On this ancient oak in the woods, the great variety of epiphytic plants - the indicator of rainforest - includes three actual tree species: birch, holly and rowan.

Solastalgia: To be homesick while home, on the ground of our being: the Earth. Displacement *in place*, in situ🌍🌎🌏~ Longing for lost land, sky, water, soil: for a biosphere that once thrived (We've made it sick). Existential distress for what no longer gives solace💔

This morning's "Strawberry Moon" over the Virginia Blue Ridge Mountains. ✨ Single photograph. No AI, no compositing, and no added color saturation. 📍Skyline Drive, Brown Mountain Overlook

🎵💔Goodbye to a master of musical joy💔🎵

#Noise, noise, nonstop noise. I sit outside for some peace and quiet, and a guy across the road fires up a lawn mower. It never stops, the noise of humans.😵‍💫🤯😱

"Color is my daylong obsession, joy, and torment." — Claude Monet

Art is to console those who are broken by life. Vincent van gogh

— Unknown

A few years ago I stood at this gate and a little chestnut horse wandered over and gave me a big smile. That image is still used by BBC Countryfile on their greeting cards throughout the country. Recently I stood at the same gate admiring the view, and without me even noticing

“Come to the woods, for here is rest” John Muir

acrylic, canvas 70*70 cm "Moment of Truth" Sometimes the world feels calm and full of light — just like this sunset over a blooming field. The sky dances in pink and lavender, flowers stretch toward the last rays of the sun. Peace. Beauty. And it seems that everything — and

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