9dd21b57af6674d7ea.jpg


Black corn is also known as Maiz Morado in Peru, while in the United States and the United Kingdom, it may be referred to as Black Aztec corn or Black Mexican corn.

Outside of South America, it is not found commonly in supermarkets, and only occasionally in farmer's markets.

It is good when grilled, roasted, boiled and steamed. https://image.nostr.build/b5bbf2d261b8927a05db3ca082aa297796d9669f70d83b91525aa492b2632fad.jpg


Adults only...

CLITS, CUNNILINGUS, G - SPOTS & ORGASMS

For men, it is easy. Have sex and almost everytime, reach a climax.

For women, the story is not the same and penetrative sex doesn’t always lead to orgasm, with many having never experienced it. If you are a man, think of that explosive peak before ejaculation, can you imagine taking that away and it still being termed as great sex? Probably not, but that is the reality that many women live. Strangely, many are fine with it (or at least have learnt to live with it). If you ask around, more times than not, you’d get a woman who wants cunnilingus; which basically is the stimulation of the clitoris with the tongue (okay, generally not the tongue and generally not just the clitoris but you get the idea).

Here comes the problem. There are many husbands who would not be willing to do it no matter what. There are different reasons for this but the majority seem to be conditioned around an active imagination that has to do with hygiene. If your husband falls into this category then this is the first thing that needs to be worked upon. You are going to have to sell him the idea and this may not be easy. It is so bad that even if you offer fellatio, they still won’t take the deal. So, you have to get creative and get into their minds. Understand what drives their refusal. If it is hygiene then offer to do things that would help i.e. taking a bath just before it and coming out fresh. It is not an easy mindset to change but doing that is a topic on its own.

Now, back to the clitoris. Please, let it not shock you that many husbands do not know where this is located. They can point the general area but cannot actually locate it. If this cannot be done then how can it be stimulated to give pleasure? Of course, you cannot rule out ego being in play here so many would not ask, especially given they can just move to other things and get away with it but with sex, as much as quantity is important, quality is a lot more important.

There is also the G-spot and again, like the clitoris, this needs to be located first. But beyond the fact that a lot of husbands do not know of its existence let alone its location, a lot of wives cannot locate their own G-spots. Again, a G-spot that cannot be located is a G-spot that cannot be deliberately put into play.
One of the above will significantly take the wife to a different level but putting both into play (when done right) will make the experience a whole new one.

Hold on, not so fast.

Orgasms don’t just happen. It is as mental a process as it is physical so beyond the stimulation, you have to also be able to make her feel good. Unfortunately, this goes counter what the male body wants to do, which is to thrust, thrust and thrust, hard and fast. You have to deliberately slow yourself down enough to be able to pay attention to the needs of the wife too. You need to be selfless and forget about your own desires and make it about her. If you do that, you would in turn, unleash a side of her you never knew existed.
It doesn’t matter what her orientation is.

Wives want sex and they want the best of it. No matter how good a sex round is, it would be better with an orgasm. On the flip side, there is the cultural side to things where women want all they want but cannot admit it to their husbands. The biggest excuse is that the men would accuse them of being bad but you are married! If you cannot speak then how can he know what he needs to give you? This is another topic on its own.

Take time with her and make yourself appreciate every little bit of her. Also, know her unique sensitive spots. Some women have extra desires for gentle ear nibbling, some want gentle nipple nibbling, some want you to tickle them on the inner thigh. Whatever works for your spouse is what you need to learn and you need to learn it from your wife, why? She literally, is the only one who knows. Allow her guide you and enjoy being guided, it doesn’t make you less of a man, amazing sex is easier achieved with a team effort. Again, the cultural part comes into play here where many of our husbands have been raised to believe that a man not dominating the wife on the bed is weak. No, this is not true, let her teach you about her body because you don’t know what she knows (even though you may know other things).

When it comes to stimulating the clitoris, you want to be very gentle at first then gradually build up momentum. Kind of like how you spark a fire and gradually fan it to grow. Patience is very key here because this is something you do not rush. Allow her body speak to you and if you listen, you will hear her body clearly through the pace of her twists, turns and moans (for those who have not forced themselves to believe it is ‘dirty’ to moan)
Gentle strokes which can go any direction depending on your spouse but safer in circular movements, then gradually you increase the pressure. Let her tell you what is okay and what is not, work together to find the perfect conditions.

For those who would not use their tongues, unfortunately, this is as far as they go (which is limiting). For those who are able to go all the way to pleasure island, this is where the tongue is introduced. Gentle up and down strokes which can also go side to side. Circular motions are not as easy with the head. Tickle gently with the tongue and give short gentle sucks but it has got to be very gentle. Let her guide you and as she does, learn to eliminate each unproductive step so that after a few attempts, you have a very effective routine that makes it shorter and shorter for her to get to an orgasm.

We are different so it may take someone 10minutes to get an orgasm while it may take another 40 minutes. The build is sharp for some while it is gentle for others. So long as she lets you know she is still liking it and still able to go on, know that she is yet to hit it. Be patient with her.

Now, the above has been with the clitoris alone. If you add the stimulation of the G-spot to it, it is several levels up the notch. There are a few ways this can be done or you can improvise as you wish. Whatever you come up with, just make sure it works for her. It could be your finger stimulating the G-spot with your tongue on the clitoris. It could be one finger on one, another finger on the other (e.g middle finger for G-spot, and thumb on clitoris)
Most of the reported mistakes come from:
Patience
Pressure
Attention

If you can follow the above, and work with her, you will get her there.

