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192d

Rainful thoughts. #grickledoodle #rain #cat #introspective #dog #spring #cartoon #art #drawing #funny #humor #sad

A cartoon illustration of a cat sitting outside on a blanket with an umbrella in very rainy weather. Caption reads "Some days she just needed to be outside, regardless of the weather."

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192d

It’s living with ships
makes a rough springtime
and who is safe
when they sing and blow
their music …

—Edwin Morgan, “Floating Off to Timor”
published in CENTENARY SELECTED POEMS (Carcanet, 2020)

https://www.carcanet.co.uk/9781784109967/centenary-selected-poems/

#Scottish #literature #poem #poetry #Spring #Glasgow

Floating Off to Timor
Edwin Morgan

If only we’d been strangers
we’d be floating off to Timor,
we’d be shimmering on the Trades
in a blue jersey boat
with shandies, flying fish,
a pace of dolphins
to the copra ports.
And it’s no use crying
to me, What dolphins?
I know where they are
and I’d have snapped you up
and carried you away
snapped you up
and carried you away
if we had been strangers.

But here we are care
of the black roofs.
It’s not hard to find
with a collar turned up
and a hoot from the Clyde.
The steps come home
whistling too. And a kettle
steams the cranes out slowly.
It’s living with ships
makes a rough springtime
and who is safe
when they sing and blow
their music – they seem
to swing at some light rope
like those desires
we keep for strangers.
God, the yellow deck

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breathes, it heaves spray
back like a shout.
We’re cutting through
some straits of the world
in our old dark room
with salty wings
in the shriek of the dock wind.
But we’re caught – meshed
in the fish-scales, ferries,
mudflats, lifebelts
fading into football cries
and the lamps coming on
to bring us in.

We take in
the dream, a cloth from the line
the trains fling sparks on
in our city. We’re better awake.
But you know I’d take
you all the same,
if you were my next stranger.

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190d

Surprise sunset!

May 5, 2026. Wolverine Lake, Michigan.

#photography #sunset #michigan #swan #birds #birdsofmastodon #spring #art #MastoArt

Sunset photograph of two swans on a lake in front of orange and blue clouds.

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185d

Good morning. Spring is trying this Monday morning. #Photography #Today #Spring #Chicago

Close-up of delicate pale pink blossoms and unopened buds on a tree branch, with a shallow depth of field that keeps a few flowers in sharp focus while the foreground and background blur softly.

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174d

Friends of a feather. #grickledoodle #spring #sunny #green #kermit #muppets #yoda #hulk #cartoon #art #drawing #funny #humor

A cartoon illustration of Kermit, The Hulk, and Yoda all sitting under a tree enjoying a picnic. Caption reads "They spent many sunny afternoons talking through shared experiences and sometimes they didn't talk at all."

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186d

When your Mama is your umbrella.

May 9, 2026. Wolverine Lake, Michigan.

#photography #birds #nature #naturephotography #geese #michigan #spring #birdsofmastodon

Photograph of ten(!) — Trust me. I counted them beforehand — downy goslings huddled beneath their Canada goose mother’s tail and wing during a rainstorm. They are on a lawn next to a lake.

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170d

Good morning. Spring feels like it might be willing to give way to summer. Some sunshine helps. #Photography #Today #Spring #Summer #Chicago

A close-up photograph captures two vibrant purple iris flowers in full bloom, illuminated by bright, natural sunlight.

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184d

Good morning, Mastodon.

May 11, 2026. Wolverine Lake, Michigan.

#photography #sunrise #michigan #spring

Photograph of an early sunrise over a reflective lake with the branches and budding spring leaves of a walnut tree in the foreground spread across the top of the image.

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219d

This tennisball adapted well to nature 😂

@outdoor @nature @photography @photography@lemmy.world @Nature@lemmy.world
@hiking @hiking@fedigroups.social @joinin

#Mosstodon #Fungi

#PhotoMonday #Monday #OC

#NaturePhotography #Nature #Photography #Photo

#April #Southern #Finland #Archipelago #Åland #Finström

#Hiking #InMy #Spring #Wonderland

Tennisball with tiny mushrooms growing on it.

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184d

Hummingbird And Pink Morning Glory!
Available here...https://tina-lecour.pixels.com/featured/hummingbird-and-pink-morning-glory-tina-lecour.html

#bird #birds #birdlovers #birdwatching #flowers #flowersOfMastodon #flower #spring #springVibes #nature #naturelovers #wallart #art #arte #artforsale #gifts #giftideas #greetingcards #puzzle #puzzles #homedecor #interiordecor #buyintoart #ayearforart #mastodonart #fineart #artwork #artist

This is a canvas of a pretty ruby throated hummigbird perched on some pink morning glory flowers.

