i hope u enjoy ur human journey

Ryan McGinley

Valtavara, Finland by Andrey Bazanov

A bird explaining to a hedgehog crossing so it doesn’t die.

!!! ok but that’s legitimately what it’s doing!! That’s a corvid right there (looks like a hooded crow, to be precise), which means it’s intelligent enough to recognize, a) cars are dangerous and streets should be treated with a certain degree of caution, b) this car’s slowing down for them–cars do that sometimes–which means they’re not in imminent danger, so it doesn’t have to fly away just yet, c) that hedgehog’s still gonna get killed if it doesn’t MOVE, FAST (cars can change speed very quickly and the hedgehog’s still in the way), and almost certainly also d) if the bird does nothing it gets a free lunch.

Y’all, Y’ALL. This bird is consciously deciding to put itself in danger in order to save the life of a very stupid creature. A creature which, if the bird did nothing, could be free food. 

i can’t - look if you follow me you know I have a thing for corvids, but this is - like!!! People are always saying “ah yes they have sub-human intelligence and don’t consider anything that isn’t immediately necessary for their own survival/pleasure,” but! Whether or not it can do philosophy, this crow is clearly demonstrating compassion. Even if it’s just the kind of compassion a toddler shows to a snail, a social creature that instinctively recognizes the potential for emotion in other beings, that’s still huge and cool and important and corvids!!! are! neat!!! 

Bog Trail by Shane Garlock

Time Lapse of Plants - Three Days

This is how Armas stretches after sleeping! Do your dogs do this too?

some examples of wabi-sabi 

Faerie Haven by Devajoy Gouss and Julie Jumper from Faerie Magazine

@pasiecznikimale8

high tide and low tide in great britain. photographs by michael marten

pretty leaves at cairns botanic gardens, australia

a boar, a rundown cabin, sprinkled with field

by Rimantas Bikulcius ”Bath day”

Loyal, quick to sacrifice—your finest trait and fatal vice.

Swimming wolf… by Daniel Parent

Black-Backed Jackal (Canis mesomelas) in full flight at Etosha National Park in Namibia

The Sacred Tree of Takeo Shrine (Takeo’s Okusu Tree)                         Location: Outside Mifuneyama Rakuen Garden

Over 3000 years old, this camphor tree is the 7th largest tree in Japan. It is 30m tall with a trunk circumference of 20m, its branches span 30m wide from east to west, and 33m wide from north to south. This is the sacred tree of Takeo Shrine, which was built in the Nara period (735 CE). The roots of the tree resemble the feet of elephants and are wrapped in rough bark, with their central section split open near the surface of the ground. Inside is a gaping cavity with an area of 12 tatami mats, which houses a stone shrine deep within.