 Note: Some women are multi-orgasmic and can have several orgasms at a go. You never know what yours is if you stop exploring and seeking new heights. There’s a different level to this with the introduction of accelerators like ice cubes but one step at a time.

The clitoris is located outside the VJ at the top side. Using tongue on the clit is 🥵🔥

The G-spot is located inside the VJ by the frontal wall. It can be located by insertion of the first section of your index finger upward.

Check comment section for details on locating the clitoris and G-spot.

Olashubomi Korede Fem https://image.nostr.build/bc9a4e5c2358c61369f3a07d076129e035505a8a95ae2258a71b72a445ee653b.jpg


Cobra lily (Darlingtonia californica): Native to North America, the cobra lily has jug-shaped leaves that resemble a cobra ready to strike, making it a fascinating carnivorous plant for swamp gardens. https://image.nostr.build/762aa5f316fd61f68d634c9cb7957fc5e6998e8875c82cb24b6387e9b6eb4376.jpg


Awaken https://image.nostr.build/dc8c64824e8b9fd1054873029cd0380a9aa9c96aadb1913b663d8c776a6a8398.jpg


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This is Jim Thorpe. Look closely at the photo, you can see that he's wearing different socks and shoes. This wasn't a fashion statement. It was the 1912 Olympics, and Jim, a Native American from Oklahoma represented the U.S. in track and field.
On the morning of his competitions, his shoes were stolen. Luckily, Jim ended up finding two shoes in a garbage can. That's the pair that he's wearing in the photo. But one of the shoes was too big, so he had to wear an extra sock. Wearing these shoes, Jim won two gold medals that day. This is a perfect reminder that you don't have to resign to the excuses that have held you back.
So what if life hasn't been fair? What are you going to do about it today? Whatever you woke up with this morning; stolen shoes, ill health, failed relationships, failed business, don't let it stop you from running your race. You can experience more in life if you'll get over the excuses and get on with living. You can have reasons or you can have results...but you can't have both.
My friends, may we all strive to keep running in this life no matter what the problem with our shoes (life) may be.
Now be happy and go for gold as you "Live Life With No Regrets" https://image.nostr.build/d9978743df1f10ce56af51f0edf4ef75a5fd2962a50935fa578ad19207ad038e.jpg


“In my life I have found two things of priceless worth - learning and loving. Nothing else - not fame, not power, not achievement for its own sake - can possible have the same lasting value. For when your life is over, if you can say 'I have learned' and 'I have loved,' you will also be able to say 'I have been happy.”

― Arthur C. Clarke, Rama II https://image.nostr.build/615f7812d84c5d76b1f45b9b181392d42c20fabe7f423d69f62b56ad806fbce8.jpg


Don't fall for the VAGINA it will lead you to economic ruin. https://image.nostr.build/f104fb62a9e36a30e29e90649309555af6c11f783e13053c8cb7a63116732919.jpg


A gentle reminder. https://image.nostr.build/2e7096769d102a9ae7a65012d7897c0ef57475c29f4d0dc2404a58f671bbc984.jpg


“The only way that we can live, is if we grow. The only way that we can grow is if we change. The only way that we can change is if we learn. The only way we can learn is if we are exposed. And the only way that we can become exposed is if we throw ourselves out into the open. Do it. Throw yourself.”

   - C. JoyBell C.

[Image: La Emperatriz Theodora (1887) oil on canvas by French painter Jean-Joseph Benjamin-Constant (1845–1902).]

Poetry, Tea and Me https://image.nostr.build/a4884ead864f1c95aa0ad9b226973b2b24d795e08e980fc281c69cab0b716513.jpg


Exit https://image.nostr.build/57854779cf49bf36438e47f20e918a6df14150bb30ea6f094f65ae5587d0d7f4.jpg


When you bully
The BULLY https://image.nostr.build/d636a5daf602b1238edc16b6bacde032c9e7d7ab2e73ab43d3b8216570abe958.jpg


When you see it
You cannot unsee it. https://image.nostr.build/904fc953a0cd340af99574d8fe4da7e58e84669326ed4f6f3de78c47d1f488fd.jpg


🐻🐻🐻 https://image.nostr.build/d6887230e3b6c4de1f59bd9f4f976675014978e071d38b6b7b776b844117a1d1.jpg


🥷🐢
The Last Ronin
© thewoodenking • X
#TMNT https://image.nostr.build/b47e0ebcaf824f0c26abc33c0dc1cb0f954925d83fc4c61fbe75e801e0c8c3f1.jpg


Stop leaving your kids with them.

Stop leaving your children with your boyfriends you barely know.

Stop letting your family members you don't entirely trust watch them because it's free.

If you have a gut feeling about someone that doesn't sit right with you when it comes to your child, cut all ties with this person.

If your little one comes to you and says I don't want to stay with a particular person ....  do me a favor and listen to them.

Credit to the rightful owner👇
W o r t h y W o r d s https://image.nostr.build/17c2d7194fc8efbbe20a35da372dea9892a36552dbb8ef4e1407f8be4ff34a36.jpg


This ring was found on a woman who was buried approximately 1,200 years ago in Birka, an ancient Viking city located 30 km (19 miles) west of contemporary Stockholm, Sweden.

