The Other Adorable Millies Who Arrived Last Week: Spirostreptida Sp. ‘Gorontalo’. A Little Larger

Moon rise by Phyllis Shafer (born 1958).

1 & 4 - magí puig

2 - edouard vuillard

3 - carmen pinart

🚨COOL CATERPILLAR ALERT🚨

this is the caterpillar for the moth Phyllodes imperialis, AKA the Pink Underwing Moth! All pictures from a blog called Caterpillar Eyespots! what do you think he looks like? a skull maybe 💀 ?

Kate Donachie, Clouds Are Pushing in Grey Reluctance, 2009, Oil on canvas

Kråkor, akvarellbläck, 12x9 cm

Här är några kråkor för dagarna 6-10 av Inktober. Vi får se vad jag beslutar mig för att måla till nästa fem…

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Hooded crows, watercolour ink, 12x9 cm

Here are some crows for days 6-10 of Inktober. We’ll see what I decide to paint for the next five…

Early morning strolls in the woods.

Struggling with the idea behind that quote lately. Autumn is constantly reminding me of change. Some days I’d rather disappear. I wake up and struggling to focus on anything worthwhile. Other days it comes easily to me, I feel myself drifting through life like a leaf.

Some days taking care of myself is easy, I keep trying to go to the gym, meditate, eat. Yet I struggle with purpose, I know my purpose is to be evolving, changing and learning. But sometimes I feel as stagnant as winter snow. My creative ambition seems to be sedentary. What am I doing if I’m not creating? I’m hoping for more change. 🍂

“Don’t kill flowers growing inside of you for someone who doesn’t appreciate the way you bloom.”

— Billy Chapata

I just want to remind everyone how affordable buying food from indigenous tribes is. I live in a major city and I was able to purchase and ship (15) pounds of fish from back home to myself for cheaper than I could buy it from a grocery store here in the city. Yeah, shipping has its own environmental factors but I was able to support an indigenous owned business while also getting my groceries at a lesser cost. (Buying in bulk is always a good idea if you’re planning on having something shipped to you)

Some tribal owned grocers that ship:

Bow and Arrow (Ute Mountain)

Native Harvest (White Earth)

Red Lake Fishery (Red Lake)

Wozupi (Mdewakanton Dakota)

Ramona Farms (Gila River)

Tanka Bars (Oglala)

Indian Pueblo Store (Pueblos)

Twisted Cedar Wine (Cedar Paiutes)

Ute Bison (Ute)

Seka Hills Olive Oil and Vinegars (Yocha Dehe Wintun)

She Nah Nam Seafood (Nisqually)

Sakari Botanicals (Inupiaq)

Honor the Earth (? Anishinaabe)

Nett Lake Wild Rice (Boise Forte Anishinaabe)

Passamaquoddy maple (Passamaquoddy)

BONUS: coffee :)

Yeego Coffee (Navajo)

Spirit Mountain Roasting (Yuma Quechan)

Birchbark Coffee (Anishinaabe)

Thunder Island Coffee (Shinnecock)

Current reads! (I can’t control myself)

Wherever You Go, There You Are: Before bed and morning read, I found it in a little library. It’s helping me get into meditation and mindfulness again. Easy to read with short chapters.

Positive Pagan: Found her at my local occult/ metaphysical shop. My brain has been very negative so I’m excited to learn as much as I can. I already made the gratitude alter she described!

The Great Gatsby: This is a reread from high school except this time I actually like it. I read this when I cannot stomach reading house of leaves.

House of Leaves: a strange, disturbing book. Can’t read it when I feel disassociate-y or else I start mildly freaking the fuck out. It’s really good!