It’s the “season of love and giving”…but this year, doesn’t it seem more like a “season of fear and taking”? Like many of you, I’ve been saddened by the human impact of draconian government budget cuts and how angry many housed Americans are at unhoused Americans.

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In an effort to jumpstart a global microbe conservation movement, a team of scientists is collecting samples from all over the world—including the oceans.

📷 : Morgan Smith

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Fender prototype

As we head into the school year, I’m as grateful as ever for our nation’s hard-working educators. If you agree, please let the teachers & homeschoolers in your life know about Rick Steves Classroom Europe—a free & ad-free library of 600 video clips covering history, art, music, culture & geography.

On #internationalcatday
Where are you all from friends?
Which feline are you celebrating today?

Let’s all get to know one another and make this circle of kindness wider than ever 🧡🐈

Please do feel free to share this post and make a circle wider 🧡

Here's some kick-ass music for y'all! I just found this video yesterday.

reading your mind

How it started/How it’s going. Adopt don’t shop.

Waiting in the tall grass. Literally.
(Photo: PoliticalPics)

An analysis of landscape features and of river deposits preserved in caves point to an event 2.1 million years ago that triggered the formation of Hells Canyon

https://go.nature.com/3F6ule1

It’s Wednesday evening play time for our lambs

Utah may not be known for peaches, but plant scientist Reagan Wytsalucy is working to revive the historic Southwest peach—cultivated by Native communities since the 1600s—by tracking down the remaining trees scattered across the region.

It's amazing what these little owls do with their heads

Athene cunicularia / Burrowing Owl

#birds #nature #birding #birdphotography #naturelovers #wildlife #beauty #NaturalBeauty #birdportrait #urbanwildlife #birdnerd

Lovely pixie. I think I need to frame this one. Photo from my collection, no documented date/info.