What makes this ring special is that it was inscribed with the words "for Allah" in Kufic Arabic, which was widely used between the 8th and 10th centuries. The ring provides evidence of the direct contact between Vikings and the Abbasid Caliphate, the third caliphate to succeed the Islamic prophet Muhammad. https://image.nostr.build/543a28f5140abebf7c1d883b8bbd01531fedbd3ff76e48fad74c96f54cd2ee7d.jpg


It's f**king raw!
by @Inkspirate_art
#chainsawman https://image.nostr.build/56775c1218400132a59aeb1f2e0a0a895520cb6c51c0664181d1950372320c6b.jpg


WOw


🩵❄🩵❄🩵 https://image.nostr.build/8e1b9c06950f3f97bfc52dbff735b8b8e07f424ba6f14bd3039bc39b3a089190.jpg


⭕ SYMBOLIC OF MASCULINITY...

Traditionally long hair was always a symbol of masculinity.
All the great warriors in history had long hair, from the Greeks (who wrote ode to the hair of their heroes) to the Norse, from the Native Americans (famous for their long shiny hair) to the Japanese. And the longer and beautiful the hair, the more masculine the warrior was considered.
Vikings flaunted their braids and samurai wore their long hair as a symbol of their honor (they cut the braid when they lose honor).
When a warrior was captured, his mane was cut to humiliate him, to take away his beauty. That custom resumed in what is today's military service. There when new soldiers begin their training the first thing they do is cut their hair to undermine their self-esteem, make them submissive and make them see who's boss.
It was the Romans who "invented" short hair so to speak, between the 1st and 5th centuries.. C. In battles, they believed this gave them defensive advantages, as their opponents couldn't grab them by the hair. This also helped them recognize each other on the battlefield.
Short hair in men is a relatively new "invention" that has nothing to do with aesthetics.
But today we often see men being humiliated, sometimes called "afemin@*dos" for wearing long hair, without knowing that short hair is actually the "anti-masculinity" and is a repressive social imposition, while long hair symbolizes freedom. https://image.nostr.build/a85b024a5fe4b278567711e5b406549e24cccb4320f9b1ed7e23aa284dba57b7.jpg


There's a reason why your path is not as smooth as others, it could be that your reward is greater..
Don't give up! One day it will be worth it🙏
@highlight
#onelove https://image.nostr.build/10b0c82e0c7982c0f24b571c5c8cbfcc1486f19f8a0c3a08639b7ed26eb7458a.jpg


“It’s mushroom tax, cough it up.” https://image.nostr.build/ec8f310fa092503ebc2dc120e54af0905fe275606d777ecf983fa5be46390527.jpg


Disconnect to reconnect https://image.nostr.build/b13b2fe4a7e20e66a4e808abf5054c724fb3f3363a88bda980a83940796c3384.jpg


Air ✨- Earth 🌱- Fire 🔥- Water 💧
Awaken https://image.nostr.build/e6dbeefe400c359cc07fe794da85a795c60cd0c2b1c82bb65dda6e2642c4bcdd.jpg


Expand your mind, change your reality. https://image.nostr.build/46ae69fa13371e6b68d0acf445522ef90a4daafe3b10f4de2d13b3451c248e37.jpg


🟤🤎🐻🟤🤎🐻 https://image.nostr.build/e8711069aa6f0b26adfaf07fce044fc01f4fcfccf9d03150c0c78a7b2b995e1a.jpg


Andrew Blucha, "Glitches In The Halo" (2023) https://image.nostr.build/f84b095ef87d1fd2ad41cd5c7c2b65137543cc486c4f9a758340e426b828e447.jpg


An age-old mystery has been unveiled: the ancient curse targeting Glykera of Athens.

Archaeologists have unearthed a remarkable discovery in Athens, shedding light on a curse directed at Glykera over 2,300 years ago.

Deep within the confines of the Kerameikos necropolis, a tablet emerged from the depths of a public well, bearing a chilling inscription: "We invoke the wrath of the underworld gods upon Glykera, wife of Dion, decreeing punishment and thwarting her nuptials."

Crafted from lead, the scroll exhibited an array of forms: some sections folded and studded with nails, while others bore resemblance to the contours of a liver or a miniature coffin. This artifact stands as the earliest evidence of ancient Greeks employing magical rites to hex their adversaries. https://image.nostr.build/0f8aa0901c5f3a0912d5a8df4ccc69f731ea4273a2f38bb87d1e2d10f896b50a.jpg


This is a picture from 1952 of two best friends in Chicago who got caught by the police at night. They used to sneak out at night to ride the L train.

The boys were James Davis, age 5, who was black, and Ronald Sullivan, age 8, who was white. At the train station, James fell asleep on a chair while Ronald watched over him.

They seemed like brothers who cared for each other, even though they had different skin colors.

------From incredible world fb page https://image.nostr.build/f6a35d74e5ad95e7053ff11daf665a673484f4fb08ec334449292154a538f321.jpg


🐠 https://image.nostr.build/0af5ad66375a72b2d7daeabefa6752104f0f7b0441abc881288cf339389bacc6.jpg


Approaching silence https://image.nostr.build/bcc67d49d6c9a008f63396487a43bbe86734fcec370116593b362b9272d33f74.jpg


"Albert Einstein’s first wife Mileva (Mitza) Marić was also a brilliant physicist.

 They met at the Polytechnic Institute of Zurich, where she had fought for special permissions to attend and where she received higher marks than Albert.

 Mitza put in as much if not more work on their theories but wasn’t credited because Albert told her their works wouldn’t get published with a woman’s name on them.