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179d

#WesternTrillium.
This is an older Western trillium, in urban forest. They're usually all white. As they get older(takes many years), you'll see shades of pink & purple petals.
Please never disturb Western trilliums in the wild. They are extremely sensitive native plants & need to be left alone to visually admire. Western trillium takes up to 15 years to flower. Once it has been picked/heavily disturbed, it dies. Please leave them growing 🙏

#Spring #perennials #Saanich #VictoriaBC #VancouverIsland #VanIsle #PacificNorthwest #PNW #flowers #botanical #plants #Bloomscrolling #florespondence #ForestFlowers #FlowersIdentification #NativePlantsOfPNW #NativeWildflowers #NativePlants #wildflowers #nature #ForestUnderstory #LearnAboutPlants #Wsanec

A purple and white petaled Western trillium flower with yellow stamens sits in the center of large, green leaves, with a small cluster of green leaves in the background.

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145d

My painting, "Capybara in Spring"! This is one of my series of four paintings celebrating the four seasons! I just love cherry blossoms 🌸

#art #spring #capybara #painting

Painting of a capybara resting in a pool of water with a colorful cherry blossom tree above it. The artist's signature and watermark @joyousjoyfuljoyness are at the bottom right.

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145d

#MothOfTheDay

🎵 It's time to play the music
It's time to light the lights
It's time to meet the Muppet moth
On the Muppet Moth Show tonight🎵

They're back.

ELEPHANT HAWK-MOTH
Deilephila elpenor

Two visitors last night, and arguably our most colourful large moth.

#moths #moth #mothsandbutterflies #butterflies #MothsMatter #nature #wildlife #britishwildlife #lepidoptera #entomology #insect #cute #garden #spring #June #conservation #biodiversity #alttext #pink #green #Muppets

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A direct head-on macro photograph of an Elephant Hawk-moth balancing on the tip of a person's index finger. The moth faces the camera showing its fluffy face covered in deep magenta-pink. Two very large, round, greenish-yellow compound eyes are prominently visible on either side of its pink palps which extend down like two goofy teeth. Extending widely to the left and right are its thick, tapered antennae, which are detailed with fine ridges and coloured in a pale pinkish-orange. The top of its thorax features a thick patch of golden-olive fur. Its long, thin legs are mostly white with pink accents and they extend downward to grip the finger. In the background, its vibrant pink and olive wings are swept upward and slightly out of focus, set against a soft blur of green garden leaves and purple flowers.jpg].

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165d

I think Emily also likes how green the tree outside is becoming. 💚

#cat #caturday #catsofmastodon #spring #tree

Closeup photo of the face of a grey and white cat. Her eyes are slits as she looks out, light spilling onto her face. Her big whiskers are all whiskery.

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Photo of green tree branches with a grey sky behind. A little bit of what the cat can see outside.

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170d

Peach Orchard Memories - Available Here: https://1-lisas-baker.pixels.com/featured/peach-orchard-memories-lisa-s-baker.html

#peach #peaches #fruit #food #cannedfood #cannedfruit #spring #art #arte #artwork #wallart #homedecor #artforhome #artforsale #buyintoart #artprints #canvasprints #framedprints #mastoart #fediart #fediverse #creativeToots #puzzles #stationary #countryart #kitchenart #kitchendecor #shabbychic #collage #mixedmedia

A vintage-inspired collage featuring ripe peaches surrounded by soft florals, nostalgic postcards, weathered labels, and charming farmhouse textures. Warm peach tones blend with delicate botanical elements to create a composition filled with sweetness and timeless country character.

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Good morning. Summer wants to come on strong, but Spring isn’t done with us yet. #Photography #Today #Chicago #Spring #Summer #Bloomscrolling

A close-up of a vibrant pink and cream rose in full bloom, surrounded by lush green leaves and another rosebud in the background.

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157d

In early 2023, I took 2 cuttings from a rose plant at Jubilee Hospital gardens. I propagated the cuttings in our front yard. I grew them for my parents. Dad passed away before any of the cuttings propagated had matured enough to bloom. This year, it's blooming a lot. This is one of the roses from that propagation.

#Spring #perennials #Saanich #VictoriaBC #VancouverIsland #VanIsle #PacificNorthwest #PNW #flowers #botanical #plants #garden #Bloomscrolling #florespondence #PollinatorGardens #FlowersIdentification #WhatsInMyGarden #WhatsBlooming #rose #PlantsPropagation

Close-up of a coral pink rose with velvety petals unfurling, with blurred green foliage and white peony flowers in the background.

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141d

Stop . . . listen . . . Do you hear the river flowing by? It's not a rush or a roar, more of a sibilant song, a lullaby, almost, soothing the soul into a state of calmness.

And yet expectancy, energy as well, because it is the song of spring, of life and joy and hope, newness and color and green, so much green . . .

Spring on the North Fork canvas print -- https://www.pictorem.com/2641528/spring-on-the-north-fork/

Free shipping in the U.S. and Canada.

#art #artwork #mastoart #fediart #buyintoart #nature #spring #river

River running through green grass landscape.

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159d

I send thanks to the buyer from Washington who purchased a 10-pack of greeting cards of

Columbia County Courthouse -- https://fineartamerica.com/featured/columbia-county-courthouse-steve-henderson.html?product=greeting-card

May the image take you, and the people to whom you send the cards, to a pleasant and sunny spring day, and a picnic out on the green grass in a friendly small town.

#art #artwork #mastoart #fediart #buyintoart #ayearforart #FirstFridayArtWalk #washington #building #architecture #courthouse #spring #sale #fedigiftshop