Painting By David Mensing (b.1963, Iowa)

it’s time to look at some photos of pikas carrying plants and flowers in their mouths

“The daily routine of most adults is so heavy and artificial that we are closed off to much of the world. We have to do this in order to get our work done. I think one purpose of art is to get us out of those routines. When we hear music or poetry or stories, the world opens up again. We’re drawn in — or out — and the windows of our perception are cleansed, as William Blake said. The same thing can happen when we’re around young children or adults who have unlearned those habits of shutting the world out.”

— Ursula K. Le Guin 

“All of old. Nothing else ever. Ever tried. Ever failed. No matter. Try again. Fail again. Fail better.”

— Samuel Beckett | Worstward Ho

Forensics and Flowers on Instagram / Etsy

Not Alone by Jung Eun Park

Late July in the garden. Värmland, Sweden (July 27, 2021).

autumn road

Mary Oliver, “Wild Geese”

Forest in Dorset under the afternoon sun (@richies_incredible_britain)

I am a huge fan of retiring to my quarters