Many of his lecture notes are in Mitza’s handwriting, and Albert was once heard at a party saying, “I need my wife, she helps solve all of my mathematical problems.” 80% of Einstein’s famous works were published during this marriage, referred to as his “magic years.” Those magic years ended abruptly after they divorced due to his infidelity and abandonment."

Happy Women’s History Month to the other genius of the Einstein family, Mileva Marić https://image.nostr.build/306e3a98437328faeb10d370b0cfa97eb7b8199d24ef19f9ec2ebaec2a96ddcc.jpg


In 1927, 29 of the world's most brilliant minds gathered in Brussels for the Fifth Solvay Conference. Convened by Belgian chemist and industrialist Ernest Solvay, the theme of the conference that year was “Electrons and Photons”—topics of contention in the newly developed theories of quantum mechanics. Among the group were Nobel laureates and professors holding esteemed university chairs, including legendary names such as Marie Curie, Albert Einstein, Niels Bohr, and Erwin Schrödinger. Together, the attendees gathered for what has been called “the most intelligent photo” of all time—a simple snapshot taken at one of the most exciting moments in scientific history. — in New York, NY, United States. https://image.nostr.build/caf29e357b4003d94c47df98f7d43b2388d81c592a5d489a5debe8b1f4cd35fb.jpg


Why are you interested in the location?


For this National Geographic photo shoot, Angelina Jolie refrained from bathing for 3 days because bees are sensitive to smells and are less likely to sting when exposed to strong odors.
During the session, hundreds of bees surrounded the actor as she posed for the camera.
The shoot was conducted in honor of World Bee Day, with Angelina Jolie spending 18 minutes posing alongside the bees—a noble and daring gesture to honor the insects that play a fundamental role in our ecosystem.

More details/photos: https://bit.ly/3U2ZvYl https://image.nostr.build/6183743e4f9434ca6f630f8dc0e2ea484efb3cb4dd2147fea4bbf441dd8b9dc9.jpg


This is the only Nollywood actor/comedian Living outside the Matrix and also calling their bluff they hate him or yeah they do the Nollywood elite but that doesn't stop him..

Years ago, Katt Williams revealed his IQ was measured at 163. Genius level.
Katt Williams could read fluently by the time he was 3 years old.
At age 12, Williams had received a full scholarship to The National Science Academy in Dayton, Ohio.
He's been associated with Mensa since he was 10, an organization involving genius level individuals.
A comedian confirmed this in a Vlad interview.
"In 30 years I've collected INFORMATION,  KNOWLEDGE and YOUR SECRETS"
"I' know sooo many things I shouldn't know"
When YOU EXPOSE people they will definitely turn against YOU!
Details below https://image.nostr.build/fbf1297bca9ba99b4f6b66402d5c76b4b30d6f66feb38de15254d486adcdd5cd.jpg


⚫⚫⚫⚫⚫⚫ https://image.nostr.build/50d7f1375df842e982a60476bceaa6dcbf39608d81add3238b00b28318f269a5.jpg


This should be a painting
But is real
Real life situation
A snake feeding off the roof https://image.nostr.build/490efca9bb54f8c33384ea7403ac93ad9c27d76b2495cd40e298382d9c3dad20.jpg


Justifiably smug. https://image.nostr.build/df8893b7904a95c68f152d442ebebf6863c1ec0562843f691ad2a4cb2088b118.jpg


"Roman Empire. In Arena", 1932, Oil Painting by Tony Haller (1907-1944) https://image.nostr.build/af3825fd48d46286dca70a533dfafb60f048e85a427423e942871db4cd0d5295.jpg


Medusa statue in the depths of the Mediterranean Sea.

It was discovered in the western region of the Libyan Sea between Greece and Egypt. According to experts, it has been at the bottom for 2500 years. Getting this to the surface is extremely complicated because Medusa has been falling for millennia, with the slightest vibration or manipulation, no matter how slight, it could break or be irreparably damaged and eventually shatter into pieces. https://image.nostr.build/c11d1957151630ffb753f3dfb7f629feea6f89e67f14ff13a87251d43de2772c.jpg


True


South Korean professor Cho Jae-Weon has developed a groundbreaking toilet that transforms human waste into energy and rewards users with digital currency. Each person's daily 500g of feces is converted into 50 liters of methane gas, producing 0.5 kWh of energy. Users of this innovative toilet earn Ggool, a digital currency aptly named "shit coin." https://image.nostr.build/63a5dd30d7bb227d504fcf5f299c62fc4a1b38d64fd0146ca4b0ee301d3d48ea.jpg


Life is a mystery. https://image.nostr.build/97faf1ea41e479d6d0f28c61b32f2570c4cad0c477f7a424df998d37f02fa251.jpg


witch shower https://image.nostr.build/e7d13d9c29b72b85b3584081b2d7c8506b91dcfbb27a557bd373208838de5957.jpg


Have you seen me in your yard? I’m a Stenopelmatus. Please… DON’T kill me!
Let me tell you a little about myself. Many people also know me as a potato bug, Jerusalem cricket, Skull Insect, Childface, or Mother of Scorpion.
People get scared when they see me and want to kill me. The reality is that I’m running from you. I’m not a spider, scorpion, or cricket, and I HAVE NO POISON.
My only weapon is my mandibles. With them, I feed off the organic waste found next to garden plants.
We play a very important role in the environment because we contribute to plant growth by aerating the soil and allowing for better oxygenation.
My lifespan is just one year. If you find me at night, please don’t kill me. I’m simply looking for food and a safe place to hide. 🦗 https://image.nostr.build/14ae77297e3e202c389f787005a97985323add89acea964e791349767627b9cb.jpg


RasTa Rising

RasTa Time is Now...

