#Beach #Rock & #Sand #Sculptures by #JohnForeman
I am fascinated by these! Many of them remind me of #Mandalas, in the #Buddhist tradition "As a meditation on impermanence, after days or weeks of creating the intricate pattern of a sand mandala, the sand is brushed together into a pile and spilled into a body of running water to spread the blessings of the mandala."
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mandala#Practice
His site: https://sculpttheworld.smugmug.com
Images here are from...
https://www.designswan.com/archives/stunning-beach-stone-arranging-art-by-jon-foreman.html
https://streetartutopia.com/2025/08/20/stone-sculptures-by-jon-foreman/
#Art #FoundArt #Nature
Jerome G (@Jgbird@mas.to)
Jan 12, 2026
Hummingbird photography is mostly a matter of patience. It’s nice when other birds drop in to explore. Like this Bewick’s wren. You can see a piece of spiderweb on its face.
Firda (@firda@sunny.garden)
Dec 22, 2025
For anyone who needs a puffin in their life today.
#Puffin #Iceland #PhotoMonday #BirdsofMastodon #BirdPhotography #Nature #Wildlife #WildlifePhotography
Richard Rathe (@nickrauchen@c.im)
Nov 16, 2025
@johncarlosbaez@mathstodon.xyz
Love this little bit of history... #Beavers on #Parachutes! (#Idaho 1948)
AI6YR Ben (@ai6yr@m.ai6yr.org)
Dec 19, 2025
Denver Post: Boulder artist Jenny McCarty makes stickers to cover Trump’s face on National Parks passes — and the orders are flying in...
TimemiT (@_timemit_@mastodon.scot)
Nov 16, 2025
#silentsunday
Teri Kanefield (@Teri_Kanefield@mastodon.social)
Nov 14, 2025
Hi, Mastodon friends,
I've been busy. I decided to turn that long blog post into a free book.
Once I started working with it, I saw a million ways to improve it and make it more readable, so I think it's better.
I had it professionally proofread, copyedited, and fact checked. Any errors are mine because I had to transfer all the marks to the Indesign document.
Anyone wanna advance peek?
I don't know how to put a PDF here, so it's on the blog page:
https://terikanefield.com/whyextremismhappens/
"How the Peterson nest box saved the Eastern Bluebird"
"The Eastern #bluebird indigenous to North and Central America, is said to have once been as common as the American robin. A population decline starting in the early 20th century reduced the number of Eastern bluebirds by an estimated 90 percent, inspiring a grassroots movement to save them. Key to the movement’s success was the Peterson bluebird #nest box, designed by Dick and Vi Peterson of Brooklyn Center."
https://www.minnpost.com/mnopedia/2025/10/how-the-peterson-nest-box-saved-the-eastern-bluebird/
#Birds #Conservation
Richard Rathe (@nickrauchen@c.im)
Aug 23, 2025
Useful #Infographic on "Brain Boosters"...
https://www.medscape.com/s/viewarticle/reality-check-brain-boosting-supplements-2025a1000loz
"There is no magic pill for brain health."
#Supplements #SnakeOil : #Brain #Health
Jerome G (@Jgbird@mas.to)
Oct 31, 2025
Halloween Phainopepla
Greenpeace International (@greenpeace@mastodon.social)
Nov 01, 2025
💔 Thinking about this blue whale weaving through shipping traffic instead of simply feeding and living in peace. No animal should have to struggle like this.
This is why ocean sanctuaries matter. Safe zones where marine life can rest, recover and thrive, free from industrial pressure.
Tjeerd Royaards (@royaards@newsie.social)
Nov 01, 2025
A visual summary of inequality. Cartoon from last year.
#wealth #poverty #inequality
Richard Rathe (@nickrauchen@c.im)
Oct 20, 2025
Brilliant #NoKings #WizardOfOz meme!! 👍 👏 (unattributed from FB)
No Courage, No Brain, No Heart... NO KINGS! ✊
#Kakistocracy = "government by the worst, least qualified, or most unscrupulous people"
We certainly have that with #Trump #GOP, #SCOTUS, and their corporate cronies! 🤮
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