I want to take a moment to thank everyone for the boosts, favourites but especially the replies over the last year! I've been on Mastodon for a little over a year and made a lot of GREAT friends, learned new things and seen many awesome animal pictures and beautiful landscapes with the sun rising or setting.
Thanks again and let's keep social media social in 2024!🙂
Instead of using Festivus to air my grievances (of which I have MANY, written down in a book), I use the holiday to text my friends to tell them how much I appreciate them and that I hope they’re doing well. Give it a shot
Happy Festivus to all who celebrate, however you celebrate!
Olentzero eta Mari Domingi etxean gurekin. Lagun batek oparitu doztaz. Ez dakizue zelako ilusiñua. Gabonak gainean ditugu.
These are Olentzero and Mari Domingi. Basque Christmas traditional characters. A friend has made them and now I'm very happy.
Temp down to 37.9C.
Watching Alive and Kicking (1958)
Kathleen Harrison, Sybil Thorndike, Estelle Winwood escape from a seniors' residence when they hear they're being transferred separately. Wonderfully silly and charming. #friendship
Dieses Baumes Blatt, der von Osten
Meinem Garten anvertraut,
Gibt geheimen Sinn zu kosten,
Wie's den Wissenden erbaut.
aus Ginkgo Biloba, 1815, J.W. von Goethe
Mit seinen im späten #Herbst leuchtend gelb gefärbten Blättern hat der #Ginkgo auch Goethe begeistert und zu einem Gedicht an seine späte Liebe Marianne von Willemer inspiriert. Das #Ginkgoblatt wird darin als Sinnbild für #Liebe und #Freundschaft beschrieben.
With its bright yellow leaves in late #autumn, the ginkgo also delighted #Goethe and inspired him to write a poem dedicated to his late love Marianne von Willemer. In it, the ginkgo leaf is described as a symbol of #love and #friendship.
Nudism has given me too much, among those, beautiful friendships. Friendships that have hugged me, cheer me up and inspired me to be better. 🥰 I thank life for my nudist friends.
Inez Stepman ⚪️🔴⚪️ (@InezFeltscher): "In the 90s men were more likely to report having 10+ good friends than women were. Friendship has collapsed almost as shockingly as family ties, birth rates, patriotism, and all other things that require what narcissists can’t give." | nitter https://nitter.net/InezFeltscher/status/1733959576209207778#m
Put aside for the moment the claim about narcissism, or indeed any speculation about the cause. If true, a decline in #friendship is a sign something's seriously wrong with (US) society.
Crow watches over Baby Skunk as she naps 🐦⬛🦨💤.
“The Babysitter” 9 x 9” limited edition prints with gold leaf, third in my series of Forest Animals. Link in bio 👆thank you for gifting ART this Christmas 💕🎄!
Fox wants to play with Crow 🦊💕🐦⬛.
“Wanna Play?” 9 x 9” limited edition prints embellished with gold leaf. Second of three ink drawings of Forest Animals in my storybook style. Thanks to all who support my work 🥰!
Stag and Crow are “Best Friends” 🦌💎🐦⬛ limited edition prints, gold leaf on the antlers 🌟. This is the first in a set of three ink drawings of forest animals in my storybook style. They’re also in my Rebubble for printing on useful gift items 😊 - both links in yonder bio 👆!
"Catherine Newman sees the heartbreak and comedy of life with wisdom and unflinching compassion. The way she finds the extraordinary in the everyday is nothing short of poetry. She's a writer's writer—and a human's human."
"We All Want Impossible Things is a riotously funny and fiercely loyal love letter to female friendship. The story of Edi and Ash proves that a best friend is a gift from the gods."
My heart shaped wooden holiday ornament is 1/2" thick, approximately 4" tall, and include a string for easy hanging and a magnet on the back for use on refrigerators.