Reggae Jamaica https://image.nostr.build/7acb1da39f58f228d714f615ccb61960d14cb1f107ae7a2515d74b17de1f2245.jpg


Did you know that if you put 100 black ants and 100 red ants in a jar, nothing will happen? But I you shake the jar hard, the ants start killing each other. The red ants consider the black ants their enemies. The true enemy is the one shaking the jar. The same thing happens in human society. So, before we attack each other, we should think about who is shaking the jar!
Credit: Kurt Vonnegut https://image.nostr.build/f1c34492b4ca4fbe93a3a1a3b680eed105b1a2dd88c799b01abfe5862d0863d2.jpg


🕦 https://image.nostr.build/50c5e0720cfba262a441dab2405a0e39d002aaa160d353d513b99f5720a7d6f7.jpg


❄🩵 https://image.nostr.build/37af3f6f138a76d4e8592e4ab56beb3b21cd8b7d04860cc053fbc2fde1e3382f.jpg


Smart


“great writers are indecent people
they live unfairly
saving the best part for paper.

good human beings save the world
so that bastards like me can keep creating art,
become immortal.
if you read this after I am dead
it means I made it.”

― Charles Bukowski https://image.nostr.build/60891d2c41888b4ab5db5528121af554aa171bd25f9b0efcd3508f33dcbe1474.jpg


It is so easy to judge and dismiss that which you do not understand. Most of the world believes that indigenous ceremony is superstition and something that has no grounding in science. To the Indigenous people of North America however, this is the truth of their reality. They believe it in every cell of their bodies. Mankind has moved away from the heart of the world to the logic of the mind, and their belief is in the chemist, the physicist, and the mathematician. Science has proven to them that all this ancient belief in ceremony is simply ignorance... And yet modern man has created, with its great science, which it is certain is the ultimate “truth”, a world on the brink of total destruction in less than two hundred years. Whereas ancient man, with its ceremonies, managed to sustain itself for millions of years. Perhaps we should consider this ancient wisdom, at least to understand, even with our logical mind, how it is possible that ceremony actually can create a world in balance. The only shadow cast here, is that of your own doubt.
All my relations.. Black Eagle
Niksokowa.. Piita’Siksinam https://image.nostr.build/d5eef7d0cd90a7c7df471ff339f074bb8bbc009dc8dc7eab015a9213621d7f0a.jpg https://image.nostr.build/d5eef7d0cd90a7c7df471ff339f074bb8bbc009dc8dc7eab015a9213621d7f0a.jpg


Jean Moral, Overlapping Faces, 1906. https://image.nostr.build/4ebff613949d38449eb3de897087c32e66a1705c7a2d8b64bbb38f48236761ce.jpg


Two years ago CNN released a photo taken by the photographer Anil Prabhakar in the forest in Indonesia. The image shows an orangutan, currently under threat of extinction, while stretching out his hand to help a geolgist who fell into a mud pool during his search. When the photographr uploaded the photo, he wrote this as a caption: “In a time when the concept of humanity dies, animals lead us to the principles of humanity. https://image.nostr.build/e2c8f9bd548a715adb55be055f55118db4ea659ba8d0efb9b44328529bb2cd00.jpg


Fucking Fiat


“To the living, I am gone,
To the sorrowful, I will never return,
To the angry, I was cheated,
But to the happy, I am at peace,
And to the faithful, I have never left.

I cannot speak, but I can listen.
I cannot be seen, but I can be heard.
So as you stand upon a shore gazing at a beautiful sea,
As you look upon a flower and admire its simplicity,
Remember me.

Remember me in your heart:
Your thoughts, and your memories,
Of the times we loved,
The times we cried,
The times we fought,
The times we laughed.
For if you always think of me, I will never have gone.”

~Margaret Mead https://image.nostr.build/e4bc4d132445981862cf041ea2418d96818905fb5cfb710430f754d485ef11cb.jpg


Wtf


“For what it’s worth: it’s never too late or, in my case, too early to be whoever you want to be. There’s no time limit, stop whenever you want. You can change or stay the same, there are no rules to this thing. We can make the best or the worst of it. I hope you make the best of it. And I hope you see things that startle you. I hope you feel things you never felt before. I hope you meet people with a different point of view. I hope you live a life you’re proud of. If you find that you’re not, I hope you have the courage to start all over again.”

~Francis Scott Fitzgerald https://image.nostr.build/f0c025a0bde70df9fdf7a0b4153adc9f5318dc10b7c41872e518a0c3ba040642.jpg


“I believe the first duty of philosophy is making you understand what deep shit you are in.” ~Slavoj Žižek

Philosophy should open old wounds, even inflict new ones. Philosophy should be a danger. It should come as a shock to the system, a defibrillator of the soul, even a mockery of everything we’ve always held dear.

It should come as a daunting question mark that haunts our dreams. It should come as a fire that burns the petty kindling of our precious “beliefs.” It should be sinister, intimidating, and fierce. Otherwise, it is of little use to us. Philosophy that is comforting, placating, and reassuring can no longer be considered philosophy. It makes the cardinal sin of becoming religious.

As Rebecca Goldstein said in Plato at the Googleplex, “Philosophical thinking that doesn’t do violence to one’s settled mind is no philosophical thinking at all.”

