National Geographic Picture of The Year. Black images are shadows of zebras. Zoom in and you will see zebras.

"Aging is an extraordinary process where you become the person you always should have been." ~David Bowie, 🎨Shiro Kasamatsu.

!Warning! to all cat owners: Have you lately been feeling down; are things in your house missing; has your luck taken a turn for the worse and you just feel overall #cursed? Then your beloved feline companion might be a 'bakeneko' (phantom cat). Stay safe!

The cockatrice is a #mythical beast that joins the head of a rooster with the body of a dragon. Beware of its soul piercing death stare! Fortunately it is not invulnerable. Force it to look at its reflection or produce the cry of a rooster to kill it.

Fenrir is the mightiest wolf of #Scandinavianmythology. He is Loki's firstborn and will at the world's end devour allfather Odin. Albeit unlikely, chances of meeting Fenrir are never zero. War god Tyr manged to trick him by sacrificing his hand. Other weaknesses are not known

Have you ever heard of the Wampus Cat? Once a Cherokee woman was cursed by the eldar for witnessing a ceremony that was forbidden for her. She fused with the pelt under which she hid and gained shapeshifting abilities. Parents like to use stories of her to foster good behaviour.

“There comes a time in your life when you have to choose to turn the page, write another book or simply close it.” ~Shannon L. Alder, 🎨 Felix Edouard Vallatton.

The Erchitu is another strange, shape-shifting creature and belongs to Roman folklore. Its a man transformed into an ox-like being as punishment for some evil deed. Two demons keep two candles on his horns lit; he could be saved if they were to be extinguished. 🎨Joe Holdsworth

„Tatsächlich glaube auch ich selbst, dass die anständigen Menschen in der Minorität sind, immer gewesen sind und auch immer bleiben werden. Aber das ist ja nichts Neues.“  - Viktor E. Frankl Zur Rezension: dralexandrahildebrandt.blogspot.com/2023/04/friede…

Wir sind heute mit über 10.000 Menschen in Leipzig auf der Straße! Wir stellen uns klar gegen die faschistischen Deportationspläne von AfD und Werteunion und gegen den gesellschaftlichen Rechtsruck! Alle zusammen gegen den Faschismus! #le1501 #zusammengegenrechts #fckafd

„Ich möchte Menschen glücklicher zurücklassen als ich sie vorgefunden habe.“ - Roger Willemsen Warum geht vielen Menschen sein Tod noch immer so nah?  xing.com/news/insiders/…

Die Flüsse wallen ans große Wasser, und das Land legt Liebesversprechen der reinen Luft in den Mund mit frischen Blumen. - Ingeborg Bachmann

. “Nothing is ever finished; only a little happiness is needed for everything to begin again.” ― Émile Zola . Alexander Khromeev

Lewis and Tolkien had it exactly right: spend time in nature, go for long leisurely walks, read widely and often, gather a small circle of friends who will love and support you, pursue your niche creative projects and make your life a constant adventure of delight and learning.

„Das sogenannte Romantische einer Gegend ist ein stilles Gefühl des Erhabenen unter der Form der Vergangenheit.“ - Goethe ⁦GOETHE⁩

Erde war alles was heilig war, Erde und Wasser - das Herz aller Dinge. - Wolf Wondratschek

"[...] jeder angenehme Augenblick hat Werth für mich – Glückseligkeit besteht nur in Augenblicken – ich wurde glücklich, da ich das lernte." (Caroline Schlegel-Schelling)

Marcus Aurelius' rules for a better life.