#FlowerReport
#sundayvibes
#SundayYellow #Roses :

From Gilroy, California, Friday.

#FlowerReport Lilacs

We in the West Bank are basically awaiting the slaughter to reach us while resistance is systematically undermined by the occupation and the PA as its enforcer arm. The idea that this violence was ever going to be limited to Gaza or the refugee camps here is a sore misjudgment.

3 more dairy herds have been confirmed to have cows infected with #H5N1 #birdflu . Texas, Kansas & Michigan each notched up one more infected herd. National total is now 32.
Seems to be a 2-3 day lag between lab confirmation & posting by Dept. of Agriculture.
aphis.usda.gov/livestock-poul…

The pines at Buttermere, Lake District NP

Setting sun lighting up the Cliffs of Moher over Doolin Harbour.
County Clare, Ireland.

Roses are red, grosbeaks are blue.

Blue Grosbeak in a rose bush in the East Village.🌹💙

#birds #birding #birdcpp

Join me for a walk - everything is greening up - at the end of this trail - in the trees to the right is a wonderful bald eagle nest - very high though! But it’s a lovely walk - in a few weeks the leaves cover over and it’s dark and cool in the summer heat! I love it! 💚

I’m grateful to Hakeem Jeffries and Democrats, and to Speaker Johnson and the representatives of the Republican Party who worked in earnest, for getting the aid package to Ukraine, Israel, and Taiwan across the finish line — helping to defend freedom against authoritarianism

James VI, King of Scots, in 1595

Attributed to Adrian Vanson (d. before 1610)

(National Galleries of Scotland, Scottish National Portrait Gallery)

The king’s dislike of having his portrait painted just pulses out from this canvas.

Emotional 48 hours in Saint George’s, Canada and Przemysl, Poland honoring our heroes Jacob and Damian with their families and friends and World Central Kitchen …..Civilians and humanitarians and reporters should never be a military target on any conflict….

A beaver swimming in a pond near here. Note how water resistant his fur is. They are all busy now getting their homes ready for another summer. Beavers spend every day mending their dam or lodge, looking after their young, and fetching food.

There is also a Freud one but you need to show id

Wisteria at Ushijima 1953 #ToshiYoshida

Mary Magdalene, Jan van Scorel, c. 1530 She may be identified by her jar of ointment, which she used to anoint Jesus’s feet. Van Scorel painted her as a luxuriously dressed courtesan (Rijksmuseum)

In a very poor mood—at back of a big plane, forced to check my carryon, w/ baggage claim to look forward to. So: I do not usually block people just bc they disagree with me, and/or love Trump. But am making an exception today. Am getting a blood blister on my blocking finger.

'Black cat Obraz' by contemporary Canadian painter Holly Winters #WomensArt

Happened to find myself on the Victoria line today admiring the tiles at Blackhorse Road underground station. They were designed by Hans Unger (1915-1975) in 1969.

#design #postwarart #london #london underground #blackhorseroad #tubestations #hansunger

🚨BREAKING NEWS

MAN SETS HIMSELF ON FIRE THIS AFTERNOON IN PROTEST.

The man who committed self-immolation outside Manhattan Criminal Courthouse wrote an online manifesto.

This is part of his manifesto -

My name is Max Azzarello, and I am an investigative researcher who has

Twitter (X) find me this man! This look reads..'Bruh, Why TF are u here?' but I would love to hear exactly what he was thinking watching this clown pose for PR pictures while pretending to work in his kitchen!! #PrinceWilliam