Written by Gary Z McGee

Image by Sara Shakeel https://image.nostr.build/46843a2a71f4f5a4b9527cfe4c43a2f234426248a2befedd269afeca5abdc112.jpg


𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝗼𝗹𝗱𝗲𝘀𝘁 𝗸𝗻𝗼𝘄𝗻 '𝗱𝗶𝘃𝗲 𝗹𝗼𝗴 𝗲𝗻𝘁𝗿𝘆' 𝗺𝗮𝘆 𝗯𝗲 𝗲𝗺𝗯𝗲𝗱𝗱𝗲𝗱 𝘄𝗶𝘁𝗵𝗶𝗻 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗘𝗽𝗶𝗰 𝗼𝗳 𝗚𝗶𝗹𝗴𝗮𝗺𝗲𝘀𝗵!

Gilgamesh was the first recorded "diver" more than 4,000 years ago! The cuneiform script on clay tablets recorded his dive underwater to snatch the "Plant of Eternal Youth," in 2800 BC.

The story goes that he attached heavy stones to his feet to drag him to the oceans depths. He found and took the plant before cutting the rocks from his feet to take him back to the surface. Once ashore, he felt it would be a good time for a nap and fell asleep. While sleeping a devious snake came and gobbled up the plant before poor Gilgamesh could be forever youthful!

This tale became the first documentation of breath holding. https://image.nostr.build/839d6108530e470e247ad29fb7d7eb9252e1cc6f1abcf50bc02f35b6132119df.jpg


"First the man takes the drink, then the drink takes the man." Sculpture created based off an old Irish saying. https://image.nostr.build/fc6cb60aa9985adeda094c816f4d2a82181876fd118eb8b58fb70d8276197687.jpg


Mind Blowing https://image.nostr.build/e463808a5087badb368d903c34147294dba3ebb959d89b4ec199d8709551351c.jpg


"Sunrise By the Ocean 1996". Vladimir Kush.
The egg symbolizes the rising Sun and the beginning of life. In many myths about the creation of the world, a cosmic egg is laid by a giant bird in a formless, ancient ocean. The egg splits into two and the sky and the earth appear from the halves of it, while the sun is seen in the yolk. You can see in the picture that the newborn Sun still hasn't taken its final shape yet. Shreds of primary matter continue to stream from the burning sphere rising over the ocean. According to Polynesian myth, the Hawaiian Islands were born from such an egg. https://image.nostr.build/b310a74e22932957316462b86bbdd9a6b23d6b8b4f1eb29f2d93625347335cca.jpg


Respect the Game. https://image.nostr.build/7823bddcc4d49612427ffa8a0658fb9346a621361d582203f183d77c9bb72089.jpg


Dancing cats

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Hand in hand with your shadow, Namibia.

Photo by Chris McLennan Photography https://image.nostr.build/fcdda3b702c286d5704f277ca26170cf2ae0c8981594997c5419a37d4e6d814a.jpg


1941 western flyer motorhome https://image.nostr.build/d2b1ea9e857c139e166f3b5b1e37db6747844bdb5a7f1783bc5da15f3cacf683.jpg


'Once Upon a Time, A Book of Old Time Fairytales', illustration by Margaret Evans Price, 1921 https://image.nostr.build/f1487579566590a2b4fd0772b83730a79f860adcc126b1506449737181bbbcb0.jpg


'La Nuit de Walpurgis', oil on canvas, Constantin Nepo, 1964 https://image.nostr.build/b4154c7901513faf698377900d88592cd614fea52e8657c6c69a127394488f9b.jpg


Michael Hutter
Germany https://image.nostr.build/49c1bee3b4d7f5595940edde601199272e2583efab3b0a515e8bbd20c57dddbf.jpg


“The beginning of love is the will to let those we love be perfectly themselves, the resolution not to twist them to fit our own image. If in loving them we do not love what they are, but only their potential likeness to ourselves, then we do not love them: we only love the reflection of ourselves we find in them. https://image.nostr.build/9e352c7cb01ca8cd0148da05cc9f8faeba16184185d957124308d86848172549.jpg


When you analyze your own….
  You have no time or energy to analyze anyone else’s.. https://image.nostr.build/7454a218156ac3911bca69e89375ea67f2454d96e5bd9f82770cacb1794b9f23.jpg


Excellent MKD
You just decode
The problem with
Humanity


Only God know what you mean


Open for a discussion https://image.nostr.build/7dcf877160980b102165431b888a88a5b17d939f139e860b29053254175fa140.jpg


One kick it's over for those guys https://image.nostr.build/fd5c3517a5db2f8fbb00d4165b5a2c023c333d200afcc275a9b5633d384f9473.jpg


[ Bees feeding on Watermelons. ]

"Bees will take their nutrients from anything which has sugar and moisture.

Feeding them watermelon if conditions are tough is a good idea because it’s got plenty of fructose and moisture!

The photo and information is from Heather Harvey, a park ranger with the National Park Service." https://image.nostr.build/6c0f8bc7b07ba8b74224b5cd5cabbc2f00ccaf9d58ac30fd1521b73e9d7f37fa.jpg


Today a pair of Canada Geese flew into our yard. so I grabbed my Camera with the 500mm lens and got off a number of good shots.  Below is one shot of the head and one zoom-in on the eye.  I call this shot:
A Sunset in the Eye of a Canada Goose. https://image.nostr.build/dcb165d70ea9c76995cf4d52740768bb3c4118114118df1eceefc0664c3f5555.jpg


Hahahah 😅
Your ignorance is fascinating


Oh!


If dis nigga jump out dat painting we all dead. 😅 https://image.nostr.build/6be56a09bf00410d4caca8840257afad8ca9ca7827dbf2e6a5746b6905fde71b.jpg


James Gurney https://image.nostr.build/f4db0c7ec486d509a9530f17f161353f0e4f6488cdf004e4bf6ac22389319605.jpg


Lantern jack. https://image.nostr.build/c22ba36f112f0ac6f5f9e391542fa26dc8630f9b92254f3c869a7be5613b1a85.jpg


"The Boy Who Cried Wolf" story with its moral:

Once upon a time, in a small village, a young boy was given the task of guarding the village's flock of sheep from wolves. One day, he grew bored and decided to play a prank on the villagers. He ran through the village shouting, "Wolf! Wolf! A wolf is attacking the sheep!"

The villagers all ran out to see the wolf, but they found nothing. The boy laughed at them and went back to guarding the sheep. The next day, he played the same prank again, and once again, the villagers came running but found nothing. This went on for several days, and the villagers grew tired of the boy's pranks.

One day, a real wolf attacked the village, and when the boy cried out for help, nobody believed him, thinking it was just another one of his pranks. The wolf killed many sheep, and the boy realized the consequences of his actions.

The moral of the story is that lying can have serious consequences. Even small lies can erode trust and credibility, making it difficult for people to believe us when we really need their help or when we are telling the truth. The story reminds us to be truthful and honest in our actions and words, and to avoid the temptation of lying for amusement or other reasons.

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𝐇𝐢𝐠𝐡 𝐅𝐢𝐝𝐞𝐥𝐢𝐭𝐲 https://image.nostr.build/c929c4d645080fe2edcce93c122dedda7d310f3bc4915a5953763d8852f46a52.jpg


"Saint George" art by Petar Meseldzija (oil on panel 2000) https://image.nostr.build/c8f6fa2c362e38bf09c012a45116fcce7c7062799526cebe47ac3d5e39b23b3d.jpg


Beautiful picture💯


Lol no Diddy


The beautifully painted "Sun Goddess" by Zoe Mozert. Even Zoe's signature looks dazzling! #pinupart https://image.nostr.build/cf4f8be6eb20bae0ed9ed442f365c4c7ca9c35300df58cd29cded7249f7bdc5b.jpg


- The richest person in the history of earth was Mansa Musa from mali( Black )
- The Greatest Pop Musician was Michael Jackson (black)
-The greatest jazz singer" The famous Aretha Franklin. (Black)
- The greatest footballer was Pele (black)
- The Greatest boxer was Muhammed Ali (black)
- The largest and richest golfer is Tiger Woods (black)
- The greatest basketball player was Michael Jordan (black)
- The world's tallest runner and only record is Usain Bolt (Black)
-The greatest female tennis player is Serena Williams (black)
- Greatest Hip Hop Artist Was 2PAC (Black)
-The greatest philosophers were Malcolm X and Martin Luther King Jr (black)
- The Greatest Reggae Artist Was Bob Marley (Black)
-The most educated president was Robert Mugabe (black)
- The greatest president of the world was Nelson Mandela (black)
- the man who successfully built the American space shuttle to the moon was called " Arineitwe " a Ugandan ( Black )
- The most famous general was Colin Luther Powell (black)
The greatest surgeon in the world is Ben Carson (black)
- The greatest medical invention.. The revolutionary robot used in brain surgery of the French Beninese Bertin Nahum (Black).

*The next big person is You!
*Stop thinking that whites are superior to Us.  *we are all equal In the sight of God
*Start discovering the superiority in You. *
*Let us wake up dear African brothers. !
*Start discovering the superiority in You. *
*Let us wake up dear African brothers. BLACK IS BEAUTIFUL 💕💕💕💕
Follow IFECIFECO Movies https://image.nostr.build/d6235179cc586ad0ef719fb97d76274ace288a83277fec0edc7c5e213d3cc689.jpg


Lead Glass, wood Sculptures … https://image.nostr.build/940630664395a477a6c895721c4662369b39abc46dd806637e21c899128580ca.jpg


Hahaha naive


If milk gets bad, it becomes yoghurt. Yoghurt is more valuable than milk. If it gets even worse, it turns to cheese. Cheese is more valuable than both yoghurt and milk. And if grape juice turns sour, it transforms into wine, which is even more expensive than grape juice. You are not bad because you made mistakes. Mistakes are the experiences that make you more valuable as a person. Christopher Columbus made a navigational error that made him discover America. Alexander Fleming’s mistake led him to invent Penicillin. Don’t let your mistakes get you down. It is not practice that makes perfect. It is mistakes we learn from that makes perfect! https://image.nostr.build/c64e00fb21aa978a8849682c175f7370323c3d5ddbd667ba88cc806772318631.jpg


Damatura or Damatiru ("She Shakes the Earth"), the Illyrian Earthmother and agricultural goddess, could well be the same as the goddess known to the Greeks as Demeter. However, Damatura is equally likely only a homonymous with Demeter, not synonymous, a and a distinct Earthmother of the Illyrians.

Damatura seems to have had a consort in the Sky-father Deipaturos, known in Lithuania as Žemėpatis ("Earthmother's Spouse").

Though known from records of late antiquity, Damatura is in all probability a Neolithic goddess, older than Demeter. She may have been coopted by the Mycenaeans then entered into the mythology of Attica as Demeter.

There are no images of any deity from early Iron Age Illyria in the west Balkans, but only geometric symbolic art. This may mean the Sky-god just looked like the Sun and the Earthmother looked like the Earth (she was a mountain, a forest, a plain, or even a serpent or other animal). In sum, the earliest Illyrian deities as yet had no anthropomorphic forms.

The Earthmother among Illyrians was commonly represented by a serpent as symbol of fertility, childbirth, the hearth, the hunt, agriculture, forests, and the underworld -- the full range of birth, life, and afterlife. The serpent simultaneously represented the Fire- and Sun-goddess Saule, who retired to the underworld by night and was not entirely distinct from the Earthmother.

In later Baltic cultures up to the modern era it remained appropriate to permit a snake to live in the house, warming itself near the hearth, as a protector of the household, ridding the house of vermin. Harming a snake was taboo since she was a source of health and well being.

The zalktis or common grass snake at three and a half feet length is a substantial yet harmless creature, easily tamed, and addressed as Grandmother because older than the gods.

[Linoleum cut of the Baltic Earthmother by Annika Iwaniska.]

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Also read about the Baltic Serpent-queen Eglė, Aspelenie, or Zaltys: https://image.nostr.build/b59d19c235567814a23b6f4f1059603bc9c963524c87e94f4a516e16c350a350.jpg


ME👀 https://image.nostr.build/ac8190c177304fc87db039bafd69d2be75e9be7b1c3b051fc4ab014db22e9ff2.jpg


Debbie Jelinsky - Addams Family Values (1993) https://image.nostr.build/63a481a733a874821f0191b474508f5ee39ab125ea28db76c910670daef93d12.jpg


Carose and Dracula's Castle 🦇 https://image.nostr.build/24a01f23dce1c393b4860028f36f1682d90cfdcd331a7b1c2b567e3e06a4ae91.jpg


steven belledin https://image.nostr.build/cda9b762f25230fcb4fb7999af5334a1885f452b3c7e0f92c0d08d91c1541dfc.jpg


Judith Beheading Holofernes ~ by Artemisia Gentileschi (c. 1612-1613) https://image.nostr.build/19aa909c456f8be7010edb63802e17fdfeb7ef5140b22fe85c64e9ecca0e058d.jpg


Crazy nostr:note1cr4rccdggxp7xxtls6ayq6njrlsh2traz6yz4yv04s6wyzgma35q9fu6n7


Prototype
📍📍📍 https://image.nostr.build/f39d4ec213786d0a16ed59d0859d7bd8fe936fe713effc1dbeba67b97a4e4d5b.jpg


Dusty Ray Slop Art https://image.nostr.build/aef8432aad0fd1a3a73e84a3de58d7bc7a92938de3c4ea28e7c0ce85b6a9afb9.jpg


"Never say you love someone if you have never seen their anger, their bad habits, their absurd beliefs and their contradictions. ‘Everyone can love sunset and happiness, only a few can love chaos and decay.’ "
~ Mario Vargas Llosa

Image: The Red and the black (1985) https://image.nostr.build/5030a48f6e65b29db9a3cbffc3acc65cb74a6084cbd0831aab8232bff6b7df25.jpg


Toshihiro Egawa https://image.nostr.build/1be67e6aab4484c623b2fc1868c33d66036efaf9d81b72b11def449b8f8b9c9d.jpg


Traped in a maze
1972.. https://image.nostr.build/17245df9f47099a672f191e0870f450bedbcf41159648503e0e085c08de2390d.jpg


⚫⚫ https://image.nostr.build/730419b31233c458ede228f0e2dcf17340fce7febc49e0f761f9db1110609e01.jpg


juonming https://image.nostr.build/90f80707ffb109dceb06c731c777c0e3d5e2d31c010bac76e85433cf43d7138d.jpg


Really cool,👀 https://image.nostr.build/23178de3c45acccd69873dd786264491b4a1a3763c59feebb720a0caa1bdc668.jpg


FROM MEXICO TO THE WORLD 🐜🐜🐜
In Oaxaca there is a honey ant 🍯 existe known so because its tummy is filled with a delicious honey that you can extract and then let go to the little ant
In the Oaxaque villages it is known as chindudis and is a variety of ant that produce honey only that instead of depositing it in a honeycomb, generate a bag next to its stomach that inflates outwards while being filled with the sweet flavor, which extracted overnight of floral nectars. They belong to desert areas and can be found in some communities, especially in the Mixteca area, when there is no rain.
They are known by different names: Chindudis, Tiocondudi, Botijas, Tioko Ntudi (variant of Mixteco meaning honey ant), Vinitos, Binguinas, among others, as the name varies in different villages. You just have to dig a little during the day where you see an ant and you will find this sweet treat, although its taste is sweet it has a wide range of floral flavors. Don't hurt them, you can extract the honey from their tummy and let them go, they will fill their belly again over night.
Credit goes to respective owners https://image.nostr.build/d01b9e2c6f35367bd800eca4abae924c195f7ee004f64c97bc1d6867109f8064.jpg


Magnificent birds... https://image.nostr.build/b8a1c6c2be279ac83c7a4ccb0876dcb4b34db1b822a2a02365e1b15bd662481a.jpg


Evil Bob Ross https://image.nostr.build/59b4fe7e7b9e4366aab25e2238bc81d83dd58aefa4f72869dccf0526fcbf7708.jpg


When you are using 80 percent of your brain capacity https://video.nostr.build/e28f0f7b207a8daa9adcb2571c88148e8bfa2af0852e681403dc9f0e1765739